Full Skin Control

[NoidZ]

I wish, I wish...

Is it possible to have full control creating skins, like edit the position of the buttons. Smaller would be great to, so you have a desktop or something, or create a cool task bar?

Then everything would be a lot faster to load. Just like that GP32 skin. Dunno which is was, but it looked alot like windows 3.1

 

[NoidZ]

I mean something like this:
Link to body image

It's a bit like the Evolution X way, but I like it. Simple and fast.

Hope you like it, and can tell me how to actualy do this for GP2X

 

[virusx]

I know that it's possible. Have a look at this skin for exemple :
Fear by efegea
But sorry I can't help on how to do it.

 

[NoidZ]

I know that it's possible. Have a look at this skin for exemple :
Fear by efegea
But sorry I can't help on how to do it.

They did that the same like the Gorillaz Skin but the guy siad, "with a bit of cheating". I think the buttons are 320x240 and then place them on the screen anywhere you want. But it's the same idea as the original menu, I would like to (in my case) move the buttons up and down. A whole new system has to be created, but because I know shit about coding, I would like to ask somebody which is able to create that system.
Don't think it's that hard.

 

[Tobriand]

The problem at the moment, if I recall correctly, is that the new systems break compatibility with the media aspects of the old one. I could be wrong about that, but I'm certain I saw something along those lines somewhere.

Personally, I'd just wait for the next firmware - they're adding sound effects to the menu, which means it may be being changed in other ways too. We can only hope

 

[NoidZ]

I'm gonna ask if they can put a .ini file in or something, with the coördinates of the buttons, effects, etc.

That shouldn't be that hard to do is it?

 

[nickspoon]

You could make your icons larger and have a transparent background for most of it. Then you stick the icons whereever you want, provided they are within this border.

 

[NoidZ]

You could make your icons larger and have a transparent background for most of it. Then you stick the icons whereever you want, provided they are within this border.

I know, I noticed how they did that with the gorillaz skin but i cant do something like this :

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GP2X
v1.4 A nice pic here





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Videos Games Music Photo E-Book Explore Utility Setup
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And that's what I kinda want to create. It can be done vertical, but that's butt-damn ugly

 

[nickspoon]

That is possible, provided you do Videos, E-Book, Games, Explore, Music, Utility, Photo, Settings.

 

[NoidZ]

No, cause the buttons in the menu have given coördinates which aren't editable (yet I hope)

Or I am missing something :unsure:

 

[nickspoon]

I belive you're missing something. You make the icons large, so you can stick your picture where you want. Provided the x and y co-ordinates of each icon are larger than the x y of the top-left corner of the originals, you can position them how you like.

 

[NoidZ]

I belive you're missing something. You make the icons large, so you can stick your picture where you want. Provided the x and y co-ordinates of each icon are larger than the x y of the top-left corner of the originals, you can position them how you like.

I know I can "cheat" by making the buttons larger, but let's say the music button image can't be located higher in the screen, or aligned left right, cause the image of the button starts where the original button starts right?

All the skins I've seen so far, are all listed in the same way from videos to photo and from e-book to setup. And then you have the stupid problem that if you press down, the gp2x scrolles down 4 buttons if you line the buttons vertical and you can only scroll UP an DOWN by pressing LEFT and RIGHT :S

That's also one thing GPH should change in the next firmware update.