Animating Loading Screens?

[Ragnarok_Strike]

Is it possible to make animated loading screens like ones seen in Mass Effect 2? Reason I am asking is I'm trying to create videos of transitions between the planet and am wondering if I could put it in place of a loading screen.

[Kayliaah]

Videos/cut scenes, I would say no, but Mustafar has one I think so who knows, it would have to be tried. I don't know what the Mustafar cut scene looks like, I remember the newbie tutorial one with Han Solo and Chewie but that's it.

I know the current loading screens are pretty much impossible to animate, and even if you managed to do it, it wouldn't work.

Anyways, you can't replace the loading screen, if possible you could put a cut scene before the loading screen, make the loading screen invisible etc, but not remove it.

[Tonberry]

If you have 3D experience and render capabilities in terms of hardware like myself, then cinematics are no problem at all. File size is the only down side.

As for animated loading screens, as far as I can tell even recoding the UI would only allow for the most basic of animation if you can even call it that. Certainly nothing to the degree you're looking for.

I'm no expert on UI though, but these are my thoughts at a first glance.

[Uli]

@Kayliaah & Tonberry - Pre-CU can't handle .bik files.

[Ragnarok_Strike]

(04-13-2011 11:27 PM)Uli Wrote:  @Kayliaah & Tonberry - Pre-CU can't handle .bik files.

Well that explains it Thanks Uli for clarifying.

Looks like I have to scrap these animations I'm making.

[MechWarrior001]

If I remember correctly, Uli's override.dll allows the calling of other DLLs, so theoretically you could use that to implant a open source video encoder/decoder format to use for the animated screens/cinematics.

(10-10-2010 03:24 AM)Uli Wrote:  This client has been modified to load a DLL called Override.

You can create your own DLL's which will allow for further modifications, you can use this to load a DLL if you don't wish to expand the client's free space or searching for free space.

Of course this all relies on the concept that I'm understanding his post correctly.

[Kayliaah]

(04-13-2011 11:27 PM)Uli Wrote:  @Kayliaah & Tonberry - Pre-CU can't handle .bik files.

But I know that.
I was more thinking along the lines of what MechWarrior posted.

[Tonberry]

(04-13-2011 11:27 PM)Uli Wrote:  @Kayliaah & Tonberry - Pre-CU can't handle .bik files.

O.o

Wasn't aware of that one.

Meh, no point in wasting patch space like that anyway.

[Uli]

(04-14-2011 06:14 AM)MechWarrior001 Wrote:  If I remember correctly, Uli's override.dll allows the calling of other DLLs, so theoretically you could use that to implant a open source video encoder/decoder format to use for the animated screens/cinematics.

(10-10-2010 03:24 AM)Uli Wrote:  This client has been modified to load a DLL called Override.

You can create your own DLL's which will allow for further modifications, you can use this to load a DLL if you don't wish to expand the client's free space or searching for free space.

Of course this all relies on the concept that I'm understanding his post correctly.

You miss understood it.
Its basicly to load memory patches in a dll rather then external programs.

Okay you can make it load a dll which has video encoding/decoding however how you going to make the game call that? You will need to make additional memory edits but that involves editing the EXE More, its just too complex to edit assembly to add additional things like it, yes its possible but by possible i mean give someone a good year to do it.

[MechWarrior001]

(04-14-2011 08:29 PM)Uli Wrote:  Okay you can make it load a dll which has video encoding/decoding however how you going to make the game call that? You will need to make additional memory edits but that involves editing the EXE More, its just too complex to edit assembly to add additional things like it, yes its possible but by possible i mean give someone a good year to do it.

Instead of just making it call that one specific function, why not just make it call a function from a external .lua script, at which point it would make it easier to add functionality by simply editing the function in the lua script rather than Assembly modification.