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Hey i started making a map useing Dragon pre mod 9 version...... then i decided to switch over to mod9 ok this is my problem. How do i convert the map colors over to mod9 without messing up the colors. i change the mode to RGB color then when i try to go back to index color using the mod9 addon all my z=0 forsts change to z=0 swamp.

I tryed not to conver the old colors over and use the mod9 colors to continue to make my map, when i use z=0 forest it converts to z=10 forest when i use dragon. This is all confuesing plz help lol.

DO i have top redo the whole map to convert the colors to mod9 or is there a easyer way?

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If you were using the Dragon colors "as-is" before any of the mods, then you are going to have a problem. There's no easy way to do a conversion.

The only way, short of redrawing your map, is to use the magic wand, tolerance:0, contigious:off and replace each color. You'll need the mod9 swatches or bmp open to select the new color that you need to replace it with. Of course my method required Photoshop, but this can be done in Paint Shop Pro, or any professional paint program as well.

-Ryandor

*sighs* yes i was afraid of that, but hey gives me something to do lol..... yea i have photo shop7 so its all good thanks man

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but after you have switched to mod9 you will be home free because in the mod10 by our own ryandor here will be adding a converter of sorts that will upgrade mod9 maps to mod10 maps. (Or atleast this was the plan?)

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Yes, that part is done (the concept anyway).
It's a cludge and not perfect, but it will help considerably.

-Ryandor

lol i loaded the photoshop actions fot the first time and i seen a "upgrade from mod8 to mod9" i tryed that and it works. I'm SOOOOO happy now thanks!

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Sorry, you dodn't make it clear that you were using mod8.
I would have said to use that.. easy

-Ryandor

lol well i didnt know what version i was useing.... a friend gave me the mod8 and directed me to this site for questions then i found mod9 and so on and so forth lol Thanks again!

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This is a rather old post, but still, just incase someone is not as lucky as this dude and is using the right mod...

There's a tool in photoshop to select all pixles of a certain color, this would save you alot of clicking

Just click, select -> color range (this is where its located in 6.0, might have been moved).

You can save even that amount of clicking by selecting the magic wand, setting Tolerance to 0, deselecting Anti-alised and Contiguous.

To select more than one color, use the shift key to select the 2nd, 3rd, etc colors.
To Unselect colors after selected, use the alt key and click the color you don't want.

-Ryandor

Little warning though. On slow computers such as mine, with a really detailed map the pixel selecting like this will take quite a while and it's quite painful. So don't forget to set everything back to normal again after you're done, because it'll be a pain :p