Changing Startup Animation

chsmadden

chsmadden

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So the glowing orb startup animation has begun to bug me. I'd like to change it to the Pentium 4 animation, but I understand that the glowing orb is a series of 5 pictures. Is there a method that an animated clip could be used in place of these?
 

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chsmadden said:
So the glowing orb startup animation has begun to bug me. I'd like to change it to the Pentium 4 animation, but I understand that the glowing orb is a series of 5 pictures. Is there a method that an animated clip could be used in place of these?
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An animation like that is usually a (.gif) file.
So if you are looking to replace that animation you most likely want to replace it with a .gif file.

Sean
 

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Deception said:
chsmadden said:
So the glowing orb startup animation has begun to bug me. I'd like to change it to the Pentium 4 animation, but I understand that the glowing orb is a series of 5 pictures. Is there a method that an animated clip could be used in place of these?
Click to expand...

An animation like that is usually a (.gif) file.
So if you are looking to replace that animation you most likely want to replace it with a .gif file.

Sean
Click to expand...

Thanks Sean. That animation had me confused as I understood it was five .png files, which are not animated.
 

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    Pentium 4 @ 3.0GHz
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    Intel D915PCY
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chsmadden said:
Deception said:
chsmadden said:
So the glowing orb startup animation has begun to bug me. I'd like to change it to the Pentium 4 animation, but I understand that the glowing orb is a series of 5 pictures. Is there a method that an animated clip could be used in place of these?
Click to expand...

An animation like that is usually a (.gif) file.
So if you are looking to replace that animation you most likely want to replace it with a .gif file.

Sean
Click to expand...

Thanks Sean. That animation had me confused as I understood it was five .png files, which are not animated.
Click to expand...

By any chance can you tell me where these .png files are located? I would like to take a look.

Sean
 

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Deception said:
By any chance can you tell me where these .png files are located? I would like to take a look.

Sean
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Supposedly, they are in "authui.dll." This is simply information gathered from the source I had. I haven't gone and experienced these myself.
 

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You can use resource hacker to look inside dll's. Just be very careful.
 

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