Converting OOTP 6 Format Images

OOTP 6 and earlier versions of OOTP used .BMP format for player images. In order to use these images in OOTP, you must convert the images to .JPG format. Renaming the file does not convert an image; you must convert the image using a graphics program. There are many graphics programs capable of converting image formats. Irfanview is a free graphic program that allows you to convert many images at once, which makes it great for this sort of job.

Here are the steps required to convert OOTP 6 images to OOTP format:

1. Create a directory to hold your original images. We'll call it C:Original images.
2. Create a directory to hold your converted images. We'll call it C:Converted images.
3. Copy your .BMP format images to C:Original images.
4. Start up your image converting program (Irfanview, for example).
5. Select all the images in C:Original images.
6. In your image converting program, select the option to convert the files to .JPG format.
7. Set the option to save the converted files to C:Converted images.
8. Run the conversion process.
9. Open C:Converted images and rename the images to the OOTP naming convention.
10. Copy the renamed .JPG images in C:Converted images and paste them into the news/html/images directory of your saved game.
11. Run OOTP. Your players should now be using their new images.

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