background pics have different size and aspect ratio

[David Allwicher]

The following pictures are way bigger then their counterparts.

./worlds/greenland/pics/loading_05.jpg
./worlds/desert/pics/loading_01.jpg
./worlds/winterland/pics/loading_02.jpg
./worlds/winterland/pics/loading_03.jpg
./tribes/empire/pics/campmap-emp02.jpg
./tribes/empire/pics/campmap-emp01.jpg
./worlds/winterland/pics/loading_01.jpg
./tribes/barbarians/pics/campmap-tut1+2.jpg
./tribes/barbarians/pics/campmap-tut3.jpg
./pics/progress.png

[SirVer (sirver)]

bigger is usally better as resizing to smaller sizes looks much better than resizing to higher sizes. I would not change the pictures as things are looking good at the moment. +1 for won't fix.

[Nicolai Hähnle (nha)]

+1 for won't fix.

[Timowi (timo-wingender)]

+1 for won't fix

[SirVer (sirver)]

won't fix it is then.

[David Allwicher (aber)]

broadband revolution. It should be possible to save 2 Megabyte space just by resizing the two biggest pictures. Would it be possible to do so and convert the png to jpg?

68K ./worlds/desert/pics/loading_00.jpg
2027K ./worlds/desert/pics/loading_01.jpg
236K ./worlds/greenland/pics/loading_04.jpg
1333K ./worlds/greenland/pics/loading_05.jpg

[Chuck Wilder (chuckw20)]

The majority of the "loading" graphics files are currently at a resolution of 800x600 pixels. While this size may be arguably small and similar files should be considered for higher resolution, at the other end of the scale we have a couple files from those David has identified:

./worlds/greenland/pics/loading_05.jpg is currently 1334kB with resolution 2560x1920 pixels
./worlds/desert/pics/loading_01.jpg is currently 2028kB with resolution 2560x1920 pixels

I would argue that their resolution is too high for our purposes and these (and perhaps others) could be downsized to around half their size for economy of space.

[Chuck Wilder (chuckw20)]

Re-sized ./worlds/greenland/pics/loading_05.jpg from 2560x1920 (1334kb) to 1280x960 (586kB) saving 748kB.
Re-sized ./worlds/desert/pics/loading_01.jpg from 2560x1920 (2028kb) to 1280x960 (775kB) saving 1253kB.
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                                                                                                         For a total space savings of 2001kB

Changes pushed to trunk in rev#5739.

[Chuck Wilder (chuckw20)]

I'll push the original 2560x1280 images to the media branch for future reference. No point lugging that much bulk around until you absolutely need it.

[SirVer (sirver)]

Released in build16-rc1