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* The images you will learn to make in this tutorial will be layered (or stacked) upon one another in the Designer and eventually in the Player. (Here is a cross-section of the three images created in this tutorial). So when it's mentioned that the ' | * The images you will learn to make in this tutorial will be layered (or stacked) upon one another in the Designer and eventually in the Player. (Here is a cross-section of the three images created in this tutorial). So when it's mentioned that the ' | ||
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The Fillmap serves one purpose - to be filled with player colors when the territory is occupied (this includes neutral). | The Fillmap serves one purpose - to be filled with player colors when the territory is occupied (this includes neutral). | ||
It lies directly underneath the 'board image.' | It lies directly underneath the 'board image.' | ||
- | The black borders (they could be any color, as long as they are different than the fill colors) are only necessary to break up the territories and contain the colors that will fill them. | + | The black borders (they could be any color) are only necessary to break up the territories and contain the colors that will fill them. |
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===== Understanding How The Fog Image Works ===== | ===== Understanding How The Fog Image Works ===== | ||
- | Many designers find it difficult to understand why the fog image is the bottom layer. For some it seems much more intuitive that fog should be on the top layer. If you find this to be the case, it may help to think of it this way. The engine doesn' | + | Many designers |
If you made fog the top layer, you'd never see the fill layer. The fog layer should have no transparency. | If you made fog the top layer, you'd never see the fill layer. The fog layer should have no transparency. |