Solutions have been developed around evox, etc. to change skins without a pc. This app makes it much simpler. Instructions included.

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Suggestions are welcome.

havent had the chance to try it yet, but ti sounds awesome.
good work

OK, i've got a request here,

Would you be able to release a version which loads the foldername,xbe name and path, ect from a config file?

I guess it will come later though once its been tested out.

Aweelz

Yes I worked like a charm!! I only have on request. Can you post the code that you changed so I can incorporate it into my existing default.xip? When I used yours I lost my fifth menu choice. Thanx

Android:

haven't tried it yet, but sounds very interesting!

great work!

now on to the suggestions:

1. locks up without a .xbp file... (some of my skins came only with a .xip. the skins DID load after a hard restart. I cant find the default green .xbp file for some reason.) I suggest using a default xbp file, or error checking.

2. there is no way to go backwards.

3. perhaps add something on the screen telling the users what skin they are at. (3 out of 12) (or maybe at least the skin name could be visible in some way.)

4. if the user can tell what skin he/she is at then maybe allow them to skip ahead/behind 5 or 10 skins (if they have a large list of skins).

thanks again, and keep up the good work!

oh i forgot:

5. maybe make it harder to change the skin... something like white + R or white + L would be nice.... otherwise my stupid friends will be changing my skins and then i'll have to cycle back to the one i want.

6. rebooting changed the background of the skin back to green consistantly with some skins. going into a dash (evox or UnleashX for example) and then going back to the "ms dashboard" would return the color back to the proper color every time. probably a bug.

EDIT: (this might be confusing...) two skins are going completely back to the original skin on reboot. these both use the original skin.xip with a different .xbp to spice things up.
i believe the problem is due to the skin.xbp files not being reloaded on reboot, but maybe im wrong.


note: i love numbering things

oops, meant to hit pm, not reply

SHINEY HAPPY WHINEY PEOPLE

Hey, can you put in FTP support too? That'd be cool.

brent4president:
1. I'll do that.
2-5. In the future you will be able to choose your skin from a settings menu in thc. I heard someone was working on that. If not, I can do it. That would solve those problems.
6. This was a tough one but I think I know what's happening. I bet your bios does'nt boot to thclite.xbe so you have two thc xbe's. In this case, this is whats happening:

1. your bios boots dash.xbe
2. you press white button, and it launches vpatch.xbe
3. vpatch applies the color scheme to thclite.xbe and swaps the skin.xip
4. it then launches thclite.xbe and you see your skin in all it's glory
5. when you reboot, the bios launches dash.xbe which still has the green materials
- in the next release you will be able to specify the dash partition and name. you could also just flash your bios to boot thclite.xbe

Osanya:
-- I'll get right on that

I have a Menu that I think would work really well with this

You can also cycle backwards... I'll post my exact mod when I get back home on tue, in the meantime you can apply this to whatever button you choose...

I believe this is correct... Note: changes are underlined!!!

let meknow if it works.. ok


var info = new Settings;
info.file = "Y:\\config.xbx";
var skin = info.GetValue("Skin");
var skinNumber = 0;
var c = new Folder;
c.path = "Y:\\tHcData\\skins";
var cSize = c.subFolders.length();
var cTitles = new Array(cSize);
if(cSize > 0)
{
for(var cLoop = 0; cLoop < cSize; cLoop = cLoop + 1)
{
cTitles[cLoop] = c.subFolders[cLoop].name;
}
cTitles.sort();
for(var i = 0; i < cSize; i = i + 1)
{
if(cTitles[i] == skin)
{
skinNumber = i - 1;
}
}
}
if(skinNumber < 0)
{
skinNumber = cSize - 1;
}
skin = cTitles[skinNumber];
info.SetValue("Skin", skin);
PlaySoundB();
PlaySoundA();
launch("vpatch.xbe", "\\Device\\Harddisk0\\Partition2");

That link doesnt work. Where can i download this at?? I've been waiting for something like this for a long time, seeing how i have win98 stupid hexbe wont apply .xbp files to the .xbe

I know the link is dead. I'm not supposed to link to that stuff anyway. I do, however, have a new release with the following features:
- fixed: wasn't reading alpha values
- fixed: froze on skins with no .xbp
- reads and applys led color from .xbp or config.xbx
---- if either file contains optional line "Led=xxxx"
------- 'xxxx' are four leters representing the 4 led states and can be r,g,o, or x(off)
- can specify different xbe name in config.xbx as "Thcxbe=xxx.xbe"


I'll try to get this up on xbins.

AWESOME! You really are my savior bro, i have been wanting to change the skin on my thc original dash for so long, but i'm running win98 so freakin hexbe doesnt work, could you post back when you get it on xbins? Thanks a million!

This isn't for the original dash, Fox. Or... I'm pretty sure it's not for original. Which is a bummer 'cause I like the original over the lite version. But, vulgus, it would be cool if you could make this for the original. You don't gotta though... I'll just... Cry about it... And... Make you suffer through a lot of guilt... No pressure. Just kiddin'. It would be cool though.

are you serious?! Well, excuse me for sounding ignorant, but it should work on thc original right? I mean why wouldnt it?

To have it work with the original it would either have to edit thc to use the new skin setup, or it would have to add files into xips like the original does, adding files into xips is alot harder than just replacing skin.xip.

Aweelz

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However, with a few modifications to the code, it could be able to patch the colors.

Thats all i need it to do, apply the .xbp files o the .xbe. I can add the .xap's to the .xip's myself. I do anyways, but i alway go back to the original blue skin because i can use freakin hexbe to edit the colors of the .xbe. So if you could please just make one that changes the colors of the .xbe of thc original, I, and i'm sure dozens of other people, would be eternal gratefull!

Hey there vulgusprofanum.

The link at the front doesn't work , i've tried xbins and all sorts , i cant seem to find the vpatch anywhere , can you help me out ?. I know it's a shit thing to request downloads , but if you could help me out that'd be much appreciated.

Thanks alot

log.

hey man , i dont understand how to use your vpatch, i mean i've tried it and it put the background on and all , but how the hell do i make the led change ? , it just doesnt seem to make sence, forgive me , this is the only thing i've ever been dumbfounded with on the xbox, it's just weird and doesnt really make a whole lot of sence.

sorry , can you please help me man. I need you to explain to me in shit head terms lol , how do i make the color of my led change on the green thc lite skin? , that's all i wanna know , and i dont want to piss around with my bios either coz that sucks.

hey

i guess this topic has gone a bit sour, am i right ?, haha , well i guess no one can help me then ? , not even vulgusprofanum himself ?. Well i guess this sucks then lol. just wondering if anyone has the time to maybe work on a little hack or code if you will , for thc lite, to give you the chance to select the colour of the led light on the front of the xbox.

well i guess no one can be botherd but if anyone out there cares or is willing to give it a go in the slightest then i'd be willing to say ' PLEASE GIVE IT A GO ! ' hahaha. Ohh well , i guess i'll c ya all around then.

huroo
thanks anyways
log.

Sour? no. I'm just lazy.
I updated the link in my first post with the new verson.
Get it quick before it's gone!

awsome, i'm glad i was finally able to get my hands on it. I dont mean to sound greedy or anything, but i would really appreciate it if you could make a version for tHc ORIGINAL. Because i use orignal over lite. Is this a possibility?

Edit: Just to change the hex values of thc original .xbe. Not instert anything to the .xaps, i can do that myself.

Alright. Since you asked so nicely, I made one.
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It should work with both versions of thc, but if you use origional, start with the green one. The colored versions will likely freeze when patched.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I am eternally gratefull. And i was trying out the of for thc lite last night, and i must say, that is awesome work man! And thanks for the one for orignal, i am eternally grateful!

The upcoming blackstormx release will have skinning support with menus and screenshots but will not use the V.P. patcher. We have designed our own to accomplish this task. check in for a release hopefully by the end of the month at www.blackstormx.com

Cheers,

BobMcGee

This is excelent, just what i have been looking for (i'm using win98), this should be packaged as standard with the tHc Lite download......

Where is the config.xbx .. I searched for like 20 minutes and I couldn't find it. Am I blind or something

I'm having a hell of a time getting this thing to work in a "Dashboards" folder. I can't seem to get it to patch the xbe or do anything except reboot the system or reboot the xbe. Any suggestions?

an example structure looks like this:

E:\Dasboards\tHc\D

where D is the xip folder

never mind, I found it

Quick question, what do i type in the config.xbx so that i can have more than 1 skin, probably really obvious but i can't get it to work

o_0
I don't think you have to type anything in the config.xbx for more than one skin.

Put each skin in it's own folder within the skins directory, and have the filenames in them renamed to skin.xbp and skin.xip

To change skins in-dash, press the black button? or was it white?

makes sense?

vulgusprofanum, Can you post the code of the new version please?, I don't want to lose my mods of tHc LITE .

vulgusprofanum,

Thanks for your work on the vpatch.
But my dash (thclite) is on f:\dash\thc\thclite.xbe.
And i want put the vpatch on f:\dash\thc\vpatch.xbe.

if i do that the vpath don't work, i test a modification with hex editor but not success.

Thanks

Loki