Loading screen images

Rantako on 1/10/2005 at 16:58

Thanks

GlasWolf on 1/10/2005 at 17:07

I wouldn't know where to start with GIMP, but if you know your way around it I can send you the bits... then again, if you do know your way around it you could probably create them yourself in about 5 minutes. It's just a background layer consisting of the Garrett face and loading info, plus a screenshot layer with a mask:

Inline Image:

http://www.glaswolf.net/images/thief/loadblank.jpg

Inline Image:

http://www.glaswolf.net/images/thief/loadmask.jpg

Incidentally, a little tip from the tweak thread: if you're making your screenshot in-game, it'll look better if you remove the light gem and compass. Edit your T3UI.ini file in the install dir\system folder like so:

Search for the section [LightGem]
and set
Active=VISIBLE
to
Active=NOT

search for the section [CompassWindow]
and set
Active=VISIBLE
to
Active=NOT

Obviously reverse the changes once you've done (unless you're a masochist/New Horizon).

Edit: oh yeah. IrfanView. Which I also use. (D'oh!)

doctormidnight on 2/10/2005 at 02:40

That's kind of cool, I never even noticed the .psd file. Here's one I just threw together on a whim (click for large PNG):

(http://www.sherlockholmesarmy.org/ttlg/T3loadingimage.png)

Inline Image:

http://www.sherlockholmesarmy.org/ttlg/T3loadingimage.jpg

And the (http://www.sherlockholmesarmy.org/ttlg/T3loadingimage.psd) .psd if anyone wants it.

Bho on 27/11/2005 at 10:36

Sorry to bring this up again, but i'm having problems getting it to work. I've converted my screenshot to dds format, and named it to the map name and packaged it up for garretloader, but for some reason it is not being placed in the corresponding folder of my T3 install when i install the FM using garretloader.
Does anyone have any ideas?

GlasWolf on 27/11/2005 at 15:21

Bho: does it work ok if you just manually copy the file into the appropriate directory? Obviously just about all of the FMs released have a custom loading screen, so I can't see it being a GL problem unless there's something odd about yours - a punctuation mark in the filename perhaps?

potterr on 3/12/2005 at 23:06

Missed this thread. GL won't extract files with square brackets (its a bug in the unzip call to the unzip dll that I have not been able to resolve), other than that it should extract all other files fine (except it won't also extract .exe, .dll and .bat files as they are potentially dangerous).

Bho on 3/12/2005 at 23:46

Well I've tried placing the .dds file directly into the correct folder, and can confirm that there is not a problem with GL - its something on my end.

GlasWolf on 4/12/2005 at 01:35

Have you tried copying one of the existing screens and naming it after your mission? It may be something to do with the dds format you've used.