Step-by-Step JPEXS Help?

[faelandaea]

Greetings, Gamers!

I had just sent this request to a modder who wrote an article on how they created a mod, but then remembered that Nexus actually hs this forum, so I am posting this here as well. ANY help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!!!!!

I have been frustratingly trying to figure out JPEXS for the last 2 days, as I read that article and figured, "Hey! I can do this to make my own private loading screens as well". However, even opening another mod like Dreaming Star or something, and simply changing the image in "shapes -> DefineShape (1)", all I get in game when I pause is this horrible bright green solid screen.

Is there by chance a step by step tutorial out there on how I can make my own pause screen for personal use??

Steps I took:

1. Opened pausebackgroundassets.swf in JPEXS
2. Navigated to shapes then DefineShape (1)
3. At the bottom I clicked Replace...
4. Navigated to my chosen image, in this case titled "starfield_space_044_color copy.jpg"
   1. Image is jpg, 3840x2160 resolution, 2.87 MB
5. Click Open
6. At the top I click Save

Did I do something wrong? Is there a certain filename the image needs to be? Is "Saving" not the right way? Should I be exporting it instead somehow and if so which method do I use?

Any help anyone can provide would be awesome. I REALLY want to learn this. Thank you so much and I hope you have a wonderful, safe day.

Faelandaea Dravin

[faelandaea]

UPDATE! I got the answer from another fellow modder who pointed me in the right direction. THANK YOU to that individual!!!

 

Okay, so if anyone else has this issue, the answer is very simple ... just use a PNG instead of jpg or jpeg. The image has to be lossless to work properly for some reason. That was it. VERY SIMPLE!!!! My day is made :smile: Here you go, everyone. I hope this helps someone else out there as well. :smile: