How do I add a custom title screen?

[Gaius Octavius]

When you open a dds file in DDSConverter, you have the main image at the middle of the screen, and a black & white small image at the top-right of the window. This second small image is the Alpha channel. It's used to say to the main image : what's white on alpha channel will be visible, the black will be transparent, and the greys will be +/- transparents.
It's not an other file, it's a part of the dds file.

I am sorry to bother you, but this does not seem to be the case. I have the DDS Converter (version 2.1, which I believe is the one you have linked) and I cannot see any small Alpha channel window in the upper right corner. All I get is the preview of the real image, plus a little note that simply says "Alpha Channel: Yes." There is no way to attach or to change an alpha channel within the converter, and I have no idea how to do so otherwise.

Any suggestions?

EDIT: Never mind, I just ended up using DXTBmp instead of the DDS Converter. Much easier to use in conjunction with an alpha channel.

 

[jkp1187]

Need a little help with this -- how do I adjust the location of the main menu itself? -- it is conflicting with my background a little.

 

[Shiggs713]

I'm assuming you have BtS. The easiest way to do this is just copy the stuff from Gods of Old.

just make a mod with the folder structure;

YOURMOD/Assets/Art/Interface

Now go into the Gods of old mod and copy the "Main Menu" folder that is located in the exact same directory in that mod (Assets/Art/Interface). Paste ihe whole "main menu" folder into the "Interface" folder of your mod.

Now go back out into the "Assets" folder of your mod, create a folder there name "XML", and inside of it, another folder named "Art", then go back into the Gods of Old mod, go in the same directory path you just made in gods of old (Assets/XML/Art), copy the "CIV4MainMenus.xml and paste it into your mods Assets/XML/Art folder.

Then just make an image of whatever you want, it has to be saved at 1024x1024 as a DDS DXT3 w/ mipmaps

if you don't have an editor to do this, its very simple using GIMP 2.4

I have no clue on how to move the actual menu, although its probably done with python.

 

[jkp1187]

Interesting. I had not been saving the mipmaps, and the background is showing up, as expected.

 

[Shiggs713]

I might be thinking of something else... either way it works with the mipmaps.

 

[The Capo]

I am working on this mod for BtS and I am trying to get a custom title screen to work and it is not working at all. No matter what I try and I have tried all of your (Fabrysse) instructions out and none of them appear to work. Is there an XML file I need to edit (I can't find anything referring to the title screen in the one you are talking about for BtS), or anything like that. I just have a simple static image that already has a title on it, so I just need the image to show up, that's it.