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[quote]Originally posted by Andr�s Lescano:
some AI may not be prepared to use some of the new sizes

Fair enough, but thaa's not my problem. I'm just worried about the images, not the AI. Many mods do alter vehiclesizes.txt, and I'm just catering for them.

[quote]Originally posted by Andr�s Lescano:

There is a third alternative that is copying and renaming one of the default sizes to make the new size picture ... too much work ... a waste of hardrive space ... will make the "more vehicle sizes" mod file unnecessarily big.


Well, the work would only have to be done once, by the modder. As for the file size - I can't disagree, but your average HD won't notice an extra 5 or even 15 meg. The download would be a pain but it would only be a one off- and remember that zipping a .bmp file will take 70 or 80% off of it's size. Someone could even create a batch file to generate all the duplicate images locally on the user's machine.

As long as there are default images though it doesn't really matter if each race has the extra images or not. Any mod which includes default images might as well point to the race directory first, just in case a special image is available.

[quote]Originally posted by Andr�s Lescano:

BTW, some time ago there was a post in se4@yahooGroups with a suggested list of vehiclesizes and Kt of each.

Sounds interesting. Thanks.

[quote]Originally posted by Andr�s Lescano:

I have a few new sizes in my starwars mod.
* Infantry: ... And these are very specific of the starwars mod

OK, well if any other modders want to use infantry, I'll try to get them to use the same filenames as you, so any shipsets which include the picture will be compatible with a larger number of mods.

[quote]Originally posted by Andr�s Lescano:

* TIE Fighter, TIE Bomber and TIE Advanced are fighters that can only have 2 engines but have combat movement bonus and are fast in battle, these sizes use fighter pics.

OK, I'll look at the vehiclesizes.txt of your mod. Yours isn't the only mod to use extra fighter sizes, so there might be a clash there already.

[quote]Originally posted by Andr�s Lescano:

* Small, Medium and Large Death Star may be similar to battlemoons, I have use 3 different custom pics in the default race dir.

OK, another clash. I'd like to agree a common filename for battlemoon / death star images so that the Star Wars and P&N mods could share images.

Thanks for all the data, anyway. I will update the table to include *all* the entries in *all* the vehiclesizes.txt files mentioned so far. It might be several days until I can get it uploaded so bear with me.

I'll also include links to each mod's homepage, unless I receive objections.

Furthermore, with the permission of the authors I'd like to create a central "bank" of default vehicle images for non-standard ships and units.

Thanks for your help everyone, keep them coming in. I'd like some confirmation from TDM that the standard vehilesizes.txt isn't altered in their mod - That would be in keeping with your "non- interference" policy wouldn't it?

What about all those other mods? Haven't heard from Spoogy in a while, and I seem to recall a zippy mod? There must be more besides. C'mon people, it's not often I get this motivatd...

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