Art/UI/Textures/My_Mod.tga

[compiler]

Could we have some documentation on this file :
Art/UI/Textures/My_Mod.tga ?

The ModTools Readme states that "This is the name of the texture that is displayed in the front end when your MOD is active."

But this is not very explicative : is this the texture of the sky ? Of the marine ? A screen splash ?
Could we have some details, such as its size ? 512 x 512 ?
Has it got an alpha channel ?
Or, at least, what is the equivalent tga file in the existing W40K file, so that we can get an idea of what it is ?

Thanks in advance for any help on this.

[Totmacher]

This is the banner image for your MOD. When your mod is active, this will replace the "Dawn of War" logo at the top of the banner in the main menu.

[dr2sheds]

Ahh, so i'd hazzard a guess and say that there *is* an alpha channel so that you can see through to the menu/banner.

regards,
sheds

[Totmacher]

It's a full TGA - experiment with an image in the main menu.

[compiler]

Thanks for giving us this info.
And for allowing us to customize our mods further.

[shinvara]

is this in our mod folder? or the generic data/art? or the w40k/data/art? which art - been messing around and I havent been able to get my FE picture in

currently several copies in my folders -

EA/data/art/ui/textures/xxxxx.tga
modtools/ea/data/art/ui/textures/xxxxx.tga
w40k/data/art/ui/textures/xxxxx.tga

am i missing something here?

[ShinGouki]

I have mine in the following directory

\Dawn of War\thedancemacabre\data\Art\ui\textures\thedancemacabre.tga

However you also need to make sure you have this in your *yourmodname.module*

TextureFE = Art/UI/Textures/thedancemacabre.tga

Obviously replace thedancemacabre with whatever your mod name is .

Hope this helps.

[Finaldeath]

Um, I already put info on the wiki. Does *anyone* read it? hahahahaha

SinGouki is right though.

Here is the wiki page: http://www.relic.com/rdn/wiki/DOWModuleFile

[shinvara]

I have read the wiki - over and over and over - some stuff is great - other stuff is geared for professionals (basically saying that cuz I get lost) but - as you will note - as above - I have exactly what shingoku says -

\Dawn of War\thedancemacabre\data\Art\ui\textures\thedancem acabre.tga

in the FIRST listing

EA/data/art/ui/textures/xxxxx.tga

After reading his answer I rechecked - because I do that - and it wasnt where I put it that was wrong. . . <<hide shamed face here>>

I had it listed right but the file was actually saved as

ui\textures\title_Eldar_Ascendant_black.tga

changed the name of it and NOW it works

[Finaldeath]

If you have any tips for making it more readable, I'd love to know (as one of the very few people who update it), since reorganising (some stuff still isn't organised) I barely know if people can get to the information well enough no one says

Glad you got your problem fixed

[shinvara]

you did a great job - as I see all that info you have in there under your name man - its just some of the stuff is like - professional lingo - and im a paramedic - NOT a comp engineer LOL - the basic logic of the computer is alright its just the whole different language thing. for example - the WinCondition.lua explanation is great if everyone does an Annihilate mission - however - many dont want that or want a neat lil thing like -ummm - complete objectives 1 2 3. Byth started something with good info on it - I have been relegated to litterally plagerizing Relic's luas just got get my games to load LOL - but back to the example - if someone (not me cuz I cant translate this well) could go in and say - "win conditions - several types - type a) yada yada yada (see annihilate) type b) objectives - make your objectives so they (OBJ_SetState to (OBJ_YADA = OS_Complete)) type 3) find stuff - (list how to make found stuff make state changes)

Then if they want to actually get a lil side thing on the actual "code" you can put in a template (hopefully more indepth than relics) and just let them read it and observe - example add to above type b) <link here> example of ONE objective with required parameters -

other thing with the language is for example your SGroup_Condition checker - why would I print anything?? I know its like place holders so that the code shows how to organize it but ummmm. . . What exactly are we doing there?

just my two yen - cuz its not like I have any sense ROFL

[The Legacy]

There's a few ways to modify the game:

modname\data\art\plug.tga > changes the screenshot logo when a screenshot is taken. I recommend leaving the original logo intact, and put yours beside it picture wise just to ensure you don't possibly break the copyright. I'm unsure though of the possible copyright issue.

modname\data\art\ui\textures\title_dawn_of_war.tga > This is the mod logo, assumably the same as the My_Logo.tga in function.

modname\data\art\ui\textures\title_dawn_of_war_black.tga > Same but possibly for the loading screen. Virtually identical to the other one.

modname\data\art\ui\textures\bg_mainmenu.tga > This logo shows up behind most of the main menu screens.

modname\data\art\ui\textures\bg_unitcustomization.tga > I'm not too sure, but I think it has to do with coloring on the main screen.

modname\data\art\fx\front_end_fx\sky1.tga > This changes the colour of the sky on the main screen. Play with it to find suitable results.

modname\data\art\fx\front_end_fx\sky2.tga > Same as sky1, but play with it for results.

I hope this helps.

[Finaldeath]

Useful, this is nice information - I took a look at some of the TGA's but never messed around with them. Mind if I upload this to a new section of the wiki (in your name of course) with screenshots? (if you can get the screenshots, even more excelent, as they'd be better then mine ). It'd be, like, an entirely new section (user interface editing, what fun!)

[The Legacy]

No problem.

[Finaldeath]

If you're interested, finally put up the info under this page:

http://www.relic.com/rdn/wiki/DOWUserInterface

Here:

http://www.relic.com/rdn/wiki/DOWUse...rontEndScreens

Will add some screenshots/source images tonight perhaps, and then get some info on other parts of the UI.