Modifying Our Client

Now as the deadline for the MV submission to GDC is coming up, so I'm ramping up as much as possible. Today I put up a preliminary patch and loading screen. I will detail the steps I went through to do this, so they can be updated by our art team.

I created a patcher screen 640x480 @ 72 DPI in jpg format. Then created a 1024x1024 load screen in dds format. I copied these files to their proper places (/patcher_images/tempImg.jpg) and (/Textures/loadimage.dds).

I then built the manifest file:
valerie@starscream:/usr/multiverse/bin$ sudo ./build_manifest.py /home/valerie/fi_alpha_assets

Then I removed the old asset repo:
valerie@starscream:/var/www$ sudo rm -rf fi_alpha_assets

Then copied the new asset repo to the webserver:
valerie@starscream:/var/www$ sudo cp -r /home/valerie/fi_alpha_assets .

Then I backed up the asset repo:
valerie@starscream:/var/www$ sudo tar cvf fi_alpha_assets.tar fi_alpha_assets

Then when you start up the mv client on your local machine, you will see the new files.

I also updated the world_patcher.html:
body { background-image: url(http://76.16.47.80/fi_alpha_assets/patcher_images/tempImg.jpg); font-family: arial,sans-serif }
td,div,p,a,font,span {font-family: arial,sans-serif }

.tl {padding: 0; width: 4; text-align: left; vertical-align: top}
.tr {padding: 0; width: 4; text-align: right; vertical-align: top}
.bl {padding: 0; width: 4; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom}
.br {padding: 0; width: 4; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom}

.caption {color:#000000; white-space:nowrap; text-align:center}

.form-noindent { border: #C3D9FF 1px solid}

.mv.label { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: smaller; }
.mv.value { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: smaller; }
.mv.button { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: smaller; }
.mv.remember { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: smaller; }

.errormsg { color: red; font-size: smaller; font-family:arial,sans-serif; }
.statusmsg { color: white; font-size: smaller; font-family:arial,sans-serif; }

.h3-header-text-color { color: green; }

Future Items for Research:
phpBBCode
Creating a Launch Pad
Load Screen Name
Splash Screen
Theme Music
Photoshop Plugins from Nvidia