How to: Make a Loading Screen

[A mapper]

Loading Screen

I tryed to make myself a loading screen using this toturial but I got no mdx file! Tell me whats wrong:
I download a picture from here:www.blizzard.com/inblizz/fanart/ScreenShot.aspx?ImageIndex=322&Set=0
Opened Irfanview: Resized it exactly as I saw in "Picutre1" (My picture is 12 pixxels short than recommanded, shud I set it to one of the "standart dimensions"?)
Saved as TGA and opened warcraft viewer opened the tga file and saved as BLP it even asked me to do the alpha channel just like it said in the toturial, anyway saved and quit...
Now I got three files: JPG, TGA and BLP..... where is exactly the .MDX? :banghead:

 

[SFilip]

its attached to my first post, at the very bottom.

 

[A mapper]

Loading Screen

So, basicly you say I need to download the "loadingscreen.mdx" (i want the less big one because of space) and then import it and the blp and all done? Does it matter what my BLP file name? or only path important? and if my picture is 9 pixels less than recommand its important?

 

[SFilip]

> Does it matter what my BLP file name? or only path important?
path=filename in this case. the filename before importing is never really important since its overridden by the path.

> and if my picture is 9 pixels less than recommand its important?
very. as a matter of fact i think it wouldn't work if there's a 1 pixel difference...
so 512x512 is a must size for that mdx.

 

[A mapper]

Loading Screen

And will it be ok if I resize it with irfan?

 

[NoOneLeaves]

And what if the file(im sure its tga) has an unsupported compression when I try to convert it?

 

[SFilip]

no idea...never happened to me.
what exactly did you do?

 

[Tonks]

And what if the file(im sure its tga) has an unsupported compression when I try to convert it?

GIMP says that to me when I save anything with more than one layer. I just click "okay" and it seemingly has no effect.

@SFilip-
Is it alright if I copy the Loading Screen Importing for RoC part of your tutorial for my "Expanding the RoC editor" tutorial? I will, of course, credit you for it, and give a link to this tutorial in that part.

 

[flyintoohigh]

how do u make a file a model? i dont no how too change picture so its a model. or does it have too come as a model?.... :banghead:


nvm i got the LoadingSceen.mdx as a model now ... but it still shows up blank... when i test it. (i went to senerio and changed the thing so it said LoadingScreen.mdx and checked imported file....

 

[SFilip]

Dunno really, is your image the proper size? Is it BLP? Is the path OK? Could you attach your map so that I can check it out.

@Tonks
Np, you can use it. However I recommend that you test it out first. Actually I'd appreciate if you also let me know about the results since it isn't tested enough.

 

[Tonks]

Okay, I'll try it out in a few minutes. Thanks.

 

[PerfectlyIns]

well heres a loading screen..

2nd generation..

 

[SFilip]

Wait, did you read the tutorial at all? First of all your path is wrong, you seem to be using the wrong mdx (didn't have the time to check) and your picture (whichever of the two it is) seems to be of inproper size (again not checked).

 

[Heavy-Gear]

Great Tutorial, Ive always wanted to know how to do a loading screen with players loading thanks. A+!

 

[Strangel]

Hi, great tutorial! =D

Does anyone knows how to make a custom loading screen skip the "PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE" thing? I do NOT want the need to press any key to continue. DOTA-Allstars is able to do that, I can't find any information on this.

 

[GooS]

Probs!

Ive tried and tried again but I cant get it to work!
This is what happens!

Do you see any problems you know of in it,, if you do plz, tell me

 

[SFilip]

Are you sure its the loading screen causing this?

 

[ayumilove]

lol goos i found the problem <3

you see your import editor?
rename your loadingscreen2.mdx to loadingscreen.mdx

and then

change the custom path for the loadingscreen.mdx by removing the
war3imported
before: war3imported\LoadingScreen2.mdx
after: LoadingScreen.mdx

for more information + detail video guide (with songs) + step by step +
easy to learn, check out the video link below:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmvatkBw-bs

edit:

oh ya, remember to convert those tga into blp
because tga is way too big for the memory to handle it within the
lloading screen, i had that problem before <3

below is a link of a shorter, readable, concise loading screen tutorial
that is much easier to read:-
http://www.thehelper.net/forums/showthread.php?t=46238

 

[SFilip]

The MDX path is completely irrelevant.

 

[ayumilove]

i dont think so, i went into a problem because of not removing it