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== Custom Login ==
== Personal Custom Login Screen ==
<Strong>Creating a Custom Login/Loading Screen</Strong>
This tutorial explans how to create your own login screen for City of Heroes that will override the image supplied by the server.


Needed:  
====Software Needed:====
* Image creator (or image)
* Perl - I would recommend downloading the latest version from [http://strawberryperl.com/ Strawberry Perl]
* Perl  
* [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/573238727820967937/575684978864685095/texture_converter.7z Texture_converter tool]
* Leo's texture_converter tool
* Your favourite image manipulation software


# Create an image file of any major type (jpg, bmp, png, dds). The image MUST be 1024 pixels by 1024 pixels, but only 1024 by 768 is displayed.  
====Steps:====
# Install Perl
# Extract the texture tool zip file to a suitable directory i.e. "C:\texture_converter"
# Create an image file of any major type (jpg, bmp, png, dds). <br>The image MUST be 1024 pixels by 1024 pixels, but only 1024 by 768 is displayed.  
# Save image in the texture_converter\texture_sources\GUI\CREATION\HybridUI\LoginScreen named "COH_LogInScreen_Background.png" (or whatever file type)
# Save image in the texture_converter\texture_sources\GUI\CREATION\HybridUI\LoginScreen named "COH_LogInScreen_Background.png" (or whatever file type)
# Create/modify the textinfo.txt file to have the following line: COH_LogInScreen_Background.png -rbg -nomips 1024x768
# In the same directory create a file called "textinfo.txt" which has the following contents:
#: COH_LogInScreen_Background.png -rbg -nomips 1024x768
# Run the texture_converter.pl script
# Run the texture_converter.pl script
#:  C:\> perl texture_converter.pl
# If you get an error similar to "sleep(2147450879) too large at texture_converter.pl line 13." that's okay.  
# If you get an error similar to "sleep(2147450879) too large at texture_converter.pl line 13." that's okay.  
# Browser to texture_converter\texture_library\GUI\CREATION\HybridUI\LoginScreen and your COH_LogInScreen_Background.texture" file should be there  
# Browse to texture_converter\texture_library\GUI\CREATION\HybridUI\LoginScreen and your COH_LogInScreen_Background.texture" file should be there  
# Create the library tree in your client executable folder \data\texture_library\GUI\CREATION\HybridUI\LoginScreen\ and paste the texture file there.
# Create the library tree in your client executable folder \data\texture_library\GUI\CREATION\HybridUI\LoginScreen\ and paste the texture file there.
# Launch your client to see your screen!
# Launch your client to see your screen!

Revision as of 08:16, 11 July 2019

Personal Custom Login Screen

This tutorial explans how to create your own login screen for City of Heroes that will override the image supplied by the server.

Software Needed:

Steps:

  1. Install Perl
  2. Extract the texture tool zip file to a suitable directory i.e. "C:\texture_converter"
  3. Create an image file of any major type (jpg, bmp, png, dds).
    The image MUST be 1024 pixels by 1024 pixels, but only 1024 by 768 is displayed.
  4. Save image in the texture_converter\texture_sources\GUI\CREATION\HybridUI\LoginScreen named "COH_LogInScreen_Background.png" (or whatever file type)
  5. In the same directory create a file called "textinfo.txt" which has the following contents:
    COH_LogInScreen_Background.png -rbg -nomips 1024x768
  6. Run the texture_converter.pl script
    C:\> perl texture_converter.pl
  7. If you get an error similar to "sleep(2147450879) too large at texture_converter.pl line 13." that's okay.
  8. Browse to texture_converter\texture_library\GUI\CREATION\HybridUI\LoginScreen and your COH_LogInScreen_Background.texture" file should be there
  9. Create the library tree in your client executable folder \data\texture_library\GUI\CREATION\HybridUI\LoginScreen\ and paste the texture file there.
  10. Launch your client to see your screen!