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Can you explain your duplicated map process and all the steps you've made.

Haha. Who knows. Maybe in the future I might do an update on it. Only time will tell

Secure GRF: http://rathena.org/board/files/file/2343-secure-grf/ Step by Step Guide: http://rathena.org/board/topic/60627-guide-securing-your-grf-includes-grf-encryptor-and-game-client-decrypt-library/ =]

3D Object Converter (http://3dconverter.webege.com/) provides a 30 day trial period. 3DS Max (http://usa.autodesk.com/3ds-max/) also provides a 30 day trial. After that, you will have to consider payment options unless you find an unethical method of approach in obtaining both pieces of software.

Its not free software. You must pay for it to unlock all of the features.

Added additional screenshots. Ignore the purple borders you see as they will not appear in game.

Haha. Awesome thanks. =)

Thank you Ricky. I myself really appreciate what you've done and the possibilities this opens up. If possible, can you provide a quick 1 to 3 lines of how to use your software on a command line basis

Wow this is amazing work. It has features GRF Tool only has. Is it possible if you can add GPF as a saving option as well? + 1 to your work. Another possible feature could be GRF Encrypt / Decrypt Option

This particular map has a default name of "crystilia" (Found here) and therefore your maps_athena and map_index must use the name "crystilia". If you changed the map name by right-clicking -> Rename -> and gave it something new, that won't work. Only BrowEdit and other 3rd party programs can rename maps.

Great job Olrox. I'm sure I can learn a lot from you through your tutorials =)

To run RO, you don't need much. I would recommend using an AMD processor for a budget-performance build with a Radeon video card. You want a recommendation on the processor, motherboard and ram. Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 965 - Run you around $99.99 and is fantastic for gaming. Beats the AMD FX 8150 when overclocked. Motherboard: Several of them.. 1. ASRock 970 EXTREME3 AM3+ ($99 and is loaded with great features) 2. GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3 AM3+ AMD 97 ($99) RAM: If its RO and Windows XP, you really don't need more than 2 GB of RAM. However, RAM is cheap and you can get 4 GB for like $25-$30. E.g) G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB Clocked @ 1600 MHz DDR3 will run around $26.99 (US tho) Video Card: RO really has low requirements for graphics but I wouid go with a nice cheap & cost efficient card. Something like a Radeon 6670 would do just fine and costs around $70. http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814102988 (Sapphire) http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814125403 (Gigabyte) http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814127666 (MSI) So with everything, you're looking at a $400 to $500 build once you accompany the case, power supply, & hard drive as well. This build will allow you to play more graphic intensive games as well but keep in mind, you get what you pay for.

There is a thread provided by ratemyserver that covers how to remove blind effects when modifying certain client side files. See this thread here: http://forum.ratemyserver.net/guides/creative-editing-i-can-see-clearly-now/

To all programmers out there who have an appreciation for designing maps, there is an idea that has been across my mind for awhile and I think it would be fantastic if it became a reality.. This idea is to have a third party tool that is strictly designed for editing shadow & color lightmaps (.GND file support). There are lightmap tools currently available such as GNDEdit (not exactly user friendly) & BrowEdit but they are extremely limited in functionality. The tool would be able to do the following: 1. Open a map (Require .RSW and .GND) -> You can see the map objects & terrain just like BrowEdit but cannot edit them 2. Use lightmap tools to colorize walls, ground level terrain, shadows across objects, and perform custom lightmap calculations. The benefits with this is the quality and control of RO maps would be a lot better. What I've found as a mapper for several years is the beauty of map when working with design simplciity and lightmaps. You will find that many of Gravity's maps are extremely simple in design but look amazing. The ability to do this is found all in the lighting. Lighting controls the perspective of how well a map appears. If you have full complete control over that, players would have a greater appreciation of their play area. Here are a few examples of simple maps that can be designed in less than an hr yet look fantastic because of the quality of lighting: 1. Turbo_room 2. Pay_dun00 3. 1@tower 4. Job_wiz Lighting is one of the last features of a map we have very limited control over. There hasn't been third party tool release specific for lightmaps in quite a long time, and personally I think its needed. So I'm just throwing this request out there to you all and maybe this might strike your interest as a possible project you might start in the near future. Calculating and controlling how lightmaps form isn't exactly a walk in the park (Borf has spoken to me regarding this) however if you are able to accomplish something like this, I truly believe mappers such as myself out there would really appreciate this new additional tool.

This sounds fantastic. =)

It looks like a texture pack that will alter the current textures of Prontera once you install it. No prontera map files are included.

In the future, make sure to watch the entire tutorial before proceeding on. =)

Very useful as an alternative to editing the mob_db all the time if you wanted custom drops. Thanks a lot. =)

After you made the lightbulb did you go to Generate -> Calculate Lightmaps?

Using GRYFF_SVN 1.1 (http://rathena.org/b...2568-gryff-svn/) perform the following steps: 1. Create a folder called data 2. Inside "data" create another folder called ÀÌÆÑÆ® 3. Inside ÀÌÆÑÆ® add your cart sprites using the naming scheme you've already performed. Cart 1 : ¼Õ¼ö·¹ Cart 2 : ¼Õ¼ö·¹1 Cart 3 : ¼Õ¼ö·¹2 Cart 4: ¼Õ¼ö·¹3 Cart 5 : ¼Õ¼ö·¹4 4. Run gryff_s and go to Edit -> Add Directory -> Choose your "data" folder with all the stuff inside. 5. A window will pop up saying " Would you like to use conversion of CP-949 filenames into Unicode?....." CLICK YES 6. Right click "Untitled1" right above "data" in the Gryff_SVN main window and click "Save As" -> Give the GRF a name and it will compile your data folder into a GRF. 7. Take the GRF and place it in your RO folder and edit DATA.ini so that your client reads this GRF BEFORE data.grf and your server's grf. 8. See if the cart sprites appear now.

You need to generate lightmaps. No lightmaps = Black map. Look at my lighting tutorial to see how to add lights.

Can you try downloading the version uploaded on the rAthena board and see if your problem still exists. http://rathena.org/board/files/file/2514-browedit-revision-586-pre-configured/

Which BrowEdit revision are you using and what method of installation did you use (how did you acquire the download & install it)?

GRYFF_SVN converts to korean as well.

Looking good. Nice job.