FOF2k4 Backgrounds

[Easy Mac]

Anyone made any backgrounds for the game, or planning to?

I know with resource hacker, you can add in your own bitmaps into the background. A little tedious, but it still works. I just got a BS one from a website and threw it in the background.

Here it is. http://fc.furman.edu/~christopher.mason/untitled.jpg

its # 284 and 285 in the bitmap folder.

[Darkiller]

If you have a 49er one and/or a Steve Young one, please post it ! ;-)

[Gallifrey]

Steve Young? 49'ers?

Let me find that pic of Young buried in the turf!

[revrew]

Easy Mac...is this "resource hacker" a program of some kind? If so, do you know where I can get it?

I am so displeased with the default background I'll fork out a pretty penny to change it.

[yabanci]

Here's a general NFL one I made.

edit: how do you get this to show up automatically instead of an attachment?

[MizzouRah]

I'm going to do a Rams one when the full version of the game comes out. :)

The reshacker program is on Dutch's site (I think it's Dutch). Look up his name on the members list and there's a link to his site.


Todd

[yabanci]

you can get resource hacker here.

http://www.explodinghouse.com/FOF/fofmods.htm

[Dutch]

That picture is very interesting because with FOF4 there was a little distorition that forced unwanted breaks/lines in the background. What is the resolution of that background bmp?

[revrew]

oh, dOOd. Thanks yabanci. Wonder if we can get the logo packs (mckerney I think it was? who made those) added to that site...

[korme]

Originally posted by yabanci
Here's a general NFL one I made.

edit: how do you get this to show up automatically instead of an attachment?

it is a setting that i think should be changed, you should lobby for it to be changed by skydog or ryan s.

[Ben E Lou]

Originally posted by Shorty3281
it is a setting that i think should be changed, you should lobby for it to be changed by skydog or ryan s. Heh. Good catch. Forgot that option was in there. (There are probably over a hundred little things that can be changed in the vbulletin control panel.)

[Ben E Lou]

Setting changed.

[korme]

yes, i've always had a peeve but i speak up often too much, i figured i'd let someone else notice and do the honors on this minor thing. :)

[yabanci]

Here's another one I made for the rams. I don't know why. I really hate the rams. Just screwing around, I guess.

[VPI97]

Originally posted by yabanci http://www.explodinghouse.com/FOF/fofmods.htm [/B] That's where I got my current background:
http://www.explodinghouse.com/FOF/wheelsbg.jpg

[korme]

wow, that is really good.

[yabanci]

Originally posted by Dutch
That picture is very interesting because with FOF4 there was a little distorition that forced unwanted breaks/lines in the background. What is the resolution of that background bmp?

mine are 700x494x256, same as the original backgrounds.

[yabanci]

Here is the one I made for FOF4, so I'll have to update it. The Bo Jackson commemorative background.

[Easy Mac]

These are cool.

SkyDog, any chance we could have an FOF mods forum or graphics forum for stuff like this?

Maybe have a background thread or a logos thread.

Just an idea.

[korme]

Mods and Graphics Forum would be awesome

[Icy]

Originally posted by Shorty3281
Mods and Graphics Forum would be awesome

I agree, but we need also more help from Jim to be able to customize the game, by now we can only use the exe hacker to mod some backgrounds and icons.

[korme]

it's a start

[mtaystl03]

"This is not a Win32 executable file" - thats what I keep getting when clicking on pictures to mess with. Any words of wisdom?

[MizzouRah]

Yabanci,

I really like the Rams one, thanks!!


Yes, I would love to have a mods/graphics forum. Sure, there's not much we can do to FOF, but Jim's starting to make FOF a little more mod friendly.


Todd

[yabanci]

The problem with making backgrounds for FOF2004 is for some reason there is now a band of black across the bottom and down the left edge of the screen. This wasn't there in FOF4. So black backgrounds look okay, but other colors show the black band.

Here is an example.

[mckerney]

Originally posted by revrew
oh, dOOd. Thanks yabanci. Wonder if we can get the logo packs (mckerney I think it was? who made those) added to that site...


MizzouRah's Logo 6 Pack (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16320) and my logo pack (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16305)

[cuervo72]

Originally posted by Shorty3281
it is a setting that i think should be changed, you should lobby for it to be changed by skydog or ryan s.

You might consider displaying these attachments as thumbnails in some cases, like here with the large wallpaper. I believe I've seen this done in other forums.

This would have been nice when I was attaching all of my helmet images before I had somewhere to put them :)

[wheels]

Originally posted by Shorty3281
wow, that is really good.

thanks, shorty.

[wheels]

the game resizes and distorts any background image you load, as far as i can tell. it was the same with fof 4. i think i have an image size that gets rid of any black bands. i'll post as soon as i confirm it.

on another front, can reshacker be used to tell the game how to resize an image, or to specify how the game points to image maps in the scoreboard, for example? that would be extremely useful for mods.

[cthomer5000]

I really wish Jim would make the background image replaceable as it was in FOF2001. it would make everyone's life a lot easier.

[wheels]

Originally posted by cthomer5000
I really wish Jim would make the background image replaceable as it was in FOF2001. it would make everyone's life a lot easier.

yep