multiMAN Cobra Manager (mmCM) Theme Packer

[Jay-Jay]

Team Cobra has released MultiMAN Cobra Manager (mmCM) Theme Packer, a tool that allows themes to be packed into a single file via drag and drop (of the theme folder), so no more need to create PKGs to install and activate themes.

Changelog:

• New THEME format (.thm). One theme - one file. Easy installation within mmCM without going to XMB to install theme pkg files.
• mmTM - Easy to use PC application to create thm files from folders (separate download).

Beginner's mmCM Theme Packer guide:

1. Modify/Create Images (refer to the images in the ORIGINAL MMCM THEME folder)
2. When you're done, drag and drop your theme folder to mmTM.exe (name the folder properly - the theme will get the same name in mmCM when installed -- For example: If you name your folder MIKEY, the name in the mmCM will be MIKEY.thm.)
3. You will get a ".thm" file - transfer it to your PS3 in /dev_hdd0/game/BLES80608/themes folder and test it (activate the theme in mmCM column -> Themes)

Special Note: If you install your own theme, but you still see icons from the previous theme, simply go to this directory in multiMAN /dev_hdd0/game/BLES80608/USRDIR/img/ and find the icon that you don't want and delete it or delete all of them except for these two files: gui_images.txt and gui.img

Download: mmCM Theme Packer for mmCM 04.00.01+

Includes Original Theme in a folder with all supported files (images, audio, fonts)

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THEME File Guide:

It is very important that you provide an icon or image as it's shown in the example folder "mmCM Original Theme" that's included with this tool. -- UPDATE!! A new version of the mmCM Original Theme is available for 04.02.00 (see UPDATE 2 below for new mmCM Original Theme files download link)

You must pay attention to the size, file type, and case sensitive.
Examples: USB.PNG is correct, where usb.png is incorrect and it will not work.

Those converting their old themes, need to pay close attention that some files have changed. See chart below:

N/A - not available or not supported
Blue - new name or new file type or new size
Green - still the same in name or file type or size.
if you notice I missed a file below, please let me know. Thanks in advance.

** the results below reflect changes made since multiMAN/mmCM 04.02.00

NEW FILE/NAME	OLD FILE/NAME	SIZE/PIXELS W x H	DESCRIPTION
N/A	*.mmt	-	this file used to be the name of the old theme. / no longer required.
ARROW.PNG	N/A	30 x 240	new since 04.00.00
AUR0.JPG	AUR0.JPG	1920 x 1080	2X4 DISPLAY BACKGROUND
AUR1.JPG	AUR1.JPG	1920 x 1080	2X4 DISPLAY BACKGROUND
AUR2.JPG	AUR2.JPG	1920 x 1080	2X4 DISPLAY BACKGROUND
AUR3.JPG	AUR3.JPG	1920 x 1080	2X4 DISPLAY BACKGROUND
N/A	AUR4.JPG	1920 x 1080	BOX ART DISPLAY BACKGROUND / no longer required after 04.02.00
AUR5.JPG	AUR5.JPG	1920 x 1080	4x8 DISPLAY BACKGROUND
AVCHD.JPG	AVCHD.JPG	1920 x 1080	AVCHD DISPLAY BACKGROUND
BLU.PNG	BLU.JPG	96 x 96	BLU-RAY DISC ICON / new since 04.00.00
CBOOT.PNG	BOOT.PNG	1920 x 1080	background seen when booting up multiMAN/mmCM / new since 04.00.00
N/A	CBOX.PNG	459 x 356	no longer required after 04.02.00
N/A	CBOX2.PNG	459 x 356	no longer required after 04.02.00
N/A	CBOX3.PNG	349 x 356	no longer required after 04.02.00
CBOX4.PNG	CBOX4.PNG	349 x 356
CFC.PNG	CFC.JPG	96 x 96	CARD ICON / new since 04.00.00
CMLOGO1.PNG	N/A	128 x 128	multiMAN logo icon displayed in new XBDM. / new since 04.00.00
COLOR.INI	COLOR.INI	-	data has changed, please see example below.
CPRB.PNG	PRB.PNG	858 x 20	animated horizontal image when you boot multiMAN
DASH2.PNG	N/A	640 x 512	background for icons in the new display mode "XBDM" - XBOX Dash Clone.
DASH320.PNG	N/A	320 x 1800	icons in the new display mode "XBDM" - XBOX Dash Clone.
DOX.PNG	DOX.PNG	256 x 256	icons for buttons
DROPS.PNG	N/A	256 x 256	rain drops / new since 04.00.00
DVD.JPG	DVD.JPG	320 x 176	DVD Video icon
FMS.PNG	FMS.PNG	1920 x 48	file manager bar
font0.ttf	font0.ttf	-	font - you must include this, or else another theme's old font setting will still take affect.
font1.ttf	font1.ttf	-	font - you must include this, or else another theme's old font setting will still take affect.
font2.ttf	font2.ttf	-	font - you must include this, or else another theme's old font setting will still take affect.
font4.ttf	font4.ttf	-	font - you must include this, or else another theme's old font setting will still take affect.
N/A	GBOX.PNG	717 x 473	no longer required after 04.02.00
GBOX2.PNG	GBOX2.PNG	717 x 473
GLC.PNG	GLC.PNG	260 x 300	backdrop for game covers--created the illusion of white slanted lines across the game cover.
GLC2.PNG	GLC2.PNG	260 x 300	backdrop for game covers--created the illusion of white slanted lines across the game cover.
GLC3.PNG	GLC3.PNG	130 x 150	usually a transparent image
GLC4.PNG	GLC4.PNG	260 x 300	backdrop for game covers--created the illusion of white slanted lines across the game cover.
HDD.PNG	HDD.JPG	96 x 96	Internal HDD icon / new since 04.00.00
ICON0.PNG	ICON0.PNG	320 x 176	icon that represents multiMAN/mmCM in the GAME column of the XMB.
LBOX.PNG	LBOX.PNG	600 x 630
LBOX2.PNG	LBOX2.PNG	680 x 630
N/A	LEGEND0.PNG	* x 96	legend of icons shown in most of the game displays. no longer required since 04.00.00.
N/A	LEGEND1.PNG	* x 96	legend of icons shown in most of the game displays. no longer required.
LEGEND2.PNG	LEGEND2.PNG	* x 96	legend of icons shown in most of the game displays.
N/A	LEGEND3.PNG	* x 96	legend of icons shown in most of the game displays. no longer required.
MP_HR.PNG	MP_HR.PNG	30 x 42	large arrow pointer
MP_LR.PNG	MP_LR.PNG	15 x 21	small arrow pointer
MSC.PNG	MSC.JPG	96 x 96	memory stick duo icon in file manager / new since 04.00.00
NET.PNG	NET.JPG	96 x 96	network icon in file manager / new since 04.00.00
NOID.JPG	NOID.JPG	260 x 300	default game cover when game doesn't seem to have one.
OFF.PNG	OFF.JPG	96 x 96	off icon in file manager / new since 04.00.00
N/A	PICBG.JPG	1920 x 1080	no longer required.
PBOX0.PNG	N/A	320 x 220	background squares for Board 5x4x5 Display / new since 04.01.03
PBOX1.PNG	N/A	320 x 220	background squares for Board 5x4x5 Display / new since 04.01.03
PICPA.PNG	PICPA.PNG	1920 x 1080	Slide Cover Flow DISPLAY BACKGROUND
PREVIEW.JPG	N/A	640 x 360	preview of your theme, when deank uploads your theme to the multiMAN server this is what's seen so the viewer can decide whether he wants to download it or not. / new since 04.00.00 / MUST BE IN ALL CAPITALS.
PS2.JPG	PS2.JPG	320 x 176	PS2 icon
PSVBG.JPG	N/A	1920 x 1080	Board 5x4x5 DISPLAY BACKGROUND / new since 04.01.03
SBOX.PNG	SBOX.PNG	432 x 366
SDC.PNG	SDC.JPG	96 x 96	SanDisk icon / new since 04.00.00
SOUND.BIN	SOUND.BIN	-	audio background music. If you want your theme not to have audio, then don't provide one. best settings: codec: mp3 / audio bitrate: 128kbps / sample rate: 48kHz
TMBBG.JPG	N/A	1920 x 1080	Top Media Bar DISPLAY BACKGROUND / new since 04.02.00
USB.PNG	USB.JPG	96 x 96	USB / EXTERNAL HDD icon
XBDBG.JPG	N/A	1920 x 1080	XBDM (XBOX dash clone) DISPLAY BACKGROUND / new since 04.00.00
XMB.PNG	XMB.PNG	-	XMMB ICONS
N/A	XMB0.PNG	1000 x 560	no longer required.
XMB1.PNG	XMB1.PNG	1920 x 1080	background
XMB2.PNG	XMB2.PNG	-	XMMB ICONS
XMB64.PNG	XMB64.PNG	-	XMMB ICONS
XMBBG.PNG	XMBBG.PNG	1920 x 1080	XMMB DISPLAY BACKGROUND ONLY

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COLOR.INI New Code Changes.

The file COLOR.INI has also changed. The new layout now adds ability to control COLOR AND DISPLAY THEME SETTINGS. So it's very important that you don't use the old COLOR.INI file. Below is a copy/paste of mmCM default theme COLOR.INI code: (I've highlighted the new code) since 04.00.00.

** new update since 04.02.00we can modify the colors of the Side Bar and Top Menu Bar to our any RGB HEX COLOR preference that will suit our themes. [0x + RGB HEX COLOR + 00] That last 00's are mandatory. (below it's shown in BLUE these new code)

# COLOR AND DISPLAY THEME SETTINGS
#
# COLOR FORMAT 0xAABBGGRR
#
# AA - ALPHA TRANSPARENCY (00 - Fully transparent, FF - fully opaque)
# BB - BLUE
# GG - GREEN
# RR - RED

PS3DISC=0xff807000
PS3DISCSEL=0xfff0e000

SEL=0xff00ffff
PS3=0xe0e0e0e0
PS2=0xff06b02e
DVD=0xffdcc503
BDMV=0xff0050ff
AVCHD=0xff30ffff

LEGEND=0xc0c0c0c0

FMFILE=0xc0c0c0c0
FMDIR=0xc0808080
FMJPG=0xcc00cc00
FMMP3=0xc033ffee
FMEXE=0xc03310ee

HEXVIEW=0xc0a0a0a0
SPLIT=0xc00080ff

XMB_CLOCK=0xffd0d0d0
XMB_COLUMN=0xf0e0e0e0
XMB_TITLE=0xf0e0e0e0
XMB_SUBTITLE=0xf0909090

XMB_SPARK_SIZE=4

#SPARK/STARS COLOR USES RRGGBBAA format
XMB_SPARK_COLOR=0xffffff00

#TOP/SIDE MENU COLORS USE RRGGBBAA format
TOP_MENU_COLOR=0x30303000
SIDE_MENU_COLOR=0x06599400

 ####################################################################
#
# END OF COLOR DEFINITIONS
#
####################################################################
#
# DISPLAY ELEMENTS
#
####################################################################

# show or hide the device list/ip address (1 or 0)
device_list=1

# show or hide device list separator line (1 or 0)
device_separator=1

# device list and separator Y offset (0 - 1079)
device_separator_y=956

# show or hide legend image or change vertical position (1 or 0), y (0-1079)
legend=1
legend_y=853

# show or remove the drive icon in the lower right corner (1 or 0)
# (0-1919) (to horizontally move the drive icon)
# (0-1079) (to vertically move the drive icon)
drive_icon=1
drive_icon_x=1790
drive_icon_y=964

# Option: user_font
# Valid Parameter:  0 - 9
#user_font=0

#
# END OF DISPLAY ELEMENTS
#

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Update 1:

New layout and images were introduced with multiMAN/mmCM 04.00.01 (the chart above has been updated).

* Added new display mode (Board 5x4x5), replacing the oldest "Game list (plain)" mode > "Board" display mode shows ICON0.PNG game images by default. 
* Added 11 new themes to the theme download section (total of 14 now) 
* Added separate background images for Board and XBDM display modes (PSVBG.JPG and XBDBG.JPG) 
* Updated multiMAN Original Theme (includes new images PSVBG.JPG, XBDBG.JPG, PBOX0.PNG, PBOX1.PNG)

Download mmCM Original Theme Files for mmCM 04.00.01+ here.

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[Jay-Jay]

A few theme fixes so far:

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Looney Tunes by Jay-Jay
Go to Jay-Jay's Theme Thread. ((multiMAN Themes) by Jay-Jay)

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Make Believe by keliuss:
Multiupload.com - upload your files to multiple file hosting sites!

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Simple Is Beautiful v4.0 [Black] by Heapy:
Go to Heapy's thread.

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Go to Jay-Jay's Theme Thread. ((multiMAN Themes) by Jay-Jay)

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The Man Cave by Lethal NFS:
Go to Lethal NFS thread.

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The Media Cabinet v1.5.4 - (Unofficial changes made by Jay-Jay)
Download

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The Media Cabinet: Star Wars Edition: v1.5.3 - (Unofficial changes made by Jay-Jay)
Download

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Twilight by Jay-Jay
Go to Jay-Jay's Theme Thread. ((multiMAN Themes) by Jay-Jay)

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True Blood by Urbancowboy.
Go to Urbancowboy's thread.

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UNDERWORLD by Jay-Jay
Go to Jay-Jay's Theme Thread. ((multiMAN Themes) by Jay-Jay)

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unofficial Assassin's Creed
hcode123 Theme Thread. (Unofficial AC3 and God of War theme for multiman)

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unofficial God of War
hcode123 Theme Thread. (Unofficial AC3 and God of War theme for multiman)

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Let me know if you want me to fix one for you. Just let me know what the theme name is and etc. If it happens to be a unique one, please zip it for me so I can download the folder with all it's images inside. Just post it here in this topic, don't PM me--I never check them.

[aldostools]

Thanks Jay-Jay!

Here is a fix for mmCM 04.00.00 for one of my favorite themes:

Make Believe by keliuss:
Multiupload.com - upload your files to multiple file hosting sites!

All credits for keliuss for the excellent theme!!!

[Jay-Jay]

Thanks aldostools!!

Good job! I added your theme to the list I am building above.

[Jay-Jay]

Update: Check out the THEME FILE IMAGE GUIDE above.

[Lethal_NFS]

Another great thread man!

[urbancowboy]

Jay Jay Take a look at this plz....

www(dot)megaupload(dot)com/?d=8JXD9SWV

[Jay-Jay]

Jay Jay Take a look at this plz....

www.megaupload.com/?d=8JXD9SWV

I did take a look at it. Off the bat, I noticed that many of your icons (i.e. BLU, MSC, and a few others are not PNG format)--just follow the guide above that I created for each file. You need to convert some of those images from JPG to PNG (don't just rewrite the extensions, that don't work, you need to convert them to the PNG format.

Plus I also noticed that some images (i.e. AVCHD and etc) are not the correct size--I don't know if that could cause an issue, but they may look either distorted or very small.

Plus many of their extension (JPG, PNG, BIN, and etc) are typed in small caps, they should be CAPITALIZED. They seem to be all the files you modified, so that should be easy for you to spot.

• For example: jpg will not work, but JPG will work.
• Another example, png will not work, but PNG will work.

In windows to be able to view their extension for common file, just open the folder with your images, then go to top menu to Tools > Folder Options > View tab > uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types".

I also noticed that the audio file is quite large (over 30MBs) I don't know if that could cause a loading issue, since I am not sure what the size limit is for this--anyone?

So try to fix those issue again, just follow my guide closely with your files and I think you should be good. I can't wait to see this theme ready for prime time. Love the theme!! If you still need help, just let me know like before, always love to help. -- I didn't do it for you, because I think you want to learn how to make this right on your own, am I correct?

Plus I'd like for you to replace the default PREVIEW.JPG image with one of your own backgrounds (keep the size in account for this file--see above chart for details on the size), so people can see what this theme is all about, that's if it makes it to deank's theme server.

[urbancowboy]

I Have everything Working But The Music Any Suggestions??? I've Tried .Mp3 and .wav Format Still nothing.

[Jay-Jay]

I Have everything Working But The Music Any Suggestions??? I've Tried .Mp3 and .wav Format Still nothing.

First you need to make sure that your sound file is named in all CAP: SOUND.BIN

Secondly, I don't know if you have to convert an MP3 to BIN file (I've never tried it). Or just rename the extension from MP3 to BIN. What did you use? I felt that your sound file was too large, perhaps it will take longer to load, I dunno at this point.

Third, you need to make sure you have the Audio setting turned on in multiMAN's settings.

Fourth, also go inside multiMAN's img folder, and delete all the files that were spelled wrong (if you find duplicate files but with small caps extensions delete those as well, perhaps you have a file there named SOUND.bin and that's what's causing the malfunction.