PQAGI Isn't down the drain anymore!!!

[Patrick]

Sorrry Just wondering...HEY i mean it could have been for SCI or something...  

[Patrick]

Guys i seriously cant get Vector to work...i have tried opening it in like 3 ways...all result in it starting then exiting...I dont really like PICEDIT..and i think that Vector is the answer... can ANYONE give me an alternate way to get vector to LOAD and NOT CLOSE? I also need to know what to do after that  

[Zonkie]

Have you added the command line parameters to Vector? It doesn't have an interface like AGISE for example, but it uses the filenames that you put into it and converts it.

From the readme file:

* Command line parameters

 VECTOR.EXE [options] <input> <output>

 input:      the input file  (BMP, PCX, TGA)
 output:   the output file (AGI picture resource)

 Options:

 -p <prio>  uses the given file as the priority map
 -v         enables the onscreen view of the generated image
 -w         makes the program wait after each screen shape has been drawn

.

That should make it work.

[Patrick]

so like this?

vector.exe -p prio.bmp visual.bmp picture.000

i did that and i got a NOTHING file...but when i used like jsut

vector.exe -v visual.bmp picture.000

I got a picture rescource...is there a way to make a prio resource using this...eg..will it make them into one...if so...what is the arrangement i need to do?

[Te Rangi]

Marching Band Madness sounds like a cool name  

[Patrick]

Read the title PQAGI Isn't down the drain anymore!!!

I might be able to use that terrific tilie or take that into consideration when i do that game after i finish this one....thanks anyways

[Zonkie]

I'm not sure if you can also make a priority screen at the same time using Vector, but adding a priority screen to an existing pictures should be fairly easy, because you have all the lines on the visual screen already and can just trace them. Also, I think the options part of the command line parameters is optional, so if you just leave that out the pictures should come out normally as well.

[Patrick]

No porb there...jkust do them individually you say...or i guess it would be simple to do that and then to just DRAW the Prio in on PICEDIT... man we need a new PICEDIT...wasnt there a beta going around al ong time ago? What ever happened to it?

[Zonkie]

Do you mean APE, Another Picture Editor, or what it was called? It sounded really promising with moving objects and 3D perspective, but I haven't heard anything of it for a while though...

I just checked the site, there seems to be no update lately. I hope he hasn't given up working on it...

[Patrick]

Yes that is what i was talking about... i remeber it was being talked about a while back...had a really good screenshot...yeah...what ever happened to it?