[Release] Weemus' Avatar Patch

[weeemus]

New Menu Portraits



Haven't Yet tested in game, but here's the file, read the readme in the zip archieve for help on installing.

Added extras:

- Zack

Wait until i release my Zack mod, hehe i know you'll want to use these 

Download here ---> http://rapidshare.com/files/33645578/ff7_avatars.rar


Enjoy guys haha 

EDIT**

Heres a few screens of what it looks like ingame





Mod Edit (SB): Added release tag.

[ice_cold513]

Nice

Yuffie look's stoned lol

I do like the drawing more, that just me

[weeemus]

Thanks 

well as for yuffie... i couldn't find any good shots of her, so i merged 2 pictures's together haha

[Hyunckel]

If you saw wuz and mine 's topics, you could have see it's difficult to find good shots...

If find Vincent pretty good though...

As for others .... I keep mine lol

Thanks for the share 

EDIT

Zack , cid, and cait are also improved. Great indeed.

Don't know where you find them lol

[Wuz]

since someone (dont remember who sorry, no credit) figured out proper colour palette i feel inclined to redo my set.

though i don't have the source images anymore (screencaps from advent children), I would have to start from scratch.
heres my set for reference, not sure if it's worth the effort to redo...


EDIT:
Yeah i'll just leave them, people can find a combination of all the different sets if they want.

I think despite the improvements i could make they don't actually look that bad in game, except for cait sith but i have to say i don't give a crap about him
this includes the non-final tifa and yuffie:

[weeemus]

haha you don't know how many hours i spent looking for good shots >< oh well but it was worth it 

thanks for the comment.

i went to crisis core official web page and print screened the Zack right before the text came in.

you can find the site here  it's really cool. http://www.square-enix.co.jp/ccff7/

by the way my Vincent, Yuffie , Cid ,Barret and Cait Sith are all from Dirge of Cerberus fmv's. 

[Hyunckel]

by the way my Vincent, Yuffie , Cid ,Barret and Cait Sith are all from Dirge of Cerberus fmv's. 

Ah. I only got FFVII: AC to screenshot myself at the time.

[little-hollow]

heres mine. got same cid and chocobo but trimmed and sharpening better

http://rapidshare.com/files/35689724/ff7char_thumbs.zip.html

[Hyunckel]

WOW.
I love your Cloud and Sephiroth
I think Sephi would be best turned the other way (that could be done in Photoshop, after having extracted the bmp from LGP, but i would lose quality, except if like me you just package icons? )

Where did you find them?

Er, in fact Cloud would be best a little zoomed in.
See my thread :http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=6618.0
Before:


After:


Download:http://rapidshare.com/files/25988995/New_avatars.7z


Ingame screenshot:





EDITs, screens:









Zack avatars here -> (all 6): http://rapidshare.com/files/26752805/Zack_Avatars.zip

[weeemus]

if you like that kind of portraits dje, pm me, i have practically all the ff7 pictures haha 

that cloud is from the dvd cover i believe it was, well i remember it was from some cover.

the whole picture of that image also has barret on the right hand side and cid, on the left.

[Hyunckel]

that cloud is from the dvd cover i believe it was, well i remember it was from some cover.

Yeah that's why it's not the same quality... It's not a film screenshot, but was on an advert found in a website 

So Weemus, how are you? Still overbooked by your exams? 

[weeemus]

i'm good, just tired, exams over for some time now, i haven't done much work haha but, i did manage to convert a kh2 yuffie onto ff7, only problem is, the chest and legs are invisible, so i'll be remaking it again next time, looks fine in kimera though 

[Psychotic Ninja]

hey im wondering (im not sure if there is a topic or not that talks about this) but how big do the avatar pictures of cloud and co. have to be? im just wondering because i made one for the cloud that i made for ff7 (looks almost like him) and im wondering what size does it have to be to fit in the game?

[Hyunckel]

how big do the avatar pictures of cloud and co. have to be?

Quoted from my thread http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=6618.0

Explanation: Take a fresh scrennshot in jpg format, open it with a picture editor, crop 84*96 pixels, and paste this part in a white 128*128pixels picture.
EDIT: The 84*96 pixels must be in top left corner if i remember right
Save in jpg.
Open with PhotoShop, save for web, Gif 256 colors.
Open the new gif with PC, save as, BMP, 8 Bits.

Now you have a new file 8 bits, with no loss.

This explanation should also be in Wuz 's thread.

[Thrashamatrix]

Well they all look great but how do you put your own pics?

[Hyunckel]

It should be explained in my thread too ....

Use LGPtools, and right clic on a character's pic (use preview to make sure who's who, as their names are messed up) and select "replace" then take your own with correct size ...

well see my thread :

Instructions:
Unpack the archive with AlZip/WinZip/WinRar .
Open your Menu_us.lgp with LGPTools, and simply right click on any of the characters names (see below) in menu-us.LGP to Replace them (with right click) with the appropriates included in this archive. No need to convert these BMP 8bit to tex, LGPTools handle this alone.

Advantage: You can choose wich one you want (from me or Wuz) , if you want to keep the originals you also can. Or take some portraits made by Wuz and me and let some originals too ... YOU decide what to do . In fact i first made an auto install but there was errors...

menu_us.lgp names from left to right: (.tex)
cloud, barre, tifa, earith, red, ketc, cido, bins, yufi, pcefi, pcloud, choco.

[Thrashamatrix]

Thanks for the help, enjoy your day....

[Hyunckel]

Thanks for the help, enjoy your day....

You're welcome 

[gjoerulv]

Not to be rude or as an attempt to sound smart, but IMO the original avatars looks much better. No matter what char.LPG you may use. Nice work however. Fun to watch!!

[Darkever]

Great work everyone!
In my opinion:
- Cloud's best pics are the ones by Djé and Wuz (too bad for the few colors).
- Barret's best pics are the ones by little-hollow and Djé
- Tifa's best pics are the ones by Wuz (the first one) (again, too bad for the few colors) and little-hollow.
- All Aeris pictures look good, but I like best the ones she looks left.
- Wuz's Red XIII looks really the best!
- I hate Caith Sith, but Djé's and Wuz's ones are quite good.
- Cid looks best in weemus' pic.
- Vincent always looks good! Weemus' version is a bit more interesting.
- little-hollow has the best shot of Yuffie imo.
- Finally, I like Wuz's Young Cloud and Sephiroth.

If it doesn't take too much time I may think on getting the best from each one ^_^