Parks: Image Files
The DMB image files have been carefully drawn to scale. When DMB
displays the names of the runners and fielders on the game window,
the locations of those names are chosen to correspond with the
underlying image. Each image is 600 x 600 pixels, with one pixel
representing one foot. Home plate is 80 pixels from the bottom of
the image, meaning that second base is 207 pixels from the bottom
(it's 127 feet from home to second) and there's enough room for a
park that is as deep as 520 feet to straightaway center field. And
there's room for 80 feet of foul territory behind home plate.
DMB comes with a number of images files from which you can
choose, and we plan to add to this collection over time. If your
park does not have an image in our collection, you can use the
generic park image (genericpark.jpg or genericturf.jpg for a
generic park with a turf surface) or use an image of your own. The
generic park image is show below:
To supply your own image, use any tool that can create JPG files
and place your image file into the Parks folder (typically located
at C:\dmb10\parks) along with the other image files. Any files you
add to that folder will show up the next time you use the drop-down
list of image files on the Physical page of the park modification
window.
The DMB image files are drawings that
were created by a professional graphic artist. They are not
automatically generated by the game, so changing the physical park
dimensions on the park modification window does not cause the
corresponding image file to look any different. If you want an
image file that reflects the dimensions you entered, you'll need to
create that on your own.
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