Loading / Tips / Screenshots on Load Screen in MSFS 2020?

[MSFS 2020] Questions & Community Discussions
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Hey all,
Has anyone figured out how to install the screenshot photos into a addon plane when its loading into a flight? I have tips working, the string that shows up on the bottom of the screen, but not the screenshots. Is there a size and requirement for these? Anything I am missing? Format?

Many thanks.

Bill

Sample;
[LOADING]
Tips0 = “Because of its unique short nose and tri…”

From the SDK below

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Hi Bill,

I don’t think there’s a method that works in sync with your loading tips, but here’s a method that works in competition to the default loading screens:
In your package sources rebuild the folder structure of the default loading screens, put your images in there and add it to your project as a copy.
The path is:

PackageSources\Missions\Common\LOADING\FreeFlight

Image size is 3840x2160

finally add this to your aircraft.cfg:

[LOADING]
ImageName=LOADING_FREEFLIGHT

As has been said, your own loading screens will compete with the default ones, thus they’ll show up every now and then only.

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Many thanks Mathias! Very grateful…

Cheers,

Bill

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I was trying to achieve it since years…

I tried using a html_ui custom gauge but even if it was working on MSFS2020 it breaks MSFS2024 flight loading sequence

I’m just wondering where to copy the folder to: is this asset group definition correct ?
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  	<Type>Copy</Type>
  	<Flags>
  		<FSXCompatibility>false</FSXCompatibility>
  	</Flags>
  	<AssetDir>PackageSources\Missions\</AssetDir>
  	<OutputDir>Missions\</OutputDir>
  </AssetGroup>
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Is there any constraint on the image filename ?

Actually i was never able to see one custom image during loading

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Did you succeed to show custom loading screen ?

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Hi @erasam

sorry for the late reply!

Mine are named ClassicsHangar_Klemm_Kl25_MSFS_xxx and so forth.
Works for me.

Will look into the asset directory when I’m home in the evening.

EDIT: Found it on my data stick:

<AssetGroup Name="loadingimages">
			<Type>Copy</Type>
			<Flags>
				<FSXCompatibility>false</FSXCompatibility>
			</Flags>
			<AssetDir>PackageSources\Missions\Common\LOADING\FreeFlight\</AssetDir>
			<OutputDir>Missions\Common\LOADING\FreeFlight\</OutputDir>
		</AssetGroup>
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Actually since I had to reset my MSFS2020 settings now when a flight is loading a screen with the XBOX controller settings overimpressed on it is shown

I have also noticed my custom screen appears for less than a second (so it is not visible at all) than is replaced by something like this

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I now found this post but i was unable to make it disappear

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I have used JPG files with 3840x2160 resolution and I have the package containing the loading screens in the same path as you mentioned… but at the end I was finally able to see one of my loading screen (I don’t know why this actually occurred)