Report, edit, etc...Posted by ShadowFlare on 2006-11-17 at 03:40:52
SCMLoader is going to have loading screens for when loading custom graphics and for when reloading the original graphics in the next version, but I'm not really very good at making images for that sort of stuff. Because of that, I'm looking for someone to create these images for me.
Guidelines
- There will be two different loading screens, so two different main images will be needed. One will be used when loading custom graphics and the other will be used when reloading the original graphics. The dimensions of the images must be 640x480.
- There will be images for progress bars to show the loading status (possibly more than one image for the progress bar, depending on your design). The dimensions and position of the bar do not matter, since I can adjust the code for it. However, the dimensions and position used should be the same on both loading screens.
- There may possibly be a place where names of players are shown along with a smaller progress bar behind their name. This may or may not always be shown, however. Keep this in mind when designing the graphics.
- It will be best if I have the original full-color images, just in case I later want to add things to the picture that would require a different palette. It would still probably be a good idea (but not necessary) to make sure your images look OK when converted to 8 bits-per-pixel.
- Do not use any kind of lossy format. (jpeg is a lossy format, for example)
If I think of any more guidelines, I'll add them to this list.
I would also like some suggestions on text to include in the images on these loading screens.
Guidelines
- There will be two different loading screens, so two different main images will be needed. One will be used when loading custom graphics and the other will be used when reloading the original graphics. The dimensions of the images must be 640x480.
- There will be images for progress bars to show the loading status (possibly more than one image for the progress bar, depending on your design). The dimensions and position of the bar do not matter, since I can adjust the code for it. However, the dimensions and position used should be the same on both loading screens.
- There may possibly be a place where names of players are shown along with a smaller progress bar behind their name. This may or may not always be shown, however. Keep this in mind when designing the graphics.
- It will be best if I have the original full-color images, just in case I later want to add things to the picture that would require a different palette. It would still probably be a good idea (but not necessary) to make sure your images look OK when converted to 8 bits-per-pixel.
- Do not use any kind of lossy format. (jpeg is a lossy format, for example)
If I think of any more guidelines, I'll add them to this list.
I would also like some suggestions on text to include in the images on these loading screens.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by DevliN on 2006-11-17 at 21:15:21
This should probably actually be in the Art & Images forum, unless I'm completely misunderstanding what you're asking for.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by ShadowFlare on 2006-11-17 at 21:34:44
Heh, your probably right. I forgot about that forum. lol
Could one of the mods move this, please?
Could one of the mods move this, please?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Doodan on 2006-11-17 at 23:49:10
>>Moved to Art
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Syphon on 2006-11-17 at 23:52:23
Can you give a vague description of what you want it to actually look like?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by ShadowFlare on 2006-11-18 at 00:00:37
Hmm, I can't really think of anything specific at the moment. Just something that would have Starcraft stuff in it and would look cool 
, probably mention SCMLoader somewhere, possibly mention ShadowFlare somewhere, and some type of loading message somewhere (probably something like "Loading custom graphics..." for one of them and "Reloading default graphics..." for the other). Also, any of the things mentioned in the guidelines.
As for the layout of it, I'm thinking maybe something like the layout of the loading screens in Warcraft 3.
, probably mention SCMLoader somewhere, possibly mention ShadowFlare somewhere, and some type of loading message somewhere (probably something like "Loading custom graphics..." for one of them and "Reloading default graphics..." for the other). Also, any of the things mentioned in the guidelines.As for the layout of it, I'm thinking maybe something like the layout of the loading screens in Warcraft 3.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Syphon on 2006-11-18 at 10:47:07
QUOTE(ShadowFlare @ Nov 18 2006, 12:00 AM)
Hmm, I can't really think of anything specific at the moment. Just something that would have Starcraft stuff in it and would look cool , probably mention SCMLoader somewhere, possibly mention ShadowFlare somewhere, and some type of loading message somewhere (probably something like "Loading custom graphics..." for one of them and "Reloading default graphics..." for the other). Also, any of the things mentioned in the guidelines.
As for the layout of it, I'm thinking maybe something like the layout of the loading screens in Warcraft 3.
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, probably mention SCMLoader somewhere, possibly mention ShadowFlare somewhere, and some type of loading message somewhere (probably something like "Loading custom graphics..." for one of them and "Reloading default graphics..." for the other). Also, any of the things mentioned in the guidelines.As for the layout of it, I'm thinking maybe something like the layout of the loading screens in Warcraft 3.
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I have no idea what WarCraft 3's screens look like, how about a StarCraft one?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by ShadowFlare on 2006-11-20 at 02:25:44
I changed my mind about one of the guidelines I posted. I decided that I would rather have the original full-color images than only ones converted to 8 bits-per-pixel.