Loadscreens.2da
From NWN1 Custom Content Guide
[edit] Overview
This file defines the images that are available to show when an area is loading. For ease of use, each loadscreen can be assigned to a unique tileset for quicker selection in the toolset.
| Column Header | Definition |
| Label | The label given to the loadscreen when viewing it in the Toolset Loadscreen Editor. |
| Scripting Name | It's just a label. If you want to use a loadscreen from nwscript, you would create a constant in some script file. This column is just a comment that tells the user which constant exists for that script. Since it's a comment column, it works perfectly even if no script constant is defined. Same it should work perfectly without any value defined in this column. |
| BMPResRef | This is the reference to the TGA file of the loadscreen. By convention, name your loadscreens as follow : ls_tilesetcode_number. For file name just append .tga : ls_tilesetcode_number.tga. Also provide a thumbnail file called ls_tilesetcode_numbers.tga. Example: ls_vwz01_01 will reference the files ls_vwz01_01.tga and ls_vwz01_01s.tga |
| Tileset | For quick selection in the toolset, you can assign the loadscreen to a tileset. This is the name of the tileset used in the .SET file for the tileset. Example from vwz01.set: Name=VWZ01 this is used to reference for tileset specific files. |
| StrRef | Numeric line reference to the dialog.tlk to display. This is for other languages so say, 'City01' will display as 'Stadt01' for a German NWN client. |
Note: You do not need an s.tga file (i.e. ls_vwz01_01s.tga) in order to have tileset specific tiles. However you do need them if you wish to view the tiles in the loadscreen selection in the area properties window of the toolset. Also I hope Velmar doesn't mind me using his file names as examples. Thanks to him for making that tileset.
As of nwn 1.64, there is a limit of 255 lines in that file.
If you are more knowledgable on this subject please feel free to correct/update any information I have posted here. Thank you.
