06 March 2011, 00:54 | #1 |
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Wow, thanks for all the hard work
Loving the new themes, will need to try some of these out ASAP Steve. |
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Rebel and Cammy are really the ones who made us all aware of what can be done with 16 colours - so a big thanks to them. Also PixelOz for allowing his Regenerating Nostalgia wallpaper to be used after being dithered. You can see it in all its proper glory here:
http://pixeloz.deviantart.com/art/Re...er-3-198324927 I added the themes just to make people aware of what is possible with a few small changes - also show how cool outlined fonts, copper effects and borderless icons are. I'm sure most will want to create a wallpaper and look for themselves, as many already have (including me, I slapped together the Retro one above). This just gives them a few different starting points and choices to work from. The default standard ClassicWB look is still available too of course. Last edited by Bloodwych; 06 March 2011 at 01:37. |
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Great!
So all this options are now in all the CWB packs? Is there a way to update mine with the new add-ons or shall I install all again? |
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Awesome and thorough information and screenies Bloodwych my friend!!!
Your packs are full of win. Thanks once more |
06 March 2011, 10:35 | #5 |
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@Bloodwych,
I notice you normally sticky and lock these posts - its ok with me if you want to move our posts to a general discussion thread and lock this one |
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Worth updating? It depends - you can see the changes in the Update thread, nothing major - if you're happy with your Theme, have already added Cyberbugfix (OS3.5/9) and everything is working as you want it, then I wouldn't bother updating. These packs are just starting points and newer isn't better if you've spent time configuring a pack for yourself. Quote:
I know Novacoder offered to provide some wallpapers, and I can add more themes pretty easily or perhaps make them separate addon packs. That Dino wallpaper you made Retrofan looked fantastic in 16 colours! As mentioned in the main update thread, mfilos also gave me the incentive to include PixelOz's wallpaper after mapping it to 16 colours and showing what it looked like. Originally, I was just going to include the Retro theme with my own amateurish wallpaper. |
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Unfortunately, it was just bad timing on your part, mr_a500. Last edited by prowler; 07 March 2011 at 00:47. |
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Fair comment mr a500, noted that you suggested something back then. I bet you would have offered some great advice and still can today. I've seen your Workbench shots in other threads - awesome work. As Prowler said, a lot can change in four years and timing on answers is a big thing.
I still refuse to add, birdie, skins, visual prefs custom buttons, start menus type things, window animations etc - the packs aren't meant to look good by going away from the Classic base look and feel. I still want the packs to be like a Classic Workbench, which I think they are, so in a way that statement still holds true. There is a lot more fluff that can be added than an optimized wallpaper and palette and changing a few Scalos/NewIcon/Copper Demon settings. And even a year ago, I didn't have any intention of adding wallpapers or Themes, as I saw that as the users job and mine to provide a base install. I still do, but decided to offer some shortcuts. I guess the new accelerators that came out for ECS machines and Rebel's and Cammy's recent work made me change my mind that 16 colour optimization was an important thing to add for users. Many seemed to doing it lately so I thought ok, I'll add it as an install option to save others a little work. I know many others including yourself mr a500 have produced optimized palettes in 16 (or more) colours with fantastic results, but the momentum of Rebel and Cammy's recent work is what seems to motivate everyone recently. There are probably a few people that have suggested things to me over the years and I've completely forgotten them then gone on and added it at a later date. I guess I should keep better notes! But yeah, people have every right to defend their input if overlooked. Last edited by Bloodwych; 07 March 2011 at 01:59. |
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BTW, can anyone name all the games in the Retro wallpaper?
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Yes.
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I never said it was me who could name them all
I nominate Cody. |
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Anyway fine work Bloodwych, can't wait to get the 3.9 version up and running on my new 030 1200 |
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10 March 2011, 00:52 | #15 |
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@NovaCoder,
Did you notice I was using the latest version of ADV SP in the Vid I made for ScummVM? With the Regen theme |
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Yep and looking good
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The optimized 16 screenmodes and Themes actually help performance on some packs due to less colours (eg ADVSP), but of course you lose some Fastram for the wallpaper due to the uncompressed IFF image. Apart from that, these themes don't really change much apart from offer a few different starting points and show users what's possible. |
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