Transparency issues...

[Rob]

Yeah, I made a purple barrier. I know, it sounds crazy, but it doesn't look too bad, actually. The problem is that XWE reads color number 251 (By doom color standards) as transparant. I've tried resorting to DeepSea, but that failed. Miserably. I believe that Wintex doesn't read 241 as transparant...Could someone either:
A) Tell me a good way to get around this with XWE
or
B) Give me a link to Wintex?
or
C) Anything else that will work.
Thanks.

 

[shadowstar]

You could look for a different shade of purple to use.

 

[Rob]

Can't.
There are only 5 shades, and I used all of the others.
I need this shade.
:|

 

[shadowstar]

http://drsleep.newdoom.com/graph.shtml

 

[SSNTails]

Go into Deepsea's options and choose "Wintex Default" for transparent color.

 

[Monsteriestyn]

Yeah, that's the way I got my Eggrobo boss wad to work! All thanks to SSNTails and my trusty DeePsea.

 

[Rob]

Go into Deepsea's options and choose "Wintex Default" for transparent color.

The problem is that DeepSea is the demo version. Every time I load a PWAD, using SRB2 as the IWAD, it refuses to open because SRB2's maps exceed what he demo version allows.

http://drsleep.newdoom.com/graph.shtml

Thanks, but it's missing certain DLL files...

 

[SSNTails]

You should use Doom2 as the IWAD.

I'm surprised it even accepts srb2.srb as the IWAD...

 

[fox.dx2]

Mainconfigs don't work right when you do that.

^above post

 

[Rob]

Actually, I managed to find a way around it.
Make a purple just a tad different shade, and save the sprites as 24-bit bitmap. XWE will recreate the purple, rather than make it transparent.