Sessy's Welcome to the Wind Bazaar guide

stardustandsunshine · Post Posted: Jan 25, 2009 9:31 pm

You're welcome, and good luck! I'll have the renders done Wednesday if I can't post them Tuesday night.

RavensFire · Post Posted: Jan 25, 2009 9:39 pm

Cool, and I know of sumthing that will help w/ al of it. Go to vmware.com (VM=Virtual Machine). And download a copy of VMPlayer. There's this site that will build you a virtual disk (easyvmx.com) that you can then download. Run VMPlayer and open the files you downloaded from easyvmx.com and install Windows. Make a backup copy after installing so that if it gets a virus/trogan, you shut it down, delete it, restore the copy and you're back where you started. ^_^ I use this a lot.

stardustandsunshine · Post Posted: Jan 25, 2009 9:51 pm

The virus doesn't get into the backup file if you do that? That was the problem I had when I had my Trojan horse, it infected my backup files of Windows, all the way back to when I first got the computer.

It turns out it's not a big deal to reinstall Windows XP, I just installed a new copy right over the old one, the only downsides are that I now have two copies of Windows on my computer, and most of my programs had to be reinstalled. I lost some of my settings, but I think I've fixed everything now, except I've never figured out how to reinstall the speakers (I never use the sound anyway, but it's annoying how, when I get a pop-up screen like when I close something I didn't need to save in PSP, I get a loud "DUNK!" sound) and Dell laptops come with a little scrollbar thing on the side of the touchpad mouse, which I really liked and can't use any more. Someday when I can afford an external hard drive to put all my important things on, I'm going to reformat the computer entirely, and then hopefully everything should be fixed.

I'll check out the VMWare thing, it could definitely come in handy. The last thing I need is another accident and a THIRD copy of Windows!

RavensFire · Post Posted: Jan 25, 2009 10:01 pm

uf, That must have stunk. And no, it wont get to the back-up. The point of it is so that no matter what you do in it, there is a high chance it will not get to your pc. My dad works on pcs for a living and so we all have to ask dad b4 we do any thing that has the word 'download' in it.

Hana Wind · Post Posted: Jan 26, 2009 10:02 pm

I tried removing layers using another *software* (we shouldn't talk about this right?

). The arrow is in a different layer so I can screenshot pic without arrows. So Stardust please don't work on the pic with arrows covered on the character's body. I will give you some "clean" pic later. Using this software is much much slower so I will work on it when I have time. However, the hearts are in the SAME layer as the characters and the background.

Here are the ones that I have worked on:

I missed part of the background in the previous Laramie's pic. This one should be background-free.

I found Kagetsu's pic on the web. This is the only pic that I have. I haven't unlocked Schmidt and Kagetsu yet.

RavensFire · Post Posted: Jan 26, 2009 10:49 pm

0.0!!! OMG KAGETSU IS SO CUTE!!!!!!T^T Haaaaa.........ok.....I know who i'm marrying when I get the game!

I was going to marry Keria in ds but she was to hard to get so I gave up, this time, I have a chance...Allz iz good......^_^

stardustandsunshine · Post Posted: Jan 27, 2009 5:43 pm

Hana, those are really good! Are you guys using Paint to do these? I know several people who make entire graphic sets with nothing but Paint, but I don't know how they do it. (I mean that literally. I have no idea how to get a transparent background in Paint.)

I had heard that the hearts were on the same layer, but I haven't met an eligible bachelor yet so I haven't seen it myself. I can probably edit them out, though, they're not too big. We'll see when I get that far. I think what we're not supposed to talk about isn't so much the "software" as it is what we're doing with it, but you're probably right, it's better not to talk about it.

Hana Wind · Post Posted: Jan 27, 2009 10:24 pm

stardustandsunshine wrote:Hana, those are really good! Are you guys using Paint to do these? I know several people who make entire graphic sets with nothing but Paint, but I don't know how they do it. (I mean that literally. I have no idea how to get a transparent background in Paint.)

I had heard that the hearts were on the same layer, but I haven't met an eligible bachelor yet so I haven't seen it myself. I can probably edit them out, though, they're not too big. We'll see when I get that far. I think what we're not supposed to talk about isn't so much the "software" as it is what we're doing with it, but you're probably right, it's better not to talk about it.

I use PhotoCap. It is a free software. I like it a lot as it allows layering. I heard that we can make transparent background using Paint, but I do not know how.

stardustandsunshine · Post Posted: Jan 27, 2009 10:56 pm

I've never heard of that one. I use Paint Shop Pro (which I think I've mentioned more than once by now!), it allows transparencies and layering and has great editing tools. I also have PhotoImpact and Photoshop, but I don't really know how to use either of them.

I noticed many of your screenshots either don't have the arrow in them, or it's far enough over that it's not covering up more than a few pixels of the image, so I've been working on the ones that aren't messed up. Here's what I've got so far:

The second one of Sigyn had a tiny piece of her hair covered, but it wasn't hard to fix, and in a couple of places on Kevin, Sigyn, and Crea some of the background was showing through so I touched those up, too. It's almost 1 a.m. here so I'm about ready for a nap, but I'll do some more tomorrow.

Hana Wind · Post Posted: Jan 30, 2009 11:01 pm

Here is another face file: http://www.mediafire.com/?nmjeyqmtzmq

I will stop extracting the pics until I find new ones. It is hard to get the angry faces of the characters.

I can only get them by chance. So Crea's angry face in the file has an arrow.

Here are the ones that I have worked on:

I don't know that Stardust has done Sigyn's happy face so I made one also.

This one does not have the tiny background pixel.

Sessy · Post Posted: Jan 31, 2009 12:33 am

Brilliant, you guys!! Great job :> I'll create a little section in the guide with all the sprites when I ahev time. Thanks so much, we couldn't have done it without all your help! <3

Sessy · Post Posted: Jan 31, 2009 12:34 am

Brilliant, you guys!! Great job :> I'll create a little section in the guide with all the sprites when I ahev time. Thanks so much, we couldn't have done it without all your help! <3

Key WEEEE! · Post Posted: Jan 31, 2009 6:19 pm

Does anyone have an estimate on when it's going to come to the US/EU?
I really want to play it!

xxaimlessxx · Post Posted: Jan 31, 2009 7:33 pm

does anyone knwo what the rules are for the underground planting area?

Like what is the shining ball in the bottom right corner.
Can we plant anything from different seasons etc.

Sessy · Post Posted: Jan 31, 2009 8:35 pm

xxaimlessxx wrote:does anyone knwo what the rules are for the underground planting area?

Like what is the shining ball in the bottom right corner.
Can we plant anything from different seasons etc.

The basement is like the green house basically. The shining ball in the corner is the seasonal sun, and that dictates which crops you can grow in there. You can buy new suns from Hucho's shop at the bazaar.