Splashscreens mod

[BladeMeister]

On 11/24/2018 at 6:56 AM, EffeDB said:

Hello,   try the substition of the 3 files in C:\...\IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Moscow\data\swf\

with the following.       Probably they change at every new release of the game.

 

gfx.rar

 

23 minutes ago, 325th_Bugsy said:

Nah it still aint working .....Damn I was hoping

Bugsy, this mod does work.  I used this fix that I quoted above to get my Splash Screens working again. I just checked it and they are working just fine.

 

S!Blade<><

 

Edit: Here are all 4 Splash Screen Mods which work in JSGME. Just unzip to your JSGME MODS folder and use JSGME to apply only 1 at a time.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/h8t4xx35j8lfz30/JSGME_SplashScreens.7z?dl=0

Edited January 18, 2019 by BladeMeister

[JGr2/J5_W0LF-]

Ok I'll  give it go thanks ...question do a I need to turn mods on in order to use this...

[BladeMeister]

29 minutes ago, 325th_Bugsy said:

Ok I'll  give it go thanks ...question do a I need to turn mods on in order to use this...

I don't know honestly. Just try it out without Mods and you will see.

 

S!Blade<><

[JGr2/J5_W0LF-]

Salute Mate Thanks, Ill let ya know

[JGr2/J5_W0LF-]

Well I tried all 3 of these only one at a time and still no Joy

[BladeMeister]

I just tested it. You do have to have MODS on for these to work. I tested Splashscreens_Blade_ 2 and it definitely works. If yours is not working then you must have something set up wrong in JSGME.

 

S!Blade<><

[alpenspion]

It work! Thank you!

[JGr2/J5_W0LF-]

Yeah that must be it I dont play with mods on...Sad that we cant have certain mods approved to be on in Game. I love the grass and tree mod and the tanks skins mod...

[EffeDB]

6 Feb 2019  Version 3.010

 

Hello, these are the 3 new *.gfx files to overwrite in  C:\...\IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Moscow\data\swf\      and     C:\...\IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Moscow\MODS\Splashscreen\data\swf\

Without this substition the game doesn't start anymore.

 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       3gfx.rar    <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

 

[[FAC]Ghost129er]

Has anyone managed to get it working? Despite extracting the latest gfx files yet no success; still on a black screen... Trying to just use a simple, single DDS file with just the Sim logo on it... 
 

Disregard that, I've gotten it working and got an understanding of the values, what has to change and etc.

Edited July 30, 2019 by [FAC]Ghost129er

[Off_Winters]

A great mod, thanks.

I played about a bit and was able to edit the splash screen text that displays. It now references the small group I fly online with. makes the game a little more personal.

 

excuse the quality of the pictures they are photo's of the mission load screen.

 

regards Rob.
 

[Mike2945]

This does seem to be complicating matters unnecessarily for those not familiar with JSGME

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All you need to do is download and unzip the files in Blademeister's post above.  Then open them (the path is splashscreen/data/swf/il2/preloader/images  - that's the file that contains the 18 images). Do that for all 4 sets - original, historical, Blade 1 and Blade 2 - and copy them into a folder (I've called it 'Splashscreens - just to be original (!)) anywhere on your PC.  Now go to your game and find the original images in il2 Sturmovik/data/swf/il2/preloader/images.  Then delete the 18 original images and copy and paste whichever new set you fancy from your 'Splashscreens' folder.  I've swapped the original set for one of Blade's sets, then for the historical set (very nice by the way), and back to the originals with no issues.

Mike

[BladeMeister]

Haven't followed this in years. Does the original JSGME download still work, or is some modification needed at present?

 

S!Blade<><

[Arturas_LT]

On 10/20/2020 at 2:08 PM, Off_Winters said:

A great mod, thanks.

I played about a bit and was able to edit the splash screen text that displays. It now references the small group I fly online with. makes the game a little more personal.

 

excuse the quality of the pictures they are photo's of the mission load screen.

 

regards Rob.
 

Hello, very nice how did you change that "Battle of Stalingrad" ? Thanks

[Off_Winters]

17 minutes ago, AmberHell_VVS said:

Hello, very nice how did you change that "Battle of Stalingrad" ? Thanks

G'Day AH,

You have to edit the logo files found in the "data\swf\il2\preloader\logo" folder. they are .png files. there are 12 files (I use the .eng versions English, if your game is say German than alter the ones with the German extension in the name)  that are used by the info.txt text file to co-ordinate which file goes with which logo type.
I just opened the file in paintshop rpo 2020 and edited the text in the lower coloured box. I installed using jsgme.

If you didn't want to edit all of the logo image files, you could edit the info.txt file to only call on one black and one white set and then assign them to your new background screens as needed in the info.txt file. ie black text to pictures with a light background colour and white text version to images with a dark background colour.

this is an example of the info.txt file that I have modified to just show two different images all using the same text set.

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I hope this has helped, regards Rob

 

Edited October 25, 2020 by Off_Winters

[Arturas_LT]

Thanks Off Winters?, you explained so clear that no more questions ?

[DetCord12B]

@Off_Winters

 

Are you aware of a way to get the game to utilize a different logo header? I have the set done where the IL-2 Sturmovik section is in white and I have it properly set in the cfg, but it just doesn't want to use it.

 

Disregard! Figured it out.

 

Spoiler

 

Edited December 29, 2020 by DetCord12B

[Semor76]

Folks,

 

None of the older splash screens mods work with the current game version, can we get a newer version please?

 

cheers

[MajorMagee]

You can find one that still works with tank images here.

 

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/78959-tank-effects-v11/

 

Use the SWF folder part of that mod, and exchange the images with your old ones.

 

I found that I needed to adjust the image size to display properly on a 21:9 aspect ratio screen. My screenshot images at native 3440 x 1440 are centered on a 3440 x 1920 canvas for use as new splash screens.

[Semor76]

On 6/11/2022 at 2:04 PM, MajorMagee said:

-snip-

Thanks mate. Works perfect.

 

 

[JSOflyer69]

Yes it’s good to make some of your own,perhaps some screenshots that you like best.

perhaps we could have a screenshot completion,we vote and the best 6 get made into a mod

[VIII_Ball]

Just a note for anyone using Custom Splashscreens in 4.707c.

You have to UnGTP the swf.gtp and grab the following file: interface.gfx and overwrite the old version in the Mod.

Otherwise, when using your custom splashes, you won't be able to see anything other than Global settings.

The UnGTP util is easy to use, just drag and drop a gtp file and the util will do the rest.

Hope this is helpful.

 

 

[Blitzen]

On 10/20/2020 at 5:08 AM, Off_Winters said:

A great mod, thanks.

I played about a bit and was able to edit the splash screen text that displays. It now references the small group I fly online with. makes the game a little more personal.

 

excuse the quality of the pictures they are photo's of the mission load screen.

 

regards Rob.
 

 

Hey that one on the left is one of my paintings!