OK I have finally done a little bit more on PUDPIC.
You can get the new version
HERE.
I wrote an ASM image resize/blend procedure so it can produce a pic of the size you want. Also has a jpeg save option.
i.e.
PUDPIC /s:500 MyMap.pud
will make a 500x500 32 bit blended bitmap
Without the /s switch it will default to producing a full size 8bit bitmap with the original game palette (the current behavior).
PUDPIC /j:80 ThisMap.pud
will save the full size 8 bit image as a quality 80 jpeg
PUDPIC /s:1024 /j:90 Maposaurus.pud
will resize to 1024x1024 and save as quality 90 .jpg file
^- THESE SETTINGS SEEM TO BE PRETTY GOOD FOR A GENERAL PURPOSE POST ON FORUM/DISCORD ETC IMAGE
( give you around a 300KB file that looks ok if you dont zoom in too close)
... also if you want you can just rename the exe file to include the size/quality.
i.e. if you rename it to "PUDPICs500.exe" it will automatically make a 500x500 bitmap any time you drop a file on it.
or if you rename it to "PUDPICs1024j90.exe" it will automatically make a 1024x1024 quality 90 jpeg any time you drop a file on it.
You can even have multiple copies of the exe file with different sizes you use and just drop your pud file on the one you want.
Like this:
I *think* the command line switches will work in a UNICODE environment - but please let me know if you have any problems.
Have fun
