Converting Old Logos

Many players have existing logos in a format other than .JPG or .PNG. For example, previous versions of OOTP used .BMP files, which are not supported in OOTP. Luckily, converting these files to the OOTP format is not difficult.

To use existing logos with OOTP, you must convert the images to either .JPG or .PNG format. Renaming the file does not convert an image; you must convert the image using a graphics program. There are many graphics programs capable of converting image formats. Irfanview is a free graphic program that allows you to convert many images at once, which makes it great for this sort of job.

Here is an example of the steps required to convert existing logos:

1. Create a directory to hold your original logos. We'll call it C:Original Logos.
2. Create a directory to hold your converted logos. We'll call it C:Converted Logos.
3. Copy your .BMP format images to C:Original Logos.
4. Start up your image converting program (Irfanview, for example).
5. Select all the images in C:Original Logos.
6. In your image converting program, select the option to convert the files to .PNG format.
7. Set the option to save the converted files to C:Converted Logos.
8. Run the conversion process.
9. Open C:Converted Logos and rename the images to the naming convention described in Logo File Naming Conventions.
10. Copy the renamed .PNG images in C:Converted Logos and paste them into the images directory specified in Logo Basics, replacing the default logos.
11. Run OOTP. Your teams should now be using their new logos.

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