Lesson One - Your First Bitmap


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First, Open 'Tetrinet 2 Theme Editor' by clicking on Theme Editor in the Tetrinet 2 folder
it should open like this:
Figure 1.1

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[1-2]
 Lets get started by opening up the default theme by clicking file
Then by choosing "Open Theme..."
Figure 1.2

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[1-3]
A little Window will pop up
From that window you choose default.tnl
Figure 1.3

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Once you Open Default.tnl
your Theme Editor should display this information
Figure 1.4

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1-Now Click on "Default Theme" on the right hand menu, located under current theme
2-which will bring up this:
Now lets save the picture so we can edit it
3-Look to the Upper Mid Center and click on the Leftmost Blue Floppy Disk
Figure 1.5

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After clicking the floppy this window should pop up
Save the file as "test" and make sure its a .bmp file


 

We got the Bitmap we wanted from the default theme
So now we are going to make our own theme
click on file again and click on "Save Theme As..."


 

Once again it will bring up a little window
Save the theme as "firsttry" and make sure its a .tnl file


 

Our theme is now the one we are working on after we saved "first try"


 

We have our first theme but, nothing is changed yet
Open up MS Paint, Paintbrush or any other image editing program to open your saved "test.bmp"
(in the pictures I used MS Paint)


 

With the file open we can see how it normally looks and now we can change what we want
Note: upper line of blocks are the one player blocks
lower line of blocks are the opponents/teammates blocks
larger field is 1st player field
smaller field is other players fields
Everything else can be used to leave credits, unless you change the size of field and/or blocks, which will be explained in a later lesson


 

This step is really up to you... Be Creative... or make what you would like to see
I justed messed with the main field for this demonstration :)
*Make sure to save the file after your done*


 

You made your first images for your theme... so lets load them in your theme
Look to the Upper Mid Center and click on the Leftmost Folder
The one that is circled in red:


 

Once again the little window will show up... click on the test.bmp
hopefully with the first two save/load windows you know how it works
After you Load the file it will appear in the Lower Left Screen
Scroll around and you will see this.


 

The picture is loaded and the theme has been already named
All we have to do is "save theme"


 

After you click on save theme... depending on your computer's speed a little box may appear in the middle of the editor and say writing "firsttry.tnl" with a status bar. All you have to do now is pick the theme in settings on Tetrinet 2 like so.


 

Good Job!... You have completed your first test theme!
I'm sure yours looks much better than this theme for the tutorial


 

Next Lesson: More Detailed Look at the Main Bitmap :)

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