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#AAWIN Player

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#172494From: tom marlinMay 29, 1995 5:17 PM

I'm creating a script in Animator Pro's AAWIN, v 1.0. I can't seem to get the transitions button to work, so I can add fades. Anyone have any ideas? I've tried virtually every combination of settings, and the transitions box remains unhighlighted, as if disabled. I've tried this in full screen, less than full screen, 640×480, and 320×200. I'm also using 236 colors in my palette, so there shouldn't be a conflict there. Thanks in advance, Tom Marlin Studios

#172634From: Brian Rudolph [Adesk]May 30, 1995 2:32 PM

<<I'm creating a script in Animator Pro's AAWIN, v 1.0. I can't seem to get the transitions button to work, so I can add fades. >> The transition button will not be available if the player does not detect a 256 color display. Try reconfiguring for a 256 color display and see if it becomes avaialble. -Brian

#172718From: will taitMay 30, 1995 10:29 PM

<<The transition button will not be available if the player does not detect a 256 color display. Try reconfiguring for a 256 color display and see if it becomes avaialble. -Brian>> Tom, If you have Bit Edit / Pal Edit [they come with any Windows development kit], save one of your frames as a bitmap, take it into Bit Edit and do options / show palette and when Pal Edit opens up make an identity palette. this gives your palette the Windows reserved colors along with your 236. A problem might be that you are currently using the first ten color slots in the palette and they will get remapped. I think however that if you used Numpic to save a series af bitmaps you could then use Bit Edit / Pal Edit to map the identity palette to your bitmaps and all your colors will be reassigned to new slots. then you would have to remake the flic from the numbered bitmaps. Will

#172738From: tom marlinMay 31, 1995 1:05 AM

Will, Thanks for the sage advice. I had already achieved the same effect in Animator Pro by creating an optimized palette for Windows, which included reserving the first ten and last ten palette slots. Also, changed my screen display to 256 colors, and the fade does indeed work. Only problem now is many of my frames are distorting. Now I'm really puzzled. Working with animations in Windows is a whole new ballgame (I'm creating a WIndows game). Tom Marlin Studios

#172975From: will taitJun 1, 1995 12:36 AM

Tom, you need to get hold of the Windows Developer CD's and go through them for every white paper on anything related to palettes. Windows has a lot of little quirks when it come to how 8 bit palettes are handled. Print out all the information and read it thoroughly. You will get a much better understanding of what is going on.