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Black ingame backgrounds

By Duke M

This is a guide to remove all background-images/videos ingame. Not all of them can be removed in the same way so I split the work in 3 main steps.

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Duke M
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Category: Modding or Configuration

Languages: English

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21 May, 2017 @ 8:00am

22 Dec, 2023 @ 6:04am

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Overview

Step 1: Subscribe to 'Loading screen black'

Step 2: Subscribe to 'Startup screen black'

Step 3: Subscribe to 'Background videos black'

How to undo these changes?

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Step 1: Subscribe to 'Loading screen black'

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=929523222
Now what? It's ok, nothing else to be done here.

Step 2: Subscribe to 'Startup screen black'

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=930062419
Now what? This addon is not allowed to work in the place the workshop system downloaded it.
You have to copy it to another place (better rename it too).

From:

c:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\563560\930062419\addon.vpk

To:

c:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm Reactive Drop\reactivedrop\addons\menu_startupscreen_black.vpk

Step 3: Subscribe to 'Background videos black'

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=930074537
Now what? This addon is not allowed to work from anywhere, the subscribe button just brought the needed files to your harddrive, now you have to unpack them and copy them all over your gamefiles.
The needed unpack-program is GCFScape[nemstools.github.io] (or this alternative)

Unpack this to your desktop:

c:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\563560\930074537\addon.vpk

You will have to find 2 folders 'media' & 'sound' in the unpacked stuff.
Both folders have to be copied to the following place (both should already exist there and you should get asked to overwrite them):

c:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm Reactive Drop\reactivedrop\

How to undo these changes?

Unsubscribe from all 3 addons
Delete 'c:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm Reactive Drop\reactivedrop\addons\menu_startupscreen_black.vpk'
Verify integrity of game files through steam

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6 Comments

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Duke M [author] 19 Jul, 2018 @ 10:54am

Thanks, I appreciate that

Ghost Apple 19 Jul, 2018 @ 2:26am

good job, works perfectly!

Duke M [author] 23 May, 2017 @ 11:26pm

There would still remain the sound of the videos which is splitted in 2 other folders. So you would have to do that for 3 folders separately. Here you do one copy/move for all. If there is an update you have to do this steps again. If you have blank files there (as in my vpk) you can even lock them so they do not get overwritten ;)

Omnigears 23 May, 2017 @ 10:43pm

There's an easier way, navigate to

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Swarm Reactive Drop\reactivedrop\media

make a new folder with any name, and drag all the .bik files there.

I got the idea from your guide though!

Duke M [author] 23 May, 2017 @ 6:59am

Nice to know I am not the only one with eye cancer problems :D

Pepsi 23 May, 2017 @ 6:57am

Black screen during loading screen is so great, i was getting eye cancer from looking at score table with background in almost same colour

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