SUBSIM Radio Room Forums - View Single Post - No offence intended, but can a death scene be modded?

Chock · 05-09-07, 07:07 PM

I did have one idea for this, but I'm not too sure if it would work.

Does anyone know if the 'end game' screen format could be replaced and display a GIF file instead of the background image? (presumably a Targa or BMP at the moment). If this were possible, I imagine the 'death' screen could be replaced with a GIF file, which, as I'm sure you know, can support animation, so it would be possible to have an 'image' file with an animation on it - say a sub going down or whatever.

How I came up with this idea was by thinking that the F1 command shortcuts page could be replaced with another screen, to effectively allow you to portray another section of the submarine, even if it was only a 2D animated GIF. Losing the shortcuts screen in game wouldn't make a great deal of difference once you actually knew the shortcuts.

I'm going to see if this will work, I'm guessing not, but worth a shot...

05-09-07, 07:07 PM	#3
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I did have one idea for this, but I'm not too sure if it would work. Does anyone know if the 'end game' screen format could be replaced and display a GIF file instead of the background image? (presumably a Targa or BMP at the moment). If this were possible, I imagine the 'death' screen could be replaced with a GIF file, which, as I'm sure you know, can support animation, so it would be possible to have an 'image' file with an animation on it - say a sub going down or whatever. How I came up with this idea was by thinking that the F1 command shortcuts page could be replaced with another screen, to effectively allow you to portray another section of the submarine, even if it was only a 2D animated GIF. Losing the shortcuts screen in game wouldn't make a great deal of difference once you actually knew the shortcuts. I'm going to see if this will work, I'm guessing not, but worth a shot...