Well my google-fu is weak today so I figured I'd post my question here in the hopes that one of the Dominions gods can answer. I've been thinking of creating a mod for Dominions ever since I started playing Dom3. Now that I have Dom4 and am absolutely in love with the game I want to think about making a mod for Dom4.
My problem is this. I will not start a project unless I can make my own sprites. The idea I have requires making all new sprites from scratch. I can't lift any components out of the existing game or the sprite dump.
Are there any tutorials out there on how to make a sprite from scratch for Dom4?
i think paint or gimp will do you - i would imagine you could use a few generic images from Dom 4 and then amend them
For sprite creation there is no better program than ProMotion 6!
^Perfect! I downloaded the trial version and was able to create a simple gif image after watching the youtube quick tutorial. Great program. I'm going to play around with it some more and see if this accomplishes what I need. Together with Gimp I think I can make some sprites now!
As an example I included a simple sprite that I lifted out of HOI2.
There is an excellent step by step sprite making tutorial on the old dom 3 shrapnel server done by burnsabre who is very good. I don't have the link on hand but it is pretty easy to find if you look around. I am pretty sure it is the modding subsection, in one of the stickies at the top.
Quote from: W8taminute on January 22, 2014, 06:58:04 PM
^Perfect! I downloaded the trial version and was able to create a simple gif image after watching the youtube quick tutorial. Great program. I'm going to play around with it some more and see if this accomplishes what I need. Together with Gimp I think I can make some sprites now!
As an example I included a simple sprite that I lifted out of HOI2.
That sprite looks sweet!