sprite bitmaps help

akmassassin · Post by **akmassassin** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 7:36 am

ok i get this error when i export a sprite bitmap:

D:\Games\halo ce>tool bitmaps effects\particles\solid\bitmaps
Couldn't read map file './toolbeta.map'
### snow burst.tif
### ERROR can't extract sprites without a valid plate

what is that a valid plate???

viperfreek89 · Post by **viperfreek89** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 7:45 pm

a valid plate is a 4pixel blue boarder around the image, just make a new image, 4x4 pixels bigger than ur current, then put ur bitmap in the middle of it, flatten it, then expory & compile