05.04.2009, 16:24
This mod will randomly change your Startup and Mission Load Screens for each country each time you load IL-2. They will not change between missions.
Unless you used the default installation, you will need to change the .bat file as indicated in the Readme file (which is posted below) RTFM please
Please feel free to post here or PM me if you have any questions or need help and I'll do the best I can.
You can find the mod here:
http://bit.ly/hqpG71
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Readme:
This mod will randomly change your Startup and Mission Load Screens for each country each time you load IL-2. They will not change between missions.
Credits:
Zachary G. Ives for writing the Randfile which is the heart of how this mod works.
Quelty and Ark-iyos for writing the initial .bat file which changed the start screen and served as the inspiration on how to write the file that would change the mission load screens.
Berserker for his nice collection of splashsceens which I used in this mod.
To everyone who posted a splashscreen in this thread at AAA (I borrowed a lot of those for this mod):
http://allaircraftsimulations.com/forum/...nd&start=0
Able72(myself) for writing the final version of the .bat file you find in this mod.
Intallation:
*WARNING* Backup your mods/splashscreen and missions/campaigns directory.
Drop the contents of the Mods folder into your /mods folder and the contents of the mission folder into your /missions folder.
Open splashscreen.bat using notepad and change the following line to the installation directory where you installed IL-2
set root=c:\program files\ubisoft\IL-2 Sturmovik 1946
Adding Screens:
You can add your own splashscreens to the screens folders and change nothing else and it will add those to the rotation automatically. Just add them to the screens file that you want them to become part of the rotation for. They must be .tga files.
Settings (optional):
The .bat file can also launch your start program of choice. For me, I have it launch IL-2 Stab (which then launches my TrackIR software). You'll need to modify the tale end of the .bat file IF you wnat it to launch any other programs. If you adjust the cd command to point to whichever program you use to launch IL-2 then you can only have one icon on your desktop to start the whole thing.
If you run a lot of extra programs, like teamspeak, or some custom joystick software, you can set up the last part of this batch file so that all of those are launced from the click of a single icon. Simply point one of the CD commands to the foulder containing the .exe file for that program and have it start that .exe file.
Once installed and ready, run splashscreen.bat to change all your loadscreens
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edit--updated readme.txt to clarify directions
Unless you used the default installation, you will need to change the .bat file as indicated in the Readme file (which is posted below) RTFM please
Please feel free to post here or PM me if you have any questions or need help and I'll do the best I can.
You can find the mod here:
http://bit.ly/hqpG71
______________________________________________________
Readme:
This mod will randomly change your Startup and Mission Load Screens for each country each time you load IL-2. They will not change between missions.
Credits:
Zachary G. Ives for writing the Randfile which is the heart of how this mod works.
Quelty and Ark-iyos for writing the initial .bat file which changed the start screen and served as the inspiration on how to write the file that would change the mission load screens.
Berserker for his nice collection of splashsceens which I used in this mod.
To everyone who posted a splashscreen in this thread at AAA (I borrowed a lot of those for this mod):
http://allaircraftsimulations.com/forum/...nd&start=0
Able72(myself) for writing the final version of the .bat file you find in this mod.
Intallation:
*WARNING* Backup your mods/splashscreen and missions/campaigns directory.
Drop the contents of the Mods folder into your /mods folder and the contents of the mission folder into your /missions folder.
Open splashscreen.bat using notepad and change the following line to the installation directory where you installed IL-2
set root=c:\program files\ubisoft\IL-2 Sturmovik 1946
Adding Screens:
You can add your own splashscreens to the screens folders and change nothing else and it will add those to the rotation automatically. Just add them to the screens file that you want them to become part of the rotation for. They must be .tga files.
Settings (optional):
The .bat file can also launch your start program of choice. For me, I have it launch IL-2 Stab (which then launches my TrackIR software). You'll need to modify the tale end of the .bat file IF you wnat it to launch any other programs. If you adjust the cd command to point to whichever program you use to launch IL-2 then you can only have one icon on your desktop to start the whole thing.
If you run a lot of extra programs, like teamspeak, or some custom joystick software, you can set up the last part of this batch file so that all of those are launced from the click of a single icon. Simply point one of the CD commands to the foulder containing the .exe file for that program and have it start that .exe file.
Once installed and ready, run splashscreen.bat to change all your loadscreens
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edit--updated readme.txt to clarify directions