splash screen

[synthetic]

How hard is it to change the spash screen from the rectangular image to an image with partial transparency, such as a cut out image of nsf troop for example? Is it even possible? I know that changing the image within the rectangle itself isnt that hard, but is the lineage2-ish spash even possible for deus ex?

[SPAZ ROFELZ]

What's the point most modern computers will only have the splash screen for a split second.

[synthetic]

Im sure we can think of a way to force it sit there for like erm.. 5 minutes. Oh yesss

[Skilgannon]

Yessssss.... Splash screens force the people to sit at their screens leaving them open to subliminal messaging. Yesss, yesssssssss.......

[~DJ~]

That is very very very possible, sadly you'll have tor re-code the splash images and tell it to mask, rather than nomal black color.



I don't actually think those splashes were BMP though, but it's possible.


I'll try black-masking as soon as I figure where it calls to change the splash image.


Unreal tournament GOTY has lots of splash images too, dx does have that feature, but I once saw a code (like ages ago, forgot the filename) it contained all the splash images texture as the one..


anyway, on topic, ye its possible


EDIT:

Noodz, do you.. by any change.. know that where it calls to show the bmp/splash?

[SPAZ ROFELZ]

I used to have a picture of a naked woman saying "win or no sex" as my splash screen.

[~DJ~]

I used to have a picture of a naked woman saying "win or no sex" as my splash screen.

you're lying




if not, gimme

[synthetic]

well we could always make one for him

i looked into it once when i saw moops archive change it, i dont remember how that stuff was done though neither did he use transparent splash

[~DJ~]

i looked into it once when i saw moops archive change it, i dont remember how that stuff was done though neither did he use transparent splash

change what? the image splash? that's easy, goto deusex folder, and then a folder called Help. ("C:\DeusEx\Help\" default if you have installed it thar)


Logo.bmp is the thing you need to change.. but keep in mind that it should be in DX format. I don't think paint really change formats, so if you do anything with paint.. nothing bad will happen..


Anyway, for photoshoppers.


After editing the picture, simply just goto image > Mode

select these options:



And voolah, you has your picture.

Looks ugly, but meh, it's an example..


Splash preview:




And.. thar u go

[synthetic]

Aha so thats easy. Now is it even possible to make that ugly firm-looking cement box into sexy appealing transparent miracle?

Also, -1 rep point for not putting FGS tag there

[~DJ~]

Also, -1 rep point for not putting FGS tag there

haet


Well, twas a quick example, I made crap, added some filters, and I said "oh well"


Anyway, to make transparent areas and more than 1 splash screen, I or maybe noodz should figure out where it calls to show splash

And den we can mask the image that appears from CODING :$

else we can't

[Jima B]

Since it's not in-game, does it even have to be a set format?
Couldn't you use a .png or something?

[~DJ~]

It isn't in-game, but it is unreal engine stuff, it gets called by coding.

And yes, you do need to use unreal format, or else it would say tis:



As you can clearly see that it needs to load bitmap files. (BMP, along with 256 colors 8bit, or else It'll say this error EVEN if it's an bmp, it does need both unreal format and bmp.)

Old engine.. nuffin said.

But Lineage 2 has some really OTHER engine, it uses some other format, not bmps, maybe someing inside at utx, but I can't seem to open those UTX'z cause there protected by some sort :O