[SD/Misc] Help with a Loading Screen and a Thumbnail for my project

[Barbafire]

Hello everyone here at Hive! I didn't find a proper location and tag to request this, but some closed threads were posted here... So here I am. If I posted in the wrong place, I apologize in advance.

I'd like two arts for my current project, one for loading screen, other for the thumbnail. I'm asking for help here, because I'd like the "Logo" as the thumbnail, and the logo itself placed inside a round frame, on the left upper side of the loading screen image "Loading Screen Arena".

I had issues here using almost all tutorials that I've found here at Hive, and I bumped into an answer from another thread, saying that maybe, could be something related to the image and edits themselves, as Warcraft only accept certain types of images and configurations (Like Resolution DPI, Bits Intensity, that sort of thing). I've failed in making myself these edits and trying to import then into the project.

The maximum result I've got trying myself, was using the classic World Editor Loading Screen Tutorial, where the loading screen got exactly at the center of the screen, leaving a black space on both sides.

Credits to Bing Image Creator, who created these images. If you want to see my current project, the link is in my assinature here. Thanks in advance.

 

[Fleck]

Well I tried. My image editing are not good enough for your logo inside a round frame but I did managed a box frame.

Just remove war3mapImported for the file paths. It looks fine on my screen but may be different on yours if your using a big monitor but I'm not sure.

 

[Barbafire]

Well I tried. My image editing are not good enough for your logo inside a round frame but I did managed a box frame.

Just remove war3mapImported for the file paths. It looks fine on my screen but may be different on yours if your using a big monitor but I'm not sure.

Fleck, I tried as you said, but it didn't work. The loading screen got the same black space, and thumbnail just don't appear.

I've noticed that in your print screens, you are using the classic warcraft menu, not the reforged one. Mine is the reforged (that I don't like, by the way). Maybe, my issues are related to the reforged.

EDIT: My monitor is a standard one, with 1366x768 resolution. An old one by the way haha.

 

[Fleck]

Fleck, I tried as you said, but it didn't work. The loading screen got the same black space, and thumbnail just don't appear.

I've noticed that in your print screens, you are using the classic warcraft menu, not the reforged one. Mine is the reforged (that I don't like, by the way). Maybe, my issues are related to the reforged.

EDIT: My monitor is a standard one, with 1366x768 resolution. An old one by the way haha.

Very strange. Yes, I'm on prereforged patches but I do have a old map with custom loading screen on patch v1.31ish and I know new versions use dds format or something. Even with that, the new patches do have backward compatibility with the older patches so it's should still work. I'm posting the testmap to this post, it might you help compare the difference. We gonna need a third opinion it seems.

 

[Barbafire]

I've downloaded the teststuff, checked the project, and tested it: It didn't work.

On my warcraft, thumbnail just don't appear, and loading screen got fixed at the center, with the black space. On my project, I did exactly as you said, and as it is on the teststuff.

I was wondering how Twilight's Eve, for example, appears normally, as a very old map it is. Maybe a change on the last patch, or the old way to change these images don't work anymore... I don't know.

I'll assume that these new images will work on some PCs, and won't work on other ones. Could you download my project and test it which images you'll see on your machine?

Also, I'll check if there is a JASS solution for this... I didn't search for it anyway, yet.

EDIT: Hey @Fleck , I've been searching for a light online image editor, because I'm at work, and I've found the Pixlr. With it, I've got in some clicks the result I desired. I confess that I'm feeling dumb, because was too easy haha. Just sharing my discover with you. Thanks for all your attention.

 

[Fleck]

I've downloaded the teststuff, checked the project, and tested it: It didn't work.

On my warcraft, thumbnail just don't appear, and loading screen got fixed at the center, with the black space. On my project, I did exactly as you said, and as it is on the teststuff.

I was wondering how Twilight's Eve, for example, appears normally, as a very old map it is. Maybe a change on the last patch, or the old way to change these images don't work anymore... I don't know.

I'll assume that these new images will work on some PCs, and won't work on other ones. Could you download my project and test it which images you'll see on your machine?

Also, I'll check if there is a JASS solution for this... I didn't search for it anyway, yet.

EDIT: Hey @Fleck , I've been searching for a light online image editor, because I'm at work, and I've found the Pixlr. With it, I've got in some clicks the result I desired. I confess that I'm feeling dumb, because was too easy haha. Just sharing my discover with you. Thanks for all your attention.

I don't have reforged so I won't be able to check your map sadly.

There's only one thing else I can think may or may not be related to this issue. At your own risk, try deleting your Warcraft 3 Registry but make sure to Export it before deleting it so you can restore it back. It solved some problems I been having with my Magos editor but not all. If you only use Reforged and never use any previous versions of Warcraft 3 on your device then I don't think you need to delete your registry.

Other than that, you need a third opinion for someone who uses reforged whether or not they can see my testmap icon, loading screen and images in your map.

Thanks for sharing that site. I been using Lunapic (online site) and Gimp2 (software) and will try that eventually.