Custom Main Menus for Mods

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After reading a few posts latley on this Forum I came across the idea to make some custom game menus as I was thinking for example you where using a certain mod that the main menu or as much of the user interface as possible would be styled to match the mod

just thought it could add more of a personal feel to a mod pack and as I love any thing image based I was like yes Ill give this a try see what people think

so yes what does every thing think of this ill put up some beter examples when I have time later to night
atm I have the first steps of the background done to play in a loop then after these screens would come im either thinking just the name of the mod or the name and some screenshots or somthing of the mod, im still in the ideas stage atm but I thought its worth exploring as people on this Forum often overlook the Graphic side of the game

Here is a vid of what I have atm I need some HD gameplay footage next im thinking still going to be doing tweaks on mod name typeface, lucky for me I can just update the file in PS and save and changes will take effect to my frames in vegas so I wont have to start again :)

Done some more work on it, still need footage at a higher quailty and overlay needs to be darker as rendering is making it looks to light

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Also if any one feels they deserve credit for any of the info iv read on the Forums about editing Bik files and menu type stuff just comment and I will credit you dont want any one feeling im riping them of or any thing :)

As im such a lovley person Iv made this template for any one who wants to make theyr own
this will help you line up your background its just overlay template :D
to get this Template download PSD attached (Gimp can import PSDs for any of you who dont have PS)
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I really like the idea. In fact, Jeff Harris was already talking about adding a background graphic for the custom modding menu for us so we can replace with whatever graphic we want.

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I also love the background itself that you've come up with. Looks very slick.
 
IdolNinja said:
I really like the idea. In fact, Jeff Harris was already talking about adding a background graphic for the custom modding menu for us so we can replace with whatever graphic we want.

EDIT:
I also love the background itself that you've come up with. Looks very slick.
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Thank you very much Idol :D, I was starting to think no one thought this was worth doing :'), Jeff seems to have the best ideas
and yes the background is just a starting point atm, I thought id take a break from hours of looking at code and work on some pretty images :p I was thinking of adding diffrent transition effects etc and animated size changes stuff like that but im not the best at video editing

Im hoping to do a rough mock up of the next few frames later on tonight
 
I would happily represent this on my game!! :)

Kinda like how we all rep GotR on sr2 :D
 
Iv done a little progress this is just a rough mock up of what I want to do, Im thinking I might add in some panning screenshots next, and when I work out how to edit UI bms 00 without it making the game spazz balls I will replace any where that 'Saints Row Iv' logo comes up and replace it with the 'Saints Row Mods' version.

Also I know the type face needs some work, as I dont have the typeface used by Volition and trying to get the colours and overlays exactly right is realy potchy im going to add some serifs on the typeface when I have time

I hope by time I get this all finished and exported as a video I would have worked out my RAD tools problem so I can actualty Bink it :p

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Just put a quick vid toghter I know the knifes need to be cut out beter as in Vegas and PS they show up fine, and the image border needs to be darker as for some reasonthe whole vid is alot brighter once its renderd :S will be sorting this out but thought id put this up for now so people can see the diffrence in how much beter this background is renderd

Edit: it looks alot beter the outer shading on youtube :S, might just be the brightness in WMP that I used to preview it in

Watch in 1080p other wise it looks like a bucket of shit :')
 
Another update on how the progress is going :), I deffo want video now I want more clips tho and have them having fading into each other and a shorter length clip for each, im also thinking I might add a colour overlay to the video
I know the Video is not very good quality as I cant run every thing at full settings so im going to need to find someone with a good rig that can get me some footage, also ignore the whole text on the video Icant find my lead for elgato atm so I used a trial to record with for test purposes
 
I've been testing the new main menu, and I am BUZZING with joy!!
I look forward to seeing even better versions in the future!:D
 
Neo Arcane said:
I've been testing the new main menu, and I am BUZZING with joy!!
I look forward to seeing even better versions in the future!:D
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Thanks iv got alot beter one in progress atm the second vid on my OP shows what I got so far, Im trying to find some one to get me HD gameplay footage atm once I have that I will edit up a beter one :D
Im also hoping to work out how to make that 3d text and effects they use in DLC trailers might try that in for name of the mod or something like that not 100% yet , im glad people like it makes it worth the effert when people give good responce so thank you very much :D
 
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