I always play with the counters, but I'm not too keen on those currently provided. I'd quite like to give a more 3D appearance to them, but I'm not sure of the current 'construction. Would I be right in thinking that there is a kind of transparent bitmap - 64 x 64, upon which is built the unit counter together with the national flag and strength.
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Many thanks - I'm actually really good at breaking things .
My problem(s) I suppose are one, lack of facilities to do the job properly and, two, a total lack of skill. That apart, sounds easy peasy.
So far, I've managed to get the actual unit counter pretty much the way I wanted it, but simply cannot get the tranparency of the base bitmap right, so I end up with a big white square with mi' nice new counter sitting there mocking me. It's probably because I'm using a v.v. old freeware painting prog.
Likely best if I give up now and wait for someone who knows what they're doing .
Bern
My problem(s) I suppose are one, lack of facilities to do the job properly and, two, a total lack of skill. That apart, sounds easy peasy.
So far, I've managed to get the actual unit counter pretty much the way I wanted it, but simply cannot get the tranparency of the base bitmap right, so I end up with a big white square with mi' nice new counter sitting there mocking me. It's probably because I'm using a v.v. old freeware painting prog.
Likely best if I give up now and wait for someone who knows what they're doing .
Bern
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Please note that bitmaps do not support transparency. You have to create PNG graphics to use transparency.Bern wrote:Many thanks - I'm actually really good at breaking things .
My problem(s) I suppose are one, lack of facilities to do the job properly and, two, a total lack of skill. That apart, sounds easy peasy.
So far, I've managed to get the actual unit counter pretty much the way I wanted it, but simply cannot get the tranparency of the base bitmap right, so I end up with a big white square with mi' nice new counter sitting there mocking me. It's probably because I'm using a v.v. old freeware painting prog.
Likely best if I give up now and wait for someone who knows what they're doing .
Bern
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