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Subject: Re: What is a good palette for 8-Bit Grafix?
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Roland Moritz wrote:
> 
> I want to create a game in Mode-X with Allegro, and now my problem is the
> following:
> Which Palette should I use? How can I make it, that every important color is
> in the palette, and that there are colors in the palette, which enable me to
> make smooth color-changes (for instance when I need the colors to draw a
> picture where a orange gradually turns to a grey or something...)? Can I
> download a good 8-Bit palette somewhere, or has anyone got any tips for how
> to make it?

Roland,there is a very nice palette editor called EZpalette that
i really like.It _could_ have more features but as it stands it
is great.You can get it here:
ftp://x2ftp.oulu.fi/pub/msdos/programming/grutils/ezpalette.zip

You have to know how to load the palette after you have created it
so i will give some source.



-------------------begin snipits-----------------------

PALLETE my_pallete;    /* make a pallete struct,call it my_pallete */
                       /* this should be a global,outside main() */

main()                  /* just showing where to put stuff */ 
{
 loadpal();             /* call the palette loader function */
 set_pallete(pallete);  /* change the current palette to your palette */
}

                
loadpal()
{
 int i;
 FILE *PALFILE=fopen("mypal.pal","rb");  /* change "mypal.pal"    */
                                         /* to what ever you want */
 for(i=0;i<256;i++)
 {
  //fscanf(PALFILE,"%c%c%c",&pallete[i].r,&pallete[i].g,&pallete[i].b);
  my_pallete[i].r=(int)getc(PALFILE);
  my_pallete[i].g=(int)getc(PALFILE);
  my_pallete[i].b=(int)getc(PALFILE);
 }
 fclose(PALFILE);
}

--------------end snipits---------------------------------

you could do other things,but this will get ya started.


I could send ya some of my palettes if you want to ask
my email.

AND does anyone know why "palette" is mispelt "pallete" in
allegro?

          
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