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Best size for passenger object bitmaps?

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RailRideMember since Apr-6-03 · 18 posts

I'm about to extract a sizable number of pedestrian images from video footage I've taken of some rapid-transit excursions, and would like to know what is a good resolution to re-size the extracted images to for use as textures on people objects for some currently empty BVE station platforms.---PCJ

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RE: Best size for passenger object bitmaps?, TomBoyRacer, Jul-27-03, 06:53 PM, (1) RE: Best size for passenger object bitmaps?, tof63, Jul-28-03, 04:03 PM, (2) RE: Best size for passenger object bitmaps?, JulieADriver, Jul-28-03, 04:14 PM, (3) RE: Best size for passenger object bitmaps?, TomBoyRacer, Jul-28-03, 04:43 PM, (4) RE: Best size for passenger object bitmaps?, RailRide, Jul-29-03, 02:05 AM, (5) RE: Best size for passenger object bitmaps?, tof63, Jul-29-03, 05:53 AM, (6) RE: Best size for passenger object bitmaps?, TomBoyRacer, Jul-29-03, 06:54 AM, (7) RE: Best size for passenger object bitmaps?, tof63, Jul-29-03, 07:59 AM, (8) RE: Best size for passenger object bitmaps?, TomBoyRacer, Jul-29-03, 08:32 AM, (9) RE: Best size for passenger object bitmaps?, TomBeevers2000, Jul-29-03, 08:52 AM, (10) RE: Best size for passenger object bitmaps?, RailRide, Jul-30-03, 02:01 AM, (11) RE: Best size for passenger object bitmaps?, Rufus, Jul-30-03, 06:39 AM, (12)

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TomBoyRacerMember since Apr-19-03 · 123 posts

RE: Best size for passenger object bitmaps?

Best size for passenger object bitmaps? – image 1

as long as a bitmap is of the correct size, it should show properly. it depends on how well you manage to capture the images anyway.
at least 64 pixels in height anyway.

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JulieADriverMember since Apr-6-03 · 36 posts

RE: Best size for passenger object bitmaps?

I know the chance of this happening is near nil, however, wouldn't one be quite surprised to find themselves in a rail sim by chance?

Julie Anne Driver
julieanne.driver@verizon.net

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RailRideMember since Apr-6-03 · 18 posts

RE: Best size for passenger object bitmaps?

LAST EDITED ON Jul-29-03 AT 02:06 AM (EDT)

So, whatever will fit within a 128x128 or 256x256 bitmap is good? I'd like at least some detail to be visible as one passes by. I've seen some passenger objects that were so severely pixelated that it was hard to imagine they came from photographs.---PCJ

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tof63Member since Apr-9-03 · 79 posts

RE: Best size for passenger object bitmaps?

Best size for passenger object bitmaps? – image 4

Best size for passenger object bitmaps? – image 5The guys in the screen above are taken from a 128x256 - 8 bit colors bitmap, here it is:Best size for passenger object bitmaps? – image 6This is the object's code:
(meshbuilder) ; Gruppo di 3 ragazzi
Vertex 0.0 , 2.4, 0
Vertex 1.6, 2.4, 0
Vertex 1.6, 0, 0
Vertex 0.0, 0, 0
Face 0,1,2,3
(texture)
Load Fg16-Ragazzi.bmp
Coordinates 0, 0, 0
Coordinates 1, 1, 0
Coordinates 2, 1, 1
Coordinates 3, 0, 1
Transparent 0,0,255
Rotate 0,1,0,60An this is the line of code in the route file:
2992@Freeobj(0,242,1.7,0.1,0) ; gruppo di 3 ragazziLuigi Cartello
http://web.tiscali.it/lcartello/

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TomBoyRacerMember since Apr-19-03 · 123 posts

RE: Best size for passenger object bitmaps?

Best size for passenger object bitmaps? – image 7

ha ha, i like it!
what does the word 'ragazzi' mean?
all the pictures of people i have seem intent on staring at the guy with the camera taking pictures of the walls....

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RailRideMember since Apr-6-03 · 18 posts

RE: Best size for passenger object bitmaps?

LAST EDITED ON Jul-30-03 AT 02:10 AM (EDT)

"The guys in the screen above are taken from a 128x256 - 8 bit colors bitmap, here it is:"From the arrangement of vertexes, it appears they are ordered from upper-left and proceed around in a clockwise manner. Correct?And would the placement of the object be relative to it's 0,0,0 point or the first vertex?Ah, so the bitmap doesn't have to be a perfect square, I see. Fine--I'll try to resize my cutouts to fit a similar image. Thanks.---PCJ

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