JaiOwl Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 (edited) Ok, for those who weren't aware- the 'Splash' screen or 'Shell Map' is what everyone is refering to as the background battle you see in the background when in the main-menu. The 'Splash' is actually refered to as the 'Demo_Attract' game which is played between two AI players in a skirmish game. ATM there are three different possible 'Demo_Attract' games playable with the retail version however I already tested the .rec files created automatically when playing a skirmish game and that works (it just isn't in camera mode :'() ... so when Petro fix the camera-recorder and we should be able to have our own battles as the 'Splash' screen ;D. WARNING : Try the other .rec at your own risk, the 'Demo_Attract' .rec don't have maps available in the retail version and trying the 'CAM' .rec caused a unrepairable error (meant unistall and fresh install). YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! Note: The game searches for the .rec file in '/GameData/Recordings' as the root. Anyway, the lines responsible for the 'Splash' screen are the ones below taken from 'GameConstants.xml' just after the armour and damage settings : Front_end_demo_attract.rec 10000001200 However the 'Splash' screen is directly loaded by the line below which is also in 'GameConstants.xml' : Yes To Disable the 'Splash' screen's battle simply comment out those lines or simply turn it off ie. :or No The other two available 'Splash' battles available in the retail version can be activated by disabling the original 'Spalsh' screen (like the first disable option) then include one of the below in the .xml (include only one of them at a time). bench_land.rec 10000001200 bench_space.rec 10000001200 I didn't play with the map_cycle or start_timeout values so if anyone does get the true effects of these then post them but the names really do speak ominously about what they do. Enjoy ... well hopefully after we get a proper camera-recorder anyway Edit : added the 'Shell Map' reference so people understood what this related too (I know I forgot something) and added the 2nd disable option Edited April 7, 2006 by JaiOwl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swgbex Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Hmmm weird.. recordings.. that was unexpected for a use as a shell map.. maybe someone can make a "randomizer" and we can have all the battles we played before as shell maps http://www.swgbex.com/sig.jpgHehe IA 2 venator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1upD Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Wow! This is very cool! Any way to switch between the space and land? ??? "I feel fantastic and I'mStill Aliveand when you're dying I will beStill Aliveand when you're dead I will beStill AliveSTILL ALIVE"~GLaDOSAnybody who thinks Palpatine is a sepratist knows NOTHING about star WarsWhen in doubt- rocket it.Dowload The Underworld's Might beta from Filefront! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric072691 Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 You could do a land skirmish and use that, but it wouldn't be in camera mode. http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/8752/sigsf6.gifWhen your outnumbered, you've got more targets to shoot AND less chance of missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1upD Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Sorry, I wasn't clear on that. How do you make the splash alternate between Space and land. And how do I make a skirmish appear as the splash, camera or not. "I feel fantastic and I'mStill Aliveand when you're dying I will beStill Aliveand when you're dead I will beStill AliveSTILL ALIVE"~GLaDOSAnybody who thinks Palpatine is a sepratist knows NOTHING about star WarsWhen in doubt- rocket it.Dowload The Underworld's Might beta from Filefront! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swfan654 Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 I always thought that the Splash screen was the Empire At War screen you see whan you first start the game.... thats why its file is called Splash.DDS.............. http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n115/swfan654/swf4.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric072691 Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 The splash screen is the background battle. You could record a land battle. Then add it to the list. Just add another battle .rec to that list. http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/8752/sigsf6.gifWhen your outnumbered, you've got more targets to shoot AND less chance of missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_of_the_Sith Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Does Geo stand for Geonosis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1upD Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Yes, it does. And I tried using the others, and it crashed my game. ??? And how do I record a game? "I feel fantastic and I'mStill Aliveand when you're dying I will beStill Aliveand when you're dead I will beStill AliveSTILL ALIVE"~GLaDOSAnybody who thinks Palpatine is a sepratist knows NOTHING about star WarsWhen in doubt- rocket it.Dowload The Underworld's Might beta from Filefront! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelathin Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 get a program called fraps or gamecam... http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n36/DarkEmpireSPG/kelathin2.jpgI shall Name him MiniMe.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1upD Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 *mouth hits floor**eyes pop out and hit unfortunate persion* I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS A FREE AND EASY GAME RECORDING PROGRAM!!! I gotta get started "I feel fantastic and I'mStill Aliveand when you're dying I will beStill Aliveand when you're dead I will beStill AliveSTILL ALIVE"~GLaDOSAnybody who thinks Palpatine is a sepratist knows NOTHING about star WarsWhen in doubt- rocket it.Dowload The Underworld's Might beta from Filefront! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelathin Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 uh... you're welcome http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n36/DarkEmpireSPG/kelathin2.jpgI shall Name him MiniMe.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric072691 Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 There's also one from skirmish, it'll be in the EaW Application Data folder. It's where the screenshots are. There's a folder call Recordings in there. Just rename it after you do a skirmish battle. (Skirmish automatically saves and overwrites after every battle) http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/8752/sigsf6.gifWhen your outnumbered, you've got more targets to shoot AND less chance of missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1upD Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 There's also one from skirmish, it'll be in the EaW Application Data folder. It's where the screenshots are. There's a folder call Recordings in there. Just rename it after you do a skirmish battle. (Skirmish automatically saves and overwrites after every battle) What's the .REC called? And how do you make .RECs with fraps? "I feel fantastic and I'mStill Aliveand when you're dying I will beStill Aliveand when you're dead I will beStill AliveSTILL ALIVE"~GLaDOSAnybody who thinks Palpatine is a sepratist knows NOTHING about star WarsWhen in doubt- rocket it.Dowload The Underworld's Might beta from Filefront! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric072691 Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 It's called Autosave.rec It can be found:C:\Documents and Settings\____\Application Data\Petroglyph\Empire At War\Recordings Fill in the blank with your computer username. The Application Data folder will be hidden. You can't make .recs with fraps, only EaW can play them so far. http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/8752/sigsf6.gifWhen your outnumbered, you've got more targets to shoot AND less chance of missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelathin Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 what about gamecam? or bink editor? http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n36/DarkEmpireSPG/kelathin2.jpgI shall Name him MiniMe.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1upD Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 It's called Autosave.rec It can be found:C:\Documents and Settings\____\Application Data\Petroglyph\Empire At War\Recordings Fill in the blank with your computer username. The Application Data folder will be hidden. You can't make .recs with fraps, only EaW can play them so far. OH THANKS! Order 66, here I come! "I feel fantastic and I'mStill Aliveand when you're dying I will beStill Aliveand when you're dead I will beStill AliveSTILL ALIVE"~GLaDOSAnybody who thinks Palpatine is a sepratist knows NOTHING about star WarsWhen in doubt- rocket it.Dowload The Underworld's Might beta from Filefront! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1upD Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I spend my entire day making a .REC, and code it only to find a "Synchorization error"! > How the heck do I fix it!? I wanna see my hour long battle!!!! "I feel fantastic and I'mStill Aliveand when you're dying I will beStill Aliveand when you're dead I will beStill AliveSTILL ALIVE"~GLaDOSAnybody who thinks Palpatine is a sepratist knows NOTHING about star WarsWhen in doubt- rocket it.Dowload The Underworld's Might beta from Filefront! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Droid803 Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Yep thats what I'm getting as well. This blows. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v423/kc1991/droid803sig.jpg"That was fun" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1upD Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 hmmmmmm......... Did you ever use camera mode? I did. I'm thinking this whole crap explains this:I already tested the .rec files created automatically when playing a skirmish game and that works (it just isn't in camera mode) :'( "I feel fantastic and I'mStill Aliveand when you're dying I will beStill Aliveand when you're dead I will beStill AliveSTILL ALIVE"~GLaDOSAnybody who thinks Palpatine is a sepratist knows NOTHING about star WarsWhen in doubt- rocket it.Dowload The Underworld's Might beta from Filefront! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Crisp Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Yea its fun to have multiple battles on startup. I got one ground and one space. http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a105/333Super/Maul.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1upD Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Yea its fun to have multiple battles on startup. I got one ground and one space.HOW!?!?!?! "I feel fantastic and I'mStill Aliveand when you're dying I will beStill Aliveand when you're dead I will beStill AliveSTILL ALIVE"~GLaDOSAnybody who thinks Palpatine is a sepratist knows NOTHING about star WarsWhen in doubt- rocket it.Dowload The Underworld's Might beta from Filefront! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Crisp Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Simple. Its just like reskinning. Copy your Front_end_demo_attract.ted and paste it inside the maps folder. Rename it to Front_end_demo_attrac2. Now go to your Gamedata folder and go to Recordings folder and copy Front_end_demo_attract.rec, Rename it to Front_end_demo_attract2. Now open up Front_end_demo_attract2.rec with the hex editor. Type "rec" in find and rename the Front_end_demo_attract.ted. Rename it to Front_end_demo_attrac2. just replace the T at the end of attract with a 2. Now after this open up your Gameconstants. Scroll down to this and replace it with this. Front_end_demo_attract.rec Front_end_demo_attract2.rec 1000000 120, 150 http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a105/333Super/Maul.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1upD Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Simple. Its just like reskinning. Copy your Front_end_demo_attract.ted and paste it inside the maps folder. Rename it to Front_end_demo_attrac2. Now go to your Gamedata folder and go to Recordings folder and copy Front_end_demo_attract.rec, Rename it to Front_end_demo_attract2. Now open up Front_end_demo_attract2.rec with the hex editor. Type "rec" in find and rename the Front_end_demo_attract.ted. Rename it to Front_end_demo_attrac2. just replace the T at the end of attract with a 2. Now after this open up your Gameconstants. Scroll down to this and replace it with this. *ehblah.....* Whoa.. ??? "I feel fantastic and I'mStill Aliveand when you're dying I will beStill Aliveand when you're dead I will beStill AliveSTILL ALIVE"~GLaDOSAnybody who thinks Palpatine is a sepratist knows NOTHING about star WarsWhen in doubt- rocket it.Dowload The Underworld's Might beta from Filefront! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Crisp Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 ROFL!! It works...Seriously. Now can you help me out with getting those Imperial Officers How to get rid of those helments? http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a105/333Super/Maul.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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