In-game protest signs (for screenshots and such)
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Atlantea,
Posted on: 2012-09-17 22:56 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
One with the Statesman star saying "We're heroes. It's what we do."
Another with the Arachnos spider saying, "We're villains. What's ours is OURS."
Michelle
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I was thinking about a "SAVE OUR CITY" one. I had only considered simple, black text on a white background, but it could actually be done nicer too.
I also thought about "Save Paragon City" for heroes and "Save The Rogue Isles" for villains. Considered doing a little something with that, if I had the time.
Neither of those are huge, but I wouldn't mind something a little tamer than the slogan you have there (not that I disagree though!).
Regardless, nice job, great idea and thank you for extending the offer!
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Heh, nice! I was thinking of doing this a couple of days ago, but didn't want to drive myself bonkers looking for the textures.
Something else from when I was musing over it... presuming the text strings aren't server-based. Have the activist NPC's talk about stopping the closure.
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Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
One with the Statesman star saying "We're heroes. It's what we do."
Another with the Arachnos spider saying, "We're villains. What's ours is OURS." Michelle aka Samuraiko/Dark_Respite |
If you need square versions:
http://www.ouroportal.com/w/images/2/2d/Villains-CD.jpg
http://www.ouroportal.com/w/images/0/05/Heroes-CD.jpg
And, if you want something regarding AP 33 I will plug my own design:
http://www.ouroportal.com/w/images/6/60/AP33_Coin.png
(If you want, I can attempt to force them into the desired size after I get home from work...)
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They get a bit squished, not too much, but it's noticeable because the circular Heroes logo becomes an ellipse. A version with the proper aspect ratio would be nice.|
Originally Posted by Thirty-Seven
(If you want, I can attempt to force them into the desired size after I get home from work...)
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This, very much so.|
Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
One with the Statesman star saying "We're heroes. It's what we do."
Another with the Arachnos spider saying, "We're villains. What's ours is OURS." Michelle aka Samuraiko/Dark_Respite |
And also, the Paragon Studios logo!!! Please!!!
And various versions of "AP33" that people have contributed. I liked the ones that incorporated a burning torch, but the Atlas silhouette is also cool. But some of those have lots of detail and tiny print; it shouldn't be too busy, it's a protest sign, not a giant work of artistic complexity. It should be readable at a glance.
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Wow. It's been a long time since I've done client side mods.
Are we allowed to discuss that now, BTW?
I think you have to make those into .PIGG files to place in your data folder, right?
Wait... still have a few mods of my own in place. Let me check that.
EDIT: No - it needs to be converted into a .texture file. That's not just a simple file rename, is it?
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The basic 3 are by default in the Textures tab of Splasher. The new ones were easy to find. Here's an updated splasher.csv which includes all 20 signs: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/37952257/splasher.csv
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Originally Posted by TimTheEnchanter
Heh, nice! I was thinking of doing this a couple of days ago, but didn't want to drive myself bonkers looking for the textures.
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No, it needs to be converted to a DirectDraw Surface, and then have a custom header attached. My program Splasher does that, but I haven't updated it in a LONG time, because under Windows Vista/7 it only work properly with UAC turned off.|
Originally Posted by Atlantea
EDIT: No - it needs to be converted into a .texture file. That's not just a simple file rename, is it?
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Originally Posted by Atlantea
Wow. It's been a long time since I've done client side mods.
Are we allowed to discuss that now, BTW? |
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Originally Posted by Leandro
No, it needs to be converted to a DirectDraw Surface, and then have a custom header attached. My program Splasher does that, but I haven't updated it in a LONG time, because under Windows Vista/7 it only work properly with UAC turned off.
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| I wasn't aware we COULDN'T discuss that. There's a long thread about how to silence in-game sounds in the Guides forum, and when I first released Splasher I had a contest in this same board for people to create their own loading screens, and Lighthouse/Ex Libris/Niviene/Koschej were perfectly fine with it. |
�Many things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.� Where's the Praetorian protest sign? Viva Praetoria!
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TO THE END!Villains are those who dedicate their lives to causing mayhem. Villians are people from the planet Villia!
I think its more that we couldnt discuss it HERE as it fell under the "Thou shalt not even think about trying to guess how we did it" clause in the EULA. certainly in relationship to files that actually allowed people to disect piggs.
Everyone, do understand that this IS a client side thing. YOu'll be seeing it, but no one else will unless they have also installed Leandro's patch.
For some of us thats more than enough, but I thought I should make sure there were no misconceptions here
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Yes, this is why I said it was "for screenshots and such". You can use this to make screenshots/videos of your characters (or a crowd) holding protest signs, but anyone else in game will just see the regular protest signs.|
Originally Posted by Star Ranger 4
Everyone, do understand that this IS a client side thing. YOu'll be seeing it, but no one else will unless they have also installed Leandro's patch.
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I prepared a pack with the 3 signs pictured below: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/37952257/protest_signs.zip
Extract the zip file into the City of Heroes program folder; it will create a folder called "data" if it doesn't exist already. After you do that, restart the client (if it was running) and the following emotes will change:
;protest = "Screw Calm! Make Noise and #SaveCOH!"
;protestloyalist = "We are villains, what's our is ours!"
;protestresistance = "We are heroes. this is what we do!"
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Actually, the specific thing that is against the rules is "PIGG viewer programs and/or PIGG file modifications". Splasher doesn't touch the PIGG files at all, and neither do these patches.|
Originally Posted by Star Ranger 4
I think its more that we couldnt discuss it HERE as it fell under the "Thou shalt not even think about trying to guess how we did it" clause in the EULA.
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There was never a rule saying you can't add files to the "data" folder, and the rednames could have easily disabled that folder in the live client if it were ever a problem.
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Woot! Honored that you used my banners. 
Hey Leandro could you make it so when we log in we see these slogans all over the game's various billboards? Would be great for pics. 
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Splasher can change most billboards. It just needs some persuasion to work with Windows 7. I'll see what I can do tomorrow, I'm still not home and I'm running on 3 hours of sleep.
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Originally Posted by Captain-Electric
Hey Leandro could you make it so when we log in we see these slogans all over the game's various billboards? Would be great for pics.
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www.SaveCOH.com: Calls to Action and Events Calendar
This is what 3700 heroes in a single zone looks like.
Thanks to @EnsonsDeath for the GVE code that made me VIP again!
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Originally Posted by Captain-Electric
Hey Leandro could you make it so when we log in we see these slogans all over the game's various billboards? Would be great for pics.
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Originally Posted by Leandro
Splasher can change most billboards. It just needs some persuasion to work with Windows 7. I'll see what I can do tomorrow, I'm still not home and I'm running on 3 hours of sleep.
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Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
Dark_Respite's Farewell Video: "One Last Day"
THE COURSE OF SUPERHERO ROMANCE CONTINUES!
Book I: A Tale of Nerd Flirting! ~*~ Book II: Courtship and Crime Fighting - Chap Nine live!
MA Arcs - 3430: Hell Hath No Fury / 3515: Positron Gets Some / 6600: Dyne of the Times / 351572: For All the Wrong Reasons
378944: Too Clever by Half / 459581: Kill or Cure / 551680: Clerical Errors (NEW!)
THE COURSE OF SUPERHERO ROMANCE CONTINUES!
Book I: A Tale of Nerd Flirting! ~*~ Book II: Courtship and Crime Fighting - Chap Nine live!
MA Arcs - 3430: Hell Hath No Fury / 3515: Positron Gets Some / 6600: Dyne of the Times / 351572: For All the Wrong Reasons
378944: Too Clever by Half / 459581: Kill or Cure / 551680: Clerical Errors (NEW!)
I put together 12 "packs" with different images. Link to the downloads: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kadt6t6jh...CWz-7hix?lst#/
There are 12 images with examples, and a .zip file with the actual pack. Use the image to determine which packs you want (you can pick one of each size: square, 2:1 horizontal, 4:1 vertical) and then unzip them in the City of Heroes folder (the zip includes a "data" folder).
Some of the example images have cruddy lighting because I took them during in-game night.
Here are the same example images for people coming from my Twitter:
www.SaveCOH.com: Calls to Action and Events Calendar
This is what 3700 heroes in a single zone looks like.
Thanks to @EnsonsDeath for the GVE code that made me VIP again!
I only have this one:
Suggest me more more. I'll make a pack you can unzip in your game folder so all the protest signs are #SaveCOH related.
The texture is about 102x128 pixels, so don't just throw a random banner in here. It has to fit the aspect ratio of a protest sign (that is, slightly taller than wide).
www.SaveCOH.com: Calls to Action and Events Calendar
This is what 3700 heroes in a single zone looks like.
Thanks to @EnsonsDeath for the GVE code that made me VIP again!