Photomap 2

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:46 pm

Check this out!

http://www.zomis.net/rnd/download.php?id=380

Uses a 256 colour palette (PM1 used 16 colours greyscale)

Near perfect photo quality mini-maps (if you squint your eyes

)

Uses all 256 CEs, but it only uses their "PREVIEW" graphics, so it doesn't effect their own. This means you can have full colour photographs in between levels without any overhead.

BMP to level converter supplied, and 167 photomaps (mostly super-babes, but nothing too risque)

Have fun!

Post by **Holger** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 11:03 pm

WOW!!! This is VERY cool! :-o (And I already liked the b/w Photomap 1...)

In fact, I also had this idea for a long time (including the converter from usual graphics files to R'n'D levels), but never brought it to life -- now you did it better than I could have done it (including the demo material :-) )!

> (mostly super-babes, but nothing too risque)

;-)

P.S.: Now I know how I can release my New Zealand photos!!! :-D

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 12:04 am

There's an optical illusion on the second Pam Anderson image,
after it's scrolled around (about 6 times), look at the top left....
you can actually see she's wearing roller skates

The King Crimson image is funny (for me), after my dad found out that
I liked the same music he did (bless him), he painted that image on my
entire bedroom wall!! (I was 15 at the time), I came back from school
and it was something like:

"hey dad, what's this?"

"It's the Court of the Crimson King cover, cool isn't it?" he said

"yeah"

nightmares proceeded........ true story

Zomis · Post by **Zomis** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 10:42 am

Indeed impressive...
now I just wish one of the levels were playable

Martijn · Post by **Martijn** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 7:46 pm

wow, great work! But I see question marks when I open the levels in the level editor. Is that by intention?

Post by **Holger** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 8:35 pm

> Is that by intention?

Yes, only the "PREVIEW" graphics are defined, but not the normal and "EDITOR" graphics...

Post by **Holger** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 8:26 am

> P.S.: Now I know how I can release my New Zealand photos!!! :-D

OK, here they are:

http://www.zomis.net/rnd/info.php?f=381

(And yes, I was feeling perverted and guilty when scaling these great photos down to 64 pixel width... :-o ;-) )

Martijn · Post by **Martijn** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 3:28 pm

Holger wrote:OK, here they are:

http://www.zomis.net/rnd/info.php?f=381

(And yes, I was feeling perverted and guilty when scaling these great photos down to 64 pixel width... )

Well, I can't see much of them... the levels contain question marks in the previews as well as in the editor.

Post by **Holger** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 4:40 pm

> Well, I can't see much of them... the levels contain question marks in the
> previews as well as in the editor.

The level set refers to the graphics set "Photomap2", which you should have installed and accessible by R'n'D under exactly that name. If you can't get it to work, just copy the "graphics" folder from the "Photomap2" set to my set.

The question marks in the editor are OK; as mentioned, there are ONLY graphic definitions for the "PREVIEW" graphics, but not for the normal (in-game) nor "EDITOR" graphic definitions.

Martijn · Post by **Martijn** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:28 pm

I'm sorry! Had to copy the graphics, yes, of course!

*edit

heey Holger, is that you in level 77?

or a friend?

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:39 pm

OK, here they are:

Cool, but pm2 doesn't do them justice...

Bungee jumping and skydiving, no thank you!

I like my feet firmly on the ground.

Post by **Holger** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:31 pm

> heey Holger, is that you in level 77?

Yup... :)

Post by **Holger** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:41 pm

> Cool, but pm2 doesn't do them justice...

Yeah, right... :-)

I'll make a nice "best of" collection online soon. :)

> Bungee jumping and skydiving, no thank you!

About Bungee jumping: I also skipped that. ;-)

But skydiving is really a great experience -- when remembering it, I still think "Wow!"... :-)

Oops, we're getting slightly off-topic...

Martijn · Post by **Martijn** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:09 pm

Holger wrote:> heey Holger, is that you in level 77?

Yup...

Cool! Totally different from my imagination before...

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:39 pm

About Bungee jumping: I also skipped that.

But skydiving is really a great experience -- when remembering it, I still think "Wow!"...

I couldn't say which is worse! Both rely on "gadgets" to save your life...sod that. Anyway, I get vertigo looking out my window!

Cool! Totally different from my imagination before...

I have to agree. It's odd the mental picture you form about somebody isn't it? It's never the same.

Now the illusive pimpernel is unmasked!