Bitmap specifications.

Nova2000 comes with an extensive set of bitmaps. The bitmaps are Windows BMP files with 256 colors and most have a size of 256x256 pixels. These sets of bitmaps or NOVA bitmaps should be installed into your main FS2K\TEXTURE folder or into your working TEXTURE folder.

Nova2000 uses only BMP bitmaps. BMP pictures converted to textures are no longer needed or supported.

Bitmaps color palette and size specifications:

Bitmap Transparency conventions:

This is the panel where you can select your transparencies and color as applicable.

You can choose your colors from a variety of sources either by changing the 3 Red, Green, Blue spinners, or clicking the appropriate box in the right table, or clicking over the rainbow picture.

The bottom spinner controls the transparency degree from 100% to 0 or, if you like, from full transparent to full opaque.

A full 100 transparent option doesn't use any color of course.

If you want your transparency to light up at night click on the 'Lit at night' box.

The example shows the selected color with a 20% of transparency, almost opaque as you can see, and the transparency will be lit up at night.

Bitmap names: