Tileset preview when creating a new game

[uncle]

There should be a preview of selected tileset. I do not remember names of my favourite tilesets, so this would be really useful.

I am also trying to make a screenshot for my new map, so a quick preview of the tileset would be handy.

[ultifd]

The menu is already crowded...just try remembering them.

[Mr War]

It could just take the tile for surface 1 and show it somewhere on the screen, like below the faction image? or just the first 64x64 image in the tileset images dir - if it doesn't find one it's blank

[Omega]

It could just take the tile for surface 1 and show it somewhere on the screen, like below the faction image? or just the first 64x64 image in the tileset images dir - if it doesn't find one it's blank

Right, because every player can recognize a tileset based on their surface 1 texture. How well can you do? All of these are images from different tilesets:

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[IMG]http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/6431/funfact.jpg[/img]^{(Kind interesting how Fernland and Evergreen share the same first tile)}

[Mr War]

yeah you pretty much can get a good idea of the tile set from a single tile.

[John.d.h]

What about showing a montage of the different surfaces then?

[uncle]

The author of the tileset could also create a screenshot with given proportions.

[Mr War]

Maybe a preview.jpg in the main tileset folder. Set pixel size rules. If the image in not found, or the wrong size, then no preview?

[Ishmaru]

Maybe a preview.jpg in the main tileset folder. Set pixel size rules. If the image in not found, or the wrong size, then no preview?

Agreed

[titi]

and where on the screen would it be displayed? I see no more space there :/

[uncle]

My suggestion:

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[img]http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/7425/glestng.png[/img]