Menu background+Music

(.5up3rm4n.) #1

I have a custom menu background picture + Custom music, but it’s from a server I play on. I want to make my own ‘mod’(Changing the background picture, music etc etc).
Is there a FAQ or tutorial how to do this?

Thanks.

(Magic) #2

Hi
Its very simple really.
The tutorial you need is to open the package you have and see how its build up.
It can be a bit confusing in the start - but you will soon pick up the line.
PakScape is a handy prog when you gonna check out other pk3 files to see the structure.
Good luck

PakScape from Eliteforce2

(.5up3rm4n.) #3

Uhhm I use macOSX 10.4.11… So I can’t use it… But when I open other pk3’s I sometimes see file names, and a lot of !^%&$*&( stuff… I do code, but I’m not really into that kind of code, I just need to find that pk3 file, and change those names etc. I think… Is it that easy? I do have to search it tho, and look trough 1000000 sentences of code I don’t know :frowning:

(.5up3rm4n.) #4

So… This is:

  1. A dumb question which I should know the answer of.
  2. Such a difficult question nobody knows the answer of.
  3. The inpatience of me…
(Dinius) #5

Its pretty easy…
e.g.

Go into pak0.pk3 or the .pk3 which this menu you already have\want to modify. (pak0.pk3 would be all the default menus etc…)
Then open the UI folder (short for user interface mayb :P)
Then, well, you got all the menu’s there, ready to be opened and edited etc, however, if u edit these, TAKE THEM OUT OF THE PK3 FIRST! then put them into a new pk3 (like mymod.pk3 and inside a UI folder tehre etc, check this mod u already have for example of how to do that, and so on, experiment + test etc, this isnt hard…)

Could give example(s) but cba atm =)

Editing can be done with pretty much any text editor, and there’s no need for pakscape, just a prog which can handle .zip files :slight_smile:
Just tell it to open the .pk3 with that prog and it should work, tho I can’t say Ive ever used a MAC so… :stuck_out_tongue:

[QUOTE=.5up3rm4n.;175875]So… This is:

  1. A dumb question which I should know the answer of.

  2. Such a difficult question nobody knows the answer of.

  3. The inpatience of me…[/QUOTE]

  4. Easy to do (when you know how) and kinda hard to explain to people who doesn’t know how. Just open up the .menu files in pak0.pk3\UI and HF learning by urself :stuck_out_tongue:

(.5up3rm4n.) #6

Ok, I found them… I have opened them with my texteditor… Now what should I edit? :|(I hate it to be a noob -_-)

(Dinius) #7

Not bored enough to tell u exactly what, but check the ui\assets folder, and search in e.g. global.menu or main.menu Im not sure which, and then either try READING teh code, or try searchign for the name of the ET logo which u can find in the assets folder etc…

BUT, this is much easier for u seeing that u already have a mod with changed background image etc… You cuold just replace taht image which is tehre, and then just rename the pk3 and same with the sound etc…

(.5up3rm4n.) #8

Yeah the problem is I cant find that image+music, I think it’s streamed/linked from a website…

(Magic) #9

If its the loading picture you are thinking of - its located in “gfx/loading/camp_map.tga”

If you are making a chat soundpack - you will probably have to adjust these files : wm_allies_chat.voice/wm_axis_chat.voice/wm_quickmessageAlt.menu/wm_quickmessage.menu/ingame_main.menu/ingame_disconnect.menu/quit.menu/menus.txt

It depends what you want to do.

(.5up3rm4n.) #10

Wow thanks :slight_smile: I’ll edit that one too :slight_smile: But I’m personally looking for the menu for options, play online etc.