Verdanturf Town

[Ace4698]

Rofl, Wally could never beat Wattson... He's just too... not good

[Recon Dye]

Sorry about the delay with the comic.. I'm having some stupid computer problems, I've managed to finish the map.. finally and I'm working hard to finish the rest of the comic.

[Malicious]

It's ok Recon, we can wait.

[Recon Dye]

I guess it really didn't matter when I uploaded the comic, I uploaded it about 10AM.. and Comic Genesis had a lot of comics waiting in line.. and I went and checked on it just a bit ago.. and the number was higher.. so it's been backed up for a while..

[Ace4698]

Aww... I was looking forward to a comic today... Oh well, I wonder how the May contest is coming, Good, Bad?

[daveshn]

Ok, this is just wrong. It's still Monday's comic.

[bobtherandomguy]

DAMN YOU COMIC GENESIS well I guess we will get it when we get it are your computer problems fixed Recon

[Vmag]

This delay gave me a chance to notice details I missed. Like the look in Rocky's eyes when Brendan mentions losing with him.

[Malicious]

Patience is a virtue, my friends.

[daveshn]

eternalgothica said:

Patience is a virtue, my friends.

It's a virtue of the unproductive.

[suicunegirl]

Lol. Yes it is. *hangs head* And if you guys get bored, you can yell at me if you want... If I didn't keep Recon on the phone so much, he probably would've finished a lot sooner.

[Recon Dye]

See the problem was.. and it'd still not fixed.. but.. when I went to access the folders with the pokémon..

I'm highly organized.. which is scary.. so I've got it set up like this..

My main Folder..

Recon

Of course.. meaning everything in this folder is mine..

Pokémon-X

This folder contains everything on the comic.. and is backed up.. often.. sorta..

then I've got various folders like..

Animation - For random animated gifs..
Calender - My update calender
Characters - Self explanatory
Comic - Also Self explanatory
Fonts - Various fonts I use in the comic
Images - Stuff like color maps and logos
Music - The midi files
News - the txt and php files for the news..
Other Comics - Stuff for like STS and Digimon Legend I've helped with.
Props - Stuff like Pokéballs, Berries and Items.
RPG - The files on the RPG I tried to make
Sets - Backgrounds
Website - All of the website related stuff

So I click on Characters..

I have these numbered cause alphabetically they don't work so well

00 Author
01 Main
02 Bad Guys
03 Nurses
04 Gym Leaders
05 Extras
06 Trainers
07 Pokémon

Then I click on 07 Pokémon, which is organized like a Pokédex..

Alphabetic Dex
Hoenn Dex
Kanto Dex
National Dex
Sinnoh Dex

It appears that way because that's in alphabetical order.. the national Dex is really the folder that holds all of the other pokémon folders.. and is organized in to sections of 25..

000-025 026-050 051-075 076-100 101-125 126-150 151-175 176-200 201-225 226-250 251-275 276-300 301-325 326-350 351-375 376-400
401-425 426-450 451-475 476-493

And to give you an example.. 000-025 would contain folders of..

Bulbasaur Ivysaur Venusaur Charmander Charmeleon Charizard Squirtle Wartortle Blastoise Caterpie Metapod Butterfree Weedle Kakuna Beedrill
Pidgey Pidgeot Pidgeotto Rattata Raticate Spearow Fearow Ekans Arbok Pikachu

I was specifically going after Zigzagoon, to go on that rock area in the Day Care area..

So I went to the Alphabetic Dex folder.. All of the pokémon folders in Alphabetic Dex, Hoenn Dex, Kanto Dex and Sinnoh Dex.. are shortcuts to folders in National Dex

the Alphabetic Dex is arranged as so..

A-B-C-D-E
F-G-H-I-J
K-L-M-N-O
P-Q-R-S-T
U-V-W-X-Y-Z

These are not shortcut files..

Wanting Zigzagoon I clicked on U-V-W-X-Y-Z.

Which brought up more folders.. More specific alphabetic folders.. by letter which I've wrote out to encompass every pokémon in that letter.. some of the Sinnoh ones aren't added yet so I'm not 100% sure on the names yet

Umbreon-Ursaring - Uxie should go last.. I know
Vaporeon-Vulpix
Wailmer-Wynaut
Xatu - Only pokémon that begins with X
Yanma - Only pokémon that begins with Y, might be a Sinnoh one I think..
Zangoose-Zubat

so wanting Zigzagoon.. I click on Zangoose-Zubat.

Which includes..

Zangoose Zapdos Zigzagoon Zubat - Yeah only 4

All of these are shortcuts to folders in the National Dex.

So I click on Zigzagoon..

It attempts to search for the original folder the shortcut is linked too.. which was fairly normal.. then after a few seconds.. Paintshop Pro just disappears.

Which would take out all I worked on before I saved, which was why the comic was taking forever, I had to go in through the National Dex.. which is hard to do because I know all 493 by heart.. ask Suicune Girl but my memory isn't always so good when I actually need it..

so after restarting Paintshop Pro..

Recon > Pokémon-X > Characters > Pokémon > National Dex..

Then after trying to remember Zigzagoon's national Dex number.. I click on 251-275.. which contains.. -_-

Celebi Treecko Grovyle Sceptile Torchic Combusken Blaziken Mudkip Marshtomp Swampert Poochyena Mightyena ZIGZAGOON Linoone Wurmple Silcoon Beautifly Cascoon Dustox Lotad Lombre Ludicolo Seedot Nuzleaf Shiftry

So of course I'd click on Zigzagoon.. which is the folder with all the sprites I've ripped.. SO STOP ASKING WHAT SITE I GET THEM FROM! I RIP THEM ALL MYSELF!! Now the bizarre organization of my sprites

Normal
Wild

By types of encounters.. I've realized since I've started it that it's a bit flawed.. but basically.. Normal for Trainer Battles.. Wild for Wild Encounters.. So I click on Normal

Regular
Shiny

Pretty self explanatory, I keep both sets of sprites which have equal file names, I recolor all the mystery dungeon sprites I rip to match the color scheme in Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald.. then recolor them again to fit the shiny color scheme.. I click on Regular

Finally all of the Zigzagoon sprite files.. like.. to list a few..

Sprite Sheet
Sleeping
Attacking
Getting Hit

Out of about 20 something files

I click on Sprite Sheet cause I just need him sitting there in all 4 directions..

so it finally opens.. I added 4 layers of Zigzagoon.. North, East, South, and West.. Add the shadow layer.. and put him on the rock.. Then I do the same for Skitty and Azumarill I shouldn't explain why I used Skitty instead of Pikachu.. I'm sure those of you who know Brendan can figure it out..

So.. yeah.. I finally upload the comic about 9:45 AM on Wednesday morning.. and as we can all see.. it still hasn't updated.. the current waiting in the queue is over 3150.. so yeah.. hopefully it'll get fixed today -_-

Thanks for reading this insight into the comic and how it is made.. you should feel a little smarter now!

[killanotha1]

Yay. The comic is up now!!! (the joy and the joyness)

[pokemonguard]

Wow... holy cow, Recon, that's a load of files. I now feel sorry for you.

[daveshn]

Hey, Recon, what site do you get your sprites from.

Nosepass has no idea who its trainer is. That's sad.