Log - In Animation?

Heya guys! I was wondering how i can change the Log - In Animation, i just want do do it by client - side because old PW starting screen is rly boring

I mean... Theres a screen where u put ur ID and pass, and in the background u can see waterfall, rocks, houses n shit, and on PWI for example u can see weird tiny little guys running around the campfire. Can some1 tell me where i can exactly look for that "animation" ? I would like to change it with the old one at the pserver im currently playing at

Thx in advance xD

Yeah same here, wheres it located at cuz i want to add my logo
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maps\login
litmodels\login

building
gfx
surfaces
w/e may be needed too if you change anything that relies on something in them...

the new 1.4.3 exe runs a video for the login screen.
we dont support this.

you can have at least the new background (we use tideborn one) if you update your login map and scenectrl.ini, of course you need all textures and models it uses.

guys i know its a old post , but i am at the login animation , and i wanted to ask with what program u modify the files in :client/element/maps/login ?they are estension like :ecbsd,t2hc,trn2,t2bk , i was sure that i can edit them with the map editor , or photoshop, but neither of them worked, so do u guys know wich program i have to choose to open them ? or edit them ? or how i change that files with my own background?:mellow:

You can't... why would you even want to modify those? What you need to edit is scenectrl.ini in configs. You just need to replace those files you mentioned with the ones from the instance you want to use for your login screen.

Yeah you don't need to modify them, just swap the maps round so the one you want in the login screen is in the maps\login folder
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to swap maps u mean to swap what the folder contains? the folders like a01 till b02 with the Login folder? to swap the files from lets say a01 to login folder?
cuase i didnt get it at all :?:

A) search
B) go try work it out, it aint hard
C) search some more
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:*: i dont wana screw something on this server, thats why i want to know a simple hint, ur answer wasnt a hint, was 3 horbile advices, i know that i have to search and try but u can simply say a hint , thats wll u have to do , no one ask for a simple answer cause as i was seeing in this forum , u cant get the answer u look for :ott1:

Well here's the simplified version of my previous post, lol.

Let's say for example you want to change your login screen background to the yin yang symbol from a13. You take the files that end with .t2bk, .t2lm, .2tlm1, .t2mk and _light.dat from your a13 folder and put them in your login folder, without changing the 'a13' to 'login'. Then you unpack litmodels and replace the litmodels from the 'login' folder there with the ones from your 'a13' folder and repack it again. Then you open your configs.pck and find the file called scenectrl.ini, and change that to whatever position you want your background in! (For example:
[Camera]
PosX0 = 25.828000
PosY0 =347.675000
PosZ0 = 187.847000
DirX0 = 0.000000
DirY0 = 0.000000
DirZ0 = 1.000000
UpX0 = 0.000000
UpY0 = 100.000000
UpZ0 = 0.000000)
(Test it but don't use this one cause my server is using this xD)
But I hope you understand how this works, otherwise just let me know and I'll try to explain if it doesn't work man. :thumbup1:

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Originally Posted by tahabata

:*: i dont wana screw something on this server

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B.A.C.K.U.P
And sorry for my vague response, I do not know exactly how to do it right down to the finest point, I don't really remember more than the general way of doing things when I do them.

But if you want a exact guide listen to Exodus, or try the search button, this question has been discussed many times before...

I'm not sure if you know how to do this but try going to google and putting in this:
site:forum.ragezone.com/f452 QUERY HERE

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Originally Posted by NaMeLeS

B.A.C.K.U.P
And sorry for my vague response, I do not know exactly how to do it right down to the finest point, I don't really remember more than the general way of doing things when I do them.

But if you want a exact guide listen to Exodus, or try the search button, this question has been discussed many times before...

I'm not sure if you know how to do this but try going to google and putting in this:
site:forum.ragezone.com/f452 QUERY HERE

:thumbup1:

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You sir forgot the dot com after ragezone :P:

Whoopsies thanks for pointing that out romulan :P
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ok , i was doing step by step u said, and the result is the picture below,my question is that i need to modify something in Server file? or this is just Client side work ? And how do u know what images is in every folder? For example how u know that Ying and Yang is in a13?
http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/3835/ermk.png

Well it's supposed to look like this:

Spoiler:

http://oi52.tinypic.com/29pbtl4.jpg

My guess is that you missed a file somewhere as that doesn't seem to be a13 but some other map...

Nice login screen Exodus :):

hmm after i made a short rewiew it seems the file with the .2tlm1 doesnt exist in any of my folders, neither in a01-b03, so maybe that is the problem? and how i get it? :blush:

haha thanks Romulan.

tahabata, I have no idea but here is the one from my client, see if this fixes it.
a13_1.rar

hmm, i will say step by step what iv done and maybe u see the problem :
1)went to element/maps/a13 ~i cut the files that u were saying and paste them in Login folde r
2)went to litmodels.pck -i used a bat file to open it, i went to a13 i cut the content from there and paste it to login folder after pack it again and puted in pw/element
3)unpacked the configs.pck ,went in the scenectrl.ini file and replaced the numbers from there with the ones u puted on thread, the first pair of numbers , i mean till UpZ0 = 0.000000.
packed again with the change and puted from where i was geting it
All this modifications was in Client side !
I restarted the server and launch the game from patcher , and the result was the same , that background i posted before ...
Where i did wrong?:(:

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Originally Posted by tahabata

1)went to element/maps/a13 ~i cut[(copy)] the files that u were saying and paste them in Login folde r

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and u we're to copy not cut cuz u've just deleted that map
don't need to restart server it's all client side

il try it and ann you guys :)
it is absolutly necesary to modify the Scenectrl.ini ? i mean the image will be changed or ?and what are they ? the position on the camera? why i would wana change the camera Wiew?if have time explain this pls , till i unpack the litmodels
~~~~~~~~~~~~I did modify the files but i didnt touch the Scenectrl.ini and look what iv got ! So i wonder , this is what i should get without that file?
http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/1...0809232741.png:blink:

i know il repeat myself but anyone can spend 5 min to explain a sec what think that should be the problem? i am using 343 version,i did tryed all options and same results, i am fustraded cause i cant make this easy modification ,....so when have time help me out :lol:

1. Make a backup of your "maps\login" and litmodels.pck
2. Delete the "maps\login" folder and copy the "maps\a13" folder and call it "login"
3. Rename every where you see "a13" to "login" in the files names of the new login folder
4. Open the litmodels.pck, delete the login folder and copy the a13 folder then call it "login"
5. Repack your litmodels.pck
6. Change your scenectrl.ini like Exodus said.

:) heres wut i managed to do so far, probably going to add in some custom GFX to that area to make it better.
Working fixing the camera angles/location for the character selection screens ect.

One easy way to grab coords for editing your scenectrl.ini is to actually log in game go to the location on the map you wish to use. Log off grab coords of pwadmin, then replace them in the scenectrl.ini you will need to tweak the camera a bit, but xD it made it easier in my opinion.

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Originally Posted by kyandeisu

:) heres wut i managed to do so far, probably going to add in some custom GFX to that area to make it better.
Working fixing the camera angles/location for the character selection screens ect.

One easy way to grab coords for editing your scenectrl.ini is to actually log in game go to the location on the map you wish to use. Log off grab coords of pwadmin, then replace them in the scenectrl.ini you will need to tweak the camera a bit, but xD it made it easier in my opinion.

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rather nice use of cv it does look good in the sea of mundane similarities in all login screens

:lol: i did it :love: damn i love you guys
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/863...0812101503.png

The world2 login screen is nice too:

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/441...0810212315.png

i have another question: every map folder have diferent picture ? but what about scenectrl.ini ? basicly why u need the coord? that coord are the location of the chracter in that map and the background of the charcater ill be as log-in animation ? or what is that scenectrl.ini ??:blink:

The scenectrl.ini define the position of the camera for every classes and for the login screen.

And yea it defines the position of the char itself on the login map also.

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Originally Posted by tahabata

i have another question: every map folder have diferent picture ? but what about scenectrl.ini ? basicly why u need the coord? that coord are the location of the chracter in that map and the background of the charcater ill be as log-in animation ? or what is that scenectrl.ini ??:blink:

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its not a different picture or anything is the whole map itself
you need coords for what the login/char create/char select to actually pin-point what to show on that map
i used just now valley of disaster dead center and it's quite good