Re: [Freeciv-Dev] graphics and colors proposal
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> In the short term (specifically, up to the next release)
> we stick to xpm format, and those who want somewhat more
> colors can use the above scheme. In particular I would
> like to put the new small.xpm in cvs (in data/default)
> with an individually optimsed 64-color palette, and also
> a single space.xpm also with such a palette.) Of course
> people are still free to make xpm sets with common low-color
> palettes, and xpm sets with lots of colors, but the above
> should be the standard for graphics files included in the dist.
Sounds ok.
> In the long term (after 1.8.1) we could revisit the graphics
> format issue, eg (optionally?) using PNG format. Note that
> 1.8.1 will be the first stable relase to include the GTK+
> client which requires imlib, so we may be able to get some
> feedback about how much trouble it would be to require imlib.
Yes, could somebody maybe think of a good poll for this issue too?
> Also, Martin has indicated he'll put a section with the available
> tilesets on the download page. That should make the alternative
> tilesets much more visible, rather than just having them hidden
> deep inside the ftp archive.
Yes I will. The tilesets are in ftp.freeciv.org/contrib/tilesets/ now.
Maybe the tileset creators should state which version of freeciv their
tiles work for too.
Best regards
Martin Willemoes Hansen
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