Hacking DsTwo Skin For Akaio

[kiafazool]

nice job porting these

I notice some banding or something though in some of your screens
what banding?



http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1325998/ex/upper_screen.bmp

vs

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1325998/ex/upper_s...n%20%282%29.bmp

see what i mean

im not trying to be a dick or anything just bringing it to your attention

that was said in the first post that the conversion did that
thats because the picture was converted from 24bit to 16 bit (from good quality to back quality)
the conversion made those bands
i converted from many different sources but this was the best i could come up with



QUOTE(VatoLoco @ Jul 5 2010, 04:59 PM) QUOTE(kiafazool @ Jul 4 2010, 08:33 AM)

..i know somethings are not from the dstwo skin because they were messed up when they were converted from 24-bit to 16-bit (dstwo uses 24bit skins and acekard uses 16-bit skins)

just wanted to point out that DSTWO skins use the same 16bit format as acekard, not 24 bit.

DSTWOs EOS is based on the akRPG opensource firmware, so their GUI has a lot of similarities to acekard

ok even if it was based of the rpg firmware, they made changes
if u download the dstwo firmware from their website and go to the ui folder and go to the properties of any of the bmp there, they are all in 24-bit format

using the opensource firmware doesn't mean it has to be exactly the same, they could make changes

 

[Briankealing]

I have to say, I'm impressed.
I'm not much of a fan of the big clock numbers, though.

 

[VatoLoco]

..i know somethings are not from the dstwo skin because they were messed up when they were converted from 24-bit to 16-bit (dstwo uses 24bit skins and acekard uses 16-bit skins)

just wanted to point out that DSTWO skins use the same 16bit format as acekard, not 24 bit.

DSTWOs EOS is based on the akRPG opensource firmware, so their GUI has a lot of similarities to acekard

ok even if it was based of the rpg firmware, they made changes
if u download the dstwo firmware from their website and go to the ui folder and go to the properties of any of the bmp there, they are all in 24-bit format

using the opensource firmware doesn't mean it has to be exactly the same, they could make changes

no, you are mistaken, they are not. they are in 16bit straight from the get go.

 

[kiafazool]

..i know somethings are not from the dstwo skin because they were messed up when they were converted from 24-bit to 16-bit (dstwo uses 24bit skins and acekard uses 16-bit skins)

just wanted to point out that DSTWO skins use the same 16bit format as acekard, not 24 bit.

DSTWOs EOS is based on the akRPG opensource firmware, so their GUI has a lot of similarities to acekard

ok even if it was based of the rpg firmware, they made changes
if u download the dstwo firmware from their website and go to the ui folder and go to the properties of any of the bmp there, they are all in 24-bit format

using the opensource firmware doesn't mean it has to be exactly the same, they could make changes

no, you are mistaken, they are not. they are in 16bit straight from the get go.

ok wait let me check

edit:oh your rite
i figured out why the banding is there
ill have to fixed by tommorow
well atleast ill try to fix it
it happened why i saved through ms paint because i had to type in akaio and do all the colours to have it look like DSTWO on the screen
it happened most likely because of paint

edit2: ok i have it figured out
its happening because of mspaint
when you try to save it, it saves as 24bit and when you use save as and save it as 16 bit, it turns to cr@p
does any one have recommendation to a software similar to mspaint (other than photoshop)

 

[VatoLoco]

gimp is an awesome tool to use for skinning.

theres a link and a tutorial of sorts at the akaio wiki

edit: added links for ease

 

[kiafazool]

ok guys
i have reuploaded everything and everything is pixel perfect
thanks to vato he made me realize that i was mistaken and the dstwo skins are 16bit, it was me and mspaint that made them 24bit (i hate you microsoft, apple ftw (even though i have not a single thing from apple))

anyways
you guys can now download version 1.1 (i forgot to name it 1.1 accidently named it [NEW])
so enjoy

 

[YayMii]

Nice. But I have 2 suggestions:
1. It's possible to use custom fonts on the calendar and clock (Example here). Can you please update your theme to have fonts that match the DSTWO?
2. Can you throw together a theme that resembles the DSTWO's "Silver" theme?

Thanks.

 

[Scott-105]

This is pretty good! I'm gonna download it!

 

[kiafazool]

Nice. But I have 2 suggestions:
1. It's possible to use custom fonts on the calendar and clock (Example here). Can you please update your theme to have fonts that match the DSTWO?
2. Can you throw together a theme that resembles the DSTWO's "Silver" theme?

Thanks.
1. ok ill try that. gimme some time most probably tommorow. yaymii can u please link me to the dstwo font
2. ill try but there wont be any space for the date and month and year. only space for clock and i donno how to make the info of the folders and roms come on the screen

QUOTE(Scott-105 @ Jul 6 2010, 04:53 PM) This is pretty good! I'm gonna download it!

thank you
and thank you for download

 

[YayMii]

Okay, I found it, is it okay if I touch it up before sending it to you? It currently doesn't look very clean in AKAIO.

EDIT: Actually, you can't really touch it up. You just need to move it down.

EDIT2: Oh whatever. The files you are looking for is in the EOS (here). You're looking in the '_dstwo\ui\pink\' folder for clock_numbers.bmp and clock_colon.bmp. Just take those files and put them into '__aio\ui\theme\calendar' (no modifications required). You can go to '[big clock]' in 'uisettings.ini' and change x to 122 and y to 144 to make it look nice(r).

BTW, you have the silver theme on the bottom screen, and the pink theme on the top screen.
(I feel like making a DSTWO AK theme now...)

 

[kiafazool]

Okay, I found it, is it okay if I touch it up before sending it to you? It currently doesn't look very clean in AKAIO.

EDIT: Actually, you can't really touch it up. You just need to move it down.

EDIT2: Oh whatever. The files you are looking for is in the EOS (here). You're looking in the '_dstwo\ui\pink\' folder for clock_numbers.bmp and clock_colon.bmp. Just take those files and put them into '__aio\ui\theme\calendar' (no modifications required). You can go to '[big clock]' in 'uisettings.ini' and change x to 122 and y to 144 to make it look nice(r).

BTW, you have the silver theme on the bottom screen, and the pink theme on the top screen.
(I feel like making a DSTWO AK theme now...)

yea i already found the clock font and the colon
what i needed was the font for the days,month,and year

and yes i have the silver theme on the bottom because i like the bottom of the silver better than the bottom of the pink so i combined them
and DONT MAKE A DSTWO AK THEME......................its my project

 

[viz]

..I also kinda got the urge to port my dstwo skins after reading this topic, then i got bored and didnt

 

[YayMii]

yea i already found the clock font and the colon
what i needed was the font for the days,month,and yearBut the DSTWO doesn't show that?

and yes i have the silver theme on the bottom because i like the bottom of the silver better than the bottom of the pink so i combined themOkay.
QUOTE(kiafazool @ Jul 6 2010, 07:07 PM)

and DONT MAKE A DSTWO AK THEME......................its my project

Why not? Can't I make one from scratch then? I was going to make it from scratch anyway BTW.

 

[kiafazool]

yea i already found the clock font and the colon
what i needed was the font for the days,month,and yearBut the DSTWO doesn't show that?

and yes i have the silver theme on the bottom because i like the bottom of the silver better than the bottom of the pink so i combined themOkay.
QUOTE(kiafazool @ Jul 6 2010, 07:07 PM)

and DONT MAKE A DSTWO AK THEME......................its my project

Why not? Can't I make one from scratch then? I was going to make it from scratch anyway BTW.

yea i know dstwo doesn't show date
but i was asking if u knew what font that was

 

[YayMii]

I'm pretty sure it uses the font* that the Acekard uses on the game titles (the AceKard.ttf that's included in Dan Taylor's AK skin editor).

And you still didn't answer me. You said "don't make a DSTWO AK theme" even though I was going to make it from scratch. I'm practically 50% done the skin I'm making, but if I release it, I don't want to be competitive or anything. Are you okay with me making a similar theme from scratch?

 

[kiafazool]

i was joking about the skin part
it alright with me
i wanna see a good skin, and made by you OFcourse

i meant that dotted font that the dstwo uses for the clock