[ Discontinued ][ v4.2 ][ 6.5.x / 6.5 / 6.1 ] Calkulin's Visual VGA Kitchen & ROMs

[KBZL]

Can anyone tell me how to cook in a different color .tsk instead of the classic blue? I tried going into SYS\Base_Lang_0409_DPI_192_RESH_480_RESV_640 and replaced the classicblue.tsk with the ronaradorange.tsk and then I also took the colored menu bars specific for the ron arad orange and replaced the classic blue menu bars in the SYS\Base_DPI_192. It didnt work, the rom still installs with the classic blue theme. Thanks.

EDIT: Oh and I forgot to add, I also edited the mxipcold_wpc_2 file in the base_dpi_192_resh_480_resv_640 folder.

[indagroove]

Originally Posted by Drybonz

I definitely want to do this. I lurk a bit in the 6.5 kitchen thread but it is way too 1337 in there for me.

This needs to be my next learning project.

Originally Posted by egriffin

Me and you Bonz.

Originally Posted by SOHKis

i would love to "look over someone's shoulder" as well. i've ported sys's in the past, but it usually takes me a few times before i get a bootable rom.

i've read sooooo many tutorials, and alot of varying or conflicting information, steps, etc.

We can do it over MSN Messenger all at once together sometime when everyone's schedules line up..

[egriffin]

Originally Posted by SOHKis

i would love to "look over someone's shoulder" as well. i've ported sys's in the past, but it usually takes me a few times before i get a bootable rom.

i've read sooooo many tutorials, and alot of varying or conflicting information, steps, etc.

Maybe indagroove could host (moderate) a forum just for those of us with experience building from existing kitchens to delve into the details of porting and building stable roms.

[indagroove]

Originally Posted by kbussen

Can anyone tell me how to cook in a different color .tsk instead of the classic blue? I tried going into SYS\Base_Lang_0409_DPI_192_RESH_480_RESV_640 and replaced the classicblue.tsk with the ronaradorange.tsk and then I also took the colored menu bars specific for the ron arad orange and replaced the classic blue menu bars in the SYS\Base_DPI_192. It didnt work, the rom still installs with the classic blue theme. Thanks.

EDIT: Oh and I forgot to add, I also edited the mxipcold_wpc_2 file in the base_dpi_192_resh_480_resv_640 folder.

All you should need to do is modify the provxml file, which you say that you already did, and also replace the sweetwater files that the provxml points to.

Or you can do the cheaters way (easier), and have it installed with customizations on first boot. Just add a line to your config_operator.txt like this:

TSK: \Windows\yourthemenamehere.tsk

[KBZL]

Below is the only thing I changed. Is there something else i have to change?


<characteristic type="HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Today">
<parm name="Skin" value="\Windows\Ron Arad orange.tsk" datatype="string"/>
<parm name="UseStartImage" value="1" datatype="integer"/>
<parm name="DPI" value="192" datatype="integer"/>
<parm name="MultiColorThemeEnabled" value="1" datatype="integer"/>
</characteristic>

EDIT: I think I just saw the other items I have to change in the provxml. Ill give it a try.

[indagroove]

Originally Posted by egriffin

Maybe indagroove could host (moderate) a forum just for those of us with experience building from existing kitchens to delve into the details of porting and building stable roms.

Keep in mind that I'm not one of the best chefs around -- I may just be a few steps ahead of you two. There's a lot that I'm still learning myself every day. Chefs like Calcu, conflipper, TobeyChris, Juicy, etc know a lot more than myself.

I am grateful to everyone who's helped me along the way, and I believe strongly in helping those who are wanting to learn. Just don't start a new thread asking stupid questions like "how do I install a cab file", and I won't get annoyed.

[indagroove]

Originally Posted by kbussen

Below is the only thing I changed. Is there something else i have to change?


<characteristic type="HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Today">
<parm name="Skin" value="\Windows\Ron Arad orange.tsk" datatype="string"/>
<parm name="UseStartImage" value="1" datatype="integer"/>
<parm name="DPI" value="192" datatype="integer"/>
<parm name="MultiColorThemeEnabled" value="1" datatype="integer"/>
</characteristic>

you'll have to change every entry that is related to the theme, which I think is called BlueDrop or something. The other option is to just leave the provxml the way it is, and just photoshop the default theme images the way you like them, and leave all the file names the same (also cheating, but I cheat all the time).

[egriffin]

Originally Posted by indagroove

Keep in mind that I'm not one of the best chefs around -- I may just be a few steps ahead of you two. There's a lot that I'm still learning myself every day. Chefs like Calcu, conflipper, TobeyChris, Juicy, etc know a lot more than myself.

I am grateful to everyone who's helped me along the way, and I believe strongly in helping those who are wanting to learn. Just don't start a new thread asking stupid questions like "how do I install a cab file", and I won't get annoyed.

Sounds like an expert to me! The year I finished college, I got a summer job teaching Biology in a nearby community college. The students there didn't know that I read the lesson I was teaching just the day before I taught it...they thought I was an expert! Indagroove, you're my expert!

[KBZL]

Originally Posted by indagroove

you'll have to change every entry that is related to the theme, which I think is called BlueDrop or something. The other option is to just leave the provxml the way it is, and just photoshop the default theme images the way you like them, and leave all the file names the same (also cheating, but I cheat all the time).

Lol. Well I went through and changed all the entries to the color scheme i wanted. Ill update. Thanks so far.

[indagroove]

Originally Posted by egriffin

Sounds like an expert to me! The year I finished college, I got a summer job teaching Biology in a nearby community college. The students there didn't know that I read the lesson I was teaching just the day before I taught it...they thought I was an expert! Indagroove, you're my expert!

The big thing is the same as anything in life. If you act like you know what you are doing, people will believe that you do. I was once told that some people do that better than others -- those people are called mentors.