webstart splash screen image dithering

Newbie & Debugging Questions
#1

hi,

does anyone know why webstart modifies the splash screen image that is referenced in the jnlp?
i always get that nasty dithering.

here’s the game:
http://games.rastaduck.org/NanoBlaster/NanoBlaster.jnlp

and here’s my original splash image:

1024×768 107 KB

do you see the difference? if not, maybe i was looking at a cached version of the image. ???

cheers,
mod

#2

Yep… pretty annoying, isn’t it?

AFAIK there is no way to prevent that.

#3

I just loaded it and it didn’t even show a splash screen… on Java 1.5

#4

i had the same problem after removing and re-downloading the game. haven’t yet found out what the problem is …

#5

at least the game rocks ;D

#6

[quote]I just loaded it and it didn’t even show a splash screen… on Java 1.5
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The splash isn’t shown on the first run (that’s normal).

#7

Is it? ???
It didn’t show on any subsequent runs on my system either, BTW (running 1.5 here as well).

#8

do you see any syntax errors in the jnlp?
i use and modify the same jnlp for every new game and this one used to work …

#9

Yes, it is.

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/javaws/developersguide/faq.html#206

[quote]How can I provide my own splash screen?

Java Web Start needs to put up the initial splash screen while Java is loading. For subsequent access, you can specify an image file to use for the splash screen in the JNLP file with the tag

where mysplash.jpg is the image file for your splash screen. The first time your application runs, it will use the standard splash screen. After that, it will use the image you provide.
[/quote]

#10

[quote]It didn’t show on any subsequent runs on my system either, BTW (running 1.5 here as well).
[/quote]
i experienced the same behaviour on several machines with different setups. after changing back the splash image from png to jpg it re-appeared. ???