Download:
- Executable: loadscreen_switcher.zip (529.3 KB)
- Autohotkey Source File: loadscreen_switcher_source.zip (12.4 KB)
What it do?:
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It automates the process of giving yourself some custom loading screens in Grim Dawn. The alternative is doing it manually, as detailed here by @Darius : Custom loading screen
I highly recommend taking a browse thru his thread so you more fully understand what is what.
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Other than that my tool simplifies the process of setting the loading screens and it even has a randomize feature to really mix up the loading screen goodness!
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Read the
How-to
section below.
How-to:
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Download the
Loadscreen Switcher
zip file above. Extract the executable from the zip file wherever you wish. Fire it up! -
Upon launch it will create a folder at:
C:\Users\YOUR USERNAME HERE\Documents\My Games\_gdswitcher\load_screens
Place your images here. Extension type doesn’t matter too much - if it is
.jpg
,.png
, or.bmp
you will be fine. -
In the top combobox you select which loadingscreen file you want to create, GD allows 3 total.
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In the bottom combobox you will see a list of the images you have placed into the folder:
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Now just press the
Set
button:
Do this for each
loadingbackground
if you wish. Switcher keeps track of and remembers each loading screen file you set. You can even click the text lines to launch the listed photo for viewing…
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Want to randomize it? Easy:
Click anywhere in the area shown. With this option checked the tool will randomly choose from all images placed within the folder and update each loadingbackground file. You can set the time for between 1-30 minutes or between 10-59 seconds. This can be done with the game running no problem.
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There are two small buttons next to each combo dropbox…
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Opens the loadingscreen tex folder location at:
C:\Users\YOUR USERNAME HERE\Documents\My Games\Grim Dawn\Settings\UI\loading
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Opens the tools own operating folder:
C:\Users\YOUR USERNAME HERE\Documents\My Games\_gdswitcher\load_screens
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Extra Tips
- Left-click the display text (marked in the below image) to open the listed images…
Plus, you can also right-click on them as well to instead open the converted.tex
files of said images within Crate’s modding tool,TexViewer.exe
.