This mod crashes V2 every time I play second mission. First loads without any issue, just after I start another map, game crashes.

Looks nice, would be great to have it sanctioned

why is it not sanctioned, it's literally loading screens :'c

This needs to be sanctioned :(

Sharks pls

This is just amazing. Thank you

How is this still not approved?!

@Piel D'Miel Please follow the steps in the pinned "How to: Bug Reports" discussion (access via the "Discussions" tab at the top of this page) to report your issue.

It crashes my game on start up :(

@Pygmalion Of course. You can find me as "SirAiedail" on both the subreddit and common Discord servers (e.g. Squirrel Squad, the modders or the official Fatshark server, all linked on the subreddit's sidebar). Just DM me on any of these sites.

Hey dude, i had some awesome screenshots with photomode a while back, and i feel like they'd fit right in. Any way for me to send you the pictures?

You can add wallpapaers from Collectors Edition too in kind of loadscreens.

need it for next Sanction wave

Wow! Beautiful work.

>221 MB

much better holy frick

when i get new parts i'll take some caps

@PhanracK Been there, done that. And since they first added them, they kept decreasing the loading times by adding animations and stuff, so the cosmetics aren't even usefull anymore -.-

I just wanted to say that my lowest point in life was paying 2 euro for a Dota 2 loading screen.

@Captain Obvious So far yes, it's only usable in modded realm. As you can see, I've applied for sanctioning, so we'll have to wait what Fatshark has to say. There currently is a wave in progress, but the selection process for that heppened before I published this mod, so I'll probably have to wait until the next one.

Just for ''MODDED REALM'' ?

TIL there actually is a way to configure the mod bundler to use a different compression algorithm, it's just not very well documented. After speaking to developers from Fatshark (thanks Robin and LoPus) I was able to switch to a more aggressive compression, which reduces the file size by more than 50% without major visual differences.
Some images I might be able to optimize even better, but I'll have to go through them individually to find out.

If you find any image where the compression produced noticeable artifacts, please contact me (preferably with a screenshot).

o/ Here´s hoping this mod gets sanctioned <3

Nice one, hope it will get sanctioned

@sir aiedail

>you seem quite bothered by this mod

didn't mean to give off that impression - you responded to me so i responded back in kind with everything i thought could be improved. was a bit of a dick about it but that's just me.

The lack of D-Lang images and comic strips means I can only give this mod a 50/100.

@mayor mccheese Thank you for your suggestions, I will take those into consideration. You do seem quite bothered by this mod though, but that's OK. If you like, use it, if you don't like, don't use it. I'm fine with either choice.

@Phyuck Yiu Thank you, I'm glad you enjoy it.

mayor mccheese is a perfect example of the shit show that goes on in the steam forums and needs to get a life lol nice mod

Holy fuck mayor mccheese just make your own mod instead of being just another entitled bitch over a free mod

i won't be too bothered though. someone else could always just make a better mod, so listen to the suggestions or don't, it's whatever. just try not to act so entitled over your folder full of jpegs.

suggestions:

- stop taking every submission you get and keep every loading screen at 5-6 variants to save space. 500 MB for a bunch of jpegs is absolutely inexcusable regardless of what you think. the very idea of you justifying this mod being 500 MB because of future mods that will actually add something worthwhile to the game is absurd and frankly narcissistic.

- take your own pictures. if you can't, for some reason, make a sub post, which you so far haven't had a problem in doing when announcing your "updates", and request screenshots of the areas that need them. you're guaranteed to at least start to make up the difference.

- remove the renderings. it makes no sense why you thought it was a good idea to put them there. the pictures are meant to illustrate the general setting of the level while also remaining consistent with the aesthetic of the game and sometimes just putting players in the mood of the level they're about to play. personal taste has nothing to do with it.

>the first mod that includes more assets than a few icons and lua code

i'm sure it was very hard saving those pictures as a different format and putting them in a folder compared to those other mod authors who actually make content that changes and helps the way you play the game.

>i'd love to even them out, but i pretty much had to go with what i could get

right because evening them out would require effort on your part

>i like the images i've included so far and i do think they make for interesting loading screens

a rendering of some pots and a rendering of a minecart. that really gets me into the mood of the level i'm about to play.

As for the distribution between levels, I'd love to even them out, but I pretty much had to go with what I could get. The screenshots I attempted to take myself so far weren't worth the effort, so until I get better at that or someone else sends me theirs, Blightreaper will have to stay on a single loading screen.
And the question of whether a single or group of images looks good is mostly about personal taste. I like the images I've included so far and I do think they make for interesting loading screens.

I don't have much control over the files I can use. The SDK expects a certain format and does the compression when it bundles the mod. I definitely did not just dump a folder full of JPGs, there's more work involved than that to make the image show up on screen.

And I understand that this mod is huge compared to other ones, but this is pretty much the first mod that includes more assets than a few icons and Lua code (i.e. text files). If (when) we get additional modding tools and the community starts creating additional maps or other content, we will see much larger bundle sizes than this.
And compared to the 50GB game, a 500MB mod is pretty manageable.

i'm with them - i understand that the guy who did the concept art made those pieces but do you really think they make for interesting or aesthetically pleasing loading screen pictures? i also take issue with the fact that the mod is over 500 MB.

i get the need for having more options in terms of loading screens, but having over 500 MB worth is just ridiculous. i would say you could compress them before dumping them in a folder, but even then i feel there are just too many to justify that kind of file size. you should probably settle for having 5-6 variations per level that way every level can have a variant, instead of taking every submission sent and winding up with 13 screens for empire and only 1 for blightreaper.

community screenshots are a fun idea, but i feel some of them could do with some saturation tweaking to be more consistent with the original screens, but some of them as is look great.

In that case, we have non-Warhammer objects within the game. You can find instances of the pottery in the keep and the minecart is the one you push around in Hunger in the Dark.

Those images were created by Patrik Rosander, senior concept artist at Fatshark. You can check them out here: https://www.artstation.com/raven .

Both are actual meshes from the game though, lol.

I think he's referring to the renders of pottery and minecarts that are visible in the screenshots you posted here? Those do look more like someone's first 3D render project than something to do with Warhammer.

@Blank In what way unfitting? The concept art doesn't always look like the final map, but they are assigned to the one they were created for. And the screenshots should also be assigned to the map they were taken in.
However, if you think some images are assigned to the wrong map, please let me know which ones, so I can check them again. And the same goes for incorrectly sized images.

Some of these are pretty good. Some of them are unfitting.
50/100 in my opinion.

Oh, and the non-lore friendly wallpapers are gone. They might make a return as an extension-type mod later.

The newest update adds a ton of new loading screens, check out the "Stats" section above for a breakdown. And the selection algorithm is now changed to pick screens related to the loading map.

Could the screenshots only be used on certain maps? For example:
The one labeled Athel Yenlui is the Pit so that could be spesific for the pit

good idea

thats refreshing nice one

@Boucher Charcutier yes, so far is it's only usable on Modded Realm. We will have to see if it will be inclouded in the upcoming sanctioning wave.

this is only Modded realm ?

Hey, thanks! I once caught a glimpse of a loading screen tip about bombs and had since been on the lookout for it. Because of one of your screenshots I was able to more easily add it to my guide. Cheers!

All non-Vermintide screens are grouped and can be disabled by unticking the "Wallpapers" option in the mod's settings (switch from "All" to "Custom" first). I'll likely pull them into a separate mod in the future as well, to keep the download sizes small.

I will switch to a map-specific algorithm, once I have a decent amount of images for each map. Right now I have about 3 of them, there wouldn't be much variation for each map.

I'd advise against using random shots that aren't even from the game, or not from the actual level. It's too random as is and it'd probably increase your chances of being sanctioned.

as is its probably best to put in an option to have one static loadscreen for each level. hard to beat what we have in the game right now, which is literally the first piece of concept art they grabbed off the artist's desk (AY and FG don't even look like the levels themselves).

This is awesome! If I may make a request for the future, could you also make some map specific loading screens? (If you get enough photos, that is)

I like this..... but I ask that all load screens are vermintide specific works.