Palette Editor

From TedTycoon.co.uk

The Palette Editor was my forth program for Populous, this program was a request by some of the mod creators where they wanted a nice GUI application that could edit the colours in the palette files. One of the easiest things you can use the palette editor for is to change the colours of the tribes, it works quite well although some of the colours used for the tribes are used for other things as well and depending on what colour you change them to can create horrible side effects.

Contents 1 Version 1 2 Version 2 3 Downloads 4 See Also

Version 1

The original version was made in 2004 after decoding the palette files which wasn't particularly hard due to it's simple and expected file structure. The program displayed all 256 colours in a grid with a description of what the colour is used for next to them. You can then change each individual colour using the RGB and HSL edit boxes.

Version 2

In mid 2007, I rewrote the Palette Editor in Visual Basic .NET to develop it in a more modern language so that it worked better on newer computers, one of the problems with the original version was that it relied on a specific control to create the grid that not everyone had. It also gave me experience using the .NET Framework.

Downloads

• Palette Editor 1.3 - VB6
• Palette Editor 2.0 - VB.NET

See Also

• Ted's Populous Site

Populous Programs Maps BMPtoDAT  • Colour Changer  • Map Checker  • Map Editor  • Map Viewer  • PopCraft  • Random Map Generator  • RMSEdit  • Symmetry Tool Header / AI Flyby Editor  • Scripter  • Spell Editor Graphics 3D Object Editor  • 3D Object Switcher  • Palette Editor  • Raw Editor  • Sprite Editor  • Tribe Colour Chooser Saved Games MP Monitor  • Reporter  • Saved Game Editor Matchmaking / Online Mappack Creator  • Matchmaker  • Skirmish  • Solo  • Starter Game / Memory Hacking PopConstant  • PopEnhance  • Spell Arranger Directories / Files Level Changer  • Renamer Games OpenPop  • Popchemy