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Since just like TEW2016 this game can use custom loading screens, I decided I would jump start this. I've made a custom template that tries expose as much of the background as possible.

 

The file below has a psd and png version of the template Link to the file (let me know if it doesn't work):

 

http://www.mediafire.com/file/3zrtyg77o429sex/Template_Updated.rar/file

 

Sample image:

 

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/f223/x5o5zzr19lps6l5zg.jpg

 

Note: It may be useful to just share properly sized backgrounds without the template applied as some Skin makers may have custom templates for the loading screen.

This way users can just apply which ever template they want.

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<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="VBigB" data-cite="VBigB" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="47814" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Since just like TEW2016 this game can use custom loading screens, I decided I would jump start this. I have created a template with various opacity options:<p> </p><p> - opaque</p><p> - entire template at 75% & 50% opacity</p><p> - template for just the black box backgrounds at 75%, 50% and 25%</p><p> </p><p> Obviously you can set your own opacity with most image editors. I also decided to completely remove the "Loading Icon"...there is already too much blocking the backgrounds for custom loading screens.</p><p> </p><p> Link to the file (let me know if it doesn't work):</p><p> <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/file/21amwdi2v05kaim/Loading_Screen_Template.rar/file" rel="external nofollow">http://www.mediafire.com/file/21amwdi2v05kaim/Loading_Screen_Template.rar/file</a></p><p> </p><p> Sample image with the entire template at 75% opacity:</p><p> </p><p> <img alt="ghjo65bx48vgs3n6g.jpg" data-src="https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/be9d/ghjo65bx48vgs3n6g.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> Sample Image with just the background boxes at 75% opacity:</p><p> </p><p> <img alt="gw5ium5m8ngvr7t6g.jpg" data-src="https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/6e67/gw5ium5m8ngvr7t6g.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p> I have not tried these yet to see how they look in game.</p><p> </p><p> It was a little bit of a pain as some of the elements looked like they had a drop shadow on it so I ended up redrawing them rather than cutting them (all the gold).</p><p> </p><p> <strong><em>Note: It may be useful to just share properly sized backgrounds without the template applied as some Skin makers may have custom templates for the loading screen. This way users can just apply which ever template they want.</em></strong></p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> There is a resource pack stickies to the top of the forum you may find useful</p>
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Yeah I saw that. It was posted after I had already posted this.

 

Still this thread is mostly just for background images. People had shared some pretty good collages for TEW2016 loading screens which I definitely made use of.

 

Thanks for putting that together. I may actually make my own skin this time around.

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I'm not really motivated to make some this time around. It would be better if the stat boxes were below the bio box, so a part of the background would be totally visible. Maybe 50% opacity would be an option?

 

But it still looks ok I guess. Definitely prefer the full opacity. The other version looks especially awkward with your example pic. :p

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I'm not really motivated to make some this time around. It would be better if the stat boxes were below the bio box, so a part of the background would be totally visible. Maybe 50% opacity would be an option?

 

But it still looks ok I guess. Definitely prefer the full opacity. The other version looks especially awkward with your example pic. :p

 

Yeah I hear you. Everything centered works great for generic backgrounds but not for people. Even something like I've mocked up below would be better for anything more complex. I did shrink the long gold bar and the long black bar so I have have no idea if it would work in the context of the game. Ideally it would be nice to have 50% of the screen clear.

 

g2v0ds70d0u2kb96g.jpg

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Anyway I tried something a little different

 

- the top left corner and the 1 pixel black border I left opaque to keep it matched with the default side and top bars of the rest of the interface.

- the big bars (black & gold) and the white elements are at 50% opacity.

- the background in the boxes is at 25% opacity

 

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/4240/8wc5xb5xgjn94y1zg.jpg

 

 

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/e0cc/9xc6cq040q81bs6zg.jpg

 

 

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/18b1/vrqn8onyi0oclnbzg.jpg

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Man I also just realized that mediafire is resizing my images. Never really used it before so that won't do.

 

Edit: Okay I figured it out. There are 2 ways to grab a link to the image and one of them results in a reduced size image.

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<p>Well I threw a bunch of wallpapers on the template and multi-advanced to see how things looked.</p><p> </p><p>

Anyway in an effort to allow us to see more of our custom backgrounds unobstructed these are some changes I'm going to test out. If anyone has any ideas let me know.</p><p> </p><p>

<span>http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/d3d7/vqv2w5r9vh3739mzg.jpg</span></p>

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Well here's my first attempt at changing things. Not sure the "processing bar can be that small, so far I haven't seen anything spill out but it is a possibility. Anyway time for a break.

 

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/590a/37o6hj5hryb227lzg.jpg

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Yeah that tip bar needs to go. It was a pain in WMMA5. In the end, people still didn't know you could pause with the spacebar. XD

 

You might also experiment to reduce the big profile screen, because I don't think lots of profiles extend the limit.

 

But these last ones look a lot better. :cool:

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Based on what I'm seeing as far as character limit in the worker profiles in the editor, it looks like I could safely reduce the size by about a third without running into issues with spillover. Basically make the bottom of the worker profile box line up with the bottom of the psychology line.
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<p>Do you have an updated template?</p><p> </p><p>

Here's one but I might've cut it too low. Some tests below.</p><p> </p><p>

BTW: Are you still doing renders VBigV? I'd love to see some rerenders of some of the C-verse women. But judging from the WWE screens, you might like RW more. <img alt=":p" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/tongue.png.ceb643b2956793497cef30b0e944be28.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p> </p><p>

<img alt="t9LfEbe.png" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/t9LfEbe.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p>

<img alt="ofozum7.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/ofozum7.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p><p>

<img alt="8G8M0kj.jpg" data-src="https://i.imgur.com/8G8M0kj.jpg" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /></p>

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BTW: Are you still doing renders VBigV? I'd love to see some rerenders of some of the C-verse women. But judging from the WWE screens, you might like RW more. :p

 

I do want to get back into doing more renders at some point but I'm not sure when I'll have time to start. I got a new beast of a PC in November after my old one had a hard drive failure (it was time...it was getting pretty long in the tooth). I do have Daz set up but don't have everything moved over yet.

 

Nope I'm not a real world person. In TEW2016 I strictly played CV, CV97 and Thundervers.

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I posted an updated template in the first post of the thread. The archive contains a PSD version with the layers preserved and a PNG version.

 

Nice. Way to cut off unused space. I doubt Adam has an ear for moving those stats to the bottom as in the end, it doesn't really matter and the test backgrounds do look decent enough with that level of transparancy.

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Well since I put that much work in I just threw my template on a few wallpapers as a test.

 

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/6703/a7p0j4qykg82pp9zg.jpg

 

 

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/6c02/xmjdvv11ub61u8bzg.jpg

 

 

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/292e/oxigr05pvrfhq0lzg.jpg

 

 

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/cae4/olg8geo1m8ymys9zg.jpg

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