Request: Map change bg colour opacity

[imported_Apostle]

I have noticed that Wake Island 2007 has a very transparent background colour, so when the map changes to Wake, you can immediately tell it is Wake. This would be useful if you could change the transparancy of the backgrounds for all the other maps so that you can easily tell what map is loading next without squinting!

I hope my description is clear. It is the background colour transparency of the end of round stat's that needs to be changed. Why the Wake map is more transparent than the others makes me think that DICE noticed this and made the changes, but why didn't they implement them for all maps? To keep the patch size down?

[jimbob]

Re: Request: Map change bg colour opacity

actaully you can see what is loading next with all maps... has nothing to do with patch size lol seems like a silly thing to mod as it would affect punkbuster.... unless you want to play on unranked, no punkbuster servers just to see "without squinting" what comes next... what a strange thing to annoy someone

me personally i can tell whats next perfectly with all maps - just gotta know whats from what hehehe

[imported_Apostle]

Re: Request: Map change bg colour opacity

Oh jeez, well thanks for your reply, how useful.

I too know what's loading when I see past all the stat's and writing, of course, I can see the picture but not clearly! It doesn't annoy me, just an improvement I noticed with the Wake Island 2007 map loading screen. I wondered why they didn't lighten up the background for all map loading screens.

When I mentioned patch size, I speculated that if DICE had to include new images for this fix it would increase its size. I don't know if that was the case.

[jimbob]

Re: Request: Map change bg colour opacity

I too know what's loading when I see past all the stat's and writing, of course, I can see the picture but not clearly! It doesn't annoy me

well then why do you really care... this all sounds really frivolous... any1 know (or is even bothered to know) the answer to this question? :locked:

[imported_Apostle]

Re: Request: Map change bg colour opacity

I am not exactly sure why you are so hostile towards this thread I have made, when it clearly doesn't bother you? This is hardly helpful, I didn't come here to be patronised. Take your dancing locks somewhere else please.

/me awaits more useless posts by Jimbob

Anyone who can actually help me in my frivolous problem?

[jimbob]

Re: Request: Map change bg colour opacity

im not being hostile just telling you how it is... seriously :|:

sorry if i came across tht way but i am assuming tht is why there are no responses (me thinks tht i may help you by saying this in spurring somone out there to correct me and give you the answer)...
the fact tht you are suggesting making a change in bf2 to make vanilla bf2 loading screens better to see when if these changes were made you would be unable to play vanilla BF2 is a little bit of an oxy-moron. tht is what i was getting at in my first post i just dont think you saw it.

a better question would be - what file types are the loading screens and how are they implemented by the game between levels? - are they standard images with transparency controlled by coding or is the transparency specified by the file... i want to know this because i want my mod's loading screens to be really low opacity

something like tht...

sheesh

[imported_Apostle]

Re: Request: Map change bg colour opacity

Can anyone with the knowledge answer my original question? How to change the transparency level of the stat's pages between maps?

Greatly appreciated.

[[WOLF]bbob]

Re: Request: Map change bg colour opacity

Its the same transperency, the wake pic is just lighter than the others, more contrast..

now you could change them yourself, but it wont allow you to play on any servers if you so so..

[jimbob]

Re: Request: Map change bg colour opacity

Its the same transperency, the wake pic is just lighter than the others, more contrast..

now you could change them yourself, but it wont allow you to play on any servers if you so so..

thts what i thought... what file type are they? dds.?

[imported_Apostle]

Re: Request: Map change bg colour opacity

Right well, I am glad that it is confirmed DICE lightened that picture, I would like to think that's becuase they realised they are too dark. Again, supports my theory that they didn't want to replace all the map pictures due to increasing the patch size over a matter some people obviously aren't worried about.

Not sure how many of you are familiar with Source engine modding, I know little myself, but changing the HUD and other elements is very very easy. There is a great tutorial for changing DoDS' HUD, and I am now very happy with my own personal design. Having done that, I wished it could be as simple with BF2 also, a shame.

Of course all this would be redundant if there were a way to "ask" the server what the next map is. Just like most Valve games, with the 'nextmap' command.

Thanks for the info anyway [WOLF]bbob :)

[jimbob]

Re: Request: Map change bg colour opacity

Right well, I am glad that it is confirmed DICE lightened that picture, I would like to think that's becuase they realised they are too dark. Again, supports my theory that they didn't want to replace all the map pictures due to increasing the patch size over a matter some people obviously aren't worried about.

that confirms that??? you were just told it was the same transparency it wasnt lightened it is lighter? as in its actual composition? i dont know i give up - sorry for bothering you...