Ron Jensen wrote: > 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 > > My current gauge I designed in GIMP is 470x470. I don't think it has to be powers of 2 because in the Flightgear docs, it tells how to calculate cropped areas using the formula: 1/(256/pixels). So you should be able to have larger. But, I'll try your suggestion of sizing it to base-2.
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