Are You Fed Up With Your Current XMB Icons? Why Not Hack It?

[splodger15]

Nope, the image isn't fake. And yes, it is a screenshot of a hacked XMB. Are you interested yet?

We know our handheld's XMB looks fine and well already but changes are sometimes good. As much as you don't want to be wearing the same clothes every day and eating the same food every meal, we are pretty sure you don't want that for your PSP either. XMB Icon Hacking is a Lua application created by homebrew coder kgsws.

As the name implies, the application allows for changing icons on our XMB. It was originally made for 1.5 FWs. Although kgsws isn't sure if there will be complications with other firmwares, he suggested just the same to use custom ones so as to avoid problems.

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[D0N]

Can this be used with 3.02 OE-B?

[Nikolaos]

whoa... nice ima test this out.

[alamosh]

Hey, hey... Does this work? LUA? Writes the FLASH?

[Chang21]

i think this program flash topmenu_plugin.rco in psp

[Veskgar]

Something like this I'd think would be ideal for DevHook. If you can emulate the XMB without flashing that would be great. If using something like this with 3.02 OE-B required you to flash away then forget it. The current icons are fine.

[blackrave]

This does not work with anything else than 1.50 (at least according to comments on QJ).

By the way, I don't think QJ will be so happy if they see that the news is just copied and pasted from them. :p
But thanks for the news anyway.

I too think that this would be great for DevHook. Isn't it already possible? If you just copy the topmenu_plugin.rco into the correct folder?

[cal360]

this would be great if it could be implemented into x - flash i'm i'm not going to try this yet though

[Vega]

By the way, I don't think QJ will be so happy if they see that the news is just copied and pasted from them. :p
But thanks for the news anyway.


:rofl: Its happened more than enough times to this site. Wouldnt stress over it.

[imagecko]

DO not try with 3.02 oe-b it will brick, thank god for the recovery mode.

[Mr. Shizzy]

I just read 20+ pages about this on QJ. And from what I understand:

This was originally made for 1.5. People have been using 2.5 top_menu.rco files to flash this on OE firmware... But if you do, there will be some missing icons on your XMB. :(

When, and if they can decrypt the 3.0 top_menu (this confuses me, b/c I thought 3.0 was decrypted awhile ago...) than this could be used on OE, without losing icons. Hold on, I'll find the link so you guys can read for yourselves.



EDIT: OK, here's the release thread. So yes, this has been done on OE firmware, but like I said, you'll be missing some icons.

CUSTOM ICONS WIP/RELEASE THREAD (http://forums.qj.net/f-psp-hacks-9/t-xmb-icon-hacking-77877/page36.html)

[acn010]

I just read 20+ pages about this on QJ. And from what I understand:

This was originally made for 1.5. People have been using 2.5 top_menu.rco files to flash this on OE firmware... But if you do, there will be some missing icons on your XMB. :(

When, and if they can decrypt the 3.0 top_menu (this confuses me, b/c I thought 3.0 was decrypted awhile ago...) than this could be used on OE, without losing icons. Hold on, I'll find the link so you guys can read for yourselves.



EDIT: OK, here's the release thread. So yes, this has been done on OE firmware, but like I said, you'll be missing some icons.

CUSTOM ICONS WIP/RELEASE THREAD (http://forums.qj.net/f-psp-hacks-9/t-xmb-icon-hacking-77877/page36.html)

so this means that it will work but icons will be missing?

[Mr. Shizzy]

Yes. People have reported getting working on OE firmwarwe. (With some missing XMB icons of course)
If someone ever manages to get this working on 3.02 OE-B (with all icons) I would be in heaven. :D This could potentialy take my theme making to a whole new level. :D


Imagine the possibilities...

BTW: A dev named DarkStone is looking into more OE compatibiltiy with this hack. :)

[acn010]

people are giving a try to this, even me ha ha ha,
i just dont want to brick my psp

[cal360]

lets hope that potentially this can go further

[The_Ultimate_Eggman]

Found these they look sweet...Would be nice if it was 302 OE-A/B compatible then we can have some great custom theme packs.

[kiore]

Would these themes ,,,,if they were possable on OE take up valuable room in flash or could they be stored on ms

[cloud_952]

Seeing as they overwrite the previous images and there are obvious size limitations, I don't imagine they'd take up more space than the originals did, so.. no, it wouldn't "take up valuable room in flash".

I assure you, you do not want your XMB icons on your MS. O_o People greatly overestimate read speeds of the MS..

[kiore]

Seeing as they overwrite the previous images and there are obvious size limitations, I don't imagine they'd take up more space than the originals did, so.. no, it wouldn't "take up valuable room in flash".

I assure you, you do not want your XMB icons on your MS. O_o People greatly overestimate read speeds of the MS..

So I'm guessing this rules out a Undo feature then.

[acn010]

so many people transfered to OE. i wish eople should start wrking on it

[Mr. Shizzy]

If you do this and don't like it. people have claimed they restored there XMB's with a backed up top_menu.rco and PSPfiler.

[kiore]

All good then, Just clearing up my own curious mind which also may help someone else reading this forum.

[emuking]

its sad how qj is ahead of this site in news now, oh well we can always copy and paste,oh wait never mind we just did :)

[gamerremag]

can...you...change....them...to...ANYTHING?!?!?!?! ?!?!?!

thats so Kool with a capital K

[mnuhaily22]

Down at PSP Hacks people are mad cause this bricked there PSP, so just make sure you follow ALL the instructions carefully.

[TacticalBread]

This is amazing! :D

I always thought about stuff like this, but I never thought it possible.

Hope it works for 3.02 OE soon. :D

[alamosh]

Well, I have done this already... It is amazing.

There's no real danger of bricking your PSP if you use the correct files and are using some kind of Custom Firmware... I'm using 3.02OE-B and everything went flawlessly. As with everything, you just need to follow instructions carefully.

Anyway, here's my Custom XMB Icon modification:

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g226/alamosh/alamoshspsp.jpg

Thanks to everyone who made this possible.

[Vibestar]

I don't understand this. It's obvious there are some part of png files in the top menu.rco. So why do we have to make bmp's. They have no blending and never will get smooth???

[Squidman]

Well, I have done this already... It is amazing.

There's no real danger of bricking your PSP if you use the correct files and are using some kind of Custom Firmware... I'm using 3.02OE-B and everything went flawlessly. As with everything, you just need to follow instructions carefully.

Anyway, here's my Custom XMB Icon modification:

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g226/alamosh/alamoshspsp.jpg

Thanks to everyone who made this possible.

COOL!.....what font is that? looks really nice

[sok98]

wow thats sick alamosh! can u pm me the icons u used to make that :P

[TacticalBread]

Well, I have done this already... It is amazing.

There's no real danger of bricking your PSP if you use the correct files and are using some kind of Custom Firmware... I'm using 3.02OE-B and everything went flawlessly. As with everything, you just need to follow instructions carefully.

Did you get icons for Network and what not?

or only for those five?

[Psphreak]

There are 3 icons that aren't "there" after flashing with the custom icons. I have a 3.02 OE-B and flashed no problems. The icons aren't that important anyways, they are the PSP Camera, Certificate icon, and some other icon in the settings section.

[TacticalBread]

I flashed it and it bricked. Yay for recovery mode.

I'll just wait for an official version, for 3.02 OE.

[alamosh]

Did you get icons for Network and what not?

or only for those five?

Yeah, I got the icons for the main stuff... There are only 3 missing. This is because we are using a topmenu_plugin from 2.5 fw.

[TacticalBread]

Yeah, I got the icons for the main stuff... There are only 3 missing. This is because we are using a topmenu_plugin from 2.5 fw.

Would you mind posting your topmenu_plugin?

I want to try this out without using the lame default ones.

[kgsws]

it is not in lua ! i newer create something in lua ... pls fix it

on this page is version for 3.02
http://forums.qj.net/f-psp-hacks-9/t-xmb-icon-hacking-77877/page70.html

[D0N]

Do any icons disappear for 3.02 now?

[RomComZom]

On 3.02oe-B, Got X-Flash18g, flashed topmenu_plugin.rco with one someone esle made. Works fine. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c185/romcomzom/Misc/video1.gif

[.:PSP1.0:.]

Hey guys here is my current menu screen.. With a bit of help from the boys over at PSPHACKS i was able make this lol Thanks to all at PSPHACK for your help BG (SHADOW), FONTS and tuts :thumbup:



http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p180/boy_integra/screen1.jpg

[blacsupaman3]

Well, I have done this already... It is amazing.

There's no real danger of bricking your PSP if you use the correct files and are using some kind of Custom Firmware... I'm using 3.02OE-B and everything went flawlessly. As with everything, you just need to follow instructions carefully.

Anyway, here's my Custom XMB Icon modification:

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g226/alamosh/alamoshspsp.jpg

Thanks to everyone who made this possible.


Hey guys here is my current menu screen.. With a bit of help from the boys over at PSPHACKS i was able make this lol Thanks to all at PSPHACK for your help BG (SHADOW), FONTS and tuts :thumbup:



http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p180/boy_integra/screen1.jpg

I THINK BOTH OF THESE ICONS ARE HOT AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU GUYS WOULD MIND PM'ing ME THE LINKS AND LETTING ME KNOW HOW TO INSTALL/FLASH THEM TO MY PSP FIRMWARE 3.02 OE-B.... I really wanna give this a try..... THANKS IN ADVANCE AND KEEP UP THE WORK...

[zidanerick]

I THINK BOTH OF THESE ICONS ARE HOT AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU GUYS WOULD MIND PM'ing ME THE LINKS AND LETTING ME KNOW HOW TO INSTALL/FLASH THEM TO MY PSP FIRMWARE 3.02 OE-B.... I really wanna give this a try..... THANKS IN ADVANCE AND KEEP UP THE WORK...

Do you have to use caps??

[blacsupaman3]

Do you have to use caps??

My bad its just a habit I have when I type...... Really doesn't mean anything..... And this wasn't the response I was hoping for....

[RomComZom]

How do you keep the transparent background? i make an Icon in photoshop, save as bmp and indexed and all that stuff. when saved it still has a white background. open in Paintbrush to save as 256 and it still has background.

[.:PSP1.0:.]

^^ Have you tried to save it onto i think a black background? Not sure but from what ive read it needs to be save onto a black ground to get the transparent look..

[vision]

How do you keep the transparent background? i make an Icon in photoshop, save as bmp and indexed and all that stuff. when saved it still has a white background. open in Paintbrush to save as 256 and it still has background.


you have to save it a png with out a background

also could you please pm me those gold icons they look good

[RomComZom]

Ok well..it was the black background. Thanks for the help. Made some Glyphs from the movie Blade for icons.http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c185/romcomzom/Misc/glyphsicon.jpg