GreenAsJade Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I've been playing a fair bit of PBEM CMBN recently, so I've seen a lot of Loading 29%. Thus I was gobsmacked just now to see a new picture - one I haven't seen before! It was a JagPZ looking thing coming through a breach in bocage, with lots of soldiers standing around looking like it's been a heck of a job getting it through. This made me wonder how many pictures there are, and how they are chosen. I get about 4 of them very regularly, and some extremely rarely. Here's a list off the top of my head: German dudes looking at a map - common Shrek team looking out of foxhole - common Panther (?) near a statue - common Panther (?) rushing towards us on a road - common Tragically fresh young troops marching away from us, one looking back - moderately common Marder-ish thing in a forest - moderately common Two Pz-ish things closeup - moderately common A JagPZ looking thing in a town, with foliage cammo - rare A tank looking like bush on a road, with a wreck behind it - rare A street fight scene, guys facing away from us - very rare Troops proceeding away from us in a street with a wall on the left - very rare Two guys with an MG facing left - very very rare Sherms facing away from us - very very rare JadPz looking thing in a breach - only seen once Did I miss any? I guess modders can see these in the Data somewhere? Do other people experience the same sort of rarity? Curious! GaJ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger33 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I have the mod (can't remember the name) which adds a lot of extra pictures but still get similar results. At first I thought it wasn't working since nothing new appeared for awhile but then they started filtering in. Even now one will pop up that I've never seen before on occasion while certain ones appear all the time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 This made me wonder how many pictures there are, and how they are chosen. I get about 4 of them very regularly, and some extremely rarely. Axis and Allied sides have their own loading screens. It sounds like you play only rarely as the Yanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted November 4, 2011 Author Share Posted November 4, 2011 Hah - interesting, and that is true! Not for any specific reason, it just seems my oppos regularly prefer Allies, so I end up with Axis. So I have more pictures to look forwards to as I play more Allies eh? I wonder why some are rarer than others... GaJ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Axis and Allied sides have their own loading screens. It sounds like you play only rarely as the Yanks! I think you may have answered a question that was going through my head. Some of what he lists as very very rare I see quite often, like the 2 Shermans facing away. I don't think I have seen the Jpz at the bottom of the list, I'll have to keep my eye out for that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boche Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I noticed that, once I started playing with the Germans, thinking OMG where did all these shots come from? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 I have included my comments within the quote. German dudes looking at a map - common Somewhat common Shrek team looking out of foxhole - common Same here Panther (?) near a statue - common Somewhat common Panther (?) rushing towards us on a road - common Rare Tragically fresh young troops marching away from us, one looking back - moderately common Very common Marder-ish thing in a forest - moderately common Only somewhat common Two Pz-ish things closeup - moderately common Rare A JagPZ looking thing in a town, with foliage cammo - rare Rare A tank looking like bush on a road, with a wreck behind it - rare Not sure I've seen this one at all A street fight scene, guys facing away from us - very rare Moderately common Troops proceeding away from us in a street with a wall on the left - very rare Moderately common Two guys with an MG facing left - very very rare Common Sherms facing away from us - very very rare Somewhat common JadPz looking thing in a breach - only seen once Not seen this one at all Did I miss any? Yeah. Three GIs with a mortar: common. M10 pulling up onto a road while a GI (MP?) holds up traffic: moderately common. Maybe another one or two I'm not recalling. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Axis and Allied sides have their own loading screens. Not exactly. It may be that which side you are playing biases the selection, but I doubt even that, since there are several German subjects that have turned up for me regularly and I have yet to play the German side. I am sure that the selections are made from the same common pool regardless of which side one is playing. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umlaut Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Never seen the pic, you´re refering to, GaJ. Wow - thought I´d seem them all at least five times. The one with the three GI´s with the mortar-pic facinates me - for two reasons: 1: Two of the guys look to me like they might be identical twins 2: They all seem like they´re trying hard not to laugh out loud (at the photographer and his silly request for a staged mortar-firing in the middle of a friendly town, probably) Other pictures: Sherman (76?) with crew´s heads popping out of hatches and looking at camera GI running across road in front of Stuart US tank (M10?) in camo driving towards camera amidst wrecks of german vehicles Stuarts drivnig into Avranches GIs standing on corner in town - one is aiming at window in house across the street 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkerner Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Not exactly. It may be that which side you are playing biases the selection, but I doubt even that, since there are several German subjects that have turned up for me regularly and I have yet to play the German side. I am sure that the selections are made from the same common pool regardless of which side one is playing. Michael Oh man, I get to say it...sorry Michael, but you're wrong! The umodded loading screen images are titled "force-specific background red" or "force-specific background blue" with a number following the name. They are, erm...force specific. Somewhat ironically, Blue are the pics of the Allies (but in a reddish sepia tone) and Red are the Germans, (but in a blueish-grey tone). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatEtr Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 What I would really like to see is random main menu splashscreens. I'd bet I'm not the only one sick and tired of the two Stuarts driving towards me. This could easily be added to the game since the mechanism is already in place, just use it for the main menu too. I know there's mods for it already or you can just add your own fav pic for the main menu. But it would be kool to randomize it too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Statisoris Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 ... US tank (M10?) in camo driving towards camera amidst wrecks of german vehicles ... I think that is an M8 HMC (75mm) in that one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted November 5, 2011 Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 Hah - amazing how different the distrubutions could be! I've also had that one withe mortar a few times: I forgot about that. I always think "_this_ is what these guys are doing, and they can land with _that_ precision? Really?" The others mentioned: I don't think I've seen! Note: Just because the pictures are forces specific, that doesn't mean that each bunch has to have only Axis or Allied pictures in, does it? For absolute sure, I've had Axis pictures while playing Allies. GaJ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkerner Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Note: Just because the pictures are forces specific, that doesn't mean that each bunch has to have only Axis or Allied pictures in, does it? For absolute sure, I've had Axis pictures while playing Allies. GaJ Nope, it's just that the ones that are in the original game files are that way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted November 5, 2011 Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 But the original game files is what I have... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFF Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 US tank (M10?) in camo driving towards camera amidst wrecks of german vehicles Is it me, or is there a dead German laying in a ditch on the left-hand side of that picture? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umlaut Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Yes, there is a dead german, Luke. About the force specific pictures: It seems to me that the pictures are not force specific, the first time you load a file. But that they are force specific when you subsequently load an axis or allied game....I think... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 The umodded loading screen images are titled "force-specific background red" or "force-specific background blue" with a number following the name. They are, erm...force specific. Somewhat ironically, Blue are the pics of the Allies (but in a reddish sepia tone) and Red are the Germans, (but in a blueish-grey tone). So what does that all come down to when I get both German and American force pics every time I load a new game or a saved game? Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkerner Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 So what does that all come down to when I get both German and American force pics every time I load a new game or a saved game? Michael You may only be partially wrong??? I haven't really watched it too closely when I play, but it "seems" that I get Allied when I play Allies and German when I play German, but then again maybe it's based on who is the attacker, regardless of which side you play. Or maybe it is random.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 So what does that all come down to when I get both German and American force pics every time I load a new game or a saved game? Michael You get them both, EVERY time? I only get ONE picture per loading sequence. Have you been at the prescription bottle too much again? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 You get them both, EVERY time? I only get ONE picture per loading sequence. Have you been at the prescription bottle too much again? No, dimwit, I get one per sequence, but I save every turn and I often leave off play after two or three turns. Ergo, I get a different (usually) pic every time I load a saved turn to begin playing again. There, is that clear enough for you? Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted November 5, 2011 Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 I'm not as sure as I originally was that I'm getting Axis pictures when I play Allies. I realised that the tank coming through a breach is a US tank destroyer, so that's a US picture (there's no way the German army would have all those guys standing around enjoying themselves like that ;) ) . I will keep a careful watch GaJ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 No, dimwit, I get one per sequence, but I save every turn and I often leave off play after two or three turns. Ergo, I get a different (usually) pic every time I load a saved turn to begin playing again. There, is that clear enough for you? Michael That is slightly clearer, but do you still remember which side you were playing earlier when you load that game again? Or, do you remember what you were about to do after the game has loaded? Naw, just pulling your fossilized peg leg there. I'm unable to check this myself right now, but my earlier perception has been that when I start or load a game as Allied or Axis, the loading screen is relevant to that side. However, I can fathom that it would be possible that I would be mistaken. I mean, in theory it is possible. In theory it's also possible that all people living east of Sweden, west of Russia, north of Estonia and south of Norway are not completely awesome. So far, though, science has been unable to prove such theories untrue. P.S. 'Dimwit' is, in case you weren't aware, an insulting term. We prefer the term 'bonehead' around here, thank you very much! Or, if you want to be really PC, **** ******** **** **** is a good alternative spelling. But I'll let it pass this one time... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umlaut Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 people living east of Sweden, west of Russia, north of Estonia and south of Norway Oh!! I get it: (Commercial about a dane striving to learn to pronounce the word "Squash", see 0:44) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 However, I can fathom that it would be possible that I would be mistaken. Congratulations. Now you should be willing to take the next step and admit to yourself that you have been sitting on your head all your life. <— (smile of encouragement) Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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