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#94278 - 09/09/07 01:15 PM How to customize Plant Tycoon snapshot background
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You can customize the snapshot background in Plant Tycoon by replacing one or more of the backgrounds that came with your game with photos or other art that you have created. To do that in Windows, follow these steps below (see Jazzo's post farther down in this thread for Mac instructions).

First, you should back up or rename the game's background image(s) so that you can easily restore them when desired.

To rename the file(s), follow these steps:

  1. Open My Computer
  2. Navigate to C:\Program Files and open the Plant Tycoon folder
  3. Open the Images folder
  4. Look for the three images named arrangementBG01, arrangementBG02, and arrangementBG03 - those are the images used by the game for the snapshot backgrounds
  5. Right-click on the image you wish to replace and select Rename
  6. Rename the image to something like arrangementBG01-backup
You may, instead, simply move the files to a backup folder of your choosing.

To prepare and use your own image as a snapshot background, follow these steps:
  1. Load the desired image into an image editing program
  2. Crop the image to 800x600 pixels
  3. Save your image to the game's Images folder as a JPEG image with the name arrangementBG01, arrangementBG02, or arrangementBG03
  4. Open Plant Tycoon
  5. Click on the camera icon
  6. Click on Change Scene, if necessary, to display your picture
That's all there is to customizing the look of your Plant Tycoon snapshots! Have fun!
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#99248 - 09/27/07 10:00 AM Re: How to customize Plant Tycoon snapshot background [Re: LadyCFII]
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Thanks, but mine is all blank.
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#99267 - 09/27/07 11:42 AM Re: How to customize Plant Tycoon snapshot background [Re: Lailai]
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Did you follow the instructions exactly?
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#115992 - 01/08/08 08:14 PM Re: How to customize Plant Tycoon snapshot background [Re: LadyCFII]
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Shalom; I did exactly as you said. And I still have no picture
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#115997 - 01/08/08 09:07 PM Re: How to customize Plant Tycoon snapshot background [Re: MochaJew]
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MAC INSTRUCTIONS: (please add to your first post)

To rename the files on a mac computer:

Control-click on the PT app (or right-click)
Open the resources folder
Open the images folder
Look for the three images named arrangementBG01, arrangementBG02, and arrangementBG03 - those are the standard background images.
Click on a file and hold down the mouse button for 10 seconds, then let go. Now you can rename the file.
Rename the image to something like arrangementBG01-backup
You may, instead, simply move the files to a backup folder of your choosing.

To prepare and use your own image as a snapshot background on a mac, follow these steps:
Open the image in preview, iPhoto, or any image editting program
Crop the image to 800x600 pixels
Save your image to the game's Images folder as a JPEG image (.jpg at the end. If it says that it already has another extension, click "use .jpg only") with the name arrangementBG01, arrangementBG02, or arrangementBG03
Open Plant Tycoon
Click on the camera icon
Click on Change Scene, if necessary, to display your picture

- Jazzo (And I used some of LadyCFII's original instructions)

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#116016 - 01/08/08 11:30 PM Re: How to customize Plant Tycoon snapshot background [Re: Jazzo]
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These instructions will not work with all versions of Plant Tycoon, since some Mac versions from other game sites do not have an accessible Images folder.
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#116017 - 01/08/08 11:48 PM Re: How to customize Plant Tycoon snapshot background [Re: Jazzo]
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Thanks, Jazzo. I will try again. Mine's Window, so hopeful this will work.
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#116018 - 01/08/08 11:51 PM Re: How to customize Plant Tycoon snapshot background [Re: LadyCFII]
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Save your image to the game's Images folder as a JPEG image with the name arrangementBG01, arrangementBG02, or arrangementBG03

This may sound like a rather dumb question (when it comes to computers, I confess, I'd not very bright) but how does one save one's picture in the folder? I can't seem to get the hang of that.
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#116025 - 01/09/08 12:11 AM Re: How to customize Plant Tycoon snapshot background [Re: MochaJew]
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click on the "file" button on the top left corner then click "save as"

there you go \:\)
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#116030 - 01/09/08 01:28 AM Re: How to customize Plant Tycoon snapshot background [Re: Robert1220]
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Thank you very much. I shall give it a go and let you know how it worked out.
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