[APPLICATION] Tileset Linker by Rave

[Vear]

I don't know what is the good forum for that, but...

Program is here:
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/210143/tslinker.rar

In actual version the transparency is replaced by the color (I working on it, but actually all tries for linking tilesets without replace Alpha for color hangs the program). Color must be selected BEFORE load any tileset using button "Select the background COLOR (...)". By default it is aqua (Delphi constant clAqua). It should be good for many tilesets, but if in tileset will be aqua elements, they'll disappear. It is one more  bad thing with save. Program save linked tileset in BMP format, because if we trying to save PNG we can get corrupted file. You must convert it in a graphic program (The Gimp will be good choice. You must use it anyway, if you would like to get Alpha PNG ). It's all. Of course I'll try to remove all bad things, what I wrote in this little text. However, this program still save your time in linking Tilesets.

 

[sixtyandaquarter]

Gimme a second to see if I got this right.
This will automatically align two tilesets, into one tileset.  With one above the other, right?  But you have to open an art program, one that you'd have used to align and merge two tilesets together normally, to save it as a .png?

 

[Vear]

No, you save the merged tilesets into BMP file, open it for example in GIMP, adding Alpha Channel use "Select by color" (or something in this style - I using Polish version of Gimp) click on the background and after selection press DEL. After that click File -> Save as (still we in Gimp, right?) and save graphic file as PNG. Or simply do the last step and import to RPGXP with selecting Transparency/Translucency colors. I still working on saving Alpha PNGs, but I don't have good results yet. Cya!