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Postby Sgt. Sparky » Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:40 am

My question is: HOW ON EARTH DO I MAKE DESKTOP ICONS!?!?
I have been working on a new prodject: "Chipmonk WarZ"
it is a pretty fun for me to play it even when its not done (I am easily entertained) but i was wondering how i could get the icon file to work. i tried selecting the little 50x50 icon i made for the game(i tried it in 5 different formats: Bmp, Gif, png, pbm, and dip. out of about 50 different file options. it would be nice if some on could tell me "HOW ON EARTH DO I MAKE DESKTOP ICONS!?!?"
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Postby makslane » Mon Nov 27, 2006 3:31 am

You must use .ico files
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Postby Fuzzy » Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:01 am

I think at one point in time you could make a bmp and rename the extension to .ico. Its worth a try.
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Postby sonicfire » Mon Nov 27, 2006 10:31 am

Fuzzy wrote:I think at one point in time you could make a bmp and rename the extension to .ico. Its worth a try.


this doesnt work most of the time. you need a bmp2ico converter or something !
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Postby Kodo » Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:24 pm

I used IconCool to do my icons. A very nice package it is.

http://www.iconcool.com/icon-editor.htm
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Postby Sgt. Sparky » Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:35 pm

is there a way to use paint shop pro 7 to do that cus it has about 50 dufferent file types.
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Postby Fuzzy » Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:39 pm

I imagine it does. Both Gimp and Photoshop save that format as well.
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Postby Sgt. Sparky » Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:41 pm

argh, i mean does it save with the .ico or .icon file thingie?(paint shop pro 7)
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Postby Fuzzy » Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:51 pm

I dont know. I've never used it. I know it is close in function to both gimp and photoshop, and they support that. From what I understand, it supports the usage of photoshop filters too. Check your help files, or google ico tutorials.

irfanview is a free and tiny application that supports conversion into ico files. its about as good as it gets for conversions.
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Postby Sgt. Sparky » Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:53 pm

thank you, i will try that. (http://www.irfanview.com?)
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Postby Kodo » Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:55 pm

paint shop pro 7 (i use it too) doesnt support ico files. But you can usually draw your icons in psp7 and cut and paste them into whatever package you end up using.
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Postby Sgt. Sparky » Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:58 pm

:D okay, but i did not know the .psp files worked with anything othe than paint shop pro and animation shop pro.
And it is kinda' scary how fast you guys reply, im workin' on this full screen Chipmonk WarZ game and then all the sudden I hear a "fwack!" :shock:
sound on my E-mail thingie and there is a reply. :o
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