Thank you! Anyway, back to the macOS Theme! If it's helpful, I have done the easy part of the Sierra theme installer. It installs everything but the icons and the new buttons, checkboxes, etc. (although traffic lights are included). If you want this, PM me. I have some other things to tell you as well and some questions. If you don't want it and prefer to make your own, that's fine too! I completely understand.
I appreciate the effort, but as the pack is not finished and the pack is being created by the PPC Archive Team and others, but being released as a PPC Archive project. The team would really appreciate if you didn't take over this project, as Gavin has been working very hard on this theme, and wants to be able to take credit. Also, the theme is not finished yet, so we can't give it out freely for use when it still is incomplete. It gives the users here a bad rep, and more importantly, the PPC Archive. The team is currently redesigning the website, and the macOS Sierra theme being the staple. Thanks for the effort and the thought, but we would appreciate to take it from hereThank you! Anyway, back to the macOS Theme! If it's helpful, I have done the easy part of the Sierra theme installer. It installs everything but the icons and the new buttons, checkboxes, etc. (although traffic lights are included). If you want this, PM me. I have some other things to tell you as well and some questions. If you don't want it and prefer to make your own, that's fine too! I completely understand.
Here's the thing with that, Gavin has had to deal with people taking his ideas in the past, and he isn't happy about it. He puts a lot of work into things like this, and it really sucks when someone takes your ideas or your work. It has happened to me in the past, and I hate the feeling. I am just trying to ensure something like this doesn't happen again.
Not to mention the macOS Sierra theme was already planned to become its own "distro" of OS X Leopard, as @Orizence and I were working on getting the OS X installer to take custom packages (which I successfully managed to pull off), not a separate installer. It could very well be made for people that do not want to reinstall OS X, but it's going to be way harder that way. The "Ultimate Leopard PowerPC DVD DMG" project was given the green light by the team as well. Again, I have no problem with @HFTaylor12 taking over my work on that due to complications in my personal situation, but we shouldn't get ahead of ourselves. The entire reason that project is stalled was because of lack of progress on the main project due to personal situations of the team and the absence of Tom. We can start figuring out how to make a standalone installer after we manage to do all this first, if @gavinstubbs09 and the rest of the team is OK with it. I will eventually write up how to make those packages for the OS X installer, but perhaps Orizence remembers how to do it, and he could inform HFTaylor12.
I remember how to do it, I just need some time to do it again, and ill make a write up while I'm at it
I'm just waiting for the pack to be released to the public and some spare cash so I can get some more DDR2 and a new HDD before this one dies, but with the new MMA gym I'm joining, and the girlfriend, along with my phone bill and other things, money doesn't come easy thats for sure. (I still need to get my G2 and start saving for a car.....)
If you don't want to give it out, you'd better stop uploading the files you're using.
I was only planning to make a installer package that would install only the theme, not the whole OS.
Some of us are stuck with older hardware that isnt exactly economical to upgrade, so Ill continue to use my G5. Now the real question is as a 17 year old, in 2016 how can I afford to upgrade my whole music setup to do the same thing it already does
I could be wrong but I believe he was only planning on making the installer and making it work with the OS X installer. I did make a lot of progress on the whole OS installer, just nothing for the themeIf you don't want to give it out, you'd better stop uploading the files you're using.
I was only planning to make a installer package that would install only the theme, not the whole OS.
I just made an interesting discovery. I fired up Themepark 3.1 on my Tiger machine, which has the Good Grey theme and Shapeshifter. For giggles, I opened and saved the Extras.rsrc from that machine and transferred it over to my testbed Powerbook running Leopard. I'll be damned if it didn't work:
Granted, the controls look a little funny with the silver framing, but this tells me a lot. I can actually scan through the file to see what the original themer changed and make things go a whole lot easier, rather than the hit or miss modding that I've been doing. I can also install this theme on Tiger WITHOUT Shapeshifter now as well. The file is below if anyone wants to give it a try, and again, it's YOUR fault if you hose your system.
Do you know where ThemePark 3.1 can still be obtained? All the sites I tried didn't work anymore or just gave me 4.1 which won't work with Tiger, AFAIK.
(Maybe I'll try this on my iMac G5)
If the files are compatible, then it shouldn't be hard to make a macOS theme for Tiger. As long as the Extras file and ThemePark is used and not artTools, then all that's left is the icons, dock, font, and foxboxes, right?I just made an interesting discovery. I fired up Themepark 3.1 on my Tiger machine, which has the Good Grey theme and Shapeshifter. For giggles, I opened and saved the Extras.rsrc from that machine and transferred it over to my testbed Powerbook running Leopard. I'll be damned if it didn't work:
Granted, the controls look a little funny with the silver framing, but this tells me a lot. I can actually scan through the file to see what the original themer changed and make things go a whole lot easier, rather than the hit or miss modding that I've been doing. I can also install this theme on Tiger WITHOUT Shapeshifter now as well. The file is below if anyone wants to give it a try, and again, it's YOUR fault if you hose your system.
If I can help, let me know! I wasn't originally planning on it but I think it's a great idea and am willing to help in any way I can.
Hmmm... Don't get tired doing all that x) maybe because, oh nvm ...
