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VatoLoco Post #1 Posted 08 August 2008 - 06:45 AM

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Homebrew Icons


If you run dem homebrew games and apps on your Acekard like I know I do, then I'm sure you've noticed that a lot of them don't have their own icon (or one that's just plane fugly).
So, I put AKAIO's custom icon feature [thank ya smiths] to the test, and made a grip of bad-ass little pictures that replace the boring und repetitive default generic icon.





Homebrew Icons Download

To use these, rename the .bmp to the same name as your .nds file
and place both files in the same directory, or if you prefer a cleaner root directory, the .bmp can be placed in the 'icons' folder in '__aio'

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GBA Icons


Hey again, you Acekard freaks. I decided to see if custom icons would work with .gba, like they do for .nds . And sho' 'nuff, those mofos work for GBA games, too=) So to kick things off, I started by making icons for all the GBAtemp Recommends titles (which I will try to keep up with smile.gif ), and some games I personally dig, ya dig.




GBA Icons Download

to use these with AKAIO, rename the .bmp to correspond with your .gba file
and place both files in the same directory, or the .bmp may be placed in the 'icons' folder in '__aio'


alternate GBA icon pack built by Awakened 


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File Extension Icons


And now...
Last, but definitely not least, here's the file extension icons.




Extension icons Download

To use these, place them in the files in the same directory, or the .bmp may be placed in the 'icons' folder in '__aio'

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GBA and NDS icons can also be used with WoodRPG and WoodR4.
Its a little bit of a different setup to use them with Wood. Place the properly named icons in '__RPG/icons'. The icons need to have the extension type (.nds or .gba) attached ie: AnotherWorld.gba.bmp





Swip Post #2 Posted 08 August 2008 - 06:57 AM

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Do you know how to put custom icons for other file formats? Say txt files. I've tried putting a 16 bit bmp icon thats 256x256 in the icons folder with a file name of "txt.bmp" and "text.bmp".

Do I have to re size it to a certain size?


Joey90 Post #3 Posted 08 August 2008 - 07:03 AM

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I believe it has to be 15-bit 32x32 .bmp

Which is a bugger to convert to :|

and it should be the extension only, so txt.bmp


IOwnAndPwnU Post #4 Posted 08 August 2008 - 04:46 PM

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I don't really get the point of this?


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QUOTE(IOwnAndPwnU @ Aug 8 2008, 04:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I don't really get the point of this?

So you get proper icons for text music and video files, rather than a random question mark wink.gif

Though my icons are a little easier to interpret than those tongue.gif


IOwnAndPwnU Post #6 Posted 08 August 2008 - 07:06 PM

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Oh. Yeah, I wasn't really sure so I just asked. tongue.gif
Is there a good icon for the .txt because that's probably the main one. And maybe music/videos. Although, would it be possible to get the ones from Windows. Like when you make a folder and you want to customize it. I kinda like those ones. Especially the Text one because it's like Notepad.


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I made a few based on the windows ones:

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/6427/txt2ks1.bmp
http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/2313/mp3xpa4.bmp
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/8234/dsm2ne3.bmp

right click and save as if you need to wink.gif

Edited by Joey90, 09 August 2008 - 11:11 AM.


golden Post #8 Posted 08 August 2008 - 08:14 PM

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QUOTE(Joey90 @ Aug 8 2008, 08:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Good work, I like those and VatoLoco's. Let's hope the next version of AKAIO incorporates icons like these for its plug in files though.


VatoLoco Post #9 Posted 08 August 2008 - 11:41 PM

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The icons I made are for homebrew apps that dont have an icon(you just see the standard DS pic), like Quake, ATari2600, Tyrian, Mini VMac... and a bunch of others

Edited by VatoLoco, 09 August 2008 - 12:42 PM.


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QUOTE(Joey90 @ Aug 9 2008, 05:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

You posted the same thing twice. If you didn't realize.

Their great btw. Would you happen to have a text icon?


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Hey Swip, here's a couple of links to custom icons for .txt, dpg, and such.

They are both from the Acekard forum.

This icon pack is from bbdvd
http://www.acekard.com/bbs/attachment.php?aid=285


and this is from nin187
http://www.acekard.com/bbs/attachment.php?aid=287

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QUOTE(Swip @ Aug 8 2008, 11:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE(Joey90 @ Aug 9 2008, 05:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

You posted the same thing twice. If you didn't realize.

Their great btw. Would you happen to have a text icon?

Oops...

Yeah I do have the text icon:

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/6427/txt2ks1.bmp

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VatoLoco Post #13 Posted 09 August 2008 - 02:23 PM

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I added SNES, MiniVmac, FileTrip Download Link MarcaDS, FractalJunkie, and Atari2600 icons @ the top post cool.gif

Edited by VatoLoco, 09 August 2008 - 02:57 PM.


VatoLoco Post #14 Posted 14 August 2008 - 05:26 AM

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I revamped the Hexen icon at the first post. Now it looks much mo betta.


Akothegreat Post #15 Posted 16 August 2008 - 11:58 AM

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How do you make those? I always make 16bit but can't make 15bit







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