Loading Screen.mdx not working!

[solomon409]

Alrighty, so i wanted to make a custom load screen that i got the inspiration from Rise of Legends where the screen show a screenshot of the terrain from a dynamic view. Prolem is, that even after i imported everything right and followed the tutorials to the last detail, it still wont work, why?I have posted the map. Download it if you have to. Test the new gameplay if you wish. And yes, i know that the Dark Tower has magic sentry but not the research required for magic sentry. I will fix that.

 

[Skycraft]

The TGA file is meant to be a BLP file.
You should leave this as it was - war3Imported\LoadingScreen.mdx

This Tutorial Should Be Helpful

 

[Nightmare Moon]

Well first of all where are the four parts of image that you want to make as loading screen. i mean that there are no images in the map you pasted.

-create full image 1024x768 of *.tga format;
-divide it into four parts named:
LoadingScreenTR - Top Right part of the image with size 512x512;
LoadingScreenTL - Top Left part of the image with size 512x512;
LoadingScreenBR - Bottom Right part of the image with size 512x256;
LoadingScreenBL - Bottom left part of the image with size 512x256;
-paste those four images into your map and the LoadingScreen.mdx file;
-remove the beginning of imports: war3mapImported\;
-don't forget to set the format of those four images to *.tga!!!

I suggest you to use program called IrfanView for cropping images, you can download it here: [self="http://www.irfanview.com/"]Official Website[/self]

 

[Death_bringer_2]

If you're using .tga images, you need another loadingscreen.mdx

View attachment LoadingScreen2.mdx

Put loadingscreen2.mdx in and .tga's will work.

 

[solomon409]

i used the tutorial and it said to use one image and loadingscreen.mdx, i did exactly waht the helper said to do. ill try your method nut i also have a blp file. the tga is for the minimap preview.

 

[zulrivers]

Both ways works, let it be in TGA or BLP format, just need to edit the suffix in the path of the loadingscreen.mdx. I can help you make one if u could give me the source image

 

[Nightmare Moon]

Try to do as i said i do this way all the time and it works 100%.
@Death_bringer_2
why do you need another loading screen? heh...
Look at picture of mine imports and see what i'm using

Screen Shot

 

[zulrivers]

I just checked everything, turns out that you have a plain black blp file. Here's the proof for both blp/tga. mdx file is ok, method used was low quality loading screen.

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[solomon409]

OHHHH.........i never bothered to check if the file conversion worked, damn. Ill just use something else to conver the files.
@zulrivers, can i take you up on your offer to make the load screen for me?, ill attach the base photo to this post, you can put in your name as a signiture for credits.

 

[zulrivers]

Consider it done, attached both high-res and low-res loading screens + sample maps (using your original map). Don't mind the high-res cause i retook it from the same scenery...

 

[solomon409]

wow, man thnx, you are a lifesaver.+rep!

 

[Adiktuz]

@Stanley - that was a very old method of doing custom load screens... you can now create loadscreens with a single picture file using Magos...

 

[Nightmare Moon]

Well, when i started doing maps the only tutorial on making loading screen was that, and i cannot even find it now, was it deleted? But this is the way i was making loading screens for my map and i will still use this way!