Changing the "Loading" shape.
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TheDvDMan wrote:
It can be any shape?
Gordon Bleedin’ Bennett!!
Just Do it and let US know!
FFS!
Anyone guess what that means?
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I don’t know that’s ST’s talking but…Any cmp file is very easy to be edit with UTF-EDITOR, specially after you known the loading bar just a material animation.
But about to change background… in loadingbar.cmp, there is a node named background021220115007.3db. you can try to change the texture to test.
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Thanks for the info, I’ll tell you if I succeed.
Edit:
After decomposing it with XML Project, I found out that these are just colors and not one animated picture. I can replace the glow with little circles that will run there, but its not what I wanted. The “background” is the dark blue background behind the glow. My seconf question here is: Can I change the shape of the model (or size) through the XML text? (I’m pretty sure not)*ST try to hold up on this one, no "WHAT? LOL"s please.
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There is no background - it just overlays whatever’s on screen at the time. The shape is defined in interface.generic.vms, which basically means you may as well create your own from scratch. Fortunately for you, I was curious enough to see if I could extract it, so find attached a version that the MilkShape importer will load.
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adoxa wrote:
Sheesh, do I have to do everything?!.:)) That really made me laugh a little
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Holy crap DvdMan! Okay, I’ll hold your hand:
1. Backup front_loading.cmp (optional).
2. Extract front_loading.zip & front_loading.ces.zip.
3. Start MilkShape, import front_loading.cmp (I used Freelancer CMP Importer V2.7).
3a. Select all, weld all vertices (Ctrl+A, Ctrl+W, Shift+Ctrl+A).
4. Do whatever (you’re really on your own here).
5. Save as .ms3d (optional).
6. Export using Freelancer CMP V0.3.
6a. Click Update, select front_loading.cmp.
6b. Load settings from front_loading.ces.
6c. Continue.
6d. Continue.
7. Start Freelancer, New Game (and F1) to test it out.
8. If it’s not right, shutdown Freelancer, go to 4.And to show that it works, attached the sample one I made when creating the settings file.
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so, in theory it’d be possible to make the background have any possible shape and with the material you could define even a loading image. the loading bar itself could be moved to the corner somewhere… nice possibilities. but one problem: how to know, what geometrical size is equal to the screen size? does it depend on the resolution btw?
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No “WHAT?” LOL!" DVDMan?
No, it would have been more like “Why don’t you pull your finger out of your bum and do it, and let us know how you did it for a change?”
That’s another day of delay in getting my sur exporter from adoxa.
Blurrykidzwivyewslessideas!
