From bf765bb5451326c8c2146562aab0adffc7cad6fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leathl Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:09:42 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Version 1.1 git-svn-id: svn://localhost/Users/andi/Downloads/code/wiki@4 eddbe33b-e435-4246-ac25-f5eb65f9a13c --- Instructions.wiki | 128 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Readme.wiki | 17 +++--- 2 files changed, 136 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Instructions.wiki diff --git a/Instructions.wiki b/Instructions.wiki new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a8c1558 --- /dev/null +++ b/Instructions.wiki @@ -0,0 +1,128 @@ +#summary Basic Instructions for CustomizeMii +#labels Featured + +*These are some basic instructions for CustomizeMii.*
+
+*_At the very beginning, let me say this again: Don't install any WADs without a proper brick protection!_*
+
+Ok, so you want to create your own custom channels?
+First it is important to understand how the creation of a custom channel with CustomizeMii works.
+Skip this if you already know.
+
+Basically, you can't create a channel from scratch. Well, you could, but not with this application.
+You need a base WAD which you can modify. You can either download one within this application or use +any WAD (must be a channel of course) from anywhere.
+You can then edit the WAD file. +The editing of animations is for advanced users, so if you're not familiar with brlyt's and brlan's +(I guess you're not unless you created your own animations), get a static base WAD or one with the +animation you want.
+
+So, let's start to create a channel. Download a base WAD through the application or load one from your HDD.
+You can preview the downloadable WADs through the preview button.
+All options below are optional!
+
+
+
+*MIXING BANNER, ICON AND SOUND*
+
+The options below the downloadable base WADs are the "replace" options.
+Let's say you have loaded WAD A as a base, but you want the icon of WAD B and you have a 00000000.app that +contains a sound that you want to use.
+No problem! Just use the dropdownbox which yet says "Banner" and choose "Icon". Click on the browse button +next to it and choose WAD B. The icon of WAD B will replace the icon of WAD A.
+After that, choose "Sound" from the dropdownbox and browse for the 00000000.app, the sound.bin will be +extracted and used instead of the one within WAD A.
+
+Note: These features are non-destructive, i.e. you can always use the clear button to get back to the +banner/icon/sound of WAD A!
+
+
+
+*CHANNEL INFORMATION*
+
+You may want to change the channel information, i.e. the title and ID.
+Let's change the channel title first. It's the text that will be displayed when you hold your cursor +over the channel. Goto the "Title" tab and fill a title for all languages. If you want to change the +title for a specific language, just use the language's textbox. If you want a different title for every +language, you don't need to fill in a title for all languages.
+Now, the title ID. Open the "Options" tab and you'll see a textbox for the ID. The ID is 4 characters long +and only contains letters and numerics. Lower case letters will automatically converted to upper case.
+Change it to a unique(!) ID, because channels will overwrite existing channles with the same ID!
+
+I recommend not to use any title ID beginning with the following characters, because official channels +use these and thus your channel may overwrite them:
+C, E, F, H, J, L, M, N, P, Q, W
+
+
+
+*INSERTING A NEW DOL*
+
+Let's bring some life into the channel. In the "Options" tab, use the browse button for a new DOL.
+Either load a forwarder or the DOL of any application. Note that some channles require more than just a DOL +and thus may not work in a channel (e.g. MPlayer CE).
+Choose a NAND loader or just stick with the one selected (both will do fine).
+
+
+
+*INSERTING A NEW SOUND*
+
+For the sound, you can either use a wave file or the sound replace function to use the sound of an +existing sound.bin/00000000.app/WAD.
+If you want looped sound, open your wave file with wavosaur and add loop points before.
+
+
+
+*EDITING THE BANNER/ICON (If you're an advanced user and want to edit the brlyt/brlan, do that first!)*
+
+So, let's begin with the real customization. I will only talk about the banner here, the instructions +are the same for the icon.
+Goto the "Banner" tab. You shouldn't touch the add and remove buttons, they're for advanced users that +change the animation. (However, they can't really harm your channel, as CustomizeMii will check for missing +and unneeded TPLs while creating a WAD).
+You will see a list with all TPLs inside the banner.bin. When you select a TPL, +it's current format will be shown in the "Format" dropdownbox. Note that CustomizeMii can read 8 different +TPL formats, but only write 3 (RGBA8, RGB565 and RGB5A3), that should be enough for your needs.
+You can use the preview button to preview a TPL (obvious, right?), but you get one more important info, +the image size. It will be shown in the title of the preview window. If your images aren't the same size, +they will be resized! So be sure to have at least the correct aspect ratio, so your images wont be +squeezed or whatever.
+Before replacing the image, choose a format from the dropdownbox.
+(RGBA8 = High Quality, Big Size --- RGB565 = Moderate Quality, Small Size --- RGB5A3 = Bad Quality, Small Size)
+Now you can use the replace button to insert your image. Preview the TPL after replacing to check the +image. Maybe you want to use another format though? No problem, just replace the TPL again.
+
+Note: You can use the "Make Transparent" checkbox to make a TPL transparent, e.g. if you don't like +one piece of an animation (It's non-destructive, i.e. you can always uncheck the box).
+
+
+
+*EDITING THE ANIMATION (Advanced users only!)*
+
+Skip this part, if you don't really know what brlyt and brlan files are and how they're structured.
+Goto the "brlyt" tab. You will see the banner.brlyt and icon.brlyt there.
+Above the buttons is a text that will indicate whether you're doing actions on the "Banner" or +the "Icon" (When you select the banner.brlyt, you're editing the "Banner" and vice versa). +Now, just replace the banner.brlyt and icon.brlyt files as you want. You can use the list TPLs button +afterwards to see all TPLs that are required by the banner.brlyt/icon.brlyt (Don't worry, CustomizeMii +won't let you create a WAD, if you forgot a required TPL).
+Now, goto the "brlan" tab. It's similar to the "brlyt" tab. You shouldn't touch the add or delete button +unless your base WAD only has a banner.brlan and you want to use a banner_Start.brlan and banner_Loop.brlan.
+In this case, first add the two files and then delete the old banner.brlan. +Else just replace the files with yours. Be absolutely sure the your brlan files only refer to panes that are +indicated in your brlyt files!
+That's it, here's nothing left to do.
+
+
+
+*CREATING THE WAD*
+
+Well, your channel should be ready to be created.
+Goto the "Options" tab and check the Lz77 checkbox, if you want to compress your channel to safe some Wii memory.
+If your channel doesn't work, first try it again without compression. +Now just click on the create WAD button (The big one with the different text each startup).
+CustomizeMii will do some failure checks and if all went fine, a save dialog will pop up. +If you get an error or warning, read the message carefully. It should give you enough information to fix +the problem yourself.
+
+So, if you got down to here, you're done by now. Please, if you find any bugs or have suggestions, take some +seconds to report them at the issue tracker: http://code.google.com/p/customizemii/issues/list \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/Readme.wiki b/Readme.wiki index 47528db..c7f87b1 100644 --- a/Readme.wiki +++ b/Readme.wiki @@ -46,17 +46,16 @@ comex and Waninkoko for both their NAND Loader
Copyright (C) 2009 Leathl

-CustomizeMii is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
-as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
-of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+CustomizeMii is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
+by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.

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