Quillax wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 8:22
I've been getting the missing sprites layer problem
I was aware of the missing sprites problem in GalaxyView and I fixed that problem a while ago, but I haven't had an opportunity to upload a new version.
If you look at your v1.8 log file carefully, you'll see that it says "Sprite section = DEFAULT_SPRITES.CK4", but such a section does not exist in GalaxyView.ini! If you open the GAMEMAPS.CK4 file from an unmodded version of Keen 4 in GalaxyView, your log file should say "Sprite section = SPRITES_KEEN4", and the GalaxyView.ini file does indeed contain a section named SPRITES_KEEN4.
There are multiple ways to fix the missing sprites problem in GalaxyView v1.8 without having to wait for an updated version:
1. Delete or rename the GFXINFOE.CK4 file.
2. Edit GalaxyView.ini and do some Search & Replace. Search for SPRITES_KEEN4 and replace it with DEFAULT_SPRITES.CK4 (make sure you do
not replace SPRITES_KEEN4_DEMO). You can do the same for Keen 5 (replace SPRITES_KEEN5 with DEFAULT_SPRITES.CK5) and Keen 6 (replace SPRITES_KEEN6 with DEFAULT_SPRITES.CK6) if you want.
The first option is easy, but you will need to do this for every mod. The second option is a permanent solution.
The reason why GalaxyView v1.8 uses the "wrong" sprite section for the mod you're trying to view is that GalaxyView found all the essential data files in the mod's folder (EGADICT, EGAHEAD, GFXINFOE, MAPHEAD) and therefore didn't need to look up the game's executable and extract the missing data from the executable (or the executable's section in the INI file for the GFXINFO values). That's why it uses the default sprite section ("DEFAULT_SPRITES.CK4" in GalaxyView v1.8, "" in earlier versions) instead of the one that's used for the supported versions of Keen 4 listed in the INI file.
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The next version of VorticonView will support semi-transparent sprite images the same way GalaxyView does. It will also support most "Extended" Vorticons mods - including that semi-broken mess called PRELUDE - and introduce a few other neat new features.