Hi all!

As you might know I'm working on a new version of the "A Matter of Time" mod. Therefore I need to integrate some bitmaps into the SWF file. They should be displayed on the splash screen in the MCM (via LoadCustomContent) and for a widget. I was able to import them and using the flash preview, everything shows up perfectly.

The hassle starts when loading into Skyrim: The SWF itself gets loaded in both situations (MCM and widget) but the bitmaps are missing... All vector based parts (like some text or a circle I added) are displayed .

I also noted that SkyUI uses bitmaps at some places and they are displayed so I guess I'm doing something wrong. Does anyone of you know what?

Thanks in advance,

Amigo

Is there a specific reason for using bitmaps instead of vector art? If it is a matter of only having bitmaps, then you could try using Inkscape to make vector art out of bitmaps.

If you're using JPEG compression, that's not supported. PNG should work. I've forgotten if/how its possible to specify this inside Flash. If that's feasible in your case, you can also store bitmaps externally as .dds and load them at runtime with loadMovie.

Cool! That's exactly the hint I needed. BTW: One can change the way flash exports the graphics using the settings of the image. Here you can choose if it's exported using JPEG or PNG.

@MrJack: It's not a vector graphic. It's more like a photo. So converting to a vector graphic would ether result in a bad looking graphic or one square per pixel...

Ok, cool. But also keep the tip about .dds + loadMovie in mind if you run into problems with image quality (or maybe performance, though I doubt that).