custom load screen using ares

Renu48 · Cyborg Soldier **Joined**: 11 Nov 2018

can someone please tell me what am i doing wrong with custom load screen for Estonian side. whenever i load the game up, it doesn't come up as blue like in the png file but more like acidy yellow.

i have been trying to understand for past 2 days on what i am doing wrong, but i am genuinely not understanding it.

i cant understand ares documentation as good as i should do.

this load screen was downloaded from yrargentina and was created by lefthand. only estonian side highlighting is done by me

any help would be appreciated.

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TAK02 · Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2018 6:39 pm Post subject:

My guess is the PAL isn't read.

You wouldn't happen to have any code for this, would you?

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Virgil · Stealth Laser Trooper **Joined**: 22 Jul 2018

Loading screen background options:

[Country]?File.LoadScreen= (filename, *including* the .shp extension)
The SHP file to use for the country’s loading screen, in the format “filename.shp”.
[Country]?File.LoadScreenPAL= (filename, *including* the .pal extension)
The palette file to use for the country’s loading screen, in the format “filename.pal”.

Are you sure you code everything right?

Renu48 · Cyborg Soldier **Joined**: 11 Nov 2018

this is the code for it

[general]

NewPlayableCountries=1

[Countries]

0=Americans
1=Alliance
2=French
3=Germans
4=British

5=Africans
6=Arabs
7=Confederation
8=Russians

9=YuriCountry

10=Estonia

11=GDI
12=Nod
13=Neutral
14=Special

[sides]

GDI=British,French,Germans,Americans,Alliance,Estonia

[Estonia]
UIName=Name:Estonia
Name=Estonia
Suffix=Allied
Prefix=G
Color=Gold
Multiplay=yes
Side=GDI
SmartAI=yes
; ***** ARES Features *****
File.Flag=estoniaflag.pcx
File.LoadScreen=estonian.shp
File.LoadScreenPal=estonian.pal
LoadScreenText.Name=Estonia
LoadScreenText.Brief=Estonia

also have added estonia as an owner to mcv, mtnk, e1

4StarGeneral · General **Joined**: 14 Sep 2006 **Location**: Limbo

Replace:
File.LoadScreenPal=estonian.pal
With:
File.LoadScreenPAL=estonian.pal

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Renu48 · Cyborg Soldier **Joined**: 11 Nov 2018

Thst did take a lot of yellow away and acidity but i dont know if shp is messed up or what, but it ended up like this

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Virgil · Stealth Laser Trooper **Joined**: 22 Jul 2018

ini coding is case-sensitve, and it seems that this is where your mistake lies #Tongue

Renu48 · Cyborg Soldier **Joined**: 11 Nov 2018

The PAL thing did change stuff but unfortunately it didnt clear it fully up and due to me still being beginner in it i bet it is something simple i am missing out on

4StarGeneral · General **Joined**: 14 Sep 2006 **Location**: Limbo

With big images, you should use

[ img=600 ] [ /img ] where 600 is the width
with this it fits on most screens and right-click -> view image will show the full size if needed

Try putting your palette into SHP Builder's palette folder under Custom, load the loadscreen shp into SHP Builder and select your palette under the dropdown. If it shows up the same then you'll have to re-import it using that palette then save it.

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