compmaniac Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Unlike my Easy CTS Maker and Initial Splash Maker, this maker can make four different screens (the CTS, initial splash, license, and loading screens.) http://mvpmods.com/Downloads/details/id=3737.html It's basically my CTS maker + Initial Splash Maker + two other screen makers. I'm trying to find a way to make it into a GUI with .NET coding, possibly. Also, this will probably be my last screen-maker thingy...cuz there's only four screens when you first run the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred13 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Its a good idea for a program but it doesn't work too well. It completely screws up the aspect ratio. It makes the pictures all wonky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankee4Life Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 I recall you said you couldn't leave your house before in another thread. Are you on house arrest or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compmaniac Posted January 16, 2007 Author Share Posted January 16, 2007 I recall you said you couldn't leave your house before in another thread. Are you on house arrest or something? I'm not on house arrest. I'm not a criminal. I have never committed a crime ever in my existence. And I am allowed to leave the house. I just never am allowed by my mom to go anywhere fun. (Well, sometimes she lets me go to the basketball courts.) It's just that my mom wants me to stay home and study, instead of going outside and watching movies. So everybody says I don't have a life, but I'm really good in school. Its a good idea for a program but it doesn't work too well. It completely screws up the aspect ratio. It makes the pictures all wonky. Could you give me some ideas as to what to do with the pictures that have bad aspect ratio? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 I recall you said you couldn't leave your house before in another thread. Are you on house arrest or something? Lol Y4L. :balloons: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compmaniac Posted January 16, 2007 Author Share Posted January 16, 2007 Lol Y4L. :balloons: What does Y4L mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdoyle7798 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Yankee 4 Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compmaniac Posted January 16, 2007 Author Share Posted January 16, 2007 o ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred13 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Could you give me some ideas as to what to do with the pictures that have bad aspect ratio? search and read Kraw's tutorial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compmaniac Posted January 16, 2007 Author Share Posted January 16, 2007 You mean this: http://www.mvpmods.com/Forums/viewtopic/p=...tio.html#220277 ? I know about the aspect ratio thing...but I'm trying to make the program do it automatically...if the program has to do it automatically, there would be white space next to the picture if it has bad aspect ratio... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compmaniac Posted January 16, 2007 Author Share Posted January 16, 2007 Anybody that downloaded my AllScreensMaker v1.0, download v1.1! I made a mistake in v1.0 in which I misspelled all occurrences of 'license' as 'licence', so you might have had trouble importing it into sushared.big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krawhitham Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 You mean this: http://www.mvpmods.com/Forums/viewtopic/p=...tio.html#220277 ? I know about the aspect ratio thing...but I'm trying to make the program do it automatically...if the program has to do it automatically, there would be white space next to the picture if it has bad aspect ratio... for the 2 that are 1024x1024 create a background that is 1365x1024 with the user image if w/h >1.33333333 scale w to 1365 if w/h <1.33333333 scale h to 1024 take the scaled image and overlay it on top of the background you made scale that new image to 1024x1024 and overlay the template on that for the isplash I would increase the overlay to 800x600 Create a background image 800x600 with the user image if w/h >1.33333333 scale w to 800 if w/h <1.33333333 scale h to 600 overlay user image on background overlay that image on the template For the License (this one is caught in the middle and this might not be the best way to do it) Create a background of 1024x768 With user image if w/h >1.33333333 scale w to 1024 if w/h <1.33333333 scale h to 768 take the scaled image and overlay it on top of the background you made scale that new image to 1024x512 and overlay the template on that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compmaniac Posted January 16, 2007 Author Share Posted January 16, 2007 for the 2 that are 1024x1024 create a background that is 1365x1024 with the user image if w/h >1.33333333 scale w to 1365 if w/h <1.33333333 scale h to 1024 take the scaled image and overlay it on top of the background you made scale that new image to 1024x1024 and overlay the template on that for the isplash I would increase the overlay to 800x600 Create a background image 800x600 with the user image if w/h >1.33333333 scale w to 800 if w/h <1.33333333 scale h to 600 overlay user image on background overlay that image on the template For the License (this one is caught in the middle and this might not be the best way to do it) Create a background of 1024x768 With user image if w/h >1.33333333 scale w to 1024 if w/h <1.33333333 scale h to 768 take the scaled image and overlay it on top of the background you made scale that new image to 1024x512 and overlay the template on that Thanks, kraw, for your excellent input. I understand where this is going, but... let's say the user's input picture is 900 x 600. The w/h>4/3, so scale w to 1365, so the picture now becomes 1365 x 600. Won't that not fix anything? It'll still be out of proportion... Do you think a better way for me to do it is to determine the ratio...then scale the width or height with aspect ratios locked, and then apply it on top of the background? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krawhitham Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Thanks, kraw, for your excellent input. I understand where this is going, but... let's say the user's input picture is 900 x 600. The w/h>4/3, so scale w to 1365, so the picture now becomes 1365 x 600. Won't that not fix anything? It'll still be out of proportion... Do you think a better way for me to do it is to determine the ratio...then scale the width or height with aspect ratios locked, and then apply it on top of the background? Don't use the ! with the imagemagick tools when you scale 900 to 1365 it will automatically scale the 600 to 910 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krawhitham Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 then you overlay the new 1365x910 image (centered) on the 1365x1024 background Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compmaniac Posted January 16, 2007 Author Share Posted January 16, 2007 then you overlay the new 1365x910 image (centered) on the 1365x1024 background Yeah, I thought you wanted me to scale without regard to aspect ratio. I understand what you mean now. However, instead of making it so the picture has to be EXACTLY 4/3 to not be stretched, I'll make it like >1.45 or < 1.2 or something like that, because even if the aspect ratio is a little off, the picture is still OK. The picture only looks screwed up when the aspect ratio is totally off. By the way, how'd you know about the '!' in ImageMagick? Do you use it as well? Also, what background images do you suggest I use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krawhitham Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Yes I have used ImageMagick before, but I decompiled your exe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compmaniac Posted January 16, 2007 Author Share Posted January 16, 2007 Oh...in the case...could you tell me how badly I wrote my exe? I'm not a good programmer, just to tell you in advance. And which decompiler did u use? Did you use like REC and read the assembly code?!?!? Also, could you possibly tell me how I would go about coding this program in .NET BASIC? (like with a GUI?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krawhitham Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Reverse Engineering Compiler 2.0 © Giampiero Caprino And I have never used .net anything, I'm not using a real programing language for any of my programs. I'm using Autoit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compmaniac Posted January 16, 2007 Author Share Posted January 16, 2007 But Reverse Engineering Compiler doesn't give u the exact C++ code i used... thanks for telling me about autoit. do u mind if i use it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compmaniac Posted January 17, 2007 Author Share Posted January 17, 2007 Reverse Engineering Compiler 2.0 © Giampiero Caprino And I have never used .net anything, I'm not using a real programing language for any of my programs. I'm using Autoit What background image do u suggest I use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krawhitham Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 But Reverse Engineering Compiler doesn't give u the exact C++ code i used... thanks for telling me about autoit. do u mind if i use it? It gave me all the dos commands you used, your program as it stands now is basically a compiled batch file. Quick batch file compiler would do the same thing but produce a smaller EXE. No I do not care you if you use Autoit I'm in the process of converting all my crappy programs to C++ so I can have more control Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krawhitham Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 What background image do u suggest I use? make a request in the graphics forum, I blow at graphics so I will not be of much help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compmaniac Posted January 17, 2007 Author Share Posted January 17, 2007 It gave me all the dos commands you used, your program as it stands now is basically a compiled batch file. Quick batch file compiler would do the same thing but produce a smaller EXE. No I do not care you if you use Autoit I'm in the process of converting all my crappy programs to C++ so I can have more control What does AutoIt lack that you need? And if you use C++, won't it be extremely difficult to create a nice-looking GUI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim825 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 And if you use C++, won't it be extremely difficult to create a nice-looking GUI? It won't be if you use an integrated development environment (IDE) like Microsoft Visual C++. That's what most people in the working world do. Very rarely does someone create a GUI by hand with C++. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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