Adding Background Images?

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Adding Background Images?

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I'm trying to add some background images of my fav team to the game for my own use (the quality is too bad, for Blueline use). So how do I do that? I have the files saved in the Data/pictures folder, at 800x600 resolution, but they are all as "JPEG images" not "EHB files", like the others are, so I can't get them to show on my game.

I have added .ehb on all file names and edited the .cfg file, but still can't see my fav team on the background.

Can anyone help a stupid noob?

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It's perfectly fine for them to be .jpg files so you can leave them with that extension (not sure whether .jpeg will work, though - just change the extension to .jpg).

The pics should go in the data/pictures folder.

You should then edit pics.cfg and, assuming you want them to show up when you view the team's roster and so on, you go to the section called [CLUBS] and then add a line below this saying:

team long name: filename1.jpg, filename2.jpg
etc, etc.

I'm not sure whether the filenames can have spaces in them and so i would replace any spaces with underscores.

My article on backgrounds may be of some use:
http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/articles_ ... _guide.php

What team are you adding the pics for?
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archibalduk wrote: What team are you adding the pics for?
Guess

http://www.blues.fi/index2.php?m=2&s=4

:-D

Oh, and thanks for the advice :thumbsup:
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Tasku wrote:
archibalduk wrote: What team are you adding the pics for?
Guess

http://www.blues.fi/index2.php?m=2&s=4

:-D
I really should have known better :-D

Have you got it working now?
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Have you got it working now?
Yes, thanks alot. :)

It doesn't seem to work in my old save though. The pics only show if I start a new game...

Edit: No, wait! Now they show up in my old save as well...

Wopee! :)
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archibalduk wrote:It's perfectly fine for them to be .jpg files so you can leave them with that extension (not sure whether .jpeg will work, though - just change the extension to .jpg).

The pics should go in the data/pictures folder.

You should then edit pics.cfg and, assuming you want them to show up when you view the team's roster and so on, you go to the section called [CLUBS] and then add a line below this saying:

team long name: filename1.jpg, filename2.jpg
etc, etc.

I'm not sure whether the filenames can have spaces in them and so i would replace any spaces with underscores.

My article on backgrounds may be of some use:
http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/articles_ ... _guide.php

What team are you adding the pics for?
How do you do this for EHM 2005? Is it the same? I cannot find the 'edit pics.cfg ' file..:(
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Post by archibalduk »

I'm afraid it's not possible. :( Take a look at my post in this thread: http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/forums/vi ... .php?t=625 :)
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