Players + Mappers

[RabbitRapist]

Map makers:

In 8-bit mode Continuum uses a fixed palette of 256 colours. If you use other colours in your tileset Continuum will automatically change them to the nearest matching color. This can sometimes result in ugly and unwanted colours.

You can either try to change the colours manually in a paint program such as Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop and load the palette from another map (EG: public map), so you can check what it'll look like in Continuum.

Players:

Change your Continuum to 16-bit (or 32-bit) colours. To do this follow the instructions below:

Start Continuum

Goto the View menu

Select Options from the pull down menu
Click on the Graphics tab in the window that appears

Change Color Depth by clicking on the pull-down arrow and selecting 16 (or 32)

[ZeUs!!]

Shall I bust this into the newbie guide or is it too advanced?

[Stabwound]

A lot of people have major FPS problems with setting the color depth to 16-bit or 32-bit in the game.

[RabbitRapist]

i said this because i made a map and the cols looked shit... then i realised i could change the options in my client.

so... you can learn from my experience in 2 ways:

1 - make your maps in shitty cols.
2 - change your ss settings so you dont miss out on stuff.

-RR

[Fit of Rage]

Originally posted by Stabwound
A lot of people have major FPS problems with setting the color depth to 16-bit or 32-bit in the game.

I had mine set to 32-bit (my moniter could handle it easy-peasy) but for some reason I always got a framerate of 2-10 fps. Stab told me to keep it at 8-bit, and now I have constant 60 fps. Stab for pres.

[RabbitRapist]

Originally posted by ZeUs!!
Shall I bust this into the newbie guide or is it too advanced?

yeh do it

[Jerome Scuggs]

Originally posted by RabbitRapist
i said this because i made a map and the cols looked shit... then i realised i could change the options in my client.

so... you can learn from my experience in 2 ways:

1 - make your maps in shitty cols.
2 - change your ss settings so you dont miss out on stuff.

-RR

yeah, when i save my map tiles as .bmp's alot they fuck up, i always forget to do 256 colors bmp