My random Splashscreen generator

eweber · 01-18-07, 01:11 PM

Good hunting all,

I've always wanted random Intro splash screens in SH3 so i made my own batch file based on work done by Nathan Rooke that works for me. I am limited to 99 files that have to be named 01.tga, 02.tga, etc...99.tga, but this works fine for me....

Here's what i use:

@ECHO OFF
:: Random.bat, Version 2.00 for Windows 2000 / XP
:: Generate a semi-random number between 0 and 99.
::
:: Written by Nathan Rooke
:: Modified by Rob van der Woude ( http://www.robvanderwoude.com )
:: Modified again by Eric Weber for Silent Hunter III random Splash Screens
:: Be sure to use no more than 99 files, naming them 01.tga, 02.tga, ...99.tga

:TOP
:: Change the FIND string and the tokens/delims
:: parameters for non-US language and settings:

SET NAT=%Random%
IF %NAT% GTR 9 SET /A NAT = 1%NAT:~-2,2% - 100
SET NAT

IF EXIST %NAT%.tga (
GOTO COPYIT
) ELSE (
GOTO TOP
)
GOTO END

:COPYIT
ECHO.
copy /y %NAT%.tga "D:\Ubi Soft\SilentHunterIII\data\Menu\Loading\Intro.tga"
ECHO.

:: Enter you path for SilentHunter III Here
:: or if you use SH3 Commander, add double colons
:: to de-activate this line:

START C:\"Program Files\Ubi Soft\SilentHunterIII\sh3.exe"

:: If you use SH3 Commander, enter its path here
:: and remove double colons to activate this line:

::START C:\"Program Files\SH3 Commander\SH3 Commander\SH3Cmdr.exe"

:END

Here's some of my personal splash screens using real photos derived from U-Boot.RealSimulation.com gallery:

I'd be happy to share these with everyone but don't know about photo licensing issues etc.

ew

ECV56_PolTen · 01-18-07, 01:16 PM

A simple approach to a complex problem.
KUDOS for Nathan and you

HEMISENT · 01-18-07, 01:39 PM

eweber
I'd love to have those, I've currently got 30 or 40 intro screens randomised thru Commander. Randomising works great.
As for licensing issues-there's already tons of das boot stuff out there plus you already have the SHIII name on them.

I'd be grateful if you'd make them available.

ReallyDedPoet · 01-18-07, 01:44 PM

I like the whole randomization concept. I have Tikigod's pinup girls ( the random one ), love it. Makes those long-patrols bearable. With his mod it was a simple drag and drop into the random folder in Commander, can loading-screens be done this way, would like to do something with crew-clothes and BDU-text as well.

Thanks.

Safe-Keeper · 01-18-07, 01:51 PM

SH3 Commander already features randomization, but I suppose this is useful for those who for some reason or another doesn't want to get SH3 Commander.

AVGWarhawk · 01-18-07, 01:55 PM

Those poor bastards in picture three look cold.....

ReallyDedPoet · 01-18-07, 02:04 PM

Safe-Keeper, I do use SHCommander, I guess I was wondering if you could do the same with loading screens, just drag and drop into Commander's Random folder.
Thanks

squeak · 01-18-07, 08:49 PM

eweber: really nice Intro splash screens i love it already

i can´t wait any longer relase it now

Tuddley3 · 01-18-07, 09:59 PM

You can also install JSGME in SH3 Commander, and then use it for installing stuff into the Random folder. Anything you want, anywhere from like stated above, Pin-up girls, Intro Screens, even Ship & Uboat Skins.

JScones · 01-19-07, 02:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

Safe-Keeper, I do use SHCommander, I guess I was wondering if you could do the same with loading screens, just drag and drop into Commander's Random folder.

You can use SH3Cmdr's Random folders to randomise any SH3 files that you like. And you're not limited to the five folders that SH3Cmdr includes by default, you can add as many more as you need.

Another good use of the Random folders is to randomise the band music.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tuddley3

You can also install JSGME in SH3 Commander, and then use it for installing stuff into the Random folder.

Even I didn't think of that. That's great!

eweber · 01-19-07, 03:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JScones

Quote:

Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

Safe-Keeper, I do use SHCommander, I guess I was wondering if you could do the same with loading screens, just drag and drop into Commander's Random folder.

You can use SH3Cmdr's Random folders to randomise any SH3 files that you like. And you're not limited to the five folders that SH3Cmdr includes by default, you can add as many more as you need.

Another good use of the Random folders is to randomise the band music.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tuddley3

You can also install JSGME in SH3 Commander, and then use it for installing stuff into the Random folder.

Even I didn't think of that. That's great!

Thx for the info! I somehow missed this feature. I need to RTFM.. Will use it for sure!

ew

eweber · 01-19-07, 03:33 AM

Thx for the imput..

I've got some 60 odd Intro screens like the above. Will consider posting them but will have to wait until I get to the wireless broadband at my library as I'm in the mountains with only a modem..:hmm:

ew

Jimbuna · 01-19-07, 06:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Those poor bastards in picture three look cold.....

I agree...this is one of my favourite sub pictures

01-18-07, 01:11 PM	#1
eweber Seaman Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 36 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	My random Splashscreen generator Good hunting all, I've always wanted random Intro splash screens in SH3 so i made my own batch file based on work done by Nathan Rooke that works for me. I am limited to 99 files that have to be named 01.tga, 02.tga, etc...99.tga, but this works fine for me.... Here's what i use: @ECHO OFF :: Random.bat, Version 2.00 for Windows 2000 / XP :: Generate a semi-random number between 0 and 99. :: :: Written by Nathan Rooke :: Modified by Rob van der Woude ( http://www.robvanderwoude.com ) :: Modified again by Eric Weber for Silent Hunter III random Splash Screens :: Be sure to use no more than 99 files, naming them 01.tga, 02.tga, ...99.tga :TOP :: Change the FIND string and the tokens/delims :: parameters for non-US language and settings: SET NAT=%Random% IF %NAT% GTR 9 SET /A NAT = 1%NAT:~-2,2% - 100 SET NAT IF EXIST %NAT%.tga ( GOTO COPYIT ) ELSE ( GOTO TOP ) GOTO END :COPYIT ECHO. copy /y %NAT%.tga "D:\Ubi Soft\SilentHunterIII\data\Menu\Loading\Intro.tga" ECHO. :: Enter you path for SilentHunter III Here :: or if you use SH3 Commander, add double colons :: to de-activate this line: START C:\"Program Files\Ubi Soft\SilentHunterIII\sh3.exe" :: If you use SH3 Commander, enter its path here :: and remove double colons to activate this line: ::START C:\"Program Files\SH3 Commander\SH3 Commander\SH3Cmdr.exe" :END Here's some of my personal splash screens using real photos derived from U-Boot.RealSimulation.com gallery: I'd be happy to share these with everyone but don't know about photo licensing issues etc. ew __________________ When you shoot at a destroyer and miss, it's like hit'in a wildcat in the ass with a banjo!

01-18-07, 01:16 PM	#2
ECV56_PolTen Sailor man Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina Posts: 47 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	A simple approach to a complex problem. KUDOS for Nathan and you __________________ "Let us be proud of being Argentine... proud, even though they teach us to be ashamed" Com. (R) Pablo M. R. Carballo. "We are not here to see if we can; we can, that's why we are here" Grupo Técnico I "Comrades: confidence in victory, discipline, and three hails to the motherland!...Open fire, the people are watching us!" Admiral Guillermo Brown

01-18-07, 01:39 PM	#3
HEMISENT Ace of the Deep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 1,052 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 0	eweber I'd love to have those, I've currently got 30 or 40 intro screens randomised thru Commander. Randomising works great. As for licensing issues-there's already tons of das boot stuff out there plus you already have the SHIII name on them. I'd be grateful if you'd make them available. __________________ Nuke 'em till they glow!

01-18-07, 01:44 PM	#4
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,885 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	I like the whole randomization concept. I have Tikigod's pinup girls ( the random one ), love it. Makes those long-patrols bearable. With his mod it was a simple drag and drop into the random folder in Commander, can loading-screens be done this way, would like to do something with crew-clothes and BDU-text as well. Thanks. __________________ Back in the Day

01-18-07, 01:51 PM	#5
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	SH3 Commander already features randomization, but I suppose this is useful for those who for some reason or another doesn't want to get SH3 Commander. __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.

01-18-07, 01:55 PM	#6
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Those poor bastards in picture three look cold..... __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-18-07, 02:04 PM	#7
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,885 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Safe-Keeper, I do use SHCommander, I guess I was wondering if you could do the same with loading screens, just drag and drop into Commander's Random folder. Thanks __________________ Back in the Day

01-18-07, 08:49 PM	#8
squeak Helmsman Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Back from the abyss Posts: 110 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	eweber: really nice Intro splash screens i love it already i can´t wait any longer relase it now __________________ Goddam it, you'll never get the Purple Heart hiding in a foxhole! Follow me!

01-18-07, 09:59 PM	#9
Tuddley3 Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Augusta, Maine USA Posts: 905 Downloads: 170 Uploads: 0	You can also install JSGME in SH3 Commander, and then use it for installing stuff into the Random folder. Anything you want, anywhere from like stated above, Pin-up girls, Intro Screens, even Ship & Uboat Skins.

01-19-07, 03:33 AM	#12
eweber Seaman Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 36 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thx for the imput.. I've got some 60 odd Intro screens like the above. Will consider posting them but will have to wait until I get to the wireless broadband at my library as I'm in the mountains with only a modem..:hmm: ew __________________ When you shoot at a destroyer and miss, it's like hit'in a wildcat in the ass with a banjo!