Shout Box

Deak Phreak · 05-01-2011 06:31 AM

Xbox Dashboard (NXE)
To make an Xbox360 theme, it is pretty easy to do. First you will need to download Modio and have 4 background images ready to go. Next unzip Modio and run Modio.exe. This is an older version because the new version seems to have an issue when you are trying to change the icon so when it asks if you want to update to the latest, dont. It could be wise to grab THIS template so you can see how it will look before putting it together.

Click on the M icon in the top left, browse down to Other Tools and choose Theme Creator
For each of the image locations, click on Load Image and choose a background, set your theme options then click on save theme
Type in the filename you want to save it as and click Save
Once your theme is saved, drag it over to the modio software
Click on Inject Image and choose a new icon
Click Rehash and Resign to finish it off
At this point, you can now zip up the file, create a preview image and upload it to this site under the NXE Themes section. On the site menu, go to Admin / Add Theme. For the software dropdown, choose NXE Dashboard and leave the software supported version blank. Browse to your preview file, zip file, enter the theme name and check the adult box if needed. Click the Add button and the site will add it to the themes section and create a forum thread for your theme.

Freestyle
There is quite a lot to making a skin for Freestyle so I will not be going into detail of it here. You can get a jump start on it though by going HERE for the tutorial and HERE if you wish to grab a skinnable default zip which has been modified with a font so it shows up correctly in the xuitool.

mechanicatwork · 09-16-2011 02:47 AM

Do you know of any templates to help align the images you create or want to use so that the menu items on xbox don't cover them? I've seen the one for the main page but how about the other 3 (games, settings, and media I think are where the other images are) Basicly Just want templates to help align my images so that they are optimized for viewing on the xbox.

Deak Phreak · 09-16-2011 04:10 AM

(09-16-2011 02:47 AM)mechanicatwork Wrote: Do you know of any templates to help align the images you create or want to use so that the menu items on xbox don't cover them? I've seen the one for the main page but how about the other 3 (games, settings, and media I think are where the other images are) Basicly Just want templates to help align my images so that they are optimized for viewing on the xbox.

No, sorry. I usually put the images together then load it up on my xbox and see how it looks, then look at where the menus hit on the images and adjust them as needed.

mechanicatwork · 09-16-2011 06:45 AM

(09-16-2011 04:10 AM)Deak Phreak Wrote:
(09-16-2011 02:47 AM)mechanicatwork Wrote: Do you know of any templates to help align the images you create or want to use so that the menu items on xbox don't cover them? I've seen the one for the main page but how about the other 3 (games, settings, and media I think are where the other images are) Basicly Just want templates to help align my images so that they are optimized for viewing on the xbox.

No, sorry. I usually put the images together then load it up on my xbox and see how it looks, then look at where the menus hit on the images and adjust them as needed.

If I came up with some templates, could I post them up here and if so where? Just seems like a bit of work to keep transfering back and forth. I'm all for least work as possible

Deak Phreak · 09-16-2011 07:09 AM

(09-16-2011 06:45 AM)mechanicatwork Wrote: If I came up with some templates, could I post them up here and if so where? Just seems like a bit of work to keep transfering back and forth. I'm all for least work as possible

That would be fantastic! Just post them as a new thread and I will add a link to an important thread so people can find it easily.

clipse_101 · 04-18-2012 07:24 AM

(05-01-2011 06:31 AM)Deak Phreak Wrote:
Xbox Dashboard (NXE)
To make an Xbox360 theme, it is pretty easy to do. First you will need to download Modio and have 4 background images ready to go. Next unzip Modio and run Modio.exe. This is an older version because the new version seems to have an issue when you are trying to change the icon so when it asks if you want to update to the latest, dont. It could be wise to grab THIS template so you can see how it will look before putting it together.

Click on the M icon in the top left, browse down to Other Tools and choose Theme Creator

For each of the image locations, click on Load Image and choose a background, set your theme options then click on save theme

Type in the filename you want to save it as and click Save

Once your theme is saved, drag it over to the modio software

Click on Inject Image and choose a new icon

Click Rehash and Resign to finish it off

At this point, you can now zip up the file, create a preview image and upload it to this site under the NXE Themes section. On the site menu, go to Admin / Add Theme. For the software dropdown, choose NXE Dashboard and leave the software supported version blank. Browse to your preview file, zip file, enter the theme name and check the adult box if needed. Click the Add button and the site will add it to the themes section and create a forum thread for your theme.

Freestyle
There is quite a lot to making a skin for Freestyle so I will not be going into detail of it here. You can get a jump start on it though by going HERE for the tutorial and HERE if you wish to grab a skinnable default zip which has been modified with a font so it shows up correctly in the xuitool.

Would this be the program I would use to make a theme with the latest dash in place? I'm pretty new to this custom theme business and would like to start making some for fun and to have a nice looking Xbox Icon_smile

Deak Phreak · 04-19-2012 09:40 AM

(04-18-2012 07:24 AM)clipse_101 Wrote: Would this be the program I would use to make a theme with the latest dash in place? I'm pretty new to this custom theme business and would like to start making some for fun and to have a nice looking Xbox

Yes, but keep in mind that all you can change on the default dashboard is the background images. There is also a video tutorial under the tutorials section.