Map Textures Size is too big...

[floppiii]

Hey Guys,

I allready made 2 full map mods and at my 3rd mod (Skyworld) i got a problem,if i want to made the _new.pac and after the last texture i get this error:



I got no +1 or +2 texture...
And i dont know what the second thing means,so can someone tell me how i can reduce the size of the normal textures this will help me MUCH :D

edit: Im using Photoshop! CS3

[ピカノ]

Even if you have no indexed images... it may be a good idea to index your images (then set them back to RGB).

Image > Mode > Indexed (Some #)
Image > Mode > RGB

This will reduce the color count (and therefore the filesize).

Also... "reducing complexity" may help. A single color image will be a smaller file size than a checkerboard pattern, and a checkboard pattern will be smaller than random "static".

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STASH works best if you edit one image at a time, repacking after each. Many stages contain at least 1 "huge" image that you can apply either of the above steps to and give yourself some "leeway" with modifying the rest.

[KaiserYoshi]

Um, is it okay if I bump this? >_> You locked a recent topic asking about it, so...

I'm getting this error, but I don't think any amount of filesize reduction is going to fix it, because... it always occurs. Like, even if I don't even touch anything. I run extract and then immediately run create, say no to each texture, and it tells me it's too big.

Dot, dot, dot, question mark?

[milkaholic123]

Um, is it okay if I bump this? >_> You locked a recent topic asking about it, so...

I'm getting this error, but I don't think any amount of filesize reduction is going to fix it, because... it always occurs. Like, even if I don't even touch anything. I run extract and then immediately run create, say no to each texture, and it tells me it's too big.

Dot, dot, dot, question mark?

Is the Stage pac edited???

[KaiserYoshi]

Nope. All unedited.

I've tried Norfair, Brinstar, Frigate Orpheon, and Pirate Ship so far, all with the same result.

[ピカノ]

Eh... I don't know about the others but Pirate Ship did give me trouble. I think that whatever method used to re-compress isn't quite as goon as the official one.

[VILE]

STASH cant do some stages, i could get hanenbow to work correctly. Always got a size error.

[flyinggoblin87]

Actually, if your stage has a TShadow1 texture (Sort of looks like a silhouette of Mario) somewhere in the textures, you can just index it to two colors and convert it back to RGB color. As far as I can tell, this texture isn't used in the actual stage, so you should be good.

[KaiserYoshi]

Er, I'm running Paint.NET, so I kind of can't index. I tried making it entirely black, but that didn't work.

EDIT: OH WAIT. Just tried saving it again, and now it worked. Never mind. :D

[flyinggoblin87]

Er, I'm running Paint.NET, so I kind of can't index. I tried making it entirely black, but that didn't work.

EDIT: OH WAIT. Just tried saving it again, and now it worked. Never mind. :D

Gald I could help! :)