[REL] Randomized Loading Screens

Sailor Steve · 04-05-08, 04:20 PM

After Able72 started this thread http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=134173 and after much discussion and a request, I took on the task of putting together a set of Loading, Map (career), Single Missions and Museum screens, plus the three different Leers (Chart Tables) and nine different songs for the dockside bands to play; all in separate folders for SH3 Commander to randomize so you never get the same thing twice. Well, if you're lucky you won't get them twice in a row.

What you will get is almost 100 different screens, most of them from Das Boot, but also including a bunch made by different people from photographs, paintings and in-game shots, plus GWX and NYGM, and of course the stock game screens as well.

JScones was kind enough to prep the folders for me, which saved me some work. Who did what is in the readme, so please read it if you want to know who made each screen. Also, the installation notes are there, so I'm not going to explain it all here...but it's easy to do, so just read the thing and do it. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

I will repeat the big warning here though: because it is made up of around 500 loading screens, .tga files and music files, it's 1.3 GIGABYTES in size! That's bigger than GWX2. So don't say I didn't warn you if you are short of space.

I've loaded and reloaded a dozen times or more, and it all works just as advertised. And it looks pretty amazing too.

[edit] Updated the link (August 16).

[edit-Dec. 4, 2009] Loading Screens mod can now be found at the wonderful BtsMods:
http://www.btsmods.com/index.php?topic=500.0
http://www.btsmods.com/index.php

And also right here at SubSim:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...do=file&id=995

Gairith · 04-05-08, 04:43 PM

Thanks Steve DLing now.

bigboywooly · 04-05-08, 04:45 PM

1.3Gb

CapZap1970 · 04-05-08, 04:54 PM

OMG!!!

1.3 Gb, but it's worth it. Thanks you very much Sailor Steve!!

CapZap

Kpt, Otto · 04-05-08, 05:15 PM

Thank you Sailor Steve, this should add some spice to the old game what what! very much appreciated.

melnibonian · 04-05-08, 05:24 PM

Wow

I'm Downloading it now and I can't wait to try it

Thanks a lot for that Steve (and everyone else who was involved)

04-05-08, 05:26 PM

Thanks a lot! I don't know when next I'll get a chance to just relax and play --wry grin-- but I'm looking forward to using these!

Sailor Steve · 04-05-08, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kpt, Otto

...this should add some spice to the old game what what!

I thought real Brits didn't talk like that. Somebody lied to me.:rotfl:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Albrecht Von Hesse

I don't know when next I'll get a chance to just relax and play --wry grin--

I know that feeling. But then, so do so many others around here.

Kpt, Otto · 04-05-08, 06:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kpt, Otto

...this should add some spice to the old game what what!

I thought real Brits didn't talk like that. Somebody lied to me.:rotfl:

:rotfl:

...there are still a few Brits left who talk properly! ... I am owever one of the great unwashed oo drops their 'H' chs everywhere!!!

Wreford-Brown · 04-12-08, 03:12 PM

Sailor Steve,

Awesome piece of work. Now the eye candy starts while the game is loading!

Vader 1 · 04-12-08, 06:37 PM

This is really nice work thanks again ...1st class

Tuddley3 · 04-12-08, 06:50 PM

I forgot about some of those, there's some good classics in there Steve. Thanks

Dronston · 04-13-08, 02:48 AM

This mod sounds great but I don't get it. The readme says:

"INSTALLATION: If you have a JSGME installation in your SH3 Commander folder, just unzip the 'Load Screens' folder into the 'MODS' folder in SH3 Commander, activate it and you're good to go. If you don't, just dig one layer deeper and unzip the 'Random' folder directly into SH3 Commander and click 'Yes' when it asks you if you want to overwrite it."

I don't have a JSGME installation in my SH3 Commander folder but I don't understand the just dig one layer deeper remark. When I put the random folder in the SH3 commander folder it doesn't overwrite anything and I get no different load screens when I start SH3.

What am I doing wrong?

irish1958 · 04-13-08, 07:22 AM

I suggest you install JSGME in the main SH3CMDR folder, and run it. It will generate a folder called "Mods". Install the files into this folder, close it and then run JSGME to activate. OR
install the mod in the SH3CMDR\random folder, not in the SH3CMDR folder.

Wreford-Brown · 12-01-09, 06:25 AM

Bump

04-05-08, 04:20 PM	#1
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	[REL] Randomized Loading Screens After Able72 started this thread http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=134173 and after much discussion and a request, I took on the task of putting together a set of Loading, Map (career), Single Missions and Museum screens, plus the three different Leers (Chart Tables) and nine different songs for the dockside bands to play; all in separate folders for SH3 Commander to randomize so you never get the same thing twice. Well, if you're lucky you won't get them twice in a row. What you will get is almost 100 different screens, most of them from Das Boot, but also including a bunch made by different people from photographs, paintings and in-game shots, plus GWX and NYGM, and of course the stock game screens as well. JScones was kind enough to prep the folders for me, which saved me some work. Who did what is in the readme, so please read it if you want to know who made each screen. Also, the installation notes are there, so I'm not going to explain it all here...but it's easy to do, so just read the thing and do it. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I will repeat the big warning here though: because it is made up of around 500 loading screens, .tga files and music files, it's 1.3 GIGABYTES in size! That's bigger than GWX2. So don't say I didn't warn you if you are short of space. I've loaded and reloaded a dozen times or more, and it all works just as advertised. And it looks pretty amazing too. [edit] Updated the link (August 16). [edit-Dec. 4, 2009] Loading Screens mod can now be found at the wonderful BtsMods: http://www.btsmods.com/index.php?topic=500.0 http://www.btsmods.com/index.php And also right here at SubSim: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...do=file&id=995 __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo Last edited by Sailor Steve; 12-04-09 at 02:22 PM.

04-05-08, 04:43 PM	#2
Gairith Planesman Join Date: May 2005 Location: Below . . . Posts: 186 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Thanks Steve DLing now. __________________ "You can either watch things happen, make things happen, or wonder what the heck happened." Capt. Phil Harris GWX 2.1 - SH3 Commander 3.2 - OLC Ubermod 2.4.2 - DiD

04-05-08, 04:45 PM	#3
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	1.3Gb __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

04-05-08, 04:54 PM	#4
CapZap1970 Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: La Paz, Bolivia Posts: 1,965 Downloads: 277 Uploads: 51	OMG!!! 1.3 Gb, but it's worth it. Thanks you very much Sailor Steve!! CapZap __________________

04-05-08, 05:15 PM	#5
Kpt, Otto Planesman Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London Posts: 195 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thank you Sailor Steve, this should add some spice to the old game what what! very much appreciated. __________________ Kpt, Otto. My War Diary and Website. . . Here. . .!

04-05-08, 05:24 PM	#6
melnibonian Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Reading UK Posts: 3,473 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Wow I'm Downloading it now and I can't wait to try it Thanks a lot for that Steve (and everyone else who was involved) __________________ http://www.thegreywolves.com/ http://wolvesatwar.com/ Download GWX and other goodies: http://hosted.filefront.com/melnibonian

04-05-08, 05:26 PM	#7
Albrecht Von Hesse Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Thanks a lot! I don't know when next I'll get a chance to just relax and play --wry grin-- but I'm looking forward to using these!

04-12-08, 03:12 PM	#10
Wreford-Brown Sea Lord Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: In sight of Stonehenge Posts: 1,750 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 26	Sailor Steve, Awesome piece of work. Now the eye candy starts while the game is loading! __________________ All my mods are available at MediaFire: SH3 Mods Other modders SH3 mods SH4 Mods ...you can't please all of the people all of the time...

04-12-08, 06:37 PM	#11
Vader 1 Engineer Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 202 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	This is really nice work thanks again ...1st class __________________ Never Forget!

04-12-08, 06:50 PM	#12
Tuddley3 Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Augusta, Maine USA Posts: 905 Downloads: 170 Uploads: 0	I forgot about some of those, there's some good classics in there Steve. Thanks

04-13-08, 02:48 AM	#13
Dronston Lieutenant Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Netherlands Posts: 263 Downloads: 68 Uploads: 0	This mod sounds great but I don't get it. The readme says: "INSTALLATION: If you have a JSGME installation in your SH3 Commander folder, just unzip the 'Load Screens' folder into the 'MODS' folder in SH3 Commander, activate it and you're good to go. If you don't, just dig one layer deeper and unzip the 'Random' folder directly into SH3 Commander and click 'Yes' when it asks you if you want to overwrite it." I don't have a JSGME installation in my SH3 Commander folder but I don't understand the just dig one layer deeper remark. When I put the random folder in the SH3 commander folder it doesn't overwrite anything and I get no different load screens when I start SH3. What am I doing wrong? __________________ Live to fight another day!

04-13-08, 07:22 AM	#14
irish1958 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 3,250 Downloads: 320 Uploads: 11	I suggest you install JSGME in the main SH3CMDR folder, and run it. It will generate a folder called "Mods". Install the files into this folder, close it and then run JSGME to activate. OR install the mod in the SH3CMDR\random folder, not in the SH3CMDR folder. __________________ Irish1958

12-01-09, 06:25 AM	#15
Wreford-Brown Sea Lord Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: In sight of Stonehenge Posts: 1,750 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 26	Bump __________________ All my mods are available at MediaFire: SH3 Mods Other modders SH3 mods SH4 Mods ...you can't please all of the people all of the time...