Hey guys, i have some really weird problem with PSD files for UI screens.
As i installed 1.9 i was instantly struck by the "uncoolness" of the new "more immersive" backgrounds. With all due respect to the author, i simply hate those pictures for pretty much everything, from quality to subjects.
But the ability to use my own pics wa something that i wanted to utilize. So i have started creating my own test screens... and then "wtf?" effect kicked in.

I'm gonna show you the results first.
So this is my temporary UI screen for gunship select:

This is a simple PSD, no layers, RGB color, 8bits/channel - exactly like those that come with 1.9 patch. Should work... or so I thought.
This is how this screen looks in-game:

This is pretty self explanatory.

To this day I have found only one possible clue. It hit me when I was comparing file sizes - the original 1.9 PSDs are the size of an uncompressed bitmap (1024x768 file = 2 304KB) and mine are different, depending on the file. So i checked it, and looks like Photoshop PSDs are using Run Length Encoding (RLE - strange that I haven't noticed that while working with PSP) for compression, which reduces the resulting file size. Since then, I wasn't able to find out anything on how to create completely uncompressed psd files.
Some of those PSDs even cause CTDs. I tried saving them in GIMP, but the file sizes were even greater than the uncompressed files and the effect was even worse.

Any ideas? Or maybe compression isn't the case? Any help appreciated.
I would like to create an alternative UI Screens pack, but for now I'm pretty much unable to :/

Same problem with me, using an old version of PS 6. Tried with and without combatibility to older versions but no difference. Apart from the UI screens we can`t make new weapon loadout screens; mine get broken by a green strip.
But as You mention filesize is exactly that of a bmp maybe it`s just one renamed to psd ? Gonna have to try that... I also wanted to contact the author of the wep loadouts for the "new" helis (Blackhawk,Hind,etc.) and ask for a hint. Just gonna have to find who was it... or maybe he`ll answer here.

It's not a matter of renaming I'm affraid. I have my IrfanView set to "rename if incorrect extension", and it doesn't react to the original 1.9 files, but it instantly changes .bmp files witt .psd extension. Yeah, maybe we should try contacting the right people. Especialy because my cursor is fubared in the same way (it's normal on the picture, but it's "squeezed" and "stereoscopic" in-game. I'm talking about 1.9 stock cursor.

I agree, I prefer the original backgrounds as well.

there is a free viewer that can do really a lot called Xnview. An excellent project. Maybe there is a solution in there. http://www.xnview.org

Ha! Thanks man, it works! It still uses RLE, but the final .psd is almost the size of an uncompressed bitmap and it doesn't screw up in-game

Oh and btw, it's xnview.com

Give me few days and i'll create some new UI screens (or even something more) for myself, and for all of you to test

Awesome I can't wait.

I have just started, so consider those a very early W.I.P.:




By the way, does anyone know the name of EECH logo/titles font?

"Gunship"

Thanks. It's not exactly the one, but very close and it gives me some idea what to look for