problem with graphics

[mjtokarski]

When I try to load the David Gervais tileset, I get the following error messages:

Cannot read bitmap file '32x32.bmp'

Cannot initialize graphics

Anyone got any ideas as to what's going on? It used to work until a few days ago and I haven't changed anything on the computer.

cheers
Michael

[JoyrexJ9]

You need to download the tileset (for some reason, it's not included in the main distribution). Download the file graf-32x32-306.zip from here http://angband.oook.cz/download.php

Unzip it into the lib\xtra\graf directory (it should contain two files 32x32.bmp and mask32.bmp)

That should fix it.

[mjtokarski]

I've already got the tileset. Like I said, it used to work fine but now it won't load.

[Bill Peterson]

Originally Posted by mjtokarski

and I haven't changed anything on the computer.

Is this completely true, you haven't changed ANYTHING? If so, you might try replacing the file - it may have been corrupted. If this doesn't work try giving us some more information like OS, Angband version, etc.

Bill

[mjtokarski]

Yep, completely true, I'm afraid.

I tried replacing the files - no good.

I'm using the pr2 version of angband in windows xp sp2 but I have the same problem when I go back to the 3.06 version.

I've played around a bit this morning:

I have my desktop set to 32 bit display andthe tileset won't load.

If I change to 16 bit, then run angband and load the tileset, it works fine - even if I change back to 32 bit while angband is running. But, when I try to run agband with the tileset again in 32 bit screen, it won't work.

[takkaria]

Originally Posted by mjtokarski

If I change to 16 bit, then run angband and load the tileset, it works fine - even if I change back to 32 bit while angband is running. But, when I try to run agband with the tileset again in 32 bit screen, it won't work.

I can't reproduce this, and I have no idea why this is happening for you; the code suggests that the game is just having a problem loading the graphics file.

[Bill Peterson]

I can't confirm his problem under Windows as I'm running Linux. Perhaps I can try later today. But I can reproduce a similar problem using my build under Ubuntu.

From the comamnd line:

./angband -g gives me Adam Bolt graphics
./angband -g -- -b gives me Adam Bolt graphics w/bigtile
./angband -g -- -b -o gives me original graphics w/bigtile
./angband -g -- -b -g gives me no graphics at all, the same as just ./angband

All the above commands work as expected using the pr1 build, so the problem does seem to be with pr2 and Gervais graphics.

Bill

[takkaria]

Originally Posted by Bill Peterson

I can't confirm his problem under Windows as I'm running Linux. Perhaps I can try later today. But I can reproduce a similar problem using my build under Ubuntu.

From the comamnd line:

./angband -g gives me Adam Bolt graphics
./angband -g -- -b gives me Adam Bolt graphics w/bigtile
./angband -g -- -b -o gives me original graphics w/bigtile
./angband -g -- -b -g gives me no graphics at all, the same as just ./angband

All the above commands work as expected using the pr1 build, so the problem does seem to be with pr2 and Gervais graphics.

That's because you haven't downloaded the Gervais graphics.

Try putting the files in http://angband.oook.cz/download/extr...-32x32-306.zip in your lib/xtra folder.

[Bill Peterson]

I wish it could be so simple. If I've made an error, it's more subtle than that.

wfp@wfp-desktop:~/angband-3.0.8pr2/lib/xtra/graf$ ls -la
total 6061
drwxr-xr-x 2 wfp wfp 360 2007-07-05 12:52 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 wfp wfp 176 2007-07-04 20:33 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 wfp wfp 492598 2007-03-23 16:03 16x16.bmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 wfp wfp 166508 2007-05-07 11:59 16x16.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 wfp wfp 3933240 2004-11-17 18:13 32x32.bmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 wfp wfp 469484 2007-05-07 11:59 32x32.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 wfp wfp 103286 2007-03-23 16:03 8x13.bmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 wfp wfp 203830 2007-03-23 16:03 8x8.bmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 wfp wfp 45099 2007-03-23 16:03 8x8.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 wfp wfp 200758 2007-03-23 16:03 backgrnd.bmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 wfp wfp 423 2007-06-06 17:04 Makefile
-rw-r--r-- 1 wfp wfp 491584 2004-11-17 18:14 mask32.bmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 wfp wfp 61502 2007-03-23 16:03 mask.bmp
wfp@wfp-desktop:~/angband-3.0.8pr2/lib/xtra/graf$

[Bill Peterson]

OK, I found it. In main-x11.c, at line 2836:

bitmap_file = "32x32.bmp"; should be
bitmap_file = "graf/32x32.bmp";

the entries for the original and Adam Bolt graphics were changed, but Gervais were not.

Bill