Before you start... Backup your old login screen file at:
C:/Program Files/Z8Games/CrossFire/rez/UI/UI_Login/
Backup the file named 'loginbg'
Now, starting off...
You're gonna need Photoshop CS3 or above to open TGA files.
First, open the file 'loginbg.tga' in C:/Program Files/Z8Games/CrossFire/rez/UI/UI_Login/
Second, you need to keep the menu position and login field positions because the form locations CANNOT change, only the GUI & BG.
After you're done editing to your needs, save it!
If you have Windows Vista or Windows 7 read the below information or your work will not be saved.
=Windows Vista & 7 security issues=
make sure that you HAVE PERMS to save in the folder!
Go back to:
C:/Program Files/Z8Games/CrossFire/rez/UI/UI_Login/
Right click on the middle of the folder and press 'Properties'
Go to the 'Security' tab.
Press 'Advanced', click on the 'OWNER' tab.
Press 'EDIT', Click your username.
Press 'OK' then 'OK' again.
=End Windows Vista & 7 security issues=
If this is the first login screen or even the second, i suggest you don't edit the login dialog until you know a sufficient amount of information of how this GUI & Login screen works.
Use the same login dialog, just delete everything around it and paste your image behind the login dialog.
Now that you're completely done, MAKE SURE you save it AS A TGA! and press 'YES' to confirm replacement of the old login screen.
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Second, you need to keep the menu position and login field positions because the form locations CANNOT change, only the GUI & BG.
but about this... i saw some cf logins and their menu postion were not in the default place but still it works perfectly.. i wonder how they did that.. could some1 make tut for that?
lol i use paint.net
i havent downloaded photoshop
*edit*
btw if you run vista 7 you can also just save to desktop XD
7 you can also just save to desktop XD