Serious A Total Reimagine of the current Loading Screens.

[Deleted member 5501]

Many of you will have had some interaction with me at some point in the server or on the forum!

Have you ever been sick and tired of the old, inaccurate loading screens? Have you wanted to see
something fresh with a pep in its step?

Well, want no more! I decided to make these loading screens in PAINT.NET and because I'm not particularly talented like the guy who made the original ones... but sometimes simplicity goes a long way! Inspired by the Battlefront Loading Screen style.

Spoiler: Old Design

Feedback and constructive criticism are more than welcome! I just threw these together quickly in PAINT.NET. But they seem sleeker than the current ones we have haha.

If there are any others you'd like to see post below! Hopefully, you approve?​

 

[deathwolf]

kino?

 

['77 East]

extremely cliché to the point of overuse

I hope if the style is chosen, the accompanying picture for the faction will be something original.

 

[Deleted member 5501]

extremely cliché to the point of overuse

I hope if the style is chosen, the accompanying picture for the faction will be something original.

Looking for more originality, Gotcha! Will keep in mind.

 

[Mendel]

they're kino, but i fear that gmod loading screens are too laggy, i almost never sit through them and instead alt tab as soon as the game unfreezes the first time

 

[Mute]

This is cool I like it

but there are a few things that stand out to me

1) there is a lot of text, I feel like it should be kept simple, with the quote, the main info and the citizen reminder it just feels like too much info

2) city 17, while we are currently in c17 in the future we might switch to another map that isnt necessarily located in c17, and the “finest remaining urban center” makes it feel like its the last city (or even greatest city) despite there being hundreds of cities

3) the art, while I definetley like the art i feel like neb should use its own, there are a lot of hl:a pictures, a few pics from black mesa(?) and an uncredited CP poster

 

[Deleted member 5501]

This is cool I like it

but there are a few things that stand out to me

1) there is a lot of text, I feel like it should be kept simple, with the quote, the main info and the citizen reminder it just feels like too much info

2) city 17, while we are currently in c17 in the future we might switch to another map that isnt necessarily located in c17, and the “finest remaining urban center” makes it feel like its the last city (or even greatest city) despite there being hundreds of cities

3) the art, while I definetley like the art i feel like neb should use its own, there are a lot of hl:a pictures, a few pics from black mesa(?) and an uncredited CP poster

To be fair, you raise a great point. Perhaps I could commission the Art team to create some original SFM based poses, im no good with that sort of stuff, not like that guy Wolfy who made the other screens. @MaXenzie is that a possibility?

I was so more, wondering if the style suited or whether I was onto something?

 

[Mute]

To be fair, you raise a great point. Perhaps I could commission the Art team to create some original SFM based poses, im no good with that sort of stuff, not like that guy Wolfy who made the other screens. @MaXenzie is that a possibility?

I was so more, wondering if the style suited or whether I was onto something?

I like the style, but save the document so you can edit the text in the future (ie changing City 17 to City 8) and stray away from showing landmarks or important buildings in the posters for the same reason

 

[Deleted member 5501]

I like the style, but save the document so you can edit the text in the future (ie changing City 17 to City 8) and stray away from showing landmarks or important buildings in the posters for the same reason

Oh yes, I have saved the RAW image files, so I can adjust them if need be, but I imagine it'd need to be something generic, that's why I had City 17 because it's the default. I doubt staff will want to be changing it everytime we have a map change.

 

[MaXenzie]

To be fair, you raise a great point. Perhaps I could commission the Art team to create some original SFM based poses, im no good with that sort of stuff, not like that guy Wolfy who made the other screens. @MaXenzie is that a possibility?

I was so more, wondering if the style suited or whether I was onto something?

hi

 

[Deleted member 5501]

So, I decided to jump into SFM for the first time and spend a few hours messing about with it to get some poses and get used to using it for the first time. Browsing tutorials etcetera and after checking comments on here for originality and not something just dragged straight from the google images. I have tried to replicate the current loading screens with more pizzaz!

However, I would like suggestions for what to replace the "CITY 17 - THE FINEST REMAINING URBAN CENTER" text with, for generic purposes. Please please do give me ideas!

 

[Ricsow]

Replace the CP models with the original HL2 ones, the ones you use look ugly

 

[Deleted member 5501]

Replace the CP models with the original HL2 ones, the ones you use look ugly

How dare you call the HLA ones ugly! :O Criticism noted.

 

[Oswald]

How dare you call the HLA ones ugly! :O Criticism noted.

It’s not ugly persay, but the art direction of both of the games are wildly different, like vortigaunts look like a how new creature, imagine if we changed the models to them, it just would be uncanny valley.

But the loading screens look tight to me!

 

[Deleted member 5501]

It’s not ugly persay, but the art direction of both of the games are wildly different, like vortigaunts look like a how new creature, imagine if we changed the models to them, it just would be uncanny valley.

But the loading screens look tight to me!

True.

 

[Deleted member 5501]

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