So I've decided to attempt undertaking a module of a sorts; I did LordTim's little MyFirstGun thing, but I'd really like to get beyond that.

As such the first thing I am attempting to make for this module is a Crab type actor/unit. However I have recently come to find that if images are going to be used in CC, they must use the color palette for CC, correct?

I spent all last night and some of this morning just finishing up with the model before discovering this.
So my question is: Is there any way I can take my model, and swap out the colors in it for ones that match closest from the CC palette?

Because I'm really happy with the way it all turned out, and I don't want to have to go color-matching pixel by pixel.

EDIT: Sorry for being a bit dense...I just saw the sticky for this very thing.

1. Open your sprite
2. Ctrl+A
3. Ctrl+C
4. Go into Base.rte
5. Open Pallette.bmp
6. Ctrl+C ssshhhhh
6. Ctrl+V
7. File>Save As...
8. Save over old, out of pallette sprite

I always wondered,why is there a palette?

It saves memory.
Alot of it.
Like a ridiculously huge amount of it.

Prom seems to dislike it... Its rather terrible, and badly organized.

Yeah, but it's a ridiculous amount of lag saved. I really don't think you understand.

Okay, the pallette has 225 colours, a 15x15 square. Your screen will have 24 to 32 bit colour. 24 bit colour requires 16,777,216 colours to be loaded, 32 bit requires upwards of 4 billion. Compare: 225, >16 million, >4 billion. Now how much laggier do you think it will be?

When I sprite, I get the colours I'm using and make gradient bars, you should start doing the same if the pallette is that confusing to you.

I get the whole memory saving thing. I was just pointing out something. I also ain't confused by the palette, I'm saying the choice of colors on that thing is terrible. (Especially when it comes to blacks, most of them are almost exactly the same)

Ah, I see. Well I suppose I sort of agree with you, some more greys would be nice... but I don't really mind that much.

Typo spotted, my friend.

Palette is used because allegro 24 and 32 bit applications run much slower with relatively little benefit graphically.

Palette was autogenerated by selecting median colors from a few of Prom's development sketches, and took him a damn long time. Just because you don't like it (and he says he doesn't) doesn't mean it's going to change, seeing as how that would require changing ALL native art assets as well as all mod content.

Prom did mention some color changing program thing he made some time ago:

But I think all it does is what MSPaint does when you copy and paste.

(I also remember a DL link in the old "Media" forum)

Oh well, Data will obviously never change the palette so making this post was rather pointless...
*Sigh*