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Complete 5 more “set” images for Arena this week. Most of the images with set shapes structures (square windows, block patterns, etc) are fairly easy to plan out. They just take a little planning and footwork. However, there are quite a few that don’t have a distinct form. That’s because the resolution is so small that images such as sand and ground doesn’t really look like anything (when not in the game). I added the file name to all the files that were indistinct so that I can check them out in game and get an idea of what they are supposed to represent. After that I’ll figure out how to change the image. I did that for over 20 of the “sets”. Unfortunately, some hurricane preparation took most of my other free time.

Hopefully, Arena Modder will work with all image files by the time I run out of “set” files and the 1/2 of IMG files that do work.

Very recently a Elder Scrolls fan with some programming skills released a working tool for editing Arena files. While still in-progress, it still does what no other tool (for Arena) does, allowing easy import and export of image files. Even better, because Arena uses a very old school format, his program converts the images to BMP when exporting and reconverts them when importing back in. Now I started making a graphic mod for Arena a year ago, doing it the hard way. I had to edit the images in raw form. I got about 25 of the files done (around 2-5 pictures in each set) but then got tired of all the manual labor involved. This program makes everything much simpler and I have already dusted off the old files, fixed a few, and completed a couple more.

Here’s the link to the program…Arena Modder .95