On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 07:59 -0500, Bill Galbraith wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > Behalf Of Greg Olah > > Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 3:41 AM > > To: FlightGear user discussions > > Subject: [Flightgear-users] Building Custom Instruments > > > > I am currently building an instrument panel for the Bell 206. > > So far I've got the background done and have been working on > > designing the instruments such as engine oil temp/press and > > transmission oil temp/press. I used GIMP to design them and > > saved them as Silicon Graphics IRIS image (RGB not SGI) file. > > I also tried saving with "no compression", "RLE > > compression", and "agressive RLE compression".
Any of the three should work, I tend to use RLE compression. > > The problem > > is, when I lay it out on the panel all I get is a box where > > the instrument should be. This is with all my instruments > > that I've designed. I have no problem with the preloaded > > instruments from the "../Data/Aircraft/Instruments" path, so > > I know it's the way I am saving it in GIMP, but I just don't > > know what I am doing wrong. If I can get some help, I should > > have accurate B206 VFR and IFR 2d panels for everyone! > > > > Thanks For the Help! > > GregO > I saved my instruments as "RLE compression". Is your background big enough? > I think it has to be at least 256x256, even if you only display a subset of > that for your instrument. > Bill It's not the size that counts. Or is it ;) All textures have to have dimensions that are powers of 2, i.e. 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, or 1024. So a texture that is 16x32 will work. A texture that is 200x200 will not You could go bigger, but bigger is not better. I've found textures are more legible if you create them about the size they will be displayed on the average 1024x768 or 1280x1024 screen. Ron ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
