Homebrew Moonshell 2 Skin guide help

[sicksea]

Can someone write me a guide on how to create skins for moonshell2. I know you use the skintools folder and change the bmp pics and run the .bat. I use Photoshop Cs4 and I created a bmp the same sizes and the original bmp. When i run global somin.bat i get an error but when I use the normal default folder its fine and it makes a skin. I also have all files inside the folder with the new bmp's. Can someone give me a full guide on how to make a skin for Moonshell 2 thanks.

 

[jurassicplayer]

Actually, there are some .png images in there too, but the log should tell you what is wrong (for me it is usually either the wrong size or just missing a file, dunno what else could happen).

Here is a really impromptu guide I made in like a couple minutes.

Spoiler

Steps to making a skin for Moonshell2.0x :

Step One : First of all, we need an idea. Without an idea, trying to make a skin is slightly pointless. Once you have an idea, continue to step two.

Step Two : Grab yourself the SkinTool folder from the misctools within the latest moonshell2 folder.

Step Three : Gather up some pictures and icons to make your skin with (preferably ones that match your topic of choice).

Step Four : Either use the folders provided within the SkinTool folder (ie. def_001, default, etc.) or just make your own folder and copy over the files from one of the other folders so you don't miss any files when you are building your skin.

Step Five : Just start replacing the icons, backgrounds, etc. with your own pictures (make sure to match both the size and file type of the original pictures) and make all of the .bmp files 24 bit depth; otherwise, those pictures turn out wonky when you compile it.

Step Six : Change the colortbl.ini file to meet what colors you need/want for your text.

Step Seven : Once you have changed the .ini with the colors/etc. you want in your skin, just pop out of the folder and use the makeskin_def_001(FRA).bat, or whatever .bat that matches your skin's folder and out comes a .skn file. If you didn't use one of the default folders and instead just made a new one, just make a .bat file and put the code

@echo off

MakeSkin.exe skinname.skn skinfolder


echo Skin package created.
echo Copy the skinname.skn to your MicroSD and open file via MoonShell2.


pause

inside and replace the "skinname" with your skin's name and "skinfolder" with your skin's folder.

Step Eight : Save your .bat file and use it! And unless you are missing something or a size is wrong, your .skn file should pop right out. =)

Step Nine : Drag and drop the new .skn file to your microsd and open it with moonshell2.0x

Step Ten : Enjoy your moment of fulfillment for creating an awesome skin.

 

[KingdomBlade]

Quite right, but I think he was getting an error, if you get that, try slapping it in paint. Then saving it again.

 

[sicksea]

thanks illl try it out guys