Changing the menu background to original image

[Aelius]

Edit: I combined all the pieces of the original background image into one. You can get it here[imgur.com] (I know it's upside down, but for some reason it has to be for it to work.) By following the conversation below, you should be able to figure out how to get it working. If not, just respond to this thread and I'll try to help. Even years later, I'll still be around. [/edit]

I notice a recent update has changed the background image on the main menu. As a sucker for nostalgia, is there a way I can change it back to the way it was in the original game? I notice that the patch notes say the background image is specified in settings.tml (located in C:\Users\{username}\Documents\Neverwinter Nights), and sure enough there it is:

[ui.main-menu]
background-image = "gui_pre_bknd3"

The new file is gui_pre_bknd3. Using NWN Explorer, I found files that clearly seem to be the original background image, but the files are only sections of the image, like puzzle pieces:

gui_pre_bkgnd
gui_pre_bkgnd1
gui_pre_bkgnd2
gui_pre_bkgnd4
gui_pre_bkgnd5
gui_pre_bknd1
gui_pre_bknd2

If I edit the aforementioned line in settings.tml to one of the old images mentioned above, the background image is just what you'd expect: a cropped version, since those files themselves are all cropped portions of the whole image.

Unfortunately, I have no idea how to proceed from here. Can someone help me out?

[Dreamer]

Yeh i asked the same question a while back and was pointed to the settings.tml but i got stuck at same place as you.

New background is hilariously bad imo :<

[Tyvolus]

would be nice if Beamdog sometime in the near future, offered a few different background options we can pick, that are easily selectable in a settings menu in game, or something simple like that.

[Julius Borisov]

The old one is not available, but you can create your custom image and show it.

Edit settings.tml and set the config key. The new background image is in INSTALLDIR/ovr , you can pattern off that. Or just put an image with the same name in their Documents/override/.

[Aelius]

Originally posted by Julius Borisov:

The old one is not available, but you can create your custom image and show it.

Edit settings.tml and set the config key. The new background image is in INSTALLDIR/ovr , you can pattern off that. Or just put an image with the same name in their Documents/override/.

I've done as you instructed: I pieced together the old background image from the aforementioned pieces and put the new file (nwn_original_background.png) in my override directory ({install directory}/ovr) and edited settings.tml to the following:

[ui.main-menu]
background-image = "nwn_original_background"

And saved the settings.tml file. But the background image becomes pure white. Did you omit an intermediate step, or perhaps there are certain requirements such as the image must be tga format or something?

Much appreciated!

EDIT: I figured it out: I used an online image editor to convert my png image to tga. Then I had to rename my image to gui_pre_bknd3 and put it in the ovr folder. If I used a different name, it wouldn't work. (I also had to flip the image vertically, for whatever reason.)

Would it be okay if I publicly shared this file - the original background image - with other people who also wanted the original background image?

[Julius Borisov]

Sure! :)

[vivienne]

Check out this page on the vault (the original image is there too):
https://neverwintervault.org/project/nwnee/other/gui/splash-screenbutton-override-v40
Also this (some of my work):
https://neverwintervault.org/project/nwn1/other/custom-menus

[Aelius]

Originally posted by vivienne.lumina:

Check out this page on the vault (the original image is there too):
https://neverwintervault.org/project/nwnee/other/gui/splash-screenbutton-override-v40
Also this (some of my work):
https://neverwintervault.org/project/nwn1/other/custom-menus

Cheers! Thanks for your work.