Fictional Ballparks Project

Henry · 04-11-2002, 06:44 PM

Here's another project I'm working on. Below is the first fictional park I've created for myself in a new format. If it looks promising, I'll provide he parks for download minus the Logo and Park/Team Name... what do you think ?

ps: I know - the SS is out of place (it's not done yet LOL)

<img src="http://www.citygate.net/bigcitybaseball/Image36.jpg" alt="" />

[ 04-11-2002, 11:46 PM: Message edited by: Henry ]

moss2k · 04-11-2002, 06:47 PM

everything looks great except the pics of bonds and garciaparra.

Geiiga · 04-11-2002, 06:50 PM

Agreed. That's a beautiful ballpark. Wish they'd knock down the Vet/Shea/Metrodome/Tropicana/Olympic Stadium and put that there.

Henry · 04-11-2002, 06:50 PM

LOL ... in the final version, I'm going to run the player pics through an oil/watercolor filter that will take out the details

moss2k · 04-11-2002, 06:57 PM

how long did it take you to create this? Are you an architect (sp)?

Shorty · 04-11-2002, 07:09 PM

Off topic yet kind of on topic: That Shawn Watkins at bat, he sure is a star, aint he?

Henry · 04-12-2002, 03:24 PM

Above is the final version of Robert Coover Park, and below is the 2nd in the series - Clipper Stadium...

<img src="http://www.citygate.net/bigcitybaseball/Image55.jpg" alt="" />

sluggo523 · 04-12-2002, 03:50 PM

Just like always these look great. I was just wondering, I've been trying to figure out how you changed the players boxes to transparent. What bmp file is it under? I assume that you used the black 0,0,0 in that file. Thanks

Henry · 04-12-2002, 04:09 PM

sluggo,

If you rename the file called bc4.bmp in the OOTP4/graphics folder to bc44.bmp, it will replace the green backgrounds of the onscreen players with a trasparent backdrop - allowing more of the ballpark to show. The layer names and stats are still readable. There is no way, at the moment to make the batter and runners blue background transparent <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="frown.gif" />

joshuaaaaaa · 04-12-2002, 04:22 PM

The Baltimore Clippers were the AHL hockey team in Baltimore when I was growing up there in the 1960s. I'll always remember their theme song. Nice to see them move outdoors

TomFoley · 04-12-2002, 05:02 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr /> If you rename the file called bc4.bmp in the OOTP4/graphics folder to bc44.bmp, it will replace the green backgrounds of the onscreen players with a trasparent backdrop - allowing more of the ballpark to show. The layer names and stats are still readable. There is no way, at the moment to make the batter and runners blue background transparent <hr /></blockquote>Actually you can rename it to anything, or change the green color to black and it will accomplish the same thing. Same idea, just trying to genericize it.

There is a way to change the blue background to transparent, by doing the same thing to the file bc2.bmp which is a block of the same color blue. However, the point that makes it undoable is the fact that if you do that, you change every color that was dark blue to transparent. Which means a lot of the game background screens will be transparent. So it's not impossible, but I'm sure your point was the same, that it's not prudent to do it.

QSTGary · 04-12-2002, 05:59 PM

Cool park!
I am having a blast w/my fictional league...and love all the additions you guys have provided. This just keeps getting better!

Gary

SSG Troyer · 04-12-2002, 07:03 PM

The blue box of the batters and runners is controlled by bc2.bmp. This can be made transparent as well, but bc2.bmp also effects several other background throughout the game. Making this box transparent, I've found, is somewhat undesirable.

The frames around the boxes are controlled by the fifth and sixth lines of color.ini in the root OOTP4 directory. Making these values 0,0,0 does NOT make the boxes go away, unfortunatly. They are just black boxes, and (IMHO) the silver/light silver defaults look better.

I am working on a custom skin. I have identified most of the /GRAPHICS files' intents, and the some purposes behind the color.ini. I'm finding it difficult to get too creative, though, since a change in one place almost always changes somewhere else, too. If I make one screen look good, I can almost assuredly count on having made another screen look like (crap).

The Professor · 04-12-2002, 08:05 PM

Henry,

Those are sensational!!

Henry · 04-13-2002, 03:48 AM

Troyer,

Yeah - I know LOL. I spent so much time trying out things with the color schemes, after a few hours I'd have to stop for a while. I pretty much cam to the conclusion that very few things can be changed without effecting something else... a result of the fact there's too few color options and most are shared in multiple locations in the game. If we could get markus to come up with enough color variations (and they would only have to be RGB variances - not anything the eye would actually see - then a lot more possibilities would exist. (hear us Markus?

)

What I'd really like to see is (1) transparent colors and (2) the ability to use JPGs (for space considerations and GIFs (to add animations).

Maybe v5, or v6, or

sluggo523 · 04-13-2002, 05:07 AM

Thanks Henry, TomFoley, and Troyer for your input. I have been trying to figure this out for some time, since Henry displayed it a few weeks ago. Also was just wondering, you guys work so much on these great add ons, how much time do you spend playing the game? Thanks again.

Puritan · 04-14-2002, 01:50 AM

These ballparks are absolutely fantastic.

I'm using your current fictional pack and just as I finished spending much too long editing and figuring out appropriate dimensions, I find out you're coming out with an even better set!

One question: Is it possible to leave the box at the top transparent? This way it would be easier to put our own stadium name, team name and logo. I could erase it as it is but I wouldn't be able to retain that great background. Just a thought...

Henry · 04-14-2002, 02:08 AM

Puritan,
My ultimate goal (when I get the set done) is to have at least 8 ballparks and not have them named - just the empty frame. Only problem is it's slow going since I have so many projects going LOL and keeping the website fresh.

Sluggo,
Game ???? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> What game ??? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

[ 04-14-2002, 09:10 AM: Message edited by: Henry ]

04-11-2002, 06:44 PM	#1
Henry Hall of Fame Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 6,498	Fictional Ballparks Project Here's another project I'm working on. Below is the first fictional park I've created for myself in a new format. If it looks promising, I'll provide he parks for download minus the Logo and Park/Team Name... what do you think ? ps: I know - the SS is out of place (it's not done yet LOL) <img src="http://www.citygate.net/bigcitybaseball/Image36.jpg" alt="" /> <small>[ 04-11-2002, 11:46 PM: Message edited by: Henry ]</small>

04-11-2002, 06:50 PM	#3
Geiiga Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: USA Posts: 195	Agreed. That's a beautiful ballpark. Wish they'd knock down the Vet/Shea/Metrodome/Tropicana/Olympic Stadium and put that there. __________________

04-11-2002, 07:09 PM	#6
Shorty All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 992	Off topic yet kind of on topic: That Shawn Watkins at bat, he sure is a star, aint he? __________________ Here we go Redlegs here we go!

04-12-2002, 04:22 PM	#10
joshuaaaaaa All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 633	The Baltimore Clippers were the AHL hockey team in Baltimore when I was growing up there in the 1960s. I'll always remember their theme song. Nice to see them move outdoors __________________ Baltimore Monarchs-GUBA Baltimore Orioles-ORB2 "One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do." ~Henry Ford ~

04-12-2002, 05:02 PM	#11
TomFoley Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 4	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> If you rename the file called bc4.bmp in the OOTP4/graphics folder to bc44.bmp, it will replace the green backgrounds of the onscreen players with a trasparent backdrop - allowing more of the ballpark to show. The layer names and stats are still readable. There is no way, at the moment to make the batter and runners blue background transparent </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Actually you can rename it to anything, or change the green color to black and it will accomplish the same thing. Same idea, just trying to genericize it. There is a way to change the blue background to transparent, by doing the same thing to the file bc2.bmp which is a block of the same color blue. However, the point that makes it undoable is the fact that if you do that, you change every color that was dark blue to transparent. Which means a lot of the game background screens will be transparent. So it's not impossible, but I'm sure your point was the same, that it's not prudent to do it.

04-11-2002, 06:47 PM	#2
moss2k Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: charlotte Posts: 60	everything looks great except the pics of bonds and garciaparra.

04-11-2002, 06:57 PM	#5
moss2k Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: charlotte Posts: 60	how long did it take you to create this? Are you an architect (sp)?

04-12-2002, 03:24 PM	#7
Henry Hall of Fame Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 6,498	Above is the final version of Robert Coover Park, and below is the 2nd in the series - Clipper Stadium... <img src="http://www.citygate.net/bigcitybaseball/Image55.jpg" alt="" />

04-12-2002, 03:50 PM	#8
sluggo523 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 30	Just like always these look great. I was just wondering, I've been trying to figure out how you changed the players boxes to transparent. What bmp file is it under? I assume that you used the black 0,0,0 in that file. Thanks

04-12-2002, 04:09 PM	#9
Henry Hall of Fame Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 6,498	sluggo, If you rename the file called bc4.bmp in the OOTP4/graphics folder to bc44.bmp, it will replace the green backgrounds of the onscreen players with a trasparent backdrop - allowing more of the ballpark to show. The layer names and stats are still readable. There is no way, at the moment to make the batter and runners blue background transparent <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="frown.gif" />

04-12-2002, 05:59 PM	#12
QSTGary Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Atlanta Posts: 18	Cool park! I am having a blast w/my fictional league...and love all the additions you guys have provided. This just keeps getting better! Gary

04-12-2002, 07:03 PM	#13
SSG Troyer All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Somewhere to the left of 2nd base Posts: 1,598	The blue box of the batters and runners is controlled by bc2.bmp. This can be made transparent as well, but bc2.bmp also effects several other background throughout the game. Making this box transparent, I've found, is somewhat undesirable. The frames around the boxes are controlled by the fifth and sixth lines of color.ini in the root OOTP4 directory. Making these values 0,0,0 does NOT make the boxes go away, unfortunatly. They are just black boxes, and (IMHO) the silver/light silver defaults look better. I am working on a custom skin. I have identified most of the /GRAPHICS files' intents, and the some purposes behind the color.ini. I'm finding it difficult to get too creative, though, since a change in one place almost always changes somewhere else, too. If I make one screen look good, I can almost assuredly count on having made another screen look like (crap). __________________ MWT Did Tennesee Delaware Mississppi's New Jersey? Idaho ... Alaska!

04-12-2002, 08:05 PM	#14
The Professor Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: East of East Posts: 3,020	Henry, Those are sensational!! __________________ History isn't really about the past - settling old scores. It's about defining the present and who we are."

04-13-2002, 03:48 AM	#15
Henry Hall of Fame Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 6,498	Troyer, Yeah - I know LOL. I spent so much time trying out things with the color schemes, after a few hours I'd have to stop for a while. I pretty much cam to the conclusion that very few things can be changed without effecting something else... a result of the fact there's too few color options and most are shared in multiple locations in the game. If we could get markus to come up with enough color variations (and they would only have to be RGB variances - not anything the eye would actually see - then a lot more possibilities would exist. (hear us Markus? ) What I'd really like to see is (1) transparent colors and (2) the ability to use JPGs (for space considerations and GIFs (to add animations). Maybe v5, or v6, or

04-13-2002, 05:07 AM	#16
sluggo523 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 30	Thanks Henry, TomFoley, and Troyer for your input. I have been trying to figure this out for some time, since Henry displayed it a few weeks ago. Also was just wondering, you guys work so much on these great add ons, how much time do you spend playing the game? Thanks again.

04-14-2002, 01:50 AM	#17
Puritan Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 13	These ballparks are absolutely fantastic. I'm using your current fictional pack and just as I finished spending much too long editing and figuring out appropriate dimensions, I find out you're coming out with an even better set! One question: Is it possible to leave the box at the top transparent? This way it would be easier to put our own stadium name, team name and logo. I could erase it as it is but I wouldn't be able to retain that great background. Just a thought...

04-14-2002, 02:08 AM	#18
Henry Hall of Fame Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 6,498	Puritan, My ultimate goal (when I get the set done) is to have at least 8 ballparks and not have them named - just the empty frame. Only problem is it's slow going since I have so many projects going LOL and keeping the website fresh. Sluggo, Game ???? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> What game ??? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> <small>[ 04-14-2002, 09:10 AM: Message edited by: Henry ]</small>