XxKanexX
04-09-2006, 11:59 AM
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I recovered this tutorial i wrote at Kaitnieks. It was hosted on a website but i have transferred it all to BBCode and such. Enjoy!
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Getting Your Image
To make a bitmap you have to get the image first. This can be done by taking a screenshot of the screen. Go to where the bitmap is, then, on your keyboard there should be a key that says something around Print Screen, Press it. Now the screen well be saved into the Clipboard. As you can see in the image below, I will be using Scars play button as my image. Just pretend i just took a screenshot of scar, continue below.
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/7035/11dw.jpg
Cropping + Saving The Image
Now that you have the image saved to the clipboard, go to MSPaint or whatever program you use as imaging software, Then click Edit, Then Paste. Your screen or image should be there. Crop around your image ( Cropping Is Cutting around it ), So it's just the image. Now copy the image you have, Open up a new MSPaint Document ( or other imaging program ) Document and Click Edit then paste. Now the small version of the image should be there. This is your bitmap. If you want scar to find just the bitmap then you color the bitmaps background black, but leave the bitmap the same. ( I didn't color the background in myne ), Now click File, save as and save the image wherever you want, Name the image anything.
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/1148/29kt1.jpg
Getting The Bitmap Into Scar
Now that you've saved the bitmap, we need to get it into scars code. Go into scar, Click script then click Picture to String like below :
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/77/39ir.jpg
One you've clicked that a pop-up should come up, click Open:
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/1926/47jc.jpg
Once you have clicked Open another pop-up should come up like the image below. Find where you saved the image, select it and then click open.
http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/5783/58ei.jpg
Good, now an image of youre bitmap should be back in the small pop-up, Click OK.
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/5575/68va.jpg
Now you should have some coding in the debug box of scar. This is the code that scar has generated from the bitmap. Scar recognizes this as an image and can re-generate it back to an image via Clicking Edit > String To Picture
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/2038/72yy.jpg
Placing The Bitmap Into Scar
By now you should have Saved your bitmap, opened your bitmap into scar And this is what you should have (Image above). Now, select everything from the bottom of the bitmap up to where its name is "BitmapsName := ". Remember, if you saved the image with a different name it will have the name of your bitmap instead of "BitmapsName", i only have this because thats what i saved it as. Now copy from the bottom to the name and paste it between "Begin" and "End.", or wherever you want it to go. You should have this:
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1314/87ni.jpg
Declaring The Bitmap
Since we have now put the bitmap into scar we have to tell scar what it is. This can be done by declaring it as an Integer variable.
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/5831/96bh2.jpg
Whatever the name of your bitmap is, thats what the integer is called. If your bitmap was named "Kane" then you would do this :
Var
Kane: Integer;
This will declare the bitmap.
Using The Bitmap In A Script
Now, In this example script i'm going to be using "FindBitmap", this is a function that, if it finds the bitmap, will return as true. To use this, we need to declare x and y as a variable.
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/5373/106yb.jpg
These are the co-ordinate variables of the location of the Bitmap. If it is left as x and y and no numbers are in there then it will search the whole client for the bitmap. If they're are numbers in there and it's not left as x and y it will not need the variables x and y declared. Below we will make it that if it finds the bitmap it will write in the debug box "Found The Bitmap.".
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/1048/110jo1.jpg
Now that that's done, we can finally play the script and see if it works. But before that we need to select the client of where we want to find the bitmap, this can be done by using the crosshairs.
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/4551/122yu.jpg
Click and drag them over the client, then release. 2 Box's overlapping each other will square the client. Now you have specified it and told the script this is where i want the script to focus on.
After Specifing The Client With The Crosshairs Click Play
Clicking Play Will Start The Script. I specified where the play button is for me.
http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/7472/136fl.jpg
Now the script should start, Below is my result:
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/8100/144wn1.jpg
This means that my script has found the bitmap!. If your script just says
Successfully Compiled
Successfully Executed
This means that your script hasn't found the bitmap.
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All content in this tutorial, (Pictures, Text), is by XxKanexX. This tutorial was written back in the days of good 'ol Kaitnieks.
I hope you learnt something new :)
--------------------------------------------------------------
I recovered this tutorial i wrote at Kaitnieks. It was hosted on a website but i have transferred it all to BBCode and such. Enjoy!
--------------------------------------------------------------
Getting Your Image
To make a bitmap you have to get the image first. This can be done by taking a screenshot of the screen. Go to where the bitmap is, then, on your keyboard there should be a key that says something around Print Screen, Press it. Now the screen well be saved into the Clipboard. As you can see in the image below, I will be using Scars play button as my image. Just pretend i just took a screenshot of scar, continue below.
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/7035/11dw.jpg
Cropping + Saving The Image
Now that you have the image saved to the clipboard, go to MSPaint or whatever program you use as imaging software, Then click Edit, Then Paste. Your screen or image should be there. Crop around your image ( Cropping Is Cutting around it ), So it's just the image. Now copy the image you have, Open up a new MSPaint Document ( or other imaging program ) Document and Click Edit then paste. Now the small version of the image should be there. This is your bitmap. If you want scar to find just the bitmap then you color the bitmaps background black, but leave the bitmap the same. ( I didn't color the background in myne ), Now click File, save as and save the image wherever you want, Name the image anything.
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/1148/29kt1.jpg
Getting The Bitmap Into Scar
Now that you've saved the bitmap, we need to get it into scars code. Go into scar, Click script then click Picture to String like below :
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/77/39ir.jpg
One you've clicked that a pop-up should come up, click Open:
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/1926/47jc.jpg
Once you have clicked Open another pop-up should come up like the image below. Find where you saved the image, select it and then click open.
http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/5783/58ei.jpg
Good, now an image of youre bitmap should be back in the small pop-up, Click OK.
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/5575/68va.jpg
Now you should have some coding in the debug box of scar. This is the code that scar has generated from the bitmap. Scar recognizes this as an image and can re-generate it back to an image via Clicking Edit > String To Picture
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/2038/72yy.jpg
Placing The Bitmap Into Scar
By now you should have Saved your bitmap, opened your bitmap into scar And this is what you should have (Image above). Now, select everything from the bottom of the bitmap up to where its name is "BitmapsName := ". Remember, if you saved the image with a different name it will have the name of your bitmap instead of "BitmapsName", i only have this because thats what i saved it as. Now copy from the bottom to the name and paste it between "Begin" and "End.", or wherever you want it to go. You should have this:
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1314/87ni.jpg
Declaring The Bitmap
Since we have now put the bitmap into scar we have to tell scar what it is. This can be done by declaring it as an Integer variable.
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/5831/96bh2.jpg
Whatever the name of your bitmap is, thats what the integer is called. If your bitmap was named "Kane" then you would do this :
Var
Kane: Integer;
This will declare the bitmap.
Using The Bitmap In A Script
Now, In this example script i'm going to be using "FindBitmap", this is a function that, if it finds the bitmap, will return as true. To use this, we need to declare x and y as a variable.
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/5373/106yb.jpg
These are the co-ordinate variables of the location of the Bitmap. If it is left as x and y and no numbers are in there then it will search the whole client for the bitmap. If they're are numbers in there and it's not left as x and y it will not need the variables x and y declared. Below we will make it that if it finds the bitmap it will write in the debug box "Found The Bitmap.".
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/1048/110jo1.jpg
Now that that's done, we can finally play the script and see if it works. But before that we need to select the client of where we want to find the bitmap, this can be done by using the crosshairs.
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/4551/122yu.jpg
Click and drag them over the client, then release. 2 Box's overlapping each other will square the client. Now you have specified it and told the script this is where i want the script to focus on.
After Specifing The Client With The Crosshairs Click Play
Clicking Play Will Start The Script. I specified where the play button is for me.
http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/7472/136fl.jpg
Now the script should start, Below is my result:
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/8100/144wn1.jpg
This means that my script has found the bitmap!. If your script just says
Successfully Compiled
Successfully Executed
This means that your script hasn't found the bitmap.
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All content in this tutorial, (Pictures, Text), is by XxKanexX. This tutorial was written back in the days of good 'ol Kaitnieks.
I hope you learnt something new :)
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