[TUTORIAL] Custom login screens

Well, some people were asking for a tutorial so here goes.

Things you'll need.

- Developer mode runnable (See bottom of post). Not a requirement, but makes things a lot better.
-A brain

Let's get started.

First, unpack the Login.mrs in the Interface folder in Gunz. Open up Login.RS.XML. See this somewhere near the bottom? (Note, number won't be 0s)

Code:

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        <DUMMY name="spawn_solo_101">
            <POSITION>0.0 0.0 0.0</POSITION>
            <DIRECTION>0.0 0.0 0.0</DIRECTION>
        </DUMMY>
        <DUMMY name="camera_pos 02">
            <POSITION>0.0 0.0 0.0</POSITION>
            <DIRECTION>0.0 0.0 0.0</DIRECTION>
        </DUMMY>
        <DUMMY name="camera_pos 01">
            <POSITION>0.0 0.0 0.0</POSITION>
            <DIRECTION>0.0 0.0 0.0</DIRECTION>
        </DUMMY>

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Copy that and save it somewhere for now. Now, unpack your map that you wanna use as a login map. first of all, change all the important filenames (the BSP, COL, LM, RS, RS.XML, and minimap.xml) so the map name is Login instead of whatever it was before, and rename the folder it's in to login. Now, open up the RS.XML in the new map and scroll toward the bottom. If it has one, delete the spawn_solo_101. Now, the part we copied earlier, paste it into the RS.XML of the new map, in the same area the spawn_solo_blahs are.

Now, here's where the hard/fun begins. Chances are, the part you just pasted in has terrible coordinates and spawn points for the character. Technically you could pack the new login into an MRS and use it as it is, but it would look disgusting. So, here's where the developer mode runnable comes in. Use debug mode (not gonna explain how, just google) and play in debug mode in the map you want as a login with the developer runnable. While ingame, pull up the dev menu (explained at the bottom of the post) and go where you want in the map. Get your character in the exact position you want it to face and be in the login map. See the direction and coordinates of the character? Put those numbers into the <POSITION> and <DIRECTION> areas of the spawn_solo_101. For the camera it's basically the same thing, just use your character to approximate where you want the camera to start and end and where to face. It's not hard.

Now just pack it all up into an MRS once you have the coords and directions put in and you should be good to go. Congratulations, you have a custom login map.

Credits to peaceofpi for helping me out on my first login map, credits to me for writing the guide, etc. etc. etc.


Dev mode shit:

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Originally Posted by RepublicOfAstra

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There's a dev mode runnable. It uh, is from like September '05 so doesn't support things like snow in maps. And I don't think it'll work on pservers for obvious reasons. Press F9 to enable dev mode ingame.

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i hate you lol ... anyways i think i don't have the right to post htem so i'll just say that with some trainers you can like get the coords, and like go where you want then lock coords or activate float mode if you can't walk on the surface then get coords and type them in ***.RS.xml

But those are called hacks. Those can help cheat, the most the one I posted can do is tell you where you are, lmao.

yea that's why i won't post them here, some noob could use them on some servers and i would be blamed for a 9 years old bastard

wow thanks alot!

I havent see a trainer give positions

Ive seen my DLL do it though.

Eh. I just linked to that old dev mode runnable from like September '05. Press F9 and it brings up the coords, speed, animations being called (I think, haven't used it in a while), etc.

Yeah thats boring. With my DLL I even animate the camera movements.

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Originally Posted by WhiteMoga

I havent see a trainer give positions

Ive seen my DLL do it though.

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me too =P

thanks for this

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Originally Posted by WhiteMoga

Yeah thats boring. With my DLL I even animate the camera movements.

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could you pm me that dll? sice the dev mode runnable won't work for me :(

No, If I wanted to give it to other people, Id publically release it.

i have it =P

but i won't share if Buga doesnt want me to

the dev mode runnable keeps saying check for updates

and... what about quest in different maps?

I was trying to do that.. but i cant...

my friend got a "town quest", but not complete town(err i cant explain)

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Originally Posted by brietje698

the dev mode runnable keeps saying check for updates

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you have to create a shortcut for the loader then after go to its properties then in the target box add at the end

Code:

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"path" /game town

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it will automatically create a game in the town map, you can change it, but no maps with spaces in their name

Guys. I said in the fucking post, this runnable DOES NOT PLAY ON PRIVATE SERVERS.

You can ONLY use it in debug mode. That's it. And I'm not explaining how to use debug mode, just use google, it'll take 10 seconds to find a guide.

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Originally Posted by RepublicOfAstra

Guys. I said in the fucking post, this runnable DOES NOT PLAY ON PRIVATE SERVERS.

You can ONLY use it in debug mode. That's it. And I'm not explaining how to use debug mode, just use google, it'll take 10 seconds to find a guide.

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Oh well,
I decided to make a tutorial.

http://forum.ragezone.com/gunz-releases/tutorial-running-debug-mode-237151.html

Nice tutorial :) But why is it entitled 'Custom login screens' when it's to do with login maps (whatever they are), as opposed to login screens (Splash screens with a login dialog)?

so basically this can move the login box. =D

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Originally Posted by UkRaiNeR

so basically this can move the login box. =D

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Not the login box. This is a tut that teaches you how to make your own login map.

A little tut on the camera pos 2 and camera pos 1?

Stucked there...don't know what to put

How i unpack the mrs file?

What the shiit are you talking about, micbe?

Nice stuff RoA, I really needed this :smile:

Hmm wish i had the church map right now :sweatdrop

Uhm, I can't get the GunzLoader to work, it closes in the middle of loading iGunz...

thanks a lot =)

thanks a lot =)

I cant get this to work for some reason. I put it in Ijji folder and folo the tutorial but It goes up to InterfaceSkin and closes it. And If I am not suppose to do it this way I even tried it with my Pserver and it doesnt work that way either can some one help me.

dont ask it work but you have to update the filelist you stupid

Nice RoA.. Thanks for This.!

I tried too But no one is willnig to help, can any one help me PLEASE!! My gunz closes in middle

i said update he fileslist if you dont know look at the site you will find something called search button

Lfmao I Did But It Dunt Work.

Dev mode runnable doesnt work :(

it does if you followed everything correctly but if i am not mistaken only for the older 2005 server since it is a 2005 runnable

I'll try to find a 2005 folder >_>