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Author Topic: Win98 startup pic needed - "test blocks" screen  (Read 1464 times)

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Win98 startup pic needed - "test blocks" screen
« on: February 12, 2005, 02:16:20 am »
I asked this within a thread a long time ago and can't find it so I'll start a topic.

I want a startup screen for win98 that has the "blocks" like a test screen.  If it changed colors it would be even better than a static block image, but I could modify it myself if needed.  Right now I just need the "basic" screenshot with all the blocks.  I can't find one on google images for some reason... :-[

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Re: Win98 startup pic needed - "test blocks" screen
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2005, 04:46:00 am »
but you'll need to resize it to the wonky windows startup screen size.
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Re: Win98 startup pic needed - "test blocks" screen
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2005, 10:46:21 pm »
Hi Cooter,

That's a cool idea.

I made this from a Pacman startup.
« Last Edit: February 12, 2005, 11:23:51 pm by fredster »
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Re: Win98 startup pic needed - "test blocks" screen
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2005, 02:26:26 pm »
Yeah, fredster is closer to what I'm looking for.  I might be able to work from there.  Instead of the animation "bar", windows can cycle through a color change over the entire image.  So If I make each of the squares a different color, I can tell windows to cycle those colors and it will change the blocks.  That should give it a close copy of what a real game does.  I'll see what I can toss together.

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Re: Win98 startup pic needed - "test blocks" screen
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2005, 06:48:24 pm »
That utility that Fredster pointed out is actually exactly what I needed.
« Last Edit: February 13, 2005, 06:50:27 pm by Crazy Cooter »

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Re: Win98 startup pic needed - "test blocks" screen
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2005, 11:22:00 pm »
 :D

I like that better than mine. I made mine black and white.

I guess I'm still black and white vector in a High definition world....
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Re: Win98 startup pic needed - "test blocks" screen
« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2005, 07:17:36 pm »
lol.

Did you add a progress bar to yours?  If you use shades of gray you could pull it off.  Maybe a little circular type thing in a corner?  That would keep it from looking "windowsy".