Need some help building own pack

[SLUT_Paralysis]

Hi there! I hope someone can help me out with this…
In some days we are going to put back online our server, but with some slight changes. I am responsible for some things:

1. a custom loading screen (I’ve been working with Photoshop to make an own loading screen, like the map of europe when you connect to a WET server…) I already saved it as .jpg file, and i’m planning to put it in the downloading map for every visitor. Do I need to add some more to it, something else than the picture itself? And what measurements does it have to be?

2. another custom picture that remains on your ET when you disconnect from us or when you start ET (also in .jpg, but same questions as before and how can i make that picture moving? and how can i make it stay as the background picture (other than the standard ET screen) when you disconnect or something like that?)

3. a custom soundpack (i already put all extra funsounds in a separate map, made the scriptfile in .MENU and I’m working on the axis and allies chatscripts… Do I have to do something else than this? extra scripts i did not see? extra files i have to make?)

4. some sort of announcing music when a clanmember connects… I already made all musics into .wav files and put them together into 1 map, but I think I have to make another script for this no? and how can I ensure that the track gets played when a clanmember connects to our server?

The total download for a connecting visitor can be reduced so don’t worry about that
I really hope someone can help me in these matters, because i already put a great deal of work in collecting the files, converting, photoshopping and scripting so it would be sh!t if all that couldn’t work…
I already say thanks!!!
Some information about the server: Jaymod, 2.55, public, not locked. If someone needs more information about it or see how i made the scripts, then ask and i’ll send you in pm, thx.

Looking forward to answers,
Greetz!
Para

[BaronBlabla]

1) a custom loading screen (I’ve been working with Photoshop to make an own loading screen, like the map of europe when you connect to a WET server…) I already saved it as .jpg file, and i’m planning to put it in the downloading map for every visitor. Do I need to add some more to it, something else than the picture itself? And what measurements does it have to be?

http://www.splashdamage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16361

[stealth6]

3. look at other peoples custom made packs, from that you can learn quite alot, only problem is getting the bugs out of your first pack, like little things missing causing it not to work.

4)look at the jaymod documentation, I don’t know which version you got, but this is for 2.1.7:
http://www.clanfu.org/jaymod/2.1.7/html/admin.html

[SLUT_Paralysis]

Thx already Baron and Stealth!
The 1) is done now, we’ll just have to wait after the weekend to see if it works.
for 3) i based myself on other soundpacks too, so i took their pack and adapted the .MENU file and the axis and allies chat files, including all extra sounds and I put it into 1 pk3 file so normally that should work, but I wasn’t sure if that’s the way to do it… But thanks, because now i know
for 4) we are running 2.1.7. which is the latest new one i think. The link you gave me looks very helpful, I’ll check it out more carefully!

[stealth6]

for 3 it sounds like you didi it right, but its always best to check on a private server first before releasing it and relizing it doesnt work.

[Lorenz]

[QUOTE=SLUT Paralysis;175058] Some information about the server: Jaymod, 2.55, public, not locked. If someone needs more information about it or see how i made the scripts, then ask and i’ll send you in pm, thx.
[/QUOTE]

Lol bro, a locked Jaymod server, doesn’t seem too logic in my opinion XD
I mean: Jaymod is for public, whoever locks a server with a public mod, didn’t understand the meaning of the mod imo XD loool
grtz, [SLUT]$yph!li$

[stealth6]

dude its says “not locked”
I think you don’t understand the meaning of reading

[Lorenz]

hoho; many wise people said once: “At first try to ameliorate yourself, then the world.” I DID read it wasn’t locked, para is my bro and it is jst a joke coz a locked Jaymod server doesn’t seem too logic. So what you said, just chill, that’s the way to have peace remain strong.
Chill $yph!li$, out

[SLUT_Paralysis]

Aight all just chillax I know, maybe I didn’t made it clear enough… But thx for the joke bro
So… the server is jaymod 2.55 and public and not 2.1.7 because there seem to be some troubles xith the latest version of jaymod so…
For number 4 I am going to ask a friend of mine that made a large own pack himself so i hope to get some answers there too.
The soundpack itself is done and finished so that’s ok and thanks for that…
The loading screen too, i saved it into side_map and normally things should be ok now…
The only thing left is the moving screensaver for after disconnecting from our server or downloading the pack or returning to the main menu in ET startup, that you get our screensaver shown on your screen…
Thx already for all the help, it looks really great already i think now…
Cya
Para

[shagileo]

well the loading screen isn’t fixed actually.
i don’t know what we’re doing wrong, but it won’t work.

i make a pk3 with the following: gfx/loading/side_map.tga

but where do i have to put it in my server ftp? in etmain folder or jaymod?

grtz

[stealth6]

you have to put it in the jaymod file
you could put a link so I could download it, then I’ll take a look for ya
or send me a pm

oh wait a minute.
U named it wrong
Depending on if you changed the big foto on the left(the big map of europe/north africa), this it is supposed to be camp_map.tga
if you edited the foto on the right(map info + loadingbar) it is supposed to be called camp_side.tga

[SLUT_Paralysis]

Yeah the soundpack already works perfectly, you can download it on the ftp site.
The screen itself should be ok by the support you wrote, i hope it’s fixed by now…
2) and 4) still are a main issue, but we can manage the server so far without it
Thx & cya

[stealth6]

2. I don’t know how to make animated fotos(not sure if its possible)
   And I don’t quite understand the rest of the question… Do you need the foto on the main menu? of when they press esc ?? I don’t understand

3. I already told u to check out the jaymod documentation, but I’ll clarify it a bit. U said u put all the .wav sounds in a folder together(1 map you dutch? :P) well first u gotta check the sounds if they are the right format, but I’m guessing you alreayd know this. Then you put the folder into your pk3 under sounds so

lets say your pk3 is called z_slutsound.pk3 then it is in z_slutsound/sounds/<yourfolder>/<yoursounds.wav>
If you understand what I mean, then you put this pk3 in your jaymod folder on your server, and on your redirect, cause if you want everybody to hear it, then they need to have it on their computer.

then ingame you type this:
/rcon <password> !levedit <levelnumber> -gsound sound/<yourfolder>/<yoursound.wav>
then you give all your clan mebers <levelnumber> so for example level 7 (lucky number :P)
/rcon <password> !setlevel <namemember> 7
then everytime he/she connects to the server you hear the sound you specified.

with:
/rcon <password> !levedit <levelnumber> -gtext ^3Greetings donator! Thanks for your contribution.
you can edit the welcome message when a person of that level connects to the server.

[SLUT_Paralysis]

Niiiiiice ok thank you very much! I understand what you explained and we’re working on it. Thanks very much!
(not dutch, Belgian (Vlaams) )
But ok we took away all extra thingies, because the server is still very empty
So in order to attract people, we took away the working funsoundpack, all extra skins and mods and just made the server as basical as possible… Visitors now only need to download a small loading screen (which is working perfectly fine, thank you )

1. 2. and 3) are ok atm, so the problem we’re facing is the low amount of players that connect. If the server gets full again, we can step by step add some more fun things again, but for now we have to make sure people dont disconnect (dunno why :o ) or get kicked by Pb constantly for maxpackets or rate… Our solutions might be:
      2.1.7 (if that helps)
      adding a small number of bots

After that, we will add the connecting sounds like you said.

[SLUT_Paralysis]

But is it allowed to make some promotion for the server somewhere? We have banners and youtubemovies
If you know some good advice for ‘making reclame’, plz tell

[stealth6]

[QUOTE=SLUT Paralysis;176205]But is it allowed to make some promotion for the server somewhere? We have banners and youtubemovies
If you know some good advice for ‘making reclame’, plz tell :)[/QUOTE]

you could put small things in your sig…