If you get 'bad pcx file whatever.pcx' with terrain

(SCDS_reyalP) #1

I found that photoshop will silently create a 4 bit .pcx (16 color) if 16 or less colors are used. In the old version I have, it doesn’t give you an option. q3map2 does not understand these files. Workarounds are to use a .bmp, or convert the .pcx into a true 256 color file in some program that lets you choose.

(ydnar) #2

Edit the color table and add some random other colors at the other end of the list, then don’t use them. That will force Photoshop to output an 8-bit PCX.

y