[delta_v] Annoying shaan

[delta_v@AmbrosiaSW.com]

A rambling tale of woe.

My attempt at creating a universe has been halted numerous times by 
infuriating problems. None of my nice outfits show up properly. My new 
machine gun thingy doesnt eat up its ammo like a good machine gun thingy. And 
saddest of all, instead of my new ships appearing as they should, I get a 
ship that seems to be made up of a smattering of all the sprites for five 
seconds and then a system crash. Of all the things I want to work, this is 
highest on my list.

Here is my situation. I am on a G4 imac 800, and I edit in OS 9.2. When I try 
and create a new shan resource, it displays fine in Delta V, and screwy in 
the game. If I copy the shuttle from another place and run it in the game, It 
looks okay. My sprites are pointed to in the correct fasion, in fact I have 
tried every ID possibility I can think of, so no help there. The bloody thing 
just wont let me make my ships!!!!! ARRRRAGARRARGGHGHGHG!!!!

I am obviously doing something seriously dense at some point (as is my way) 
so can I ask all you lovely generous people to write a complete idiot's guide 
to creating ship sprites, Delta V or no, from photoshop formats to 
considerations when running the game. Please. I have taken the friggin 
NovaBible to bed with me, and it hasn't helped. And failing that, is there an 
E-Mail adress that I could send in my sprites so that you could make them 
into a working shan? I have lots of fun ships for you to be blowing to 
smithereens and I just want to make a plug that gives Nova a new lease of 
life. Help a brother in need.
Thanks.

    -wyvern