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Mizaq
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San Diego
Nov 2001
time: 21:18
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Hi guys:
Well, I made an overlay and am going to begin applying it to my wonder screens. I'll start with the old wonders so everyone can use them. Here are the first two. The images are from Elucidus.
Give me feedback! Grar! If a ton of people want me to use Che Palle's overlay, I'll do the wonders with that instead of my own.
See attached for the pcx files. I'll try and post another zip every six wonders, so check back with this thread periodically.
 
 Attachment: appolo_gwall.zip
This has been downloaded 257 time(s).
Last edited by Mizaq on 08-03-2002 at 10:55
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Mizaq
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San Diego
Nov 2001
time: 21:18
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Here is the first update. see attached zip for the pcx's.BTW, I'm looking for a better epic picture, can't seem to find a decent one that I think everyone would like. Let me know if you have one.
Attachment: mizaq's wondersplash01.zip
This has been downloaded 211 time(s).
Last edited by Mizaq on 08-03-2002 at 15:27
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Elucidus
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Excellent. Thanks for this.
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Mizaq
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San Diego
Nov 2001
time: 21:18
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Here is part two. See attached zip for the pcx files.
Attachment: mizaq's wondersplash02.zip
This has been downloaded 150 time(s).
Last edited by Mizaq on 18-03-2002 at 13:00
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Mizaq
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San Diego
Nov 2001
time: 21:18
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Here is the 4th installment
attached at the bottom is the pcx
Attachment: mizaq's wondersplash04.zip
This has been downloaded 141 time(s).
Last edited by Mizaq on 18-03-2002 at 13:02
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EarthHouse
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something wrong with Forbidden Palace, the picture of yours isn't Forbidden Palace, it is the palace at Tibet.(i can't remember its name)
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Mizaq
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San Diego
Nov 2001
time: 21:18
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That's because I liked the picture. I have one that looks closer up as well if you don't like that one. Newton's is a picture of the Quad at the University of Washington in Seattle. I think JS Bach's might be a picture of St Patrick's Cathedral I'm not sure. Cure for Cancer is bee (I think X-Files was a factor in my decision there).
Dixon has a picture that I like better for Magellan's but he hasn't come back and posted just the pic without his overlay.
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JonAck14
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How do you download these files i click them and it comes up as attatchment and a document file, they dont work with winzip so how do i get them to work?
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Mizaq
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San Diego
Nov 2001
time: 21:18
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you can download the whole file from this thread at civfanatics.. I'm too lazy to explain for the umpteenth time about the ****ed up downloads from apolyton.
In my signature is a link to a thread here at apolyton about how to open the files you already downloaded.
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Mizaq
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San Diego
Nov 2001
time: 21:18
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Wow, almost 200 hits on the first set! I get very little feedback on these, if you guys have any suggestions be sure to let me know. If anyone has alternate splashes or an overlay, let me have a look at it.
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Harlan
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Berkeley, CA, USA
Aug 2005
time: 21:18
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Hi Mizaq,
Nice splashes. I'm glad to see my work hasn't gone totally unnoticed, and that you used some of the images from my website.
Complaining you don't have enough suggestions? I'll fix that! 
One, what you have as the Oracle isn't actually the Oracle, but is probably a famous monastery on the island of Santorini (you can even see the Christian cross!). I have an artist's painting of what the real Oracle of Delphi looked like, based on all the historical evidence, though its unfortunately only at 160 by 120 pixels. It comes out pretty grainy when blown up to 320 by 320, which is why I didn't put it on my website. But you could give it a try, or get the original. I believe I scanned it from one of those Time Life books on world history. I forget the title, but all the books in the series are dark grey and each book covers about a hundred years or so (more in ancient times, less in recent). Most of them are in my local library, so they're probably in yours.
I don't get your Cure for Cancer image - bees and flower? Mines' better. 
While your picture of Potala Palace is indeed great, I believe the Forbidden Palace wonder should have a pic of the Forbidden Palace for it. Potala Palace should be a wonder in its own right, for modpacks.
I'm also a big fan of color over black and white. I think you could definitely do better with Theory of Evolution, Military Academy, Intelligence Agency and Women's Sufferage for that reason. Howabout the famous image of apes walking then turning into men walking for Theory of Evolution? And I like my Pyramids and Art of War better! My Pyramids cos yours looks nearly black and white, and mine shows what it actually looked like back in the day, complete with Sphinx and golden tops on the pyramids.
Playhouse is too dark. Some tweaking in a graphics program could increase the visibility.
Here's the images I have on my website by the way (for those who don't know):
http://apolyton.net/haven/webshots.html
http://apolyton.net/haven/webshots2.html
http://apolyton.net/haven/webshots3.html
http://apolyton.net/haven/webshots4.html
Later today I'll zip them up and give a link to that to make them easier for people to get.
I have some more images I should put up as well. Amongst them are better Lighthouse and Colossus images (the Colossus didn't actually straddle over the harbor so ships could pass through its legs).
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Mizaq
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San Diego
Nov 2001
time: 21:18
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Harlan, civfanatics has a file server that will accept 3mb files. BTW, I put Haven in the bottom right corner of the pics I got from your site because I didn't realize your screenname was Harlan (I apologize for paying attention when I read your front page, it's right there in the first paragraph now that I go look again).
Also, you can find my complete set of wonder splashes from here on the CivFan server.
The Cure for Cancer pic is an X-Files reference. I searched for a couple hours for a better pyramids pic, and that was my favorite by a narrow margin. Later on I'll post the others I found. Finding a good pic of the pyramids is a real pain in the butt. The Intelligence Agency pic is actually from a movie poster for one of the earliest ever spy movies. That was the best image I could find to show Women's Suffrage, I'm not sure what would qualify as a better choice. I believe I was originally using your pyramids pic until I found one I liked more and put it into the collection.
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Harlan
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Berkeley, CA, USA
Aug 2005
time: 21:18
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Okay then,
Until I solve my webpage problem I put the zips on that server. You can get them here:
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads/wonder_graphics.zip
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads/wonder_graphics2.zip
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads/...nt_graphics.zip
Also, since you mentioned you couldn't find good Women's Suffrage, I've found a color one. I was a bit surprised actually, given it was before the color photograph era and this appears to be a color picture and not a painting. Maybe its colorized? When did color pictures begin, anyways?
I also came up with a good Darwin pic while I was at it, to show what I'm talking about. Its a bit grainy - I'm sure there are better versions of this super famous illustration. I only noticed now that the official Civ3 image for this wonder also uses this illustration, but in a very dorky way (their working mode seemed to be, when you can't think of an image for something, put a symbol on a pedestal, and pretend its a famous statue).
I'm sure you can find good color Military Academy (any random West Point or Annapolis pic will do) or Intelligence Agency (James Bond, if desperate, though it should be a building after all) pics, so I won't bother with those.
Those two can be found at:
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads/evolution.jpg
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http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads/suffrage2.jpg
And an X-Files reference? Ugh. I hate that show. Most people will be scratching their heads on that one. The one in my zip is at least easily understandable.
I couldn't find the good Lighthouse pic on my harddrive, but there are some other good ones in the zip you might want to use, including Magellans and Pyramids (this Magellan shows the types of ships he actually used, while yours is from a later time. Also, most of his journey was in multiple ships, though only one made it home and without him on it).
I also just now fixed the Colossus a bit, so that will have to wait for the next zip (looking at the Civ3 art made me realize the statue isn't the right color of weathered bronze).
I totally don't understand the whole .pcx color palatte thing, so all of these are .jpgs. If someone wants to convert them and post that, that would help me make this into a formal modpack of splash screens for mostly alternative wonders. I'd greatly appreciate it. Maybe that will help inspire people to make more mods using new wonders, cos I think there aren't enough in the standard game.
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Mizaq
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San Diego
Nov 2001
time: 21:18
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k, I'll take a look. I'm pretty busy lately, so it will probably take me until next weekend to get a look. Once you know what you are doing, it probably takes about 2 minutes on average to convert .jpg files into Civ3-usable .pcx files.
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Harlan
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Berkeley, CA, USA
Aug 2005
time: 21:18
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Mizaq,
I think I've figured out the .pcx thing. Is the only special color to worry about the pink, or should I worry about the green as well? I see in your splashes you ignore the green. Do I even need to worry about the pink in wonder splashes?
Last edited by Harlan on 30-04-2002 at 12:07
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Mizaq
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San Diego
Nov 2001
time: 21:18
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what matters is that your transparent color is going to be whatever is the index number 255. I use paint shop pro for the palette editing so I just hit shift+p to open up the screen. I usually add the existing 255 to custom colors then replace it with pure purple. Then I used the color replacement tool to replace all the purple slotches that just appeared with a color that already exists. If there is no color close, do make something fit by subverting another color (remember you have the original saved in the custom color box in case you need it).
I use pure purple because it usually stands out from the pic. Whatever is transparent will show through as black, so if you already have 255 as black I suppose it wouldn't matter if you changed it or not (bad form IMO).
Crap you guys are killing me with the votes, why would so many people download it if they didn't like it? Vote you ghosts!
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Mizaq
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San Diego
Nov 2001
time: 21:18
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Gramphos, if you click here you can download the complete set in one file from CivFanatics. If you look up a few posts I gave this link.
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Mizaq
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San Diego
Nov 2001
time: 21:18
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sorry I missed this one, but Gramphos gives a link to it in his last post. I also linked to it on another server.
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