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vaporize · 12-08-05, 06:12 PM

I just spent the last couple of hours trying to figure out how to make new VGA icons. I used this tutorial: http://www.swingoutsister.com/PPC/VG...utoral_PPC.pdf

The tutorial was very complicated.

1. It involved making .ico files with a free photoshop plugin:
http://www.telegraphics.com.au/sw/

2. Converting them to .icl icon library + compiling them to a single icon.dll file using Gconvert.

3. Copying the dll file to the windows folder on the ppc.

4. Type the below line into a notepad and save it as ".lnk". Had to figure this on my own. The tutorial only showed how to change the icon for a folder; by pasting the .lnk file into the intended folder.

#"\SD Card\Game.exe"?icons.dll, -1

(.lnk is the shorcut file. the icons.dll contains the icons. 1 is the name of the first icon.)

5. Move the .lnk file into ppc. If you have spb, then you can also add the lnk file to today screen.

6. Soft reset ppc.

All that work so I could change 3 extra icons. :rolling: I waste too much time.

There is one advantage of doing it this way though. The icons can have better quality at 64x64 pixels instead of being limited to 32x32 in spb.

12-08-05, 06:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
vaporize Aximsite Prospect Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 7 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I just spent the last couple of hours trying to figure out how to make new VGA icons. I used this tutorial: http://www.swingoutsister.com/PPC/VG...utoral_PPC.pdf The tutorial was very complicated. 1. It involved making .ico files with a free photoshop plugin: http://www.telegraphics.com.au/sw/ 2. Converting them to .icl icon library + compiling them to a single icon.dll file using Gconvert. 3. Copying the dll file to the windows folder on the ppc. 4. Type the below line into a notepad and save it as ".lnk". Had to figure this on my own. The tutorial only showed how to change the icon for a folder; by pasting the .lnk file into the intended folder. #"\SD Card\Game.exe"?icons.dll, -1 (.lnk is the shorcut file. the icons.dll contains the icons. 1 is the name of the first icon.) 5. Move the .lnk file into ppc. If you have spb, then you can also add the lnk file to today screen. 6. Soft reset ppc. All that work so I could change 3 extra icons. :rolling: I waste too much time. There is one advantage of doing it this way though. The icons can have better quality at 64x64 pixels instead of being limited to 32x32 in spb.