HDK's New Era Splash Screens (WIP)

[Headlock]

All,

Seems there is no specific forum for things like this, that I can see (Mods, feel free to correct me.

I got tired of seeing the very very evry boring, dulla nd unimaginative Era splash screens and decided to make my own.

Im discovering the hard way that .dds format isa ctually pretty crap for colours, vibrance etc, and also the damn slapsh screen isnt actuallysquare, but rectangular. So I will have to edit the below images to account for this irritants.

Without further ado:

Renaissance Era:


Industrial Era:


Modern Era

The above is, unfortunately, a straight rip of somone else 's photo- no idea who the original credit is. However, it is temporary, as it is too "real" to fit in with the other two images. So, before someone goes mad about copyright etc, dont worry, it WILL be changed/updated enough v.soon

A finalised modcomp will be issued within a week or two. It *might* include a some python work to the spash screen itself, we'll see

Regards,
HDK

 

[Refar]

It's promising, and would be pretty cool to see something new there for once.

But since you mentioned "fit with the other images" - Not only the 3dr one is "more real" - 1 and 2 also have clearly different style to them. Both the styles - the collage\blend from renaissance and the blurry somewhat diffuse industrial image - have a ertain appeal, but they dont really fit together.

 

[deanej]

Just so you know, you can go into CvEraMovieScreen.py and change the code at the end to add a screen for the future era (example of how I did this for my Star Trek mod below).

		if iEra == 1:
			szMovie = "Art/Movies/Era/Era01-Classical.dds"
		elif iEra == 2:
			szMovie = "Art/Movies/Era/Era02-Medeival.dds"
		elif iEra == 3:
			szMovie = "Art/Movies/Era/Era03-Renaissance.dds"
		elif iEra == 4:
			szMovie = "Art/Movies/Era/Era04-Industrial.dds"
		elif iEra == 5:
			szMovie = "Art/Movies/Era/Era05-Modern.dds"
		else:
			szMovie = "Art/Movies/Era/Era06-Future.dds"

 

[Headlock]

Thanks guys,

Thats true Refar, they are quite different. There is a deliberate element to this, as i want to emphasise that you are entering a new era, and in gmae you would never be able to compare them visually like in this thread;

however Ive been working on the industrial one since, and I agree,it is a little too indistinct. Im dicking around with the renaissance one as well, trying to find a happy medium between the two eras that gives me the distinction I want, yet have a common feel to them.

Thanks for that Deanj! duh, i should have checked that file! unfortunately for me I think the dims are probabably fixed, as the era and movie screens are one and the same, so messing with it to suit an Era splash might not be the best idea

Thanks for the feeback, much appreciated.
HDK