[Tutorial] Custom multiplayer main menu background

Hello everybody, here is the tutorial on how to create custom background for multiplayer main menu.
First of all, download required tools from here, read and understand the instructions given by House.
Then follow the next tutorial:

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That's all. Note that you can also alter the glow in main menu (menu_mp_background_glow.iwi) in the similar way.

Credits:
63OR63 - for this tutorial
House - for texture modding tutorial
~DownFall~ - for tutorial on MW2 menu altering

lol, my IWI Fixer doesn't work with foreign characters which is probably why you didn't tick 'Fic CRC32' right?

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Originally Posted by master131

lol, my IWI Fixer doesn't work with foreign characters which is probably why you didn't tick 'Fic CRC32' right?

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Yeah, I guess so :D

mhhh nice :)

spasibo

Oh shi... I made a mistake. Not iw_00, but iw_05 ofc. Fixed.

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Originally Posted by Styla-Jempo

mhhh nice :)

spasibo

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Пожалуйста :D

thanks..but i like the original background... i want to know im playing black ops not anime lmaooooooooo but thats me :P

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Originally Posted by toobanooba

thanks..but i like the original background... i want to know im playing black ops not anime lmaooooooooo but thats me :P

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Why are you talking only about anime? You can use any image, I used Mamimi from FLCL, but you can put on a background anything you want.

Also:

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playing black ops not anime

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w00t, I'd like to know how is it possible to PLAY anime /lol
As for the original background... Personally I idolize customizability, so I try to alter EVERYTHING I can. Any stock settings/functionality/form etc. is too boring for me by default.

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Originally Posted by 63OR63

Why are you talking only about anime? You can use any image, I used Mamimi from FLCL, but you can put on a background anything you want.

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w00t, I'd like to know how is it possible to PLAY anime /lol
As for the original background... Personally I idolize customizability, so I try to alter EVERYTHING I can. Any stock settings/functionality/form etc. is too boring for me by default.

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black ops images > anime.

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Originally Posted by toobanooba

black ops images > anime.

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Still fixated with anime. Do you hate it so much? /arr You probably came across bad examples.
Also, I repeat: this tutorial has nothing to do with anime, it just show you how to alter your background... So it's strange that the conversation has gone about this, lol.

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Originally Posted by 63OR63

Still fixated with anime. Do you hate it so much? /arr You probably came across bad examples.
Also, I repeat: this tutorial has nothing to do with anime, it just show you how to alter your background... So it's strange that the conversation has gone about this, lol.

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i know but for someone to actually keep it as anime (not you specifically) is stupid. =]

I have several ideas about possible use of menu_mp_background_glow.iwi... I'll probably release some nice backgrounds soon, stay tuned ;)

Wow, cool.
Whats about replacing music like in MW2?

Oo this looks cool. Nice idea good job on this one.
Music Would Be Cool tehe

Wow nice tutorial good job!

NICE! god job, hope you can get the music working as well that would be kwl xD

didnt master release some program about extracting music?...

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Originally Posted by toobanooba

didnt master release some program about extracting music?...

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iw_19.iwd/sound/mus/mp/frontend/mus_mp_frontend_lp_l.wav

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- here is the main menu music file I found with the help of Black Ops Sound File Tool half an hour ago. Unfortunately (or fortunately, I'll explain why later), replacing that file with custom one cause the game not to play it. I guess it should be the same size and have the same header as the original one, I can't implement this. Maybe someone has enough experience to do it, at least I found the right file.
As for my tip that this can be useful: note, that there is no error running the game with modified sound file (remember, that doing the same with incorrect image file will cause an error). That means we can replace all the annoying environmental wind, cicadas etc. sounds with empty one, and it will works! I dunno if you also find it useful, but all theese sounds disturbs me from game, so I'll try it.

This is a nice tutorial, but you need to clarify more on certain parts.

"First of all, download required tools from here, read and understand the instructions given by House."

Which parts of House's instructions apply to this tutorial?

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Originally Posted by Thorns

This is a nice tutorial, but you need to clarify more on certain parts.

"First of all, download required tools from here, read and understand the instructions given by House."

Which parts of House's instructions apply to this tutorial?

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Pretty much all of it. Try getting the basics of texture modding down before doing stuff like this. Houses tutorial will teach you how to do it, and then you take what you know from that, and put it here.

Also, dont bump really old threads. I dont know what the exact time is now, but it used to be 1-2 weeks.