Changing BLIC/RPIC to Another Player tutorial

[hondeyho]

OK Here's a tutorial for everybody who wants to personalize BLIC to certain players - I will do the boot screen tutorial first :

For this you will need a decent photo-editing software - preferably Photoshop.

1. Create a new image with the dimensions 638x512

2. Make your loading screen then save it as a .png and .psd and close both, here is a finished example, (DO NOT USE) :

OK so easy so far but now it gets harder, open the .png version of the file

3. Extract the Start1-6.dds files from Boot_Lara.bag loacated in the GUI folder

4. Open them in Photoshop and then overlay them onto your Boot Screen, (make sure it fits perfectly any slight mistake will make it look bad), like so:

5. Once you have finished with that go back to the first layer of the overlay and select the area around it with the magic wand, then go to select inverse.

6. Now select the layer with your Boot Screen in it and go to copy

7. Go back to the Start_1.dds file and simply press paste, couldn't be easier!.

8. Repeat instructions 5-7 with the other .dds files, now you are ready to save them

9. Save them as a .dds file using the .dds plugin and save as follows

Then simply replace the .dds files in Boot_Lara, hopefully you now know how to make boot screens - please nobody place any more boot screen tutorials in here I have explained it in as much detail as I possibly can.

First 3 to make a Boot Screen who haven't already made one will get reps, good luck!

 

[RabbleRouser]

Ummm help? It's supposed to be a Mony Panesar one, any ideas whats happening?

 

[hondeyho]

My only guess there is that you've either

A. Replaced the wrong file or
B. When doing Step 7 you may have gone into Start_2.dds instead of Start_1.dds for example

The only thing I suggest is try doing an overlay like in Step 4. Put the pieces together and see if you've got anything mixed up

 

[holmie]

you messed up the slides. like copied and pasted in the wrong file.

 

[Karachi Xpress]

Nice tutorial m8...reps4ya!!!

 

[RabbleRouser]

My only guess there is that you've either

A. Replaced the wrong file or
B. When doing Step 7 you may have gone into Start_2.dds instead of Start_1.dds for example

The only thing I suggest is try doing an overlay like in Step 4. Put the pieces together and see if you've got anything mixed up

It's definately not that, I put them all together and it was right. I think it might be because i have a different plug in -
Any ideas what the settings should be?

 

[hondeyho]

Erm the only thing I can suggest is that you download the NEW version of the NVidia Plugin here

 

[usy]

Ummm help? It's supposed to be a Mony Panesar one, any ideas whats happening?

lol, whats that ??

 

[RabbleRouser]

Some of the edges are a bit wrong but I've done it!

 

[hondeyho]

Congratulations RabbleRouser you get first rep

 

[usy]

wow thats great work, I can't do that for sure.

 

[hondeyho]

Just to say that that won't be the only tutorial I will post more later.

Also the Boot Screen tutorial works for the Loading Screens aswell which are located in Load_Lara.bag - try it if you want

 

[Pakistan4evr]

Thanks man!

 

[RabbleRouser]

I think i'm getting the hang of this now, heres a loading screen -

 

[hondeyho]

Brilliant Rabble, reps still on offer fo anyone else to make a Boot Screen/Loading Screen!