From d83c014f8f07eda54d16babc8587cafe2937aac5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicolas Weeger Date: Fri, 28 May 2021 19:16:48 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Remove obsolete parts, update image format information --- README | 47 ++--------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 113635a94..99f2e55f4 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -35,45 +35,8 @@ At one time, it was theorized that players would have a weight limit of about Images ------- -Images should generally be stored in PNG, optionally with indexed color. -You may find that server or clients still support XBM or XPM, but these are -considered deprecated. - -Pixmap support (deprecated) -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -The color bitmap files use the XPM library (called xpm-3.4f on -most ftp sites. A later version may be out now.) - -This library is needed in order to compile crossfire with the color -pixmap support. - -The pixmap files have the same name as the bitmap file with ".xpm" -concatenated to the end. If your system has short filename length -limits, this may cause a problem. - -I use `pixmap` to edit the xpm files. This should be available the -same place the xpm library can be found. It does require the xpm -library. - -All of the XPM files have been colored. However, only a small number -have actually been done so properly - that is, by hand, and with the -proper outlines. Many people are working on fixing more of these up. - -If you do start to work on colorizing the other directories, please -let me know. Otherwise, you may start working on something that someone -else has already done. - -The file xpm.template in the dev directory is a XPM file that has all of -the colors that are allowable for XPM files. This is to limit the total -number of colors used, in order not of overrun color spaces on systems. -If you really need a color not in that file, please send mail to Mark -Wedel (mwedel@pyramid.com), and it might be added to the list of -acceptable colors. - -For a list of colors to use, look at the 'dev/xpm.template' file. - -Mark Wedel -mwedel@pyramid.com +Images must be stored in PNG, optionally with indexed color, and be compressed +by tools such as optipng or pngcrush. Perspective ~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -98,12 +61,6 @@ Naming Conventions Archetype File Name ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -The name of an archetype file should be no more than 10 characters long, for -a total of 14 characters in the entire file name. This is to ensure maximum -portability across different systems. - -NOTE: Is this still a limitation? - Archetype file names should end with an extension of '.arc'. Image files have a 3-digit extension in the form of '.PDA', where: