#4253458 - 04/27/16 02:12 PM
Re: mini pics - necessary or just a PITA?
[Re: Rotton50]
|
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 13,341
Col. Gibbon
A nobody
|
A nobody
Veteran
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 13,341
|
Anything which is a pain in the butt, should be removed and replaced with something easier to mod. Are the mini pics only used on one screen? OMG! Did I just agree with you?
Supports EAW 1.29.exe, Drop in and Play Technology. 1.29 download
|
|
#4253468 - 04/27/16 02:38 PM
Re: mini pics - necessary or just a PITA?
[Re: Rotton50]
|
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 12,497
MrJelly
Veteran
|
Veteran
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 12,497
Montagnac, L'Herault, France
|
Fly EAW online at GameRanger: GameRanger SiteFaceBook Pages UAW 160 downloadsEAW ClubMark Twain: I am quite sure now that often, very often, in matters concerning religion and politics a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkey's.I am now of an age at which I no longer need to suffer fools gladly
|
|
#4253567 - 04/27/16 06:37 PM
Re: mini pics - necessary or just a PITA?
[Re: Rotton50]
|
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 12,497
MrJelly
Veteran
|
Veteran
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 12,497
Montagnac, L'Herault, France
|
Three done Other forms of pictures? As far as I know the only way to display pictures on selection screens is in the form of "*.wsp" files which are all RAW files with various headers attatched. I think the reason for this is that RAW files are not necessarily rectangular, whereas other form of pictures are. The place where this becomes essential is in the display of medals. So I cannot see any code that I can adapt to put BMP or JPG files on selection screens. As far as this all goes I could probably come up with an exe that either shows the minipics or does not, using the same type of trick that I use for disabling the WW1 takeoff or enabling the use of the "seasons" folder.
Last edited by MrJelly; 04/27/16 06:50 PM.
Fly EAW online at GameRanger: GameRanger SiteFaceBook Pages UAW 160 downloadsEAW ClubMark Twain: I am quite sure now that often, very often, in matters concerning religion and politics a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkey's.I am now of an age at which I no longer need to suffer fools gladly
|
|
#4253811 - 04/28/16 08:31 AM
Re: mini pics - necessary or just a PITA?
[Re: MrJelly]
|
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 13,341
Col. Gibbon
A nobody
|
A nobody
Veteran
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 13,341
|
I have succeeded in making an exe with a toggle. If there is a "NoMiniPics" file in the root or theatre folder you see the text. Otherwise you see the minipics The best and worst of both Worlds! Thanks Tony.
Supports EAW 1.29.exe, Drop in and Play Technology. 1.29 download
|
|
#4253837 - 04/28/16 11:25 AM
Re: mini pics - necessary or just a PITA?
[Re: Rotton50]
|
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 1,248
PeterMBooth
Member
|
Member
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 1,248
Pontypridd, South Wales,UK
|
Hi Guys,
Yes, I like the mini-pics and they do improve the atmosphere as Ray says, but I gather they are hard work and in all honesty they are not to my mind essential to running the game so perhaps the effort could be better spent elsewhere?
Just a thought.
Pete
With increasing age should come wisdom and tolerance, but as the saying goes, "there is no fool like an old fool" as I prove regularly!
|
|
#4253839 - 04/28/16 11:32 AM
Re: mini pics - necessary or just a PITA?
[Re: Rotton50]
|
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 12,497
MrJelly
Veteran
|
Veteran
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 12,497
Montagnac, L'Herault, France
|
The thing is that if a modder makes a theatre and does not want to make minipics then if the "NoMiniPics" file is in theatre folder only the text will be displayed. That is where the "NoMiniPics" file really needs to be, otherwise if it is in the root folder it works globally.
I am just going back one step to make a pair of exes with Ralf's original "encounter" spawn code in it. The current ones have my modified version which spawns things online. That would be great, but knowing the ways that multiplayer often uses the player's settings, I would expect that if planes are spawned for one player, they might not be, or different ones might be spawned at different airfields, for other players. In Ralf's code spawning is turned off for multiplayer games.
Fly EAW online at GameRanger: GameRanger SiteFaceBook Pages UAW 160 downloadsEAW ClubMark Twain: I am quite sure now that often, very often, in matters concerning religion and politics a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkey's.I am now of an age at which I no longer need to suffer fools gladly
|
|
#4253855 - 04/28/16 12:16 PM
Re: mini pics - necessary or just a PITA?
[Re: PeterMBooth]
|
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 4,859
Rotton50
3DZ / campaign designer
|
3DZ / campaign designer
Senior Member
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 4,859
Cape Charles, Virginia, USA
|
Hi Guys,
Yes, I like the mini-pics and they do improve the atmosphere as Ray says, but I gather they are hard work and in all honesty they are not to my mind essential to running the game so perhaps the effort could be better spent elsewhere?
We are in agreement on this Peter. Jel, what is the exact name of the no mini pics file? I can't find it.
Heck, even paranoids have enemies.
|
|
#4253864 - 04/28/16 12:43 PM
Re: mini pics - necessary or just a PITA?
[Re: Rotton50]
|
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 12,497
MrJelly
Veteran
|
Veteran
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 12,497
Montagnac, L'Herault, France
|
The "NoMiniPics" file is a completely new one and I am just about to upload a 7-zip wich generates an "EAW Versions" folder the four new exes (V87), and a separate "NoMiniPics" file. The exes are old and new map versions with the minipic toggle. One pair has Ralf's original encounter spawning code, the other pair with (Encounter) in their names has my modified version of his code. "V87.exe" is now in your folder at FTP site For anyone running "140Multiplayerl2016" the "V87.exe" is now at the OneDrive site in my signature
Last edited by MrJelly; 04/28/16 12:50 PM.
Fly EAW online at GameRanger: GameRanger SiteFaceBook Pages UAW 160 downloadsEAW ClubMark Twain: I am quite sure now that often, very often, in matters concerning religion and politics a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkey's.I am now of an age at which I no longer need to suffer fools gladly
|
|
#4253891 - 04/28/16 02:02 PM
Re: mini pics - necessary or just a PITA?
[Re: Rotton50]
|
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 12,497
MrJelly
Veteran
|
Veteran
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 12,497
Montagnac, L'Herault, France
|
Run it in the "140Multiplayerl2016" folder. It will add the four new exes to the "EAW Versions" folder for selection by the DSPicker. It will put a "NoMiniPics" file in the "140Multiplayerl2016" folder. There is nothing special about the "NoMiniPics" file. The exe just checks for the presence of a file named "NoMiniPics" in either the root or the selected theatre folder. If it is found, then you do not see the minipics
Fly EAW online at GameRanger: GameRanger SiteFaceBook Pages UAW 160 downloadsEAW ClubMark Twain: I am quite sure now that often, very often, in matters concerning religion and politics a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkey's.I am now of an age at which I no longer need to suffer fools gladly
|
|
|
CD WOFF
by Britisheh. 03/28/24 08:05 PM
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|