[Tutorial][EO] How to make your game even slightly better.

[dthnote801]

I would have posted this in the general tutorial board, but I cannot post there, so here it is.
The reason behind this tutorial is that I've seen a lot of people making a lot of games, and making a lot of silly minor errors.  So hopefully this will help them out, even slightly.

First common error is, mixing tilesets, or rather misfit graphics in general.
Here is a screenshot of a map using a single Tileset. (It's a simplistic map, and doesn't look as good as it could.)
Here is a map using multiple tilesets.

It's apparent which one looks better, right?  If you do this, your maps will look better, if not a lot, but by a little.

[mis matching sprites]
I'm not going to upload a screenshot for this, because I simply don't feel like it's needed.
Keeping on what I said above, don't mix sprites from different sources, keep them relatively by the same person, this way it keeps the same feel in the entire game.

[Reading tutorials already made]
I really don't know how many times I've personally been told, and have told others to visit the tutorials bored on how to do something.  A lot of you just download the client, then think you instantly think that you can make a game, without adding anything except the graphics you find in the resource board.

For those of you who cannot seem to find the "tutorial" board, then here is a direct link to the board.
http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/board,34.0.html

[General errors that you get in-game]
It's a given that some point during your use of Eclipse that you will encounter an error, then this is why we have this board:  http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/board,2.0.html
But instead of making 1,000 posts about the same topic, try reading some other users topic that sounds similar to yours and try a solution that's been posted there, chances are it'll fix the error you got.  And if you can't seem to find a post with the title of your problem try using the search bar or by clicking this link.
http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php?action=search2
This keeps the Q&A board cleaner and easier to find an error.

[Reporting a bug?]
Use an appropriate board such as this thread: http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/topic,66183.0.html  This is for 100% certain bug that is wrong with the client itself, but not a modified version of your client.

That's about it.

[Robin]

>bmp

lolno.

[Zappy]

To be honest, both maps look icky o.o

[Helpmeplz]

@[NFS:

> Varethien link=topic=70726.msg760684#msg760684 date=1301840460]
> Here is a screenshot of a map using a single Tileset. (It's a simplistic map, and doesn't look as good as it could.)
> 
> Here is a map using multiple tilesets.
> 
>
> It's apparent which one looks better, right?  If you do this, your maps will look better, if not a lot, but by a little.

Those are both from the same tile set series.

[Devogen]

@LegendWeaver:

> Those are both from the same tile set series.

Yep…. perhaps the OP thinks that if something is on another sheet, its a 'different' tileset... which would worry me greatly.

[Jeff]

the reason the first one looks better is because it's not completely empty.

[dthnote801]

@Devo:

> Yep…. perhaps the OP thinks that if something is on another sheet, its a 'different' tileset... which would worry me greatly.

Actually, no, I don't think that at all, I just couldn't be bothered to go find another tileset from this board.

[Rhee]

@Devo:

> Yep…. perhaps the OP thinks that if something is on another sheet, its a 'different' tileset... which would worry me greatly.

> First common error is, mixing tilesets, or rather **misfit graphics in general.**

I think the screenshot examples were meant to fit in the latter.. 'misfit graphics' As in.. They don't mesh well.