664a997cd2eea
1 Hour
1 Day
1 Week
1 Month
Forever
Forgotten Password
Sign up
22 Guests, 0 Members
Home
Sign up
About
MOTHER
Search
Mobile
Home
»
File Archives
»
SS2 Modifications
»
SS2 Modern Menu
664a997cd3464
1 Guest is here.
New topic
Reply
Topic:
SS2 Modern Menu
Read 9368 times
QUICK HELP:
1.
Install the game
, 2.
Patch it with SS2Tool
, 3.
Download the attached archive
, 4.
Load it with Dark engine Mod Manager
664a997cd3cb5
ZylonBane
#0
Report
Quote
Reply
16. December 2020, 08:04:05
664a997cd3d20
System Shock 2 Modern Menu
18 Jan 2021
by ZylonBane
Requires SS2 NewDark patch.
This mod replaces the main menus with menus in a more modern style.
There are separate English, German, and international (anything other than English or German) versions of this mod. This is necessary because SS2's UI code only knows how to center text within each text region. There's no way to tell it to left-justify text, so to make it look as if it is, I had to fake it by sliding each text field around until they lined up. This only works when the precise text of each field is known, so it has to be done on a per-language basis. The international version just gives up and leaves everything centered, and with more vertical spacing to accommodate any text overflowing to multiple lines.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atod-xFVqtg
This was specifically inspired by the menus for Valve's Source Engine games, which show a live scene from the game behind the menu text. I wanted to see if I could pull off something similar-looking in Dark.
Acknowledged by:
Jules
664a997cd3e8f
Valet2
#1
Report
Quote
Reply
16. December 2020, 11:37:05
664a997cd3ee6
Looks really cool! Also nice how the animation works (a bunch of smaller png's overlaying on the main picture).
What would be ubercool it to have small maps of each level (which would load depending on the current quicksave latest available map) which would work in real time, with living enemies patroling the corridors. The way HL2 and some mods work.
664a997cd4026
Hardkern
#2
Report
Quote
Reply
16. December 2020, 18:45:34
664a997cd4078
Wow, that is an image animation and not a rendered scene?!
I didn't notice. Good work!
664a997cd4192
voodoo47
#3
Report
Quote
Reply
17. December 2020, 14:31:18
664a997cd41df
it indeed is. also, the botm teeth grinding version was half-jokingly requested on discord..
664a997cd4269
ZylonBane
#4
Report
Quote
Reply
17. December 2020, 15:33:57
664a997cd42b4
There's a Discord?
664a997cd4350
voodoo47
#5
Report
Quote
Reply
17. December 2020, 16:27:17
664a997cd43a1
for SS2? yeah, the official NDS discord has a general SS2 section. I usually drop links to mods and tools there once they go live here.
664a997cd443d
ZylonBane
#6
Report
Quote
Reply
18. December 2020, 03:32:55
664a997cd4489
Hey, could someone post intrface/netmain.str and intrface/sim.str from the Deutsch and Français versions of the game?
664a997cd4544
voodoo47
#7
Report
Quote
Reply
18. December 2020, 08:36:00
664a997cd45a0
you probably meant intrface/german/*.str, attached. was not aware there is a FR version of the game btw, is that an official release?
[NETMAIN.STR expired]
«
Last Edit: 18. December 2020, 15:57:36 by voodoo47
»
664a997cd4654
ZylonBane
#8
Report
Quote
Reply
18. December 2020, 15:20:33
664a997cd46a0
There are some French strings in shock.cfg, so...
664a997cd473f
voodoo47
#9
Report
Quote
Reply
18. December 2020, 15:56:53
664a997cd478c
maybe they say "FR translation not available"?
also no idea why did I attach notes.str, will fix once I get back to my main rig.
664a997cd48ea
Kolya
#10
Report
Quote
Reply
18. December 2020, 18:00:49
664a997cd49b9
AFAIK the English and German versions are the only official releases. The fact that we have a
French translation mod
would seem to confirm that there is no French release.
664a997cd4aa7
voodoo47
#11
Report
Quote
Reply
18. December 2020, 23:40:14
664a997cd4afc
weeell we also have a DE translation. anyway, quick google search reveals nothing.
and attaching the proper string file.
[SIM.STR expired]
664a997cd4e98
sarge945
#12
Report
Quote
Reply
01. January 2021, 08:44:05
664a997cd4eed
This is awesome! I take it there are no plans to do any from any other scenes/levels?. Would be nice to have a handful of mods we can switch to as we progress similar to how the main menu in the Source games updates occasionally as we progress through the game.
664a997cd4fe9
ZylonBane
#13
Report
Quote
Reply
02. January 2021, 00:35:13
664a997cd503a
The challenge is finding areas in the game that are visually interesting and recognizable,
and
have two or three loopable animations visible,
and
have AIs in the area to provide sounds to sell the illusion that it's a live scene.
664a997cd510d
Kolya
#14
Report
Quote
Reply
02. January 2021, 02:18:19
664a997cd517f
Maybe some ideas can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVAFyoTsqiQ
Acknowledged by:
ZylonBane
664a997cd5251
Luis
#15
Report
Quote
Reply
03. January 2021, 20:17:10
664a997cd52b3
Nice work!
664a997cd537a
ZylonBane
#16
Report
Quote
Reply
19. January 2021, 00:48:13
664a997cd53cc
I've updated the English version to work correctly when multiplayer is disabled, and added German and international versions.
664a997cd5512
Deu sex
#17
Report
Quote
Reply
19. January 2021, 01:13:10
664a997cd556c
I'm curious, is it like Half Life 2 when the background scene changes or is it always level 1 ?
Edit : just tried it, it's a looping cutscene I thought it was in engine, silly me! Still, pretty cool for what it is. Thanks for the mod!
«
Last Edit: 19. January 2021, 01:18:45 by Deu sex
»
664a997cd5670
code371
#18
Report
Quote
Reply
29. November 2021, 22:35:48
664a997cd56c1
what a heresy
664a997cd57d0
Jules
#19
Report
Quote
Reply
08. October 2022, 23:19:51
664a997cd5821
Lovely work on this one. I always liked the clean style of the menus in Valve's Source games, and I wish more games adopted it. I wouldn't mind seeing something similar for Thief...
Your name:
This box must be left blank:
A familiar passcode with 3 digits:
1 Guest is here.
New topic
Reply
Oh she'll never stop living stories. But the pages blind her view
Home
»
File Archives
»
SS2 Modifications
»
SS2 Modern Menu
Contact
SMF 2.0.19
|
SMF © 2016
,
Simple Machines
|
Terms and Policies
Green theme
Brown theme
Bright theme
Match OS theme
FEEP
Loading...
664a997cd5a12