Michael Emrys Posted March 29, 2002 Share Posted March 29, 2002 Would someone please be so kind to direct me to a site where those may be obtained? Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzman Posted March 29, 2002 Share Posted March 29, 2002 CMHQ has the only Hi-ress Skys that I know of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russellmz Posted March 29, 2002 Share Posted March 29, 2002 Originally posted by Michael emrys: Would someone please be so kind to direct me to a site where those may be obtained? Michaelyou can download magua's normandy mod and get his super cool dawn/dusk and blue skies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 29, 2002 Author Share Posted March 29, 2002 Thanks, guys, and especially Russel. I think those are the ones I am looking for. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russellmz Posted March 29, 2002 Share Posted March 29, 2002 Originally posted by Michael emrys: Thanks, guys, and especially Russel. I think those are the ones I am looking for. Michaelb4 you do a massive download, make sure: i got a screenshot here of the dusk: http://www.russellmz.20m.com/main.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 29, 2002 Author Share Posted March 29, 2002 I downloaded surlyben's skies from CMHQ, but several of them wouldn't convert to a Mac-readable format. This apparently includes all the pretty dawn ones. Anyway, the ones I did get haven't shown up in my current QB which is set in March 1945. Guess I'll keep searching. The only thing I could find by magua was trees and houses. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyrene Posted March 29, 2002 Share Posted March 29, 2002 Originally posted by russellmz: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Michael emrys: Thanks, guys, and especially Russel. I think those are the ones I am looking for. Michaelb4 you do a massive download, make sure: i got a screenshot here of the dusk: http://www.russellmz.20m.com/main.html</font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ales Dvorak Posted March 29, 2002 Share Posted March 29, 2002 Originally posted by Michael emrys: I downloaded surlyben's skies from CMHQ, but several of them wouldn't convert to a Mac-readable format.lWhat do you mean? (I'm on Mac & there was no problem).Sky is in graphics 9 (1400 - 1414) and in graphics 10 (1430 - 1444 ).Maybe this is your problem? (renumber bmp) [ March 29, 2002, 12:10 PM: Message edited by: Ales Dvorak ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Catastrophe Posted March 29, 2002 Share Posted March 29, 2002 you have to do a bit of fiddling around with the BMP names.....the names of the files you download arent used by CMBO, but in the read me file that comes with the download, he explains which BMP replaces what ie: 1415(a real CMBO BMP) which is dawn lo res, you have downloaded 1435 which is dawn high-res, but your game is still using 1415, you need to change 1415 to something like 1415-original, and change 1435 to 1415, hey presto....phew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAK Posted March 29, 2002 Share Posted March 29, 2002 Hey! I think TCMHQ has a really good hi-res sky mod. Try it. Really. Its good. Jake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 29, 2002 Author Share Posted March 29, 2002 Jake, is TCMHQ different from CMHQ? If so, do you have their URL? Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 29, 2002 Author Share Posted March 29, 2002 Originally posted by Ales Dvorak: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Michael emrys: I downloaded surlyben's skies from CMHQ, but several of them wouldn't convert to a Mac-readable format.lWhat do you mean?</font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzman Posted March 29, 2002 Share Posted March 29, 2002 Originally posted by Michael emrys: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Ales Dvorak: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Michael emrys: I downloaded surlyben's skies from CMHQ, but several of them wouldn't convert to a Mac-readable format.lWhat do you mean?</font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAK Posted March 30, 2002 Share Posted March 30, 2002 Tom's CMHQ, its the same site as that of Battle of the Bulge mod fame. Just search for Tom's CMHQ and it should come up. Jake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 30, 2002 Author Share Posted March 30, 2002 Originally posted by Panzerman: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Michael emrys: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Ales Dvorak: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Michael emrys: I downloaded surlyben's skies from CMHQ, but several of them wouldn't convert to a Mac-readable format.lWhat do you mean?</font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzman Posted March 30, 2002 Share Posted March 30, 2002 Originally posted by Michael emrys: Not entirely sure I followed you through all those zippers, but the files were automatically unzipped by Stuffit Expander as soon as they finished downloading. Whatever the problem is, it apparently is peculiar to just a portion of the files as MCM3 had no trouble converting the rest. I just opened my Data folder and noticed that four of my graphic files labeled backup 3-6 were loose as well as the new ones of that number. So I created a new folder and put them in that. Doubt that that will have any bearing on the present problem though as you say the sky graphics are on 9 and 10. Why does this have to be so hard? MichaelDid you check to see if there were any zip files within the file the stuffit unstuffed? It happens to me some times. It doesn't always unstuff zip/suffit files that are within what you unstuffed. Also sometimes the file name is to long and the .bmp gets knocked off the end, check to see if all the bmps have the .bmp on the end. [ March 29, 2002, 10:17 PM: Message edited by: Panzerman ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 30, 2002 Author Share Posted March 30, 2002 Originally posted by Panzerman: Did you check to see if there were any zip files within the file the stuffit unstuffed? It happens to me some times. It doesn't always unstuff zip/suffit files that are within what you unstuffed. Also sometimes the file name is to long and the .bmp gets knocked off the end, check to see if all the bmps have the .bmp on the end.Okay, I'll try that and get back to you. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 30, 2002 Author Share Posted March 30, 2002 Okay. I opened the original downloaded (and unzipped) files and found that many of them had a jpg instead of a bmp suffix, so I relabeled all of those and a few more made it through MCM3 into my data folder. However, the trouble doesn't end there. Many of them don't have numerical prefixes (like 14xx) but words like 'falldawn' and all of those aren't making it through the mill. What should I relabel them to? Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzman Posted March 30, 2002 Share Posted March 30, 2002 Originally posted by Michael emrys: Okay. I opened the original downloaded (and unzipped) files and found that many of them had a jpg instead of a bmp suffix, so I relabeled all of those and a few more made it through MCM3 into my data folder. However, the trouble doesn't end there. Many of them don't have numerical prefixes (like 14xx) but words like 'falldawn' and all of those aren't making it through the mill. What should I relabel them to? MichaelI ll download it tomorow and let you know. By the way which mod did you get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 30, 2002 Author Share Posted March 30, 2002 Originally posted by Panzerman: By the way which mod did you get?Surlyben's. They come in two folders from CMHQ and in three from Tom's CMHQ. I downloaded the latter a couple of hours ago but haven't done anything with them yet. I don't realistically believe that they will be any easier to deal with but thought I would at least give them a look. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzman Posted March 30, 2002 Share Posted March 30, 2002 OK I downloaded the pack and now I see why you are having problems. You can't use all the ones you see, because there are some that have the same bmp number. (EG 1401, 1401b, 1401c etc.) That is why some of the ones you see aren't what you get in CM you have to chose the ones you want, before going into Mac mod manger. Thats why you see ones that are going through the manger, but don't show up in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 30, 2002 Author Share Posted March 30, 2002 So what about the ones that don't have any number at all? Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzman Posted March 30, 2002 Share Posted March 30, 2002 They are just, as the CM Mac Mod Manger says they are jpgs. or wav. files. Just open them up with the quick time viewer™ and they are just picts no bmps, sorry about leading you down the wrong path so to speak. [ March 30, 2002, 02:07 PM: Message edited by: Panzerman ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SurlyBen Posted March 30, 2002 Share Posted March 30, 2002 It's been a while since I looked at the zips with my skies, but IIRC, the images with labels like "falldawn.jpg" are just screenshots with no actual impact on the game. The game files are all numbered. Files with names like 1400b.bmp and 1400c.bmp are alternate skies for a particular season. I keep meaning to go back and make them CMMOS compatible, but that would mean downloading and learning CMMOS (and wouldn't be helpful to people on a mac in any case.) Surlyben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 30, 2002 Author Share Posted March 30, 2002 Okay. Thanks, guys. I guess I know where it's all at now. If I have any further problems, I'll be back. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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