i've tried searching this on the net but they're links are dead where else can i get these... :(

i've tried searching this on the net but they're links are dead where else can i get these...

http://www.staredit.net/maplantis/storage/files/Retro_GRP.zip There are other, better ones, however. I prefer SFGrpConv myself, but it's a personal preference.

http://www.staredit.net/maplantis/storage/files/Retro_GRP.zip

There are other, better ones, however. I prefer SFGrpConv myself, but it's a personal preference.

[color=#CE091D]As an opinion, SFGrpConv is better, as Kow said. It lets you decompile and recompile into/from a sigle large image, which is perfect for recolorations.[/color]

As an opinion, SFGrpConv is better, as Kow said. It lets you decompile and recompile into/from a sigle large image, which is perfect for recolorations.

Real men use Retro GRP. :P

Real men use Retro GRP.

[quote=name:Polaris]Real men use Retro GRP. :P[/quote] No. ShadowFlare's GRP converter is a lot more convenient and simple. It also doesn't have any RLE compression crap.

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Real men use Retro GRP.

No.

ShadowFlare's GRP converter is a lot more convenient and simple. It also doesn't have any RLE compression crap.

well, after making this thread I've come up of this SFGrpConv in shadowflare's site it also said that it changes .grp to .bmp so i download it yet i didnt use it until i get these Retro GRP to compare it(actually i dozed off after downloading SFGrpConv, then lot of thing happen, bah! lame excuse! :><: ) well thanks for the link! :D

well, after making this thread I've come up of this SFGrpConv in shadowflare's site it also said that it changes .grp to .bmp so i download it yet i didnt use it until i get these Retro GRP to compare it(actually i dozed off after downloading SFGrpConv, then lot of thing happen, bah! lame excuse! ) well thanks for the link!

[quote=name:FlyingHat][quote=name:Polaris]Real men use Retro GRP. :P[/quote] It also doesn't have any RLE compression crap.[/quote] Neither does retro :P I never needed RLE compression on anything. The only time I use SFGRPConverter is when I need to recolor a whole GRP.

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Real men use Retro GRP.

It also doesn't have any RLE compression crap.

Neither does retro I never needed RLE compression on anything.
The only time I use SFGRPConverter is when I need to recolor a whole GRP.

[quote=name:Polaris]Real men use Retro GRP. :P[/quote] This. I have no idea why I didn't include Retro GRP in my package. Oh ya, I didn't have it :P

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Real men use Retro GRP.

This.

I have no idea why I didn't include Retro GRP in my package.
Oh ya, I didn't have it

Retrogrp distorts images. Don't use it.

Retrogrp distorts images. Don't use it.

[quote=name:IskatuMesk]Retrogrp distorts images. Don't use it.[/quote] Never had that problem. If it does, it is almost unnoticeable.

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Retrogrp distorts images. Don't use it.

Never had that problem. If it does, it is almost unnoticeable.

It happens with specific types of images. For example - The DyiithJhinn Hellgate could not be compiled as it was in retrogrp because of the fine circular lines that caused HUGE defects and actually managed to crash starcraft. I had to blur the frames in photoshop to get it to compile (which is why it looks like shit in HK). SF's grp converter doesn't do this. I also ran into this same problem when I was working on the Bane graphic. Consecutive compiles resulted in the player colors at the hand growing major defects that became progressively worse until there was huge lines everywhere. I re-created the frames and ran them through SF's grp compiler; no such problem ever again. It's rare, but it can happen.

It happens with specific types of images. For example - The DyiithJhinn Hellgate could not be compiled as it was in retrogrp because of the fine circular lines that caused HUGE defects and actually managed to crash starcraft. I had to blur the frames in photoshop to get it to compile (which is why it looks like shit in HK). SF's grp converter doesn't do this.

I also ran into this same problem when I was working on the Bane graphic. Consecutive compiles resulted in the player colors at the hand growing major defects that became progressively worse until there was huge lines everywhere. I re-created the frames and ran them through SF's grp compiler; no such problem ever again.

It's rare, but it can happen.

Actually yeah, I think I know what you are talking about. I remember seeing some odd lines on several GRP's in the old Maplantis Database.

Actually yeah, I think I know what you are talking about. I remember seeing some odd lines on several GRP's in the old Maplantis Database.