Wonder Splash Screen Image

[Putmalk]

Quick question - how would I go about creating a wonder splash screen image? More specifically:

1. What are the proper dimensions?
2. Does this work like Atlases where I have to create a separate file, reference the image and then use that reference in the building xml? Or is it just place into the ModBuddy directory and link it from there?

Thanks.

 

[Spatzimaus]

1. According to the WonderPopup.xml file, 971x565. But if you look in WonderPopup.lua, it has this block:

        lastBackgroundImage = thisBuilding.WonderSplashImage;
        Controls.WonderSplash:SetTextureAndResize( thisBuilding.WonderSplashImage );
    	
    	m_fOriginalSizeX, m_fOriginalSizeY = Controls.WonderSplash:GetSizeVal();
    	Controls.WonderSplash:SetSizeVal( m_fOriginalSizeX * (1 + m_fScaleFactor), m_fOriginalSizeY * (1 + m_fScaleFactor) );

which implies that it auto-resizes the window to match the size of whatever image you give it. The UI does a lot of that, so as long as you're in the right ballpark it'll probably work.

2. I haven't actually tried it, but it should work just the way you'd expect: add the .dds to your mod and set its VFS to True. Try that and see if it works.
I'm actually looking into this code in a futile attempt to add wonder movies to my mod; no luck so far, but I'm still hoping.

 

[Pouakai]

I have always done mine 972 x 568, works better. Also, what I do is have it in the mod as, eg. Spiral_Minaret_splash.dds, then refrence it in the file eg. Spiral_Minaret_IconTextureAtlases.xml.

 

[Putmalk]

Okay, thanks a lot guys!