Hacking Nintendont Themes and Custom Mods

[VinsCool]

Fantastic

I may ask, would you also make one for 16/9 tv? I'm not being picky, but anamorphic 16/9 images squizzed to 640x480 should easyly be doable with your backgrounds

 

[AbdallahTerro]

I was thinking about 16:9 too, I used to do so for the custom banners too,
The new code by Joostin will solve the need to update the background with every new revision
I believe I can make use of the new code given by joostin to make whole theme load when the background image is present, in this case changing themes will be as easy as downloading images or renaming files in boot.dol folder.
If my theory works I can add some code to update themes online

 

[Acidflare]

I was thinking about 16:9 too, I used to do so for the custom banners too,
The new code by Joostin will solve the need to update the background with every new revision
I believe I can make use of the new code given by joostin to make whole theme load when the background image is present, in this case changing themes will be as easy as downloading images or renaming files in boot.dol folder.
If my theory works I can add some code to update themes online

could also add a theme choosing menu so themes can be stored in their own folders for example "SD/USB:\apps\nintendont\themes\Carbonik\". Then once the theme is chosen the png file can be copied to "SD/USB:\apps\nintendont\NintendontBackground.png", I don't know if it possible but making it so that the theme menu is opened only from HBC

 

[AbdallahTerro]

could also add a theme choosing menu so themes can be stored in their own folders for example "SD/USB:\apps\nintendont\themes\Carbonik\". Then once the theme is chosen the png file can be copied to "SD/USB:\apps\nintendont\NintendontBackground.png", I don't know if it possible but making it so that the theme menu is opened only from HBC

that's what I meant by "renaming files"

I was thinking about 16:9 too, I used to do so for the custom banners too,
The new code by Joostin will solve the need to update the background with every new revision
I believe I can make use of the new code given by joostin to make whole theme load when the background image is present, in this case changing themes will be as easy as downloading images or renaming files in boot.dol folder.
If my theory works I can add some code to update themes online

 

[AbdallahTerro]

I want to do this the right way so here is my view:
1. use this code
background = GRRLIB_LoadTextureFromFile("BackgroundL.png" | "BackgroundD.png");
if(background == NULL) background = GRRLIB_LoadTexturePNG(background_png);
This will allow the use or a dark and light backgrounds in addition to the default

2. use
if(background == NULL)
if(background == "BackgroundL.png")
if(background == "BackgroundD.png")
in the code to make it use the proper colors for the bar or use the default stuff

3. make nintendont load the default theme if Autoboot is cancelled by pressing B this way we can have access to menu when themes are used

4. if all works as expected work on online backgrounds download

 

[AbdallahTerro]

JoostinOnline
what's the easiest way to check if a file exists using the current code, without adding extra libraries like "boost" or whatnot
I want it as easy as:
if fileA exists
{...do some stuff...}
else
{...do something else...}

 

[AbdallahTerro]

Here's some more code you might be interested in. Replace this line with:

background = GRRLIB_LoadTextureFromFile("NintendontBackground.png");
if(background == NULL) background = GRRLIB_LoadTexturePNG(background_png);

Copy any 640x480 image named "NintendontBackground.png" to the same directory as boot.dol (or the root if you're using wiiload) and it will be used as a background.

And before anyone asks, this IS NOT going to be in an official version.

tried it
I've tried it and it's always using the default background not NintendontBackground.png that is

looks like
background = GRRLIB_LoadTextureFromFile("NintendontBackground.png");
is not working since background is black when used alone

 

[DemitriArcane]

can you make a folder of past nintendont versions? this new one doesnt work for my games

 

[AbdallahTerro]

can you make a folder of past nintendont versions? this new one doesnt work for my games

check the previous pages I made many posts with older revisions

 

[DemitriArcane]

Heres another image to use with a purple bar.

 

[DemitriArcane]

check the previous pages I made many posts with older revisions

Is it possible to use a mask? ive been curious about heart containers as the loading bar, so it fills up the hearts when it loads

 

[AbdallahTerro]

I tried to use various alpha value but got same result, it doesn't seem to work at the moment.
Moreover the filling hearts look ugly

 

[AbdallahTerro]

can you please check this 16:9 dol (progress bar position and cube proportions...)

it sould look like this in 16:9

Spoiler

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3dv1hyv1irucpb3/boot.dol?dl=0

 

[VinsCool]

can you please check this 16:9 dol (progress bar position and cube proportions...)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3dv1hyv1irucpb3/boot.dol?dl=0

Sure give me a minute. does this dol based on latest version?

 

[AbdallahTerro]

yes latest revision 237

 

[AbdallahTerro]

I'm using the default font "DejaVu" now which will make mixing stuff and loading default easier later

 

[VinsCool]

It is a bit too squizzed but the idea is here.

 

[AbdallahTerro]

what do you mean? it should look like this

can you take a picture?​

 

[VinsCool]

what do you mean? it should look like this

can you take a picture?​

It looks in beetween this and the previous image you posted, I will take a picture

 

[AbdallahTerro]

what about the progress bar position?