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Hendricks266 at 03:56, 11 March 2026

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	'''The making of: Highpal lookup tables'''		'''The making of: Highpal lookup tables'''
	*[[File:highpal_tutorial.7z\|highpal_tutorial.7z]] PDF file		*[[File:highpal_tutorial.7z\|highpal_tutorial.7z]] PDF file

			[[Category:Palette editing]]

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REQUIRED TOOLS

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	*[[build tools\|BUILD Customization Suite (bsuite)]], outputs palettes in Paint Shop Pro .pal plain-text format		*[[build tools\|BUILD Customization Suite (bsuite)]], outputs palettes in Paint Shop Pro .pal plain-text format
	*[http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ The GIMP], reads .pal and is open source FTW		*[http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ The GIMP], reads .pal and is open source FTW
	*[http://www.fraps.com/ Fraps], or some other screen capture tool

	===TUTORIAL===		===TUTORIAL===
	'''The making of: Highpal lookup tables'''		'''The making of: Highpal lookup tables'''
	*[[File:highpal_tutorial.7z\|highpal_tutorial.7z]] PDF file		*[[File:highpal_tutorial.7z\|highpal_tutorial.7z]] PDF file

Hendricks266 at 21:25, 8 January 2013

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	===TUTORIAL===		===TUTORIAL===
	'''The making of: Highpal lookup tables'''		'''The making of: Highpal lookup tables'''
	*[~~http~~:~~//wiki.eduke32.com/w/images/0/06/Highpal_tutorial~~.7z highpal_tutorial.7z] PDF file		*[[File:highpal_tutorial.7z\|highpal_tutorial.7z]] PDF file

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The making of: Highpal lookup tables

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	===TUTORIAL===		===TUTORIAL===
	~~====~~The making of: Highpal lookup tables~~====~~		'''The making of: Highpal lookup tables'''
	*[http://wiki.eduke32.com/w/images/0/06/Highpal_tutorial.7z highpal_tutorial.7z] PDF file		*[http://wiki.eduke32.com/w/images/0/06/Highpal_tutorial.7z highpal_tutorial.7z] PDF file

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TUTORIAL

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	===TUTORIAL===		===TUTORIAL===
			====The making of: Highpal lookup tables====
	*[http://wiki.eduke32.com/w/images/0/06/Highpal_tutorial.7z highpal_tutorial.7z] PDF file		*[http://wiki.eduke32.com/w/images/0/06/Highpal_tutorial.7z highpal_tutorial.7z] PDF file

Drek at 15:04, 8 January 2013

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	===TUTORIAL===		===TUTORIAL===
	~~Coming soon~~.		*[http://wiki.eduke32.com/w/images/0/06/Highpal_tutorial.7z highpal_tutorial.7z] PDF file

Hendricks266 at 01:28, 8 January 2013

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	A highpal ~~lookup table~~ is used by the Polymer renderer to ~~do what~~ the software renderer ~~does with the 8bit~~ palette~~.dat and lookup.dat [http://wiki.eduke32.com/wiki/Palette_data_files~~] ~~Except this now applies to 32bit art~~ such as models and high ~~res~~ textures.		A high-palette look-up table (abbreviated "highpalookup" or just "highpal") is used by the [[Polymer]] renderer to replicate the software renderer's 8-bit [[palette (environment)\|palette swaps]] on 32-bit assets such as models and high resolution textures.

	==SAMPLE CODE==		==SAMPLE CODE==

	// SLIMEPAL (and ~~nightvision~~)		// SLIMEPAL (and night vision)

			highpalookup { basepal 2 pal 0 file "highpal/pal_00n.png" }

	~~highpalookup { basepal 2 pal 0 file "highpal/pal_00n.png" }~~		This line of code is from the [http://hrp.duke4.net/ HRP]. It declares the basic night vision palette. More examples can be seen [http://svn.eduke32.com/polymer_hrp/highpal/highpal.def here].

	*This line of code is from the ~~Polymer HRP~~ [http://hrp.duke4.net/] It declares the basic ~~nightvision~~ palette

	~~----~~

	==THE MAKING OF==		==THE MAKING OF==
	*This is an advanced modding project and requires understanding of some more basic aspects.

	~~====REQUIRED READING====~~
	~~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSL_and_HSV~~

	~~http://forums.duke4.net/topic/3191-new-polymer-feature-highpalookup-maps/~~

	~~http://advsys.net/ken/evaltut/evaldraw_tut.htm~~

	~~http://wiki.eduke32.com/wiki/Rotatesprite~~

	~~http://wiki.eduke32.com/wiki/DEF_Language~~

	~~====REQUIRED TOOLS====~~
	~~http://advsys.net/ken/download.htm '''EVALDRAW'''~~

	~~http://lzg~~.~~duke4~~.~~net/clutstat.zip '''EVALDRAW SCRIPT'''~~		This is an advanced modding project. As such, it requires understanding of some basic concepts.

	~~http://www.jonof.id.au/bcs '''BUILD CUSTOMIZATION SUITE'''~~		===REQUIRED READING===
	*Output paint shop pro palette .pal

	http://~~www~~.~~gimp~~.~~org~~/~~downloads~~/ ~~'''THE GIMP'''~~		*[[Wikipedia:HSL and HSV]]
	*~~Reads~~ .~~pal and is open source FTW~~		*http://forums.duke4.net/topic/3191-new-polymer-feature-highpalookup-maps/
			*http://advsys.net/ken/evaltut/evaldraw_tut.htm
			*[[rotatesprite]]
			*[[DEF Language]]

	http://www.fraps.com/ ~~'''FRAPS'''~~		===REQUIRED TOOLS===
	*Or some other screen capture tool		*[http://advsys.net/ken/download.htm EVALDRAW]
			*[http://lzg.duke4.net/clutstat.zip EVALDRAW Highpal Generation Script]
			*[[build tools\|BUILD Customization Suite (bsuite)]], outputs palettes in Paint Shop Pro .pal plain-text format
			*[http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ The GIMP], reads .pal and is open source FTW
			*[http://www.fraps.com/ Fraps], or some other screen capture tool

	====TUTORIAL====		===TUTORIAL===
	Coming soon.		Coming soon.

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A highpal lookup table is used by the Polymer renderer to do what the software renderer does with the 8bit palette.dat and lookup.dat [http://wiki.eduke32.com/wiki/Palette_data_files] Except this now applies to 32bit art such as models and high res textures.

==SAMPLE CODE==

// SLIMEPAL (and nightvision)

highpalookup { basepal 2 pal 0 file "highpal/pal_00n.png" }

*This line of code is from the Polymer HRP [http://hrp.duke4.net/] It declares the basic nightvision palette

----

==THE MAKING OF==
*This is an advanced modding project and requires understanding of some more basic aspects.

====REQUIRED READING====
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSL_and_HSV

http://forums.duke4.net/topic/3191-new-polymer-feature-highpalookup-maps/

http://advsys.net/ken/evaltut/evaldraw_tut.htm

http://wiki.eduke32.com/wiki/Rotatesprite

http://wiki.eduke32.com/wiki/DEF_Language

====REQUIRED TOOLS====
http://advsys.net/ken/download.htm '''EVALDRAW'''

http://lzg.duke4.net/clutstat.zip '''EVALDRAW SCRIPT'''

http://www.jonof.id.au/bcs '''BUILD CUSTOMIZATION SUITE'''
*Output paint shop pro palette .pal

http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ '''THE GIMP'''
*Reads .pal and is open source FTW

http://www.fraps.com/ '''FRAPS'''
*Or some other screen capture tool

====TUTORIAL====
Coming soon.