pereeski Wrote:Woo. This is kinda frustrating. Actually, I found a 01-12.bmp with 12 hi-res 480x272 backgrounds but when I used it with any topmenu (no shadow and glows), white boxes showed up particularly on the network side. So, I thouhgt maybe if one 350x198 bmps renamed to replaced 01-12.bmp works fine with my topmenu, maybe a resize of the 12 480x272 will work. But it seems the process of merging hi-res backgrounds is too complicated for me to try. And I don't have a hex editor.

that may be a problem with your topmenu ;>
attach it if you want.

download that
http://forums.maxconsole.net/showpost.ph...ostcount=8
attach your backgrounds you want to merge.

bstronga Wrote:you can with coldbirds hack

http://endlessparadigm.com/forum/showthr...p?tid=2061

@pereeski
do the filesize thing.
convert your bmps to jpgs (make sure they're not above 32767bytes) pad them to 32767bytes then merge them.

I've heard about coldbirds hack. I'm kinda confused about the merge thing. I tried but didn't get what to expect. Actually, I have a copy of the hacked vshmain.prx renamed vsh.prx and a 01-12.bmp sample with 12 hi-res but the problem is that I got white boxes. Another thing, I have a collection i want to used on my PSP but don't know how to merge. Does copy b/ work using jpgs image to merge them to 01-12.bmp?

pereeski Wrote:

bstronga Wrote:you can with coldbirds hack

http://endlessparadigm.com/forum/showthr...p?tid=2061

@pereeski
do the filesize thing.
convert your bmps to jpgs (make sure they're not above 32767bytes) pad them to 32767bytes then merge them.

I've heard about coldbirds hack. I'm kinda confused about the merge thing. I tried but didn't get what to expect. Actually, I have a copy of the hacked vshmain.prx renamed vsh.prx and a 01-12.bmp sample with 12 hi-res but the problem is that I got white boxes. Another thing, I have a collection i want to used on my PSP but don't know how to merge. Does copy b/ work using jpgs image to merge them to 01-12.bmp?

yes, copy /b will work too.
the important thing is the padding part, you have to pad each image to exactly 32767byte (december can be ignored though) then merge them.
you can attach your topmenu here.

bstronga Wrote:

pereeski Wrote:Woo. This is kinda frustrating. Actually, I found a 01-12.bmp with 12 hi-res 480x272 backgrounds but when I used it with any topmenu (no shadow and glows), white boxes showed up particularly on the network side. So, I thouhgt maybe if one 350x198 bmps renamed to replaced 01-12.bmp works fine with my topmenu, maybe a resize of the 12 480x272 will work. But it seems the process of merging hi-res backgrounds is too complicated for me to try. And I don't have a hex editor.

that may be a problem with your topmenu ;>
attach it if you want.

download that
http://forums.maxconsole.net/showpost.ph...ostcount=8
attach your backgrounds you want to merge.

  topmenu_plugin.zip (Size: 86.88 KB / Downloads: 158)my topmenu_plugin.rco

  pereeski.zip (Size: 323.33 KB / Downloads: 184)my collection of wallpapers

Just wondering if the filesize should be exactly 32767 bytes for all jpgs or its the maximum size for each. Some of my backgrounds are less in size.
Thanks.

(This post was last modified: 25/06/2007 03:33 PM by pereeski.)

bstronga Wrote:

pereeski Wrote:

bstronga Wrote:you can with coldbirds hack

http://endlessparadigm.com/forum/showthr...p?tid=2061

@pereeski
do the filesize thing.
convert your bmps to jpgs (make sure they're not above 32767bytes) pad them to 32767bytes then merge them.

I've heard about coldbirds hack. I'm kinda confused about the merge thing. I tried but didn't get what to expect. Actually, I have a copy of the hacked vshmain.prx renamed vsh.prx and a 01-12.bmp sample with 12 hi-res but the problem is that I got white boxes. Another thing, I have a collection i want to used on my PSP but don't know how to merge. Does copy b/ work using jpgs image to merge them to 01-12.bmp?

yes, copy /b will work too.
the important thing is the padding part, you have to pad each image to exactly 32767byte (december can be ignored though) then merge them.
you can attach your topmenu here.

i hexedited -i guess its yours- padding-tool, bstronga, so it will pad all files to 98.301bytes.. so i can use 4 hi ress wallpapers with really acceptable quality ^_^

if you upload your backgrounds in the next five mins I'll merge them for you too
;P
@Mythos
aah you combined it with undertaxx's method :>
you can improve with december. as december is the last selectable background it can be of any size » uncompressed bmp ;>

i have a padding tool?? O.O

bstronga Wrote:if you upload your backgrounds in the next five mins I'll merge them for you too
;P
@Mythos
aah you combined it with undertaxx's method :>
you can improve with december. as december is the last selectable background it can be of any size » uncompressed bmp ;>

i have a padding tool?? O.O

Bstronga, I am using now the converted topmenu but still there are white boxes in the game and network side. hmmm:beurk:

Edit: Nope, the problem is not the converted topmenu. It's my system_plugin_fg.rco a.k.a windows taskbar. Replacing it with my other custom system_plugin_fg.rco, I got the 12 High res 01-12.bmp and clean topmenu. But then again, I'd like to learn how to merge them. I find it difficult to make them 32767 bytes. Thanks Bstronga.

(This post was last modified: 26/06/2007 04:02 PM by pereeski.)

try to replace the tex_transparency by blank data, it can help to eliminate the the whitebox sometimes.

here is simple batch file to convert 12 bg into 01-12.bmp

ensure each file is less than 32767, rename to 01.jpg, 02.jpg & etc.. run the .bat then...

matchung Wrote:try to replace the tex_transparency by blank data, it can help to eliminate the the whitebox sometimes.

here is simple batch file to convert 12 bg into 01-12.bmp

ensure each file is less than 32767, rename to 01.jpg, 02.jpg & etc.. run the .bat then...

Matchung, thanks for the advice. I'm gonna try also the  batch file to convert my 12 bg. Bstronga offered to help, too. Cheers.:mdr:

Hmmm, that's weird. I mean, does this bacth file needs to open my adobe photoshop to do the convertion? When I run .bat ms-dos windows opened and states line by line that my jpgs are already modified then after line stating "modified:12.jpg" it automatically opened my photoshop. I waited for awhile if something will happened seeing that my 01.jpg is opened in photoshop but later decided to close the file and the application. Then in the ms-dos batch windows, it said something like "error: unable to read input file" then photoshop opened again, now with 02.jpg opened. Not knowing what to do and expect I decided to end the batch file as well as the photoshop. Is that how it is supposed to be? Just clarifying. aand how long will the conversion take place? Thanks. Sorry for sort of panic.:beurk:

(This post was last modified: 26/06/2007 07:22 AM by pereeski.)

matchung Wrote:try to replace the tex_transparency by blank data, it can help to eliminate the the whitebox sometimes.

here is simple batch file to convert 12 bg into 01-12.bmp

ensure each file is less than 32767, rename to 01.jpg, 02.jpg & etc.. run the .bat then...

Couldn't get it to work.  Just kept opening photo shop, and the high res prog, kept showing errors...  
Strange...