Main Menu Design!
- Thread starter Bashenka
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I suggest a BF1942-like menu design with action scenes from the game in the background. I really loved that menu when it came out. I would stop for a few minutes before entering the battle just to listen to that soundtrack and watch the background movie 
Interactive and nice looking menus are nice, especially Dirt 2's menu, even though it can be annoying at times.
Frankly, I would rather have the dev's time spent on polishing up the dynamics of the game and the like. However, I think have real footage playing in the background of the battle of Stalingrad, conceptual art, or real photos would be really cool, imo.
Frankly, I would rather have the dev's time spent on polishing up the dynamics of the game and the like. However, I think have real footage playing in the background of the battle of Stalingrad, conceptual art, or real photos would be really cool, imo.
A nice main menu is nice, as you'll look at it a lot. And the main menu helps form the first impression for a game. If the main menu looks shabby people will look at the game through pessimistic glasses.
However a lot of main menu's these days are overkill as well, and actually take quite some memory and time to load for displaying some graphical gizmo's when you just want to find a server to play on.
So a nice looking main menu is definitely nice, but it should be quick to load and easy to use.
However a lot of main menu's these days are overkill as well, and actually take quite some memory and time to load for displaying some graphical gizmo's when you just want to find a server to play on.
So a nice looking main menu is definitely nice, but it should be quick to load and easy to use.
Yeah, the menu must be light in some way so we don't have to wait a few seconds to load it like in BF2.
1.) Skyline view of Stalingrad at dusk showing artillery impacts in the distance
2.) A soldier smoking a cigarette
3.) Troops marching through a landscape or a street
4.) A view over the shoulders of two German soldiers manning an anti-tank gun, waiting for a tank
5.) A marksman scanning the landscape
6.) Russian troops celebrating victory (with vodka?)
Etc.
But yeah, many menus these days take quite some time to load so the user should be able to disable the background animations.
They can also just add really nice screenshots or concept art.
2.) A soldier smoking a cigarette
3.) Troops marching through a landscape or a street
4.) A view over the shoulders of two German soldiers manning an anti-tank gun, waiting for a tank
5.) A marksman scanning the landscape
6.) Russian troops celebrating victory (with vodka?
)Etc.
But yeah, many menus these days take quite some time to load so the user should be able to disable the background animations.
They can also just add really nice screenshots or concept art.
That reminds me of Panzer Elite... a bunch of soldiers running a sidewalk, and then blowing up by tank fire xD
Or a mg
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I think the menu should have a dark, sad and tragic feeling instead of the heroic clich
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Dunno if some of u own UT2004 on their HDD. If so, u will know what i'm talking about when i ask for a Community manager form @ the future Main Menu of ROHOS. It could have some nice purpose and with this place of communication, TWI could easily touch and pull people where they want giving them fresh news and stuff reporting to the game and its environment.
A sort of RSS within the game if you read my right
I made an example here.
Full view here : http://a.imageshack.us/img831/838/rohosmainmenu1600x1200p.jpg
A sort of RSS within the game if you read my right
I made an example here.
Full view here : http://a.imageshack.us/img831/838/rohosmainmenu1600x1200p.jpg
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Videos in the background would be nice, not real war footage but game videos actually. Those videos could show different scenarios not just by the type of area but too by the weather conditions.
Russians defending the outskirts of Stalingrad in August 1942
Artillery tearing buildings apart (thanks Nimsky)
Germans in house-to-house fighting September/October 1942
Russians crossing the Volga in boats under fire by the Luftwaffe late 1942
Flyby through the ruins of the city which are meanwhile covered by snow
German breakout attempt, with Germans in foxholes and snow trenches fighting against Russian assaults including tanks
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Miro!, I got UT2k4 installed so I know about the Community Manager, it's a brilliant idea to bring this back into action. As far as I remember the RO Mod made a use of it in some way. It would be nice to have as other games make use of some sort of newsreel too, so you don't have to look at the website to get the info about an upcoming mappack etc.
Russians defending the outskirts of Stalingrad in August 1942
Artillery tearing buildings apart (thanks Nimsky
)Germans in house-to-house fighting September/October 1942
Russians crossing the Volga in boats under fire by the Luftwaffe late 1942
Flyby through the ruins of the city which are meanwhile covered by snow
German breakout attempt, with Germans in foxholes and snow trenches fighting against Russian assaults including tanks
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Miro!, I got UT2k4 installed so I know about the Community Manager, it's a brilliant idea to bring this back into action. As far as I remember the RO Mod made a use of it in some way. It would be nice to have as other games make use of some sort of newsreel too, so you don't have to look at the website to get the info about an upcoming mappack etc.
Oh it's not like it is going to take long to load a backround scenario with a couple of events. If you can load and run the game, it should be no problem... Right?
I'd have to say that one of my most favorite menu backgrounds was Company of Heroes.
YouTube - Company of Heroes Tales of Valor Meue Music 2
It's SLIGHTLY animated in the background, but just enough that you notice. I think something similar to Miro's post above in hue would look fantastic. Maybe it could have Stugs slowly driving from left to right with soldiers shortly behind marching (all silhouettes). Planes could be slowly flying left to right in the distance, etc.
YouTube - Company of Heroes Tales of Valor Meue Music 2
It's SLIGHTLY animated in the background, but just enough that you notice. I think something similar to Miro's post above in hue would look fantastic. Maybe it could have Stugs slowly driving from left to right with soldiers shortly behind marching (all silhouettes). Planes could be slowly flying left to right in the distance, etc.
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Meh, I'm just whinging.
HL2 & a few other source titles take far too long to load - it's a menu!
HL2 & a few other source titles take far too long to load - it's a menu!
It's a video and not a game demonstration dude. It's a video like the hd ones on youtube. The thing is that there is no buffering as there's no server to send you the info it's all on your pc.
Looks nice, but the left half would be more suitable for a loading screen IMO.
(On the topic of loading screens, BC2 does that very well)
WWII-era footage would be suitable too, because copyright has expired.