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Title: gunsites
Post by: BirdDog on November 01, 2009, 06:26:09 PM
does anyone know where I can find AH gunsites.  There was a pge full of them.
Title: Re: gunsites
Post by: boomerlu on November 01, 2009, 06:30:21 PM
Do a search on the forum. Sketchworks has a nice pack.

Edit: since the spelling WILL matter in this case, try both the correct and incorrect spellings (gunsight and gunsite resp).
Title: Re: gunsites
Post by: Nemisis on November 01, 2009, 09:40:29 PM
did a little searching and found this:

http://www.bops.us/ranger/SightsMay2007.zip
Title: Re: gunsites
Post by: BirdDog on November 07, 2009, 06:21:20 PM
Thank You
Title: Re: gunsites
Post by: Nemisis on November 07, 2009, 06:54:48 PM
your welcome Bird Dog. BTW, were you by any chance a member of ~The Guardians~ a while back?
Title: Re: gunsites
Post by: Clone155 on November 08, 2009, 02:06:57 PM
Does someone mind going through the process of downloading these gun sights and labeling them right? I cannot seem to do it. Please go into detail, I am thick headed.
Title: Re: gunsites
Post by: Nemisis on November 08, 2009, 02:31:39 PM
Just download them, and pick the ones you want if thats what its about.
Title: Re: gunsites
Post by: Clone155 on November 08, 2009, 02:34:21 PM
Just download them, and pick the ones you want if thats what its about.

You make it sound easy. I am still trying to download the TIE fighter one, but I cannot figure out how to turn it into an 8 bit BMP. The lowest I can get is 16  :frown:
Title: Re: gunsites
Post by: Nemisis on November 08, 2009, 02:54:43 PM
Just cut them and then past them into your sights folder.
Title: Re: gunsites
Post by: Clone155 on November 08, 2009, 03:43:51 PM
Just cut them and then past them into your sights folder.

I can't cut them, since they are not mine. If I copy them and paste them, they are a Jpeg and not a BMP, and show up completely white in game.
Title: Re: gunsites
Post by: Enker on November 08, 2009, 04:13:02 PM
I can't cut them, since they are not mine. If I copy them and paste them, they are a Jpeg and not a BMP, and show up completely white in game.
Right click them, and then save the image. Otherwise, PM me your email, and I will send it to you.

You did get the X-wing one right?
Title: Re: gunsites
Post by: Clone155 on November 08, 2009, 04:24:06 PM
Right click them, and then save the image. Otherwise, PM me your email, and I will send it to you.

You did get the X-wing one right?

I have the X-wing one some were, but the one I am having trouble with is the TIE fighter sight
Title: Re: gunsites
Post by: Nemisis on November 08, 2009, 05:03:44 PM
I can't cut them, since they are not mine. If I copy them and paste them, they are a Jpeg and not a BMP, and show up completely white in game.

strange, I just copy and paste, and they appear fine in the game. I've got the red jabo one on my P-47 right now.
Title: Re: gunsites
Post by: EskimoJoe on November 09, 2009, 07:04:46 PM
This is what I see when trying to re-save a gunsight. Notice there is no 8-bit option.

(http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/2273/gstroubles.jpg) (http://img5.imageshack.us/i/gstroubles.jpg/)
Title: Re: gunsites
Post by: Clone155 on November 09, 2009, 07:47:10 PM
This is what I see when trying to re-save a gunsight. Notice there is no 8-bit option.

(http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/2273/gstroubles.jpg) (http://img5.imageshack.us/i/gstroubles.jpg/)


The exact same thing happens to me.
Title: Re: gunsites
Post by: Nemisis on November 09, 2009, 07:49:00 PM
so it doesn't work in the game in its current form?
Title: Re: gunsites
Post by: caldera on November 09, 2009, 07:53:00 PM
I just tried to save it and only get two choices: jpeg and bmp (no bit #, just "bmp").  Try it on the bmp options you have and see if one of them works. 
Title: Re: gunsites
Post by: Nemisis on November 09, 2009, 07:58:28 PM
Yeah, all the ones in my sights file are bmp. Bmp works in the game, IDK about jpeg.
Title: Re: gunsites
Post by: Clone155 on November 09, 2009, 08:29:43 PM
I just tried to save it and only get two choices: jpeg and bmp (no bit #, just "bmp").  Try it on the bmp options you have and see if one of them works.  

All bmp options either give me a pure white gun sight, clear gun sight, or tells me that there will be some color loss if I proceed. Pics to follow...

This is the 24 bmp option, the only one that doesn't warn me about loss of color. The alpha slider was far left when I took the picture, but results on the right are the same.

(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff116/clone155/ahss8.jpg)

This is the 16 bmp, and the results are the same with the rest of the bmps.

(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff116/clone155/ahss9.jpg)
Title: Re: gunsites
Post by: caldera on November 09, 2009, 08:55:55 PM
A couple of possibilities...

On the first pic with the clear gunsight; check the opacity of the sight from the clipboard.  Make sure it is not set to low visibility.

As far as saving the image; are you clicking "save as" or "save picture as"?  Eskimo has "save as" in his screenshot but I used "save picture as" and worked fine.


I can't really think of anything else, hope that does it.
Title: Re: gunsites
Post by: 2ace on November 09, 2009, 08:57:17 PM
I think they are supposed to be 256 color bitmaps
Title: Re: gunsites
Post by: Clone155 on November 09, 2009, 08:59:34 PM
I think they are supposed to be 256 color bitmaps

I hope you are happy. You have successfully made me look like an idiot  :lol

That did it man. I ignored that one because the "some color loss may occur" scared me a little, but just OKed it and it works now!

TY all that helped!
Title: Re: gunsites
Post by: 2ace on November 09, 2009, 09:15:13 PM
No problem man.  :aok
Title: Re: gunsites
Post by: Nemisis on November 09, 2009, 09:46:12 PM
All you had to do was go to the folders you downloaded and had hit "cut" on the ones you want, s go to your AH2 sights folder and hit "paste"  :lol.
Title: Re: gunsites
Post by: USRanger on November 14, 2009, 10:54:40 AM
Yep, just for future reference, 8bit=256 color.  All .bmps in AH, be it sights, skins, etc. need to be in this format.
Title: Re: gunsites
Post by: bravoa8 on November 17, 2009, 12:41:54 PM
Heres a few of mine.

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2637/3961478414_7d5fbba832_o.jpg)

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2440/3961476006_e634b21ee4_o.jpg)