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Evildemon989

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Re: [Theme] CLEAN MAC OSX BOOT 
« Reply #15 on: February 07, 2010, 02:28:00 AM »
Alright, I have gone and tried the theme you resized for me. It looks great(The drive icons are not crush, and fit great.). I have three problems though. Firstly, the box with the rounded corners that goes around the drive you have selected has it's right edge about half the thickness that the other side has. The 1920x1200 theme has equal size. If you look at the 1024x768 device_selection.png you can see what I mean. Secondly, The countdown timer bar and text are right on top of each other. I would have taken a picture, but the screen goes from black to white in a flash, and my isight on my macbook cannot adjust fast enough. Lastly, the text for the drives is inside the device_selection.png and it should be between the box w/ rounded corners and the arrow. Picture attached.

Otherwise, great! Thanks.

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« Reply #16 on: February 07, 2010, 10:41:41 AM »
Firstly, the box with the rounded corners that goes around the drive you have selected has it's right edge about half the thickness that the other side has.
That is a result of the resizing, the only way to resolve that is try to resize or correct that graphic yourself in an image editor like Photoshop or GIMP.

Secondly, The countdown timer bar and text are right on top of each other.
These are positioned by the following two key/strings in the theme.plist, try changing their values to best suit your resolution.

   <key>progressbar_pos_y</key>
   <key>countdown_pos_y</key>

Lastly, the text for the drives is inside the device_selection.png and it should be between the box w/ rounded corners and the arrow.
This is a strange one as the text is normally positioned below the devices? maybe it's because the cdrom and fat16 devices don't have the same amount of space below them as the other device icons and the booter is getting confused? I am not entirely sure as I have never used this theme myself. You could maybe try and change the value for the <key>devices_pos_y</key> key/string but I don't know if that's going to help?
« Last Edit: February 07, 2010, 10:43:45 AM by Blackosx »
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« Reply #17 on: February 07, 2010, 11:53:27 PM »
That is a result of the resizing, the only way to resolve that is try to resize or correct that graphic yourself in an image editor like Photoshop or GIMP.
Yea, it's not that big of a deal. The only way you can really tell is if you stare at it.

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These are positioned by the following two key/strings in the theme.plist, try changing their values to best suit your resolution.

   <key>progressbar_pos_y</key>
   <key>countdown_pos_y</key>

This is a strange one as the text is normally positioned below the devices? maybe it's because the cdrom and fat16 devices don't have the same amount of space below them as the other device icons and the booter is getting confused? I am not entirely sure as I have never used this theme myself. You could maybe try and change the value for the <key>devices_pos_y</key> key/string but I don't know if that's going to help?
I shall try both of these when I get the chance. Thanks again!

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« Reply #18 on: February 08, 2010, 01:40:12 PM »
Thank you for the beautiful theme. I have a small problem, I cant seem to use the full 1920x1200 resolution even though i am using the 1920x1200 version. Do I have to add Graphics Mode in my Boot.plist?

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« Reply #19 on: February 08, 2010, 01:52:33 PM »
Thank you for the beautiful theme. I have a small problem, I cant seem to use the full 1920x1200 resolution even though i am using the 1920x1200 version. Do I have to add Graphics Mode in my Boot.plist?
Hi nabeelimran

First of all, can you have a look to see if Chameleon can recognise that resolution on your system? To do that, you need to boot in to the Chameleon GUI, press the down arrow on your keyboard to bring up the menu. Then down arrow to the sixth option 'Video Info' and have a look in the resulting list to see if your desired resolution of 1920x1200 is there. If it's not, then it can't use that resolution on your hardware.
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« Reply #20 on: February 09, 2010, 03:41:03 AM »
These are positioned by the following two key/strings in the theme.plist, try changing their values to best suit your resolution.

   <key>progressbar_pos_y</key>
   <key>countdown_pos_y</key>
I fixed this problem by setting countdown_pos_y to -25% from -30%.

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This is a strange one as the text is normally positioned below the devices? maybe it's because the cdrom and fat16 devices don't have the same amount of space below them as the other device icons and the booter is getting confused? I am not entirely sure as I have never used this theme myself. You could maybe try and change the value for the <key>devices_pos_y</key> key/string but I don't know if that's going to help?
I tried this, and the device icons, text, and box around them where all moved.

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« Reply #21 on: February 09, 2010, 01:41:41 PM »
Hi nabeelimran

First of all, can you have a look to see if Chameleon can recognise that resolution on your system? To do that, you need to boot in to the Chameleon GUI, press the down arrow on your keyboard to bring up the menu. Then down arrow to the sixth option 'Video Info' and have a look in the resulting list to see if your desired resolution of 1920x1200 is there. If it's not, then it can't use that resolution on your hardware.

Ok. I will do that and then get back to you.
Thanks.

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Re: [Theme] CLEAN MAC OSX BOOT 
« Reply #22 on: February 09, 2010, 02:15:36 PM »
I tried this, and the device icons, text, and box around them where all moved.
Any chance of posting a picture of what it looks like?
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Re: [Theme] CLEAN MAC OSX BOOT 
« Reply #23 on: February 09, 2010, 02:28:35 PM »
I looked and the last line read:

Mode 145: 1600x1200x8 mm: 4 attr 39f

So i guess VESA 3.0 256MB cant display 1920x1200.
Thanks again.

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« Reply #24 on: February 09, 2010, 02:37:57 PM »
I looked and the last line read:

Mode 145: 1600x1200x8 mm: 4 attr 39f

So i guess VESA 3.0 256MB cant display 1920x1200.
Double check that list to make sure that is the best option as 1600x1200 is (4:3) ratio and I guess if you originally wanted 1920x1200 which is (16:10) then you will want a widescreen option. You ideally want to use a resolution that fits your aspect ratio so if you can't have 1920x1200 then see if you can use maybe 1680x1050,1440x900 or 1280x800.

So essentially you want to find the closest match to your display's resolution that Chameleon can use with your hardware.
« Last Edit: February 09, 2010, 02:46:33 PM by Blackosx »
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« Reply #25 on: February 09, 2010, 03:17:48 PM »
Could You please tell me, what I have to change in theme.plist to make it work with 1680x1050? I'm trying to do this but it's still not working. Do I have to resize icons as well?

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« Reply #26 on: February 09, 2010, 03:31:56 PM »
Could You please tell me, what I have to change in theme.plist to make it work with 1680x1050? I'm trying to do this but it's still not working. Do I have to resize icons as well?
Hi reporter28

As this theme doesn't use a background and the devices essentially float in the screen, meaning they don't have to be positioned exactly, then you could just try changing the screen_width and screen_height key/strings in the theme.plist to match your resolution. So in this your case you can try:

   <key>screen_width</key>
   <string>1680</string>
   <key>screen_height</key>
   <string>1050</string>

You might also want to change boot_height and boot_width too.

The devices icons should ideally be resized by 87.5% equally (as show in my Resizing Themes Guide), but for now you can try leaving them as they are.

I also use that resolution so that should work for me too. Maybe I should actually try this theme too? Maybe I will try when I get back to my hack this evening?

EDIT: I have just tried using this theme on my system at 1680x1050 and it works just fine just by changing the four key/strings in bold above to 1680x1050.
« Last Edit: February 09, 2010, 07:49:18 PM by Blackosx »
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« Reply #27 on: February 09, 2010, 03:48:50 PM »
I've tried it and icons are still crashed horizontally. How can I check, what's the resolution when Chameleon starts?
Coz maybe it's not 1680x1050 and that's why I can't make it work.

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« Reply #28 on: February 09, 2010, 04:02:56 PM »
How can I check, what's the resolution when Chameleon starts?
Unfortunately there's no definite feedback by Chameleon to tell us what resolution it's using. Maybe I can ask the devs to somehow include something?

I have just knocked this up for you.
It's a 1680x1050 image with some arrows pointing to the corners of the screen, a square and three circles. Rename it to background.png and put it in your current theme folder (maybe rename the existing background file to save overwriting it). Reboot using this and see if the circles and square look equal and not squashed. If they look good then you are using 1680x1050.
« Last Edit: February 09, 2010, 04:04:28 PM by Blackosx »
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« Reply #29 on: February 09, 2010, 04:27:29 PM »
I have to reinstall my osx so I will try it in 30 mins. Hope it's gonna work. Peace!