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From: mperdue@iquest.net (Mario Perdue)
Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.programming.2d_graphics
Subject: Re: Using TGA2IMG
Date: Tue, 06 May 1997 13:18:05 GMT
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Manny,

>I use the TGA2IMG utility to convert the 24bit raytraced images I make into
>8bit sprites with palette info.  It is a major pain in the rear end to
>track the position of each sprite and it's palette in vram using a pen and
>pencil.  Is there any utility that can sort these out for me?  The reason I
>ask is because I noticed that TIMUTIL does not load nor save TGA files.

Gee, I guess I can't pass the buck on this one. A friend of mine
(Richard Degler) and I wrote TGA2IMG for a couple of reasons. 

1) I really like working with the Targa files. Most of the graphics
tools I own work well with the format. Since none of included tools
supported Targa files, I wrote my own.

2) I wanted a converter that could be easily controlled as part of the
make process.

3) I wanted to be able to include my graphics as part of the
executable file.

TGA2IMG accomplished these goals. Of course, if I would have had the
TIM format at the time I wrote the program, I probably would have
written TGA2TIM instead. In fact, I may do that anyway. Would anyone
be interested in having a Targa to TIM converter?


>By the way, I've been spending about 10 hours a day stewing in front of my
>Yaroze, is there any danger of damage due to overheating?  With my regular
>PSX, I've played Persona for almost a whole 24 hour period and did not
>notice anything wrong.  But recently there has been a lot of babble on the
>internet about PSX's being ruined by overheating.

My system gets turned on when I fire up my computer (7:30-11:00AM) and
turned off when I'm done for the day (10:00PM-2:00AM.) I havn't had
any over-heating problems.

Mario