Making Weapons

[Flacid Assassin]

what is a good program to use

i know ur going to say search the forums but i dont want to

too lazy and am going to store to get snacks

and like what size do i need



Also wha tis the purpose of the Green Background?

[imacheater2k7]

That green background makes it transparent in game. And use fecking paint, man. It'll work. It's just pixel art...

[Flacid Assassin]

what size does the gun need to be?

[Will]

well, tried experimenting? learn something by yourself, and please learn how to write properly...

[-Skykanden-]

well, tried experimenting? learn something by yourself, and please learn how to write properly...

Same here

You ever can use photoshop and transparency

[headshots_alot]

where is the weapon maker? i know it was here a while back but i cant find it through search now...
also i will be changing my name to Spartaninja

[-Skykanden-]

The weapon maker? Program? There is one but just to balance

[Mangled*]

Any image editting software will do, as long as it uses pixels and has zooming capabilities of up to 600 - 800% Which is ideal for pixel art.

Paint is your best bet. It comes with Windows and has all the tools you need for pixel art. However, it is quite time consuming when selecting shades.

Photoshop isn't so great for pixel art, since all of the tools are intended for large images. I use it for light and shades on my weapons though since I'm used to using it alot. It's also useful for quickly altering colours and brightness but takes a bit of knowledge to know how to use it effectively.

Anyway I use a combination of Paint and Photoshop for my weapons... but if you're starting out, I recommend Paint because of its simplicity.

[Flacid Assassin]

yeah i would use pain but i dont know how to make weapons worth shit..... i dont have the skill lol

[Henito Kisou]

Before someone like Espadon goes there and fuck how his style is artistic sense and photo real fear what is really (...) try your own techniques from imagination, probably, from lame, soon you will be pro.
Examples and tuts (not self promotion, just get idea which you like, what is similiar, how this works), shadows and lights are complete integral part of every weapon in this style:


























Alternatively, you can do small guns, but too small isn't recommended:

[imacheater2k7]

Damn fine tut, Henito Kisou. Too bad I can't understand half the s*it you're saying!

And if you DO use Photoshop, I recommend you change from paintbrush to pencil tool.... Paintbrush is used for AREA coloring (It automatically shades the pixels around it, disabling its use at coloring SINGLE pixels.)

[headshots_alot]

im talking about to make stand alone mods!!!!! how do you make mods that are stand alone like the halo mod?

[Arbiter]

Oh god, you're back *slaps head.*

We've already told you.

Use paint to do all the graphics.
For SFX,  search off teh internet, if it's based off a game, a PC game, go google Aduacity.
For Animation files... Well, let's not touch that. Too risky.
Mapping belongs into another board.

What Henitou was telling was to how to make your Interface graphics look good/better.

If you're planning to start some epic full mod, NEVER recolour and warp current weapons and place em in the full mods section(unless they're supposed to be remakes of defaults like Mancer's "what's-it-called-mod-that-has-tons-of-self-advertising".) If you're making a little bit, put them in Weapon discussions (the one at the top of this modding section) and just chuck whatever you think is REALLY good. When you have an arsenal of weapons WITH SOUNDS, shift them over to Partial mods, and continue to make em better. Not just "really good", but the best you can do.

Once you have a feckload of confidence, modify the interface to the mod's style, maybe a couple of maps themed to that. Modify the gostek-gfx (your character). And btw, NEVER steal anyone's work. If you're going to base them off that, give them the credit.

(btw, pivot and userbars are dead. change em ASAP, maybe put some modding works there, like Dairy.)

P.S Other than Papasurf, no one's reached his level of spitting out great stuff really fast.