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'Zac
05-18-2013, 01:45 PM
I made a few custom UT backgrounds for UT. I changed the black and boring unreal tournament into different ones. they all have a black-ish background so you can see the white letters when connecting to a server ( just incase theres a missmatch file and you cant see it ). here they are.
to download any of these, just download them, put them into your MAPS folder and i suggest moving the UT-LOGO-MAP to a safe place just incase you want it back.
oh, to have these appear, go to OPTIONS and go down and uncheck SHOW DESKTOP and you'll see the black and boring unreal tournament background. here are the new custom ones i made.
Red Unreal Killers reduk.zip (http://www.mediafire.com/?lnfhh02d27m3ghg)
Green Unreal Killers ( blue couldnt fit ) greenuk.zip (http://www.mediafire.com/?ht5f0ya8bzv3p48)
City Skyline city.zip (http://www.mediafire.com/?tyh7wtn3djdoso1)
Do you Dare to Challenge Xan? xan.zip (http://www.mediafire.com/?zuvf8icbv3ieg26)
Liandri liandri.zip (http://www.mediafire.com/?z62xotpfe4fg8l9)
Empyrian empyrian.zip (http://www.mediafire.com/?t7cbku37bptys6b)
You got the guts? guts.zip (http://www.mediafire.com/?rd0rd4alrf094uz)
Plain Stars stars.zip (http://www.mediafire.com/?w17xys6k4huro1x)
Download, TAKE OFF THE NUMBER IN THE FILE NAME ( UT-LOGO-MAP1.unr >>> UT-LOGO-MAP.unr ) and put into your MAPS folder.
enjoy :)
they could be low quality if your resolution is low

Chamberly
05-18-2013, 02:36 PM
The other day I accidentally discovered something crazy too. I accidentally disconnected from a server when I was trying to 3rd view a person, but instead, I 3rd view my background and moved my mouse and there went my background. LOL... it move! So I was thinking if you have a long-like wall paper, you can 3rd view and turn to see them.

& for trying this... the wall paper move if you move your mouse but that's because you are in the camera and telling it where to point at to look. lol...

SAM
05-18-2013, 04:31 PM
Some screens would be nice :)

Crsk
05-18-2013, 05:58 PM
I have my own appearance never finished :p

http://i1285.photobucket.com/albums/a596/Crssk/S_zpsfa0f6eb7.jpg (http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/Crssk/media/S_zpsfa0f6eb7.jpg.html)

OuTlaW
05-22-2013, 02:14 PM
Can you make a background from this :
http://im38.gulfup.com/orykl.jpeg
Anyway nice stuff you got there :)

|uK|B|aZe//.
05-22-2013, 05:53 PM
Crsk can you send me that background please, im in love with it.

Also would like a custom text below it if you will do it for me? :D

'Zac screens of these would be good?

'Zac
05-22-2013, 06:16 PM
OuTlaW i can, but i dont have photoshop so i need moko or someone else to turn in into a 256 x 256, indexed coloured, and saved as a .pcx. if you can do that, then you can send it to me and ill put it in.
@Blaze yeah im working on it. photobucket been retarded

|uK|B|aZe//.
05-22-2013, 06:20 PM
i could do what outlaw has asked gime a few minutes 1253

click the link

~V~
05-22-2013, 07:34 PM
Some guy made an animated one once. That was pretty damned cool but I don't know if it's still around...

Crsk
05-22-2013, 08:56 PM
Crsk can you send me that background please, im in love with it.

Also would like a custom text below it if you will do it for me?

eh nah.

i was thinking in release the .unr (background for show desktop unticked) and the .u (new gui theme + background for show desktop ticked), but i'm lazy so maybe i'll just give the background to you or anyone who ask.
ya i can put what ever shit you want to write below, se just tell me or pm me. :onthego:

][X][~FLuKE~][X][
05-23-2013, 06:20 AM
its very easy to do if you can use UEditor as the background is actually a map file (.unr)

so all you have to do is open the map file in Ued and change the image on the wall in that map then save.

HIGH+CAMILO
05-23-2013, 07:37 AM
That´s MY background. Since 2009.



http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt42/highcamilo/Shot0085-2_zpsf99da312.png (http://s596.photobucket.com/user/highcamilo/media/Shot0085-2_zpsf99da312.png.html)

'Zac
05-23-2013, 07:14 PM
[X][~FLuKE~][X][_{HoF};58586']its very easy to do if you can use UEditor as the background is actually a map file (.unr)

so all you have to do is open the map file in Ued and change the image on the wall in that map then save.

thats exactly how i did it

][X][~FLuKE~][X][
05-23-2013, 07:45 PM
Animated textures are also easy to do as well.

Crsk
05-23-2013, 09:22 PM
Zac you can draw a flame in photoshop, then open the texture in the editor and convert it to wet, giving some cool fire effect. animated background :D!

The .u background a bit harder but still being something easy too, you need to do somewhat like 'UMenuRootWindow.uc' does (from UMenu.u) importing your textures and compiling.


they could be low quality if your resolution is low

you can fix the low quality with the .u background, by this way you still having a good quality background when you have the world texture detail as low.

go Zac, surprise us :D

OuTlaW
06-04-2013, 11:04 AM
'Zac

Logo-2 - Download - 4shared (http://www.4shared.com/rar/0pVKrto-/Logo-2.html)
tried to make one but no work , can you do it ?
Btw , just put the textures in the map

Or can you , Crsk ?

'Zac
06-09-2013, 12:14 PM
i dont have photoshop so i cant ' create ' a custom background. i just put in textures from other packages.

Moko
06-09-2013, 03:27 PM
SO THIS IS WHY OUTLAW WANTED THE IMAGES HE ASKED FOR! XD
You still owe me a ss Outlaw. :P

OuTlaW
06-10-2013, 03:58 AM
Yea , about that .. lol
My idea got screwed also my Ued , so no background atm lol

And 'Zac Ape :p

Moko
06-10-2013, 11:19 PM
aw :(

OuTlaW
06-11-2013, 05:30 AM
Not saying that there won't be one , just wait a while :)

Dr.Flay
06-11-2013, 10:52 AM
Why do you seem to think Photoshop is required for such a minimal task ?
That's like opening a nut with an industrial press.

Any decent free image conversion tool will do this for you, quicker and with less fuss.
Several free programs also support S3TC/DDS/DXT files, and there is a plugin for GIMP.

If you want superior palette handling, then again you will have to look at other tools that do not feature "shop" in the name. 8-bit handling and remapping is a low-priority for Adobe.
Programs like "Cosmigo Pro Motion" and "MemeCode i.Mage" are far better at colour-reduction, with more control and options.

See this page for a variety of free tools aimed at Unreal modders Your Unreal - Editing resources (http://my.opera.com/Unreal-Tournament/blog/editing-resources) Look for the section "GENERAL TOOLS".

If someone ever uses the lame excuse "I don't have Photoshop so I can't...", you have my permission to slap them, and shout "Wake up!"

I don't have Photoshop and never will. Why should I ? when I can do things easier and quicker with free tools.
If you feel that you must use commercial software, then there is also PaintShop Pro, Corel Paint etc.
PaintShop pro is cheaper than Photoshop but looks and behaves just the same.

.seVered.][
06-11-2013, 01:49 PM
...Your Unreal - Editing resources (http://my.opera.com/Unreal-Tournament/blog/editing-resources) Look for the section "GENERAL TOOLS". ...

Resources? Good God man, we should devote an entire forum to your list of resources... Very nice.

or at least make a Thread in the Tutorials section called Unreal Resources, but I like the idea of a full Forum >Dr. Flay's Unreal Resource Center...

...how to shoot your best friend in the head!

][X][~FLuKE~][X][
06-11-2013, 03:40 PM
I get what DrFlay is saying but you need to take into account the image has to be created first that will be set as the default UT background, then that image needs to be sliced into 256x256 segments to import into the logo_map.unr file and then saved.

so although the post is useful for a lot of things, hence my "like" , for backgrounds it isn't so helpful if you want to use a different method than OSX changer etc. and simply create your own logo map file with a custom made image :)

Dr.Flay
06-12-2013, 07:14 PM
Valid point well made,.... but covered by the free program GIMP :D
My jibe is really at the incessant belief that Photoshop is the only image editing software on the planet ;)

I actually mostly use GIMP for transparency stuff and AnimGifs, with an occasional bit of photo-manipulation.
Irfanview does all my grunt-work like slicing and dicing.
All my composite stuff gets done with Photogenics, as you don't need to fart about with masks, and you can be more subtle.
I originally made this for the cover for a mashup track I did that went out on a halloween album.
1282
Dr Flay - House of 1000 Unreal zombies (http://www.last.fm/music/Dr+Flay/_/House+of+1000+Unreal+zombies)

BTW. Ignore the date on the Editing resources page. I update the date when I add something important. Other than that, things get added all the time.
I make a point of adding any sites that have proper tiling textures.
Have not added any sound FX resources. There is a useful thread we started at UT99.org with loads of free SFX.
I have more deco/model packs to upload, but I need to turn them into proper distros with docs and pics.

The page could indeed take up far more space if everything had pictures and descriptions, but the aim is to have 1 page open and I can get everything possible to make a project for any Unreal engine.

The old farts amongst us may also like to check the Your Unreal - Grave-Robbing (http://my.opera.com/Unreal-Tournament/blog/grave-robbing) page, where I have resurrected many useful old sites.
...Oh damn it ! I am now going to have to add UT-Files to that sorrowful page :(

][X][~FLuKE~][X][
06-12-2013, 07:45 PM
I totally get your point about Paint Shop, I have all versions and I never use any of them, I use Xara Xtreme to create the images and irfanview for .pcx conversion so don't get why the "I don't have or photo shop is not working.

][X][~FLuKE~][X][
06-13-2013, 11:51 AM
This is the style I prefer, this has been mine for a while, thought I posted it.

This is as tall as the image can be if you are using the Logo_Map.unr as the background platform


http://hof.site.nfoservers.com/DL/MyUT.png




if anyone would like this background then let me know and i will give you a link for it.

Dr.Flay
06-14-2013, 02:50 PM
You may get a nice little community pack out of this thread.

][X][~FLuKE~][X][
06-15-2013, 06:05 AM
people can also submit images they want to change.

To make a logo_map.unr background just post an image that is 1536 W x 512 H then it can be sliced into 3 512x512 segments which can then be converted and added to a custom logo_map.unr

'Zac
07-22-2013, 03:48 AM
even though this post a little bit old, but some people are talking about it...
does anyone want a fucking KFC background? *cough* SilverWing *cough*
lol want to know if people want it before putting it up

Chamberly
07-05-2020, 08:53 AM
Bump, there are broken links in this thread. Anyone mind re-uploading and posting link again?

evilgrins
07-26-2020, 12:09 AM
I have a couple of these, but would have to go looking for the other; it's a vague flying through a cave thing.

The backgrounds are maps themselves, the one I've been using for years is the logo on fire.
https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/evilgrins/3189901/4906503/4906503_original.png

Here - http://www.mediafire.com/file/axa4dhtbwn6d1ur/Fire-Logo-Map.zip