The Powder Toy

What are Frame (bunch of 0s and some number).ppm files?

  • smjjames     16th Dec 2010 Member 0 Permalink
    Wasn't sure where to put this since I'm not actually interested in development or programming PowderToy. Anyways, my question is in the title. Whenever I play, it sometimes seems to create new .ppm files, however when I download PT as a whole, they aren't there, so I'm just curious about that since I deleted them off of my directory. Which might have been a bad idea since the framerate is now 'capped' around 20 rather than the 60 which seems to be the normal maximum.

    Edit: Uninstalling and reinstalling (more like deleting the folder and re-extracting from the download) PowderToy seems to have done the trick of fixing that framerate wierdness.
  • HeyJD     16th Dec 2010 Member 0 Permalink
    The .ppm files are screenshot files. They get created when you press p.
    Not many people know them because nobody can use them.
    Yes I agree with you that the file format of '.ppm' should be changed to png or jpeg.
  • bchandark     16th Dec 2010 Member 0 Permalink
    Just open them in Photoshop or GIMP.
  • MiXih     16th Dec 2010 Member 0 Permalink
    ppm is simplest graphic format noob
  • HeyJD     16th Dec 2010 Member 0 Permalink
    bchandark
    Gimp is slow.
    Not everyone has photoshop.
    The picture is 'Zig-Zaggy' in Gimp.

    wikku9
    If it's the simplest then why can't common photo programs open it?
  • MiXih     16th Dec 2010 Member 0 Permalink
    HeyJD
    because these havent function to open ppm?
    ppm is simpliest, but png, jpg and gif are most common

    gimp slow?
  • StewieGriffin     16th Dec 2010 Member 0 Permalink
    GIMP is peachy, Windows users should get either IrfanView or Paint.NET
    Edit: Wrong Account lol
  • Uberness     16th Dec 2010 Member 0 Permalink
    HeyJD
    Paint.net is allot like photoshop and it's free.
  • smjjames     16th Dec 2010 Member 0 Permalink
    Yea I have Paint.NET myself. Anyways, thanks for the info guys.
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