Hacking New Theme for EZ-Flash Omega!

[veikkos]

i added a feature that allows you to hold L as the cart starts up and it will automatically launch the first ROM in NOR, because people asked me for it

It's a good feature and I don't understand why Shadow is aggressive about it... I don't know what is "flashme argument" and why is he calling my use case stupid.

 

[Localhorst86]

It's a good feature and I don't understand why Shadow is aggressive about it... I don't know what is "flashme argument" and why is he calling my use case stupid.

Because shadow has a tendency to be rude and condescending. Don't worry about it.

 

[Chaykin]

NORFlash is a great option and holding L to boot automatically the first rom in it is even better - haters gonna hate.

 

[linkinworm]

weather someone thinks its a stupid feature or not, it still has the bad design for that one menu , just thought id bring it up...

 

[Sterophonick]

weather someone thinks its a stupid feature or not, it still has the bad design for that one menu , just thought id bring it up...

Bad design...?
Please elaborate.

 

[stap]

Bad design...?
Please elaborate.

Well let's. Blue title background doesn't match high-contrast icons & red font. Too many different colours, as a result skin looks untidy, more like a Windows 95 with 16 colours, looks outdated for 2020, which also applies to folders (gradients) and files icons. "Image not found" icon looks blurry and motley, and for some reason GBA thumbnails are not shown correctly (It always shows "Image not found" image). Fonts, o boy... Sans-serif fonts attached look way more neatly. No offense.

I have seen only one skin for EZ Flash Omega, that doesn't make my eyes bleed. I did attach it in one of my previous posts.

Respect for the fw functional though.

P.S. I guess, someone will find offsets for the UniversalSkinner app for your 2.9 version of firmware useful. I did manage to find all of them except for the ColorsMap.

Spoiler: UniversalSkinner offests for Sterophonick's SimpleLight 2.9

<file chksum="0xebf2ec87" comment="EZ-Flash Omega FW7 K1.06 SimpleLight 2.9">
<bitmap offset="0x0003B354" width="70" height="70" color="16">QR Code Manual (EN)</bitmap>
<bitmap offset="0x0003D99C" width="70" height="70" color="16">QR Code Manual (CN)</bitmap>
<bitmap offset="0x0003FFE4" width="120" height="80" color="16">Not Found Image</bitmap>
<bitmap offset="0x00047A24" width="128" height="110" color="16">Dialog Background</bitmap>
<bitmap offset="0x0004E824" width="240" height="160" color="16">Recent Played Screen</bitmap>
<bitmap offset="0x000AC424" width="240" height="160" color="16">Splash Screen</bitmap>
<bitmap offset="0x00099824" width="240" height="160" color="16">SD Card Screen</bitmap>
<bitmap offset="0x00086C24" width="240" height="160" color="16">Nor Flash Screen</bitmap>
<bitmap offset="0x00074024" width="240" height="160" color="16">Settings Screen</bitmap>
<bitmap offset="0x00061424" width="240" height="160" color="16">Help Screen</bitmap>
<charmap offset="0x00046FA4" width="16" height="14" chars="6" color="16">Icons as Char Map</charmap>
<charmap offset="0x000C3314" width="8" height="12" chars="128" color="1">Ascii Char Map</charmap>
<charmap offset="0x000CF9A8" width="16" height="12" chars="7614" color="1">Unicode Char Map</charmap>
<bitmap offset="0x0014ee88" width="1" height="10" color="16">Colors Map (until dialog is developed)</bitmap>
</file>

 

[linkinworm]

Bad design...?
Please elaborate.

you can see here just how dark the explorer list is for nor, like i said its minor but it something that could be updated

 

[Shadow#1]

you can see here just how dark the explorer list is for nor, like i said its minor but it something that could be updated

Use the dark theme instead

 

[veikkos]

Use the dark theme instead

Using dark theme does not fix light theme.

 

[Sterophonick]

Update 3.0:
- Save patched FluBBa's emulators
- Cleaned up the UI a little bit
- Re-implemented the file counter that was at the top right.
- Completely changed the font
- Made the NOR text readable in the light theme.

REFRESH YOUR PLUGINS

 

[WoodEMeister]

Hi, so I was trying to make use of the image viewer with your mod of the EZ Omega. The issue is the image I'm trying to use is half corrupted apparently. I can view the same image on my pc (its .jpg btw) and the image is 100% viewable. The image is in gba resolution, so its in proper size. Is something wrong with my image file or device, or is it the EZO image viewer itself? i don't think color is an issue since half will be viewable. Can i please have some help on this issue? i havent tested other images yet, but i'd like to know if i should adjust any settings involving the image. Thanks for your time.

 

[Sterophonick]

Hi, so I was trying to make use of the image viewer with your mod of the EZ Omega. The issue is the image I'm trying to use is half corrupted apparently. I can view the same image on my pc (its .jpg btw) and the image is 100% viewable. The image is in gba resolution, so its in proper size. Is something wrong with my image file or device, or is it the EZO image viewer itself? i don't think color is an issue since half will be viewable. Can i please have some help on this issue? i havent tested other images yet, but i'd like to know if i should adjust any settings involving the image. Thanks for your time.

It's the way the JPEG viewer works, you can use something like MS Paint to re-save the image since its corrupted. If it renders fine in paint, you should be good.

 

[WoodEMeister]

Hi, so i opened the image in MS Paint and it opened perfectly, so i resaved, but i opened up on my EZO and it actually was more corrupted than before saving in MS Paint. Any other possible ideas? would you need to see the image file itself?
also thank you for the fast response.

 

[Sterophonick]

Hi, so i opened the image in MS Paint and it opened perfectly, so i resaved, but i opened up on my EZO and it actually was more corrupted than before saving in MS Paint. Any other possible ideas? would you need to see the image file itself?
also thank you for the fast response.

Yeah, I'd like to see the image.

 

[WoodEMeister]

im new to this site, is it possible to send through a DM or private message? its not bad, but i dont want to share images publically

 

[WoodEMeister]

ig it doesnt matter, the images arent really personal. this includes the image im trying to view along with a photo of the corruption shown. The image was meant as a presentation for a custom gameboy im making as a gift. Its designed off a character and the image is the character's face. I thought it was a fun way to present the GBA for my friend.
So, is there any way to fix this so the full image can correctly view?

 

[Sterophonick]

Yup! I resized it to 240x160 (The GBA screen res) and i saved it with a quality of 85. It should render properly now.

 

[WoodEMeister]

Odd. The new issue is it wont show anything now. Itll quickly load then show a black screen. I apologize for taking up too much of your time, but is there another issue perhaps?

 

[Sterophonick]

Alright then, try this, I converted it into a format called PCX, which this kernel supports. The file is inside this archive. I tested it and made sure it works.

 

[WoodEMeister]

Fantastic, it works! Thank you so much for the help and i hope i didnt take too much of your time. For future, can I know what you used to convert the image?