Hacking USB Loader GUI-FX

[roku93]

Which coverflow? Custom backgrounds for games? Excited to see what comes out of this.

 

[atupac]

I usually do graphics but seeing that nobody is tackling a new GUI for the USB Loader I started to fool around.

This is what I got so far:

Please understand that this is still in menu development stage!
There is no working USB Loader with this menu layout.

You can test just the menu layout (extract the contents to SD).

http://ul.to/pebtce


Due to limitations, game covers must be precisely 160x224px, Kosaic, I hope that you don't get mad at me

we have to scale your pack 1px less in width.
Future updates will be posted here.

This topic is welcome for suggestions and covers.


Edit:
This is how it looks now:

Link to source and compiled dol: http://ul.to/14yf6w
It browses through games but doesn't start them.

I am starting all over and ditching the old source.

Expect a better and working GUI in the next few days!

Well I tried the compiled .dol but nothing happens, only came back to the HC and that' it!

Where should the images be? I puted the dol+yellow star icon+ 18 images in the same directory sd/apps/usbloder.

 

[roku93]

Oh my.. I should be reading a book for school, but here I am photoshopping for fun.. This is addictive. Really.
This is with per game backgrounds again. I were also thinking of maybe a splash screen during the initialization (is it spelled like that?) of USB device.

Mind you, the book is very small print... Bah.

Edit: Oh my, I misspelled Twilight... Twlight..

 

[atupac]

Oh my.. I should be reading a book for school, but here I am photoshopping for fun.. This is addictive. Really.
This is with per game backgrounds again. I were also thinking of maybe a splash screen during the initialization (is it spelled like that?) of USB device.

Mind you, the book is very small print... Bah.

Edit: Oh my, I misspelled Twilight... Twlight..

VERY NICE SHOT roku93, WE ROGER THAT

 

[maddoc]

Well people, here is a preview of the loader.
It loads the game selected with pointer (star) and by pressing A.

 

[bluebird12]

Well people, here is a preview of the loader.
It loads the game selected with pointer (star) and by pressing A.

wow great job so far.

 

[delta123]

nice going. This gui is looking one of the best i`ve seen.

 

[56killer]

Well people, here is a preview of the loader.
It loads the game selected with pointer (star) and by pressing A.

What library did you use to make it zoom GRRLIB?

 

[maddoc]

Yes, GRRLIB.

 

[ThaDraGun]

Sweet! Looks awesome.
Close to being released or are you still working out the bugs?

 

[maddoc]

Well people, here is a preview of the loader.
It loads the game selected with pointer (star) and by pressing A.



What library did you use to make it zoom GRRLIB?


I think it's 2 different sized images being loaded as what other loaders are doing, I could be wrong.


But honestly, although I know this is still in it's early stages of development, there is a lot missing from it to make it have that "wii" feeling. No + or - icons to show for next page, it does not actually zoom the image so it makes it look choppy on the transition from small to large, and the large sized image is a bit overbearing on the screen, just a little too big.

it uses grrlib, the loading of big images takes precious time and space on sd.
I am sure you do better than this!

QUOTE(ThaDraGun @ Apr 12 2009, 05:00 AM)

Sweet! Looks awesome.
Close to being released or are you still working out the bugs?

Just refining the interface now and adding a few feature.
The games load fine already (exactly as in classic usb loader).

 

[ether2802]

Great job, I'll be waiting for the release of this, but would you mind using the source of this one..??

 

[dlxowhd]

i guess you are done?
i just saw this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flA3rojAo4g

 

[ThaDraGun]

i guess you are done?
i just saw this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flA3rojAo4g

Thats the same video as posted above. Its a demo to show that it works. He's still improving it tho..

 

[maddoc]

Not yet.

It boots games and shows covers. nothing more/less yet.

Here is the alpha1 version for testing purposes.
It is safe as deleting/adding games is not implemented.

Just point and push A (home to exit to loader).
+ / - to change pages.

Contents of SDroot folder in the archive is to be extracted to SD root.

Have fun with it and hope to get feedback!

alpha1 - http://ul.to/jjx4cj

 

[delta123]

tried it. and half of my covers don`t show. and everything is a bunch of gargled images. but i am loading it up from boot. if i reset it again it should load normally. but everything works.

 

[burnett1]

Thank you for the great work. It works fine.

 

[roku93]

First blackscreened, forgot to turn on my HDD. After turning it on it works as advertised. You might want to look at the sizes of the zoomed in covers. Little bit too big, methinks.

 

[maddoc]

noted, will wait for more reports and integrate a few more ideas before the next release.

 

[JussiPik]

i`m downloading it right now,i will post result asap.