Sprite Images don't fit screen

[lytham]

Hi All

Please help. Very recently GF has started displaying sprite images much to big to fit the screen. Personal photos show people with their heads cut off!
I load my images directly into the Sprite folder.
I use GF version 4.20 on Windows Media Player 12 (Windows 7 64-bit)

Is there any options in the GF Toolbar or any alterations I need to do to the Preference file/Default (Sprite) file in order to correct this problem?

Any help greatly appreciated

Thanks
JCB

[BTT]

Hello lytham

I believe that G-Force will work with Windows 7 64-Bit but not with Windows Media Player 64-Bit.


Regards BT

[juxtiphi]

Hi All

Please help. Very recently GF has started displaying sprite images much to big to fit the screen. Personal photos show people with their heads cut off!
I load my images directly into the Sprite folder.
I use GF version 4.20 on Windows Media Player 12 (Windows 7 64-bit)

Is there any options in the GF Toolbar or any alterations I need to do to the Preference file/Default (Sprite) file in order to correct this problem?

Any help greatly appreciated

Thanks
JCB

Hi lytham


the pics you have put in the sprites folder are probably to big.

try this, look at the size of an original sprite from G-Force then see how much of a difference there is in size if any. If a different size is noted try reducing the size of one of your sprites and put it into the sprites folder and see if that works.

if you dont have a program to make pics smaller you can always go to photobucket, sign up for a free account and post your pics there.

once in you will have the option to resize you pics.

I've had a free photobucket account for 5 years now with no nagging.

[sitsparky]

Is there any options in the GF Toolbar or any alterations I need to do to the Preference file/Default (Sprite) file in order to correct this problem?

Absolutely. In the "Sprites" folder, open the file "(Default).txt" in any text editor (eg. Notepad or TextEdit). Scroll down to the section about "Flags". As you can see, there are different attributes that you can specify when displaying Sprites simply by changing the value of "Flag". I think by default the value is "7". One of the options in the flag list is this:

kParticleFlags_DontCrop = 1 << 3, // 8

By adding "8" to the current value of "Flag" it will force G-Force not to crop your images when displaying as Sprites, so below the flags description change the value as such:

Flag=15

Save this file and restart G-Force.