Graal Viewer
 

Any of you not playing PC graal and wanting to see what heads/bodies look like before you upload them?
Well I have the soloution.
I call it Graal Viewer.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...18640880_n.jpg
It allows you to view combinations before you upload them.
It's mainly useful for iEra and iClassic players.
Anyway it can be found here.
To use it, simply drag a head or body on to it.
Tomorrow if I have time I will be adding hats to it too, then shields.
If you spot any bugs or have suggestions, please do leave a reply :)
Side-note, transparencies do have to be set in advance, other was it will look a bit funny ;)
-Enjoy (hopefully)

Update Again!
Added hats.
Note for some odd reason you have to have a head and body set before setting a hat.
I plan on fixing this.
If you want the hats version re download it.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...16918761_n.jpg
Next is shields.
If you would like to check up on the apps progress, I will be starting a page and it will be available here.

Pretty nifty, I suppose.
What language did you use to make this?

I coded it all in VB.
I would of done it in C++ but I am still learning it so it would of been a tad hard lol
If anyone would like to see a video of it before you download it, you can here
And for a VB script it's quite long lol, 180 lines and counting.

Ooh, that drag and drop idea's pretty awesome.

This is sweet, thank-you.
Note: You have to have transparencies set before hand.

Thanks and yes, i'll put that in my OP.
I don't think it's possible to set transparencies properly via VB, I mean I could add a colour picker and make the user select what colour should be transparent but then the app will look messy.

This is very cool. Good work!

better use C# in vb

awesome +

Nifty.

Great program. +Rep

One large problem is that since this is directed towards ipod/iphone players is that you would need to know the file name of the hat you want, which would be a pain to get if your iphone/ipod isnt jailbroken.

Well that hat feature is mainly for those who want to make hats and see if they fit and what they'd look like.
And I might be able to add a running frame but not sure. would be a bit of a pain.

Just a little update, I have been working hard to try an fix the bug but for some reason the hats aren't showing right, when I put them above the head it loses background transparency.
I'll be working to fix it.
I'm hoping to eventually add shields too, but the ratio could be a pain.

This looks interesting. I'll get it.

Looks cool from the picture, are you able to mac it Mac/Linux compatible?

Probably not, it's written in VB:/

I am not able to make it compatible with mac at this stage unfortunately.
But I might learn a little C# and then it might be a possibility.
Sorry.

Very Usefull:D

Sir I love you with the deepest part of my heart. +1000000000rep

I really needed this lol, thanks! +rep

Where is the donate button?

Source code, please.

He won't give it out because screenshots are the way to proof that it's not a virus/keylogger/... nowadays (his statement on the official forums).

I have VB Studio and I want to try to edit it though... I've started vb just last month.

I may give the source code out to a few people.
Shawn I'll message you after I finish work.

Is this available for Mac?

At the current moment, no.
Later down the track I may port it, not sure yet.
But I don't actually own a Mac to test it on.
Not sure.

A sneak peak of the update system i'm working on.
It's pretty much done.
I will be releasing my updated version which will include this later tonight.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...097_o.jpg?dl=1

omy

omy indeed good sir. 0.o

Done some more work on the Graal Viewer..
Anyway updating is a lot easier now.
When you launch it will check for updates.
If one is available it will ask you if you want to download it, if you click yes it will replace your current file with the newer version and keep the same file name.
Once you download the original copy from here you won't have to worry about updating it manually again.
http://wr3ckless.net/GraalViewer/

eeee! You earned a plus rep

It's really good, except some hats don't work for me.

yeah really good except like yeph guy said, hats dont work on some :( +rep tho

I recommend adding shields.

Shields are already planned :)
But would you mind posting a few hats that don't work here so I can try to figure out why?

Could you show all the sprites together please? For testing how body's and heads and hats work together? This would have been so usefull for when I made the voidbeast

I was actually thinking of doing like a multi option in the settings with like Sit, Grab, Idle etc.
Would that work?

No idea. Try it ^_^

By work I meant like work for what he wanted.

Oh.

Just another update.
I have finished implementing Higbeys idea which I had started on prior to the mention.
Anywho if you don't already have a copy head to here to get a copy.
If you do have a copy at least v1.7 with the help menu implemented, simply launch it and it should offer to update it's self.

*Casually Bump*
Anyway I have tested a fair few hats and am yet to find one that doesn't work.
If you find one that doesn't work please post it here.

You should make the update system automatically open up the default browser to the website to download the update.

It already downloads the update automatically within the application. I think there should be a "what's new in this update" page.

That seems rather boring, why not just make the application download it and let the user choose where to save it?
Anyway just another update on Graal Viewer, it now loads faster (As it checks for an update instead of hogging the application and freezing it).
You can also register you're copy and in addition you can also right click the character to save an image of it.a
You can read more about it here.

You should definitely add multiple graphics at once. (Head, body, hat)

Do you mean dragging like heads and bodies and hats at the same time? if so you already can.
When you drag an image on to it, the program loops through all the files being dragged. if they are images it processes them.

I was thinking of doing this but haven't really gotten around to it. I will definitely add it in the next update.

Done some more work on the Graal Viewer.
It has a new updating system and a few minor bugs have been fixed.
Here is a sneak peak on what the update system is like.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...26842414_n.jpg