Hacking BigDaddyWeaves PS Vita (Adrenaline) CXMB Themes (Master Thread)

[BigDaddyWeaves]

Paper Mario Mario Story Glory
Paper Mario (MSG)
PS Vita (Adrenaline) CTF Release

Download Link:
Adrenaline Download Link

Credits:
Concept & Design
BigDaddyWeaves
& whoever made the
Graffiti Montage theme
as I used its spacing
and UI for my base

"system_plugin_bg.rco"
Wave and background mod
taken from: mugi (Thanks!)
Background made by me:
BigDaddyWeaves of course!!

Tools Used:
CTFtoolGUI v5 Beta3 – patpat & ErikPshat
PRXeditor – patpat
RCOedit - ZiNgA BuRgA
RCOmage - ZiNgA BuRgA
XMB Multi Customizer – Takeshi
FHacker093 - Freeplay and Skylark
PSP Theme Converter – SONY
and many others that I haven't
mentioned THANK YOU ALL

Gameboot Tools
1) avi2wav
2) UMD Stream Composer
3) MPS to Gameboot
4) SUPER converter

Adobe Products Used
1) Photoshop CS3 (Editing sprites, creating wallpaper)
2) Fireworks CS3 (Saving all .png files for .rco’s)
3) Dreamweaver CS3 (Editing .xml files from .rco's)
4) Premiere Pro CS3 (Editing and making gameboot)

All icons provided by
https://www.spriters-resource.com/

Custom Gameboot
I simply faded in the Intelligent Systems Logo and
added a sound effect from the game

All custom click sounds provided by
http://www.mfgg.net/
A great collection of .wav sounds ripped by Parakarry.

Custom Font - Agenda-Black.otf by Greg Thompson (1993)
- used this again but upped the font size and looked pretty good
so I kept it, I thought the last one was too small

 

[yeshuachrist]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ifkp2pn-fdxR7rKYpfqJyK1qJKtOAYJH/view?usp=sharing

Some themes I did a few weeks (about 2months ago) FAST LOADING

instructions
INSTALLATION OF NEW THEMES
Add files from the resource folder to the vita in the path below, overwrite files
/ux0:/app/PSPEMUCFW/flash0/vsh/resource/

Notes* (no problems tested) (BATTERY ICONS REMOVED, saving pstv/vita people some trouble), just install adrenaline like normal the current version if you want, i use version 6.8, then over write the files, thats all

(used "RCOedit to replace the battery icon file with a blank image, in the the file "system_plugin_fg.rco" (picture files), i forget the rest.

Loads fast like normal because its just reading replaced file, it does not need to load a plugin or anything

 

[BigDaddyWeaves]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ifkp2pn-fdxR7rKYpfqJyK1qJKtOAYJH/view?usp=sharing

Some themes I did a few weeks (about 2months ago) FAST LOADING

instructions
INSTALLATION OF NEW THEMES
Add files from the resource folder to the vita in the path below, overwrite files
/ux0:/app/PSPEMUCFW/flash0/vsh/resource/

Notes* (no problems tested) (BATTERY ICONS REMOVED, saving pstv/vita people some trouble), just install adrenaline like normal the current version if you want, i use version 6.8, then over write the files, thats all

(used "RCOedit to replace the battery icon file with a blank image, in the the file "system_plugin_fg.rco" (picture files), i forget the rest.

Loads fast like normal because its just reading replaced file, it does not need to load a plugin or anything

Can I get a couple of preview shots of these themes? @yeshuachrist

 

[yeshuachrist]

(yup i'm about a half a month away, just from being lazy before I really continue to tinker with a psp game, whatever i wanted to do)

It depends on the way the theme is written, but, asset swap can work. for the ones that work don't work.

the themes are simple black/white, nothing fancy, stable and loads fast.speaking of which. (no plugin required).

"DolcePolce" plugin the alternative to and upgrade from, antiblacklist, fixes issues with the vita not identifying updates or dlc, for games that need that to work.

that was the theory behind using "leda.prx" for adrenaline to fix "popsloader", but for other reasons its too intregrated and adrenaline is too customized for it to work ..........

really,,iffy about reinstalling retroarch but, using the "retrov2.glsl" filter from retropie seems to mimic adrenaline's sharpening effect a tiny bit better..............adrenaline can use a contrast improvement, because, sad thing was, its gradient was for the handhelds and didn't take into the pstv's usages on lcd tv's correctly. development isn't closed so we may see more in the future.

 

[BigDaddyWeaves]

@yeshuachrist So where's these previews at? People like to see what they're installing before they install anything. Especially themes that aren't run through a plugin.

 

[BigDaddyWeaves]

Here's the first theme I ever made...

Haunted Haunterv6.xx
PS Vita 6.61 (Adrenaline) CTF Release

Download Link:
Adrenaline Download Link

Credits:
Concept & Design
BigDaddyWeaves
& whoever made the
Graffiti Montage theme
as I used its spacing
and UI for my base

"system_plugin_bg.rco"
Wave and background mod
taken from: mugi (Thanks!)
This time I used a different color wave!
I got tired of always using the blue one. Haha
Background made by me:
BigDaddyWeaves of course!!

Tools Used:
CTFtoolGUI v5 Beta3 – patpat & ErikPshat
PRXeditor – patpat
RCOedit - ZiNgA BuRgA
RCOmage - ZiNgA BuRgA
XMB Multi Customizer – Takeshi
FHacker093 - Freeplay and Skylark
PSP Theme Converter – SONY
and many others that I haven't
mentioned THANK YOU ALL

Gameboot Tools
1) avi2wav
2) UMD Stream Composer
3) MPS to Gameboot
4) SUPER converter

Adobe Products Used
1) Photoshop CS3 (Editing sprites, creating wallpaper)
2) Fireworks CS3 (Saving all .png files for .rco’s)
3) Dreamweaver CS3 (Editing .xml files from .rco's)
4) Premiere Pro CS3 (Editing and making gameboot)

All icons provided by
https://www.spriters-resource.com/

Custom Gameboot
I simply faded in the GAME FREAK Logo and
added a sound effect from the game

All custom click sounds provided by
A great collection of sounds I found notably on YouTube
that I trimmed and edited for use with this theme.
(I think they sound rather good myself)

Custom Font - Agenda-Black.otf by Greg Thompson (1993) - used this again because I love how clean it looks.

 

[BigDaddyWeaves]

God of Themes
6.61 Adrenaline Release

Preview:

Download Link:
Adrenaline Download Link

Visit my site for more information and credits:
https://umadeitweaves.weebly.com/

 

[BigDaddyWeaves]

Pokemon SoulSilver
6.61 Adrenaline Release:

Visit the website for more information and credits:
https://uhackpsipod.weebly.com/
@TheRealDragus here ya go

Preview:

Download Link:
Adrenaline Download Link

 

[Deleted member 42501]

Pokemon SoulSilver
6.61 Adrenaline Release:

Visit the website for more information and credits:
https://uhackpsipod.weebly.com/
@TheRealDragus here ya go

Preview:

Download Link:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/4ga5i4j4x9fdbgo/Pokemon_SoulSilver-Adren.ctf/file

Great stuff. There was an old theme that looked similar to that but it used the original icons with a large one floating for selection (had some smooth effects). It looked similar to this but had better stylized icons and a black with accents of silver look:



Might have been called Large Icons something something but it was easily the best as it looked official and very clean. Anyone happen to have the files so we can bring it back?

 

[BigDaddyWeaves]

@ital That's a very popular theme, I've seen a 6.60 version of it online but have never been able to find the .ctf for it. It's got the extras logo spliced in. I love that theme it's very clean and official just as you have just said. Thanks for the compliment, I try my hardest to push out good stuff. I took the base positioning files off of that theme and slowly started replacing things. Before I knew it, this theme was created. I made it for PSP too there's another thread on this website for the 5.00 M33 / 6.60 & 6.61 firmwares.

 

[BigDaddyWeaves]

Curtain Call Brawl
6.61 Adrenaline Release:

Visit the website for more information and credits:
https://umadeitweaves.weebly.com/

Preview:

Download Link:
Adrenaline Download Link

 

[godreborn]

I don't have a pic of this one, but this is what I use. credit goes to Berion of psx-place. I use his vita theme as well with the same machine. they both match (this is for adrenaline btw):

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I just took a picture of it:

 

[BigDaddyWeaves]

I don't have a pic of this one, but this is what I use. credit goes to Berion of psx-place. I use his vita theme as well with the same machine. they both match (this is for adrenaline btw):

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I just took a picture of it:

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Neat theme. Keeping it clean I see? I like a little expression of another game, series, or franchise (whichever you prefer to use/say) I make my themes solely from what I find online. I compile it all together and there you have it a perfectly good PSP or in the case of this thread, Vita theme.

 

[godreborn]

the vita theme looks the same pretty much, but has ominous music. I like both. they're on my pstv obviously.

 

[Deleted member 42501]

@ital That's a very popular theme, I've seen a 6.60 version of it online but have never been able to find the .ctf for it. It's got the extras logo spliced in. I love that theme it's very clean and official just as you have just said. Thanks for the compliment, I try my hardest to push out good stuff. I took the base positioning files off of that theme and slowly started replacing things. Before I knew it, this theme was created. I made it for PSP too there's another thread on this website for the 5.00 M33 / 6.60 & 6.61 firmwares.

https://pspunk.com/psp-ctf-themes/8/

They've got Large White and Large Black here in CTF format for 6.61 so it would just need to be converted for Adrenaline. I'm sure this isn't the same one I mentioned but its the closest style I could find. The icons on this one are more flat, original was more stylized versions of factory look.

Does anyone else know the theme we're talking about? It was very popular when released as it looked factory standard with very smooth animation and huge icons.

 

[Modular511]

Anyone have the Xbox 360 blades dashboard CTF theme that works on latest adrenaline? I couldn't find a working link sadly!

 

[BigDaddyWeaves]

Darth Vader PSP Persuader
PS Vita (Adrenaline) CTF Release

Preview:

Download Link:
Adrenaline Download Link