I figured you wouldn't update this indefinitely, so it seems the screenshots I just e-mailed you are probably fairly useless at this point (I should check the thread before e-mailing next time). Oh well, glad I was able to contribute in the beginning.

yeah, at this point, unless someone that Galahaut knows (with Photoshop) steps up offering to take over I think this has reached a roughly final release. It's a shame as I think Galahaut has *hundreds* of unused pictures from me...
That's what I get for starting to contribute so late in the day, isn't it...?

It's a great mod though! Thanks Galahaut!

Maybe we can do it again in TES5?

Vac

Guess I should just make a post instead of responding to the occasional PMs asking about the status of ALS.

• ALS is not completely "dead," as I still, eventually, want to make another update (I've had about "half" of the update done for months), but I don't know when I'll find the motivation to do so.
  
• I've pretty much moved on from Oblivion, which is why I keep putting off the update.
  
• ALS is sort of "complete" in that...everything works, there is a good amount of loading screens, decent text choices, a nice selection of theme packs, etc.
  
• I'm open to "handing off" the mod to someone else, but it would probably have to be to someone I know. PM me if interested, regardless.

Anyway, thanks to everyone who helped out.

Edit: As for TESV, I guess that depends on how boring the loading screens are and what "format" they are in.

Nearly seven months without a post? I'd better rescue this from the jaws of Oblivion with a well-timed bump.

I'll probably be shelling out on a license for Photoshop myself, it seems, so I probably could take over this in the future, but my own projects have priority over taking over a project that's decently "finished" in terms of development. I'd still like to add some of those extra hundreds of screens I provided, but I'd like to get some of my other stuff released even more.

More likely I'll either make my own for TES5 if Galahaut doesn't do one, or try and contribute more directly to Galahaut's mod if he does one for TES5.

In any case, to anyone looking at this with curious eyes, this is the best loading screens mod I've seen to my personal taste. Highly recommended!

Vac

Is this mod actually still being updated? Or is it totally finished now?

Well, you always have the potential for more screens. But this mod is definetely one of the better loading screens mod. Anyone that uses this mod should also get the theme packs, which are also exceptional.

Amen !

Well, I see Galahaut sneaking a peek at the thread as I type this, so maybe he'll choose to answer, but the simple answer as far as I know is that with over 1600 loading screens working perfectly and 5 theme packs also working perfectly, yes, this one's pretty much finished its development cycle. If Galahaut (or myself, or someone else whom Galahaut would pass it on to) wanted to add more screens then that could happen, but 1600 screens isn't a trivial number and gives a good bit of variety. In this case, "finished" isn't abandoned, it's actually finished.

Once again: highly recommended!

Vac

I'll definitely be doing one (or at least attempting one) for TESV, if...

1) There are loading screens, and they are boring and/or low in quantity.
2) They are in an easy/basic/simple format (see: the opposite of Fallout 3).
3) There is a CS.







Not really. The post from February pretty much still stands. I do have around half an update sitting around somewhere, but the mod is essentially "complete." There are a decent amount of screens and a few good text choices, the major theme packs have been completed, and everything "works."

As I said earlier, if anyone wanted to take over the updating process, I'd certainly be up for that depending on the person (or people) and the circumstances. You can PM me, or email me, or whatever, if interested in that. I do still have all the development resources (and backlog of contributed screenshots), and I'm obviously still available to help out with any questions/problems.



Thanks.

Aside from more screens, I was planning (back when I was still working on ALS) to get all (or at least the large majority) of screens covered by theme packs, so that is always another option for any future work.



:angel:



Yes, I was doing my occasional narcissistic forum search for myself and noticed these posts.

Any chance of seeing an ALS LS dev kit, like trollf's ?

Well, there really isn't much I could put into it. I didn't really use any set batch actions, custom filters, or anything like that, and I've already released the border textures for the theme packs. Everything else I used is pretty much already available in the Dark UI Loading Screens Kit or...Photoshop.

Didn't use any batch operations ? *jawdrop* You must be superhuman :ahhh:

IIRC I just had a few convenience ones (one that opened the necessary templates, one that did the necessary resizing, etc.). I didn't really use any actions for the actual image manipulation, mostly because my technique(s) changed so often as I learned/discovered/found new ways to do things. (If you look carefully at the screenshots in chronological order, you might be able to notice the "evolution" ).

An amazing mod mr Galahaut, where can I find a list of all the quotes?

Please tell me there isn'tttt

As I recall there is no list of all the quotes as Galahaut decided it would be a ridiculous amount of effort.

I could be misremembering, of course.

Vac

Actually, I did find an easy-ish way to generate http://atmosphericloadingscreens.pbworks.com/f/Quotes2.55.txt some time ago. The file says 2.55, but I'm relatively sure that was just a typo and that the list is for version 3.55.

Bump to save from the Jaws of Oblivion and remind newer users of what a wonderful mod this is.

Vac

I have taken over the donkey work of developing this mod with the permission of Galahaut. http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1095002-relzatmospheric-dark-ui-loading-screens-5/

Vac