Sytass Posted October 19, 2002 Share Posted October 19, 2002 Ok, let me edit this one out to save on the loading time - that screen was obsolete, anyways. [ October 20, 2002, 02:59 AM: Message edited by: Sytass ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer76 Posted October 19, 2002 Share Posted October 19, 2002 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckshyesh Posted October 19, 2002 Share Posted October 19, 2002 Really nice! I'd use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted October 19, 2002 Share Posted October 19, 2002 Who is the Unteroffizier/Unterfeldwebel in the upper left corner? It's quite a handsome photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sytass Posted October 19, 2002 Author Share Posted October 19, 2002 Thanks for the nice comments. I am not sure who that German soldier is, I found the picture on one of the countless WW2 sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie the Toad Posted October 19, 2002 Share Posted October 19, 2002 I have a question about splash screens in general. I downloaded a splash screen mod for BB. No problem. Looks great. But now the original BB splash screen, with the movement arrows on the globe comes up as the splash screen for BO !! How can that happen? Splashing Toad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kump Posted October 19, 2002 Share Posted October 19, 2002 Really like it. I love as many splash screens as I can get, especially good ones like this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sytass Posted October 19, 2002 Author Share Posted October 19, 2002 Alright, I edited around a bit more and have come to a result that I like a lot better than the previous. The only problem is that the lower tanks are usually behind the four buttons of the main menu. [EDIT]: Here used to be the raw version of my splash screen. See the screen below, it's the same. [ October 20, 2002, 02:59 AM: Message edited by: Sytass ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kump Posted October 19, 2002 Share Posted October 19, 2002 Hmmm... That last one is pretty. I want them both. You are right, you either have to mod the buttons to be opaque. Take a screen shot with the button blocking. Open it in your graphic program. Open your splash screen without buttons. Scale them the same, overlay one to the other to mark button locations. Take button locations on your splash screen by cutting out the button but using your graphic. Play with it, replace old buttons. On and on. There were several splash screens for CMBO that did this. An expert of this type of work is Tom at Tom's CMHQ. He was very good at this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Gallear Posted October 19, 2002 Share Posted October 19, 2002 I can have both and replace the CDV Splash screen with one (11007.BMP) one of the many advatages of owning the European version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kump Posted October 19, 2002 Share Posted October 19, 2002 I can have them all. Cycle through each screen and each music intro continuously. Start CMBB and have a different splash and music each time. One of the advantages of knowing batch files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kipanderson Posted October 19, 2002 Share Posted October 19, 2002 Hi, Yup, they look good. No doubt about it! I will be using the second one if it becomes available to the public. All the best, Kip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sytass Posted October 19, 2002 Author Share Posted October 19, 2002 kump, I know what kind of process you mean - actually, not too difficult. All you need is take the buttons, make the brownish background transparent and put the appropriate part of the splash screen behind it. Thanks for the suggestion. I will make those changes tomorrow. I'll gladly release the latter to the public, I am just not sure where to host it. I do have some personal webspace where I host my Europa Universalis 2 AARs, but a) I'm running out of space slowly I'm not sure what sort of a bandwidth limit I have. [EDIT]: I just realized that, after all, the buttons in my game are in German.... so maybe someone could provide me with the English buttons or at least with the text on the buttons, including multiplayer, (in that case I might make custom buttons). [ October 19, 2002, 03:34 PM: Message edited by: Sytass ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russellmz Posted October 19, 2002 Share Posted October 19, 2002 Originally posted by Louie the Toad: I have a question about splash screens in general. I downloaded a splash screen mod for BB. No problem. Looks great. But now the original BB splash screen, with the movement arrows on the globe comes up as the splash screen for BO !! How can that happen? Splashing Toad???? the original screen was russians hiding behind a wall about to ambush some germans. did you download the globe splash screen, accidently unzip into the cmbo directory and forget to correct it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foobar Posted October 19, 2002 Share Posted October 19, 2002 Sytass, I have a request. Could you work up a splash screen that has a high quality strategic map, as in your most recent, and have attack/ defend symbols on it? (minus the photos)? I think that would look spiffy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sytass Posted October 20, 2002 Author Share Posted October 20, 2002 Klump, I got your mails, and I will start working later today. Thanks a lot! Cpt. Foobar, I was thinking about doing something like that. I would much prefer using an original map with handwritten symbols etc. as I think adding those with a graphics program would make it look too artificial. The map I've used for the background is, btw, a Soviet map of Stalingrad from 1937. The town is on the bottom left corner (which is why it's not seen in the second screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaylord Focker Posted October 20, 2002 Share Posted October 20, 2002 The 2nd one looks cool, i especialy like the map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sytass Posted October 20, 2002 Author Share Posted October 20, 2002 Ok, here's the second one with new buttons matching it (currently only in 1024x768). I replaced the main menu buttons and the multiplayer buttons - except the "Go Back" button which is used in both scenario selection and multiplayer menu in different locations, so I am not sure what to do about that one... [EDIT]: Oh, and the buttons do light up when hovering over them. [ October 20, 2002, 03:02 AM: Message edited by: Sytass ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex Bellator Posted October 20, 2002 Share Posted October 20, 2002 That is one very sweet screen, congratulations. A teensy suggestion if I may, why not have the Menu options start out in a brighter colour like your yellow/orange lettering, and dim down to red when the mouse is over them. Would that look any better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sytass Posted October 20, 2002 Author Share Posted October 20, 2002 Thanks. The buttons are more visible in 1024x768 (screen is 800x600). And they turn the brighter shade of the titles when hovering over them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Axe_ Posted October 20, 2002 Share Posted October 20, 2002 That is IT! Great work! When will it be available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sytass Posted October 20, 2002 Author Share Posted October 20, 2002 Originally posted by Axe2121: That is IT! Great work! When will it be available?I'm still thinking about what to do with the "Go Back" button, but aside from that the 1024x768 version is done. Cpt. Foobar, is this what you had in mind for a "map splashg screen"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sig Posted October 20, 2002 Share Posted October 20, 2002 Originally posted by Michael Dorosh: Who is the Unteroffizier/Unterfeldwebel in the upper left corner? It's quite a handsome photo.Hello, Just to be sure we see the same picture: you speak about the german soldier running, half-bent, with his rifle in the right hand? If yes, then I remember I saw this picture as a cover for the german war-time magazine Signal. Can't be you more precise, sorry, was long time ago and I'm not "groggish" enough to file these kinds of info . Sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhorse Posted October 20, 2002 Share Posted October 20, 2002 Originally posted by Sytass: Ok, here's the second one with new buttons matching it (currently only in 1024x768). I replaced the main menu buttons and the multiplayer buttons - except the "Go Back" button which is used in both scenario selection and multiplayer menu in different locations, so I am not sure what to do about that one... [EDIT]: Oh, and the buttons do light up when hovering over them.Where is it available for download? [ October 20, 2002, 09:45 AM: Message edited by: Blackhorse ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sytass Posted October 20, 2002 Author Share Posted October 20, 2002 Sig, no, I had a different splash up, which featured the photo of a German Uffz. Blackhorse: If you tell me where I could upload.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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