Changing the game's animated background

[Henry_AC]

Hi, I wanted to know if I can change the animated background to a still image. Is that possible?

 

[Ravager16829]

Are you playing the game on the latest patch (Reforged) or the legacy ones (WC3:TFT)???
I know it's very complicated if you ask this kind of question without adding extra infos like the game version (Reforged or WC3:TFT).
The picture you uploaded here is the default Reforged main menu background.
With 2.0. patch, you even switch between the old and the current Reforged main menu background using the built-in option that comes in Game Settings.

 

[Henry_AC]

Are you playing the game on the latest patch (Reforged) or the legacy ones (WC3:TFT)???
I know it's very complicated if you ask this kind of question without adding extra infos like the game version (Reforged or WC3:TFT).
The picture you uploaded here is the default Reforged main menu background.
With 2.0. patch, you even switch between the old and the current Reforged main menu background using the built-in option that comes in Game Settings.

I just purchased Reforged, and the image I uploaded is for reference only. I'd like to replace it with a still image.

 

[Ravager16829]

I just purchased Reforged, and the image I uploaded is for reference only. I'd like to replace it with a still image.

I don't know about this solution, but I haven't played Reforged just yet. I believe changing an animated background in Reforged to a static images seems to be difficult to execute, since Reforged had always use an animated background menus that was saved with WEBM format (instead of MDX).

An interesting fact: You can also switch between ROC and TFT animated background menus with the latest patch of Reforged by clicking on the game logo (it's located in the right panel where you can find the options to play Single Player, etc.). Thanks to deepstrasz for providing this easter egg.

 

[Henry_AC]

I don't know about this solution, but I haven't played Reforged just yet. I believe changing an animated background in Reforged to a static images seems to be difficult to execute, since Reforged had always use an animated background menus that was saved with WEBM format (instead of MDX).

An interesting fact: You can also switch between ROC and TFT animated background menus with the latest patch of Reforged by clicking on the game logo (it's located in the right panel where you can find the options to play Single Player, etc.). Thanks to deepstrasz for providing this easter egg.

Thanks, I hope to find it later. Now that I've reviewed the options, you can also switch between TFT, ROC, classic TFT, and classic ROC.

 

[TheSilverWolff]

Haven't tried but I guess it's possible to make a webm of a still image. Put it into [war3_folder]/retail/webui/webms with names like roc_human.webm and roc_human_sd.webm to replace, the name depends on the configured background. For some reason my background changes after a game is played so I needed to copy it, no idea if it's a bug or intended.

 

[Mint Blancmanche]

why would you want a still image? I'm having a blast with custom animated backgrounds lol.
you can mod "almost" anything in the game.
and you can use image to webm. I have used stills before and works fine.
just remember that the game applies "bloom/saturation" to the backgrounds, you will need to remove a bit of color from anything you use, or your image will end looking more "colored" than the original.
I even changed the option menu, even when I'm never going to touch classic/classic hd, but I wanted them to fit my custom units, also blizzard was lazy doing these preview pictures. they copy pasted on top of the one below, you could see mismatching grass in the cuts.

also the thing about the background changing after a game is just reforged being reforged, happened just now lol, finished a game as human and the footman from the end screen stayed in the background of the game even as I went back to main menu, had to click multiplayer for it go back to the normal background xD

 

[Henry_AC]

Thanks, I'll try to implement it in my game, I hope it turns out as I imagined it. .