Ns Splash Screen For Steam
Tasker_St
Join Date: 2003-10-04 Member: 21437Members
Join Date: 2003-10-04 Member: 21437Members
<div class="IPBDescription">Download link inside</div> Thanks to insight found in <a href='http://www.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23261' target='_blank'>this steam forum post</a>, I quickly put together the files necessary for an NS splash background for use in Steam. edit: This background is the original splash background that came with NS.
I did look through the various other forums for something like this and came up with nothing, though I didn't check to see if the 114MB installer came with these files already. My point is, I apoligize if this has already been done.
<i>edit: file unavailable on my host. Please use mirrors in following posts. Thanks a bunch for the help, guys.</i>
<b>Download from replies below</b>
Unzip the files into your <b>Steam\SteamApps\<email>\half-life</b> directory.
For further clarification, the .tga files included in this zip should end up in:
<b>Steam\SteamApps\<email>\half-life\ns\resource\background</b>
Currently, all is known is how to make splash screens optimized for 800x600 resolution. I tried making a 1024x768 scheme by cutting the 1024x768 splash.bmp into the appropriate sizes and naming them 1024_#_x_loading.tga, but found this did nothing. If you run in a mode higher than that the image will be slightly stretched like a windows desktop. I still think it looks more fitting than freeman.
I did look through the various other forums for something like this and came up with nothing, though I didn't check to see if the 114MB installer came with these files already. My point is, I apoligize if this has already been done.
<i>edit: file unavailable on my host. Please use mirrors in following posts. Thanks a bunch for the help, guys.</i>
<b>Download from replies below</b>
Unzip the files into your <b>Steam\SteamApps\<email>\half-life</b> directory.
For further clarification, the .tga files included in this zip should end up in:
<b>Steam\SteamApps\<email>\half-life\ns\resource\background</b>
Currently, all is known is how to make splash screens optimized for 800x600 resolution. I tried making a 1024x768 scheme by cutting the 1024x768 splash.bmp into the appropriate sizes and naming them 1024_#_x_loading.tga, but found this did nothing. If you run in a mode higher than that the image will be slightly stretched like a windows desktop. I still think it looks more fitting than freeman.
Comments
File mirrored <a href='http://www.six6.nu/sandrock/NSSplash.zip' target='_blank'>here.</a>
<a href='http://members.cox.net/sam-woo/Half-life/NSnamebutton.zip' target='_blank'>http://members.cox.net/sam-woo/Half-life/N...Snamebutton.zip</a>
i just felt that if you where going to use the ns backdrop that you also might want to get the name half-life out of the corner of the screne
Thanks for figuring that out, it defnitely fits better than Gordon Freeman. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
I also noticed <a href='http://members.cox.net/sam-woo/Half-life/ns_steam_custom.JPG' target='_blank'>this</a> one in that thread too, but there is no download link available. Can't wait to see the offical one, I've heard it's excellent.
however the actual horizontal resolution of that is about 200 pixels... stretched to 800 pixels (4x) makes it look a little blurry and stuff like that. it really was just an experiment to see exactly how the system worked... i gues if you want it you can have it...
Download the attachment, it's called "GameMenu.RES" and goes in your steam\steamapps\<email>\half-life\ns\resource folder (almost same place as the folder that contains the background pictures)
PS - I've seen around 3 or 4 posts containing these three fixes in the Tech support, Creation, and Artwork forums. You can never have enough I guess.
heh flayra said it was drawn over a year ago, but bygod is it very VERY nice
copy ns\music\ns_titlescreen.mp3 to the folder ns\media
rename that mp3 to gamestartup.mp3
At first I thought I would get annoyed with that same startup music over time, but after a month I still enjoy it. You might want to disable music in game, however, to avoid wearing it out.
<a href='http://members.cox.net/sam-woo/Half-life/NSnamebutton.zip' target='_blank'>http://members.cox.net/sam-woo/Half-life/N...Snamebutton.zip</a>
i just felt that if you where going to use the ns backdrop that you also might want to get the name half-life out of the corner of the screne <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Well, in some ways that Half-Life image kinda fits. It gives credit to the engine it was built on in a quiet sort of way. I find it sad when, for example, a new CS player doesn't even know what Half-Life is.