[Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

Hi all,

I've made up some new lockslider art after seeing someone else here on the forums give it a go. I pulled up the original arcade ROM and did a screenshot so it's pixel accurate... then it went through the ringer in Photoshop to enhance the pixelisation, add some vignetting and a glow. I'm fairly pleased with the end result, and have even worked it so the dots behind our good friend Puck-man-san dissappear as he goes past.

Screenshot:
http://orlyftp.co.nz/n900/pacman_lockslider.png

DOWNLOAD PAC-MAN LOCKSLIDER ART HERE


EDIT: zip file has been updated to support Portrait mode

Enjoy!

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

what happens to pac-man when it hits the ghost? ^^

but i have to say... nice work man ;)

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

Thanks! Unfortunately he ends up laying over the top of Blinky, but by the time he's there you've unlocked the screen so it's barely noticable. If only we had animated lockslider support...

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

hehe, i was only joking. looks awesome on the n900! great job! :D

a halo 3 lockslider would be fine *G*

masterchief with a energy sword (instead of pacman) and a grunt or elite on the other side (instead of blinky) :P

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

Haha or a Call of Duty with a rocket launcher being fired. Or a sniper rifle firing.

Or a lightsaber extending!

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

That is really cool, bro! But I have no idea how to install it. Is there a faq somewhere on how to change your lockslider art? Or is that one of those verboten things, as well?

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

great idea :D

would an enemy at the end of the bullet or rocket be too nasty?! XD

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

just move the two folders to /usr/share/themes/$themename/ where $themename is either alpha (blue theme) or beta (orange theme) or any other theme you've installed :)
before you do this make a backup of the original ones ;)

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

Confirmed to work....

Thanks

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

I uploaded the backups, just in case :p

Nice one btw! :D

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

Cool I like it. The lightsaber idea also sounds good.

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

Always handy indeed!

Are these from alpha or beta themes?

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

Or a male organ getting larger!
:D:D:D:D

But on a serious note....
I would like that lightsaber indeed...

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

Hellobull, this slider is fantastic, very nice work.

I know b66m said where to copy to files to, is there any way you could just let me know how to do this please? I assume it is using xterminal but not sure how to make the backup of Beta theme or copy the new files over.

Only when/if you have time of course! Thank you :)

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

The backup files are uploaded all ready

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

The backup file uploaded is for Alpha and I need Beta, but would be good to learn how to do this myself if anyone has the time to show me, also, on how to copy the new files to te correct directories! cheers peeps :)

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

when your phone is connected to your pc just make a new directory named "themes". (full path: /home/user/MyDocs/themes)

in this folder make two additional directories named "beta" and "beta-backup".

now place the two folder of the archive "images" and "backgrounds" in "beta".
disconnect usb.

open x-term.
1. get root:
type "sudo gainroot".
2. copy your files anywhere to back them up:
type "cp -r /usr/share/themes/beta/* /home/user/MyDocs/themes/beta-backup/"
3. overwrite existing files:
type "cp -r /home/user/MyDocs/themes/beta /usr/share/themes/"

(maybe you can use the .local-directory like when changing icons:
"you don't have to replace the files in /usr/share/icons/hicolor, you can use ~/.local/icons/hicolor instead (folder doesn't exist) to override default icons."
just adapt the paths?! haven't tried it yet.)

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

Thanks b66m, I'll try once i'm home :)

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

hello b66m, sorry to be a pain. I notice you can't see the MyDocs folder when connected via USB to my pc. I have created the themse folder in .documents to start with and put the other folders (beta & beta-backup) in there.

I can't unfortunately work out how to copy from .documents over to the correct place in MyDocs, or even directly to the place you mentioned would be the final place for them.

If you or anyone can help it would be great. cheers peeps!

I am sorry for being such a noob!! :D

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

The root folder shown on your PC is the MyDocs folder on the N900

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

oh my god, now i feel stupid! cheers david!! :D

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

LOL, no worries, I have made many many silly mistakes on this.......although not an entire noob to Linux, I haven't used it for about 10 years, means the simplest of things can become a nightmare sometimes!!!!

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

Cheers, although I still can't get the last command to work. I have gained root and done the copy of the backup to themes/beta-backup but the final command to copy the new files over the top of the old ones just won't work and says 'doesn't exist' hmm..... :/

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

Not sure how much I can help on that, I haven't tried this out, can you cd to both the directories that you are trying to move from and to. If i remember rightly, you might need to create a estination directory first using mkdir

But I am completely guessing until I try it myself

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

thanks using it on my phone

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

Ok, I have tried it, all working, but ther is a small error in the instructions given from b666m

this last line should be
Just a spelling mistake from user to usr in the destination

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

Thanks! Very cool.

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

Thanks, im new to Maemo so did it the easy way through SSH :)

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

thanks! using it on my n900!

just one thing, wasnt it suppost to be just an outline of the ghost when the pacman has the ability to eat it? :)
in this case.... game over after the slide :)

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

It's a suicide mission. It also looked better.

:D

Glad there are some people enjoying this one. Like all things N900 I'm already getting sick of this one and thinking about something new. I keep seeing requests for a lightsaber unlock screen...

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

this is so friggin awesome!

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

i notice a bug:

if you run phone application and lock the phone with the slider and unlock it with a button, you get the old slider dot.

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

Thanks for catching that. Portrait mode is generally such a non-starter on the N900 I never thought to bother. I've updated the orginal zip file with the appropriate images for portrait lock slider (LockSliderTop, LockSliderBottom and LockSliderThumbPortrait for those of you keeping track).

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

tnx!

going on another suicide mission :)

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

i have a naughty request ;)


joking :P

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

I am wondering what?

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

hey mate i found a problem, when the phone is in portrait (browser) and you hit the power key its showing blue ball instead of pac-man.

i'm not sure which file i need to replace to make it work like landscape mode. any ideas?


edit: ignor i found your update :D

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

Works great with the DarkSky theme, thanks! http://talk.maemo.org/images/icons/icon14.gif

I especially like how puck man regurgitates the dots if he doesn't get quite to Blinky. :D

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

Cheers mate!

Re: [Lock Screen] Pac-man pixel-moody
 

i have done exactly the following -

connected phone to USB (USB Mode)
created a folder called 'themes'
created 2 folders called 'beta' and 'beta-backup'
extracted the 'pacman_lockslider.zip' into the 'themes/beta' folder, so in there now shows 2 new folders called 'backgrounds' and 'images'
opened x-term.
1. typed sudo gainroot
2. typed cp -r /usr/share/themes/beta/* /home/user/MyDocs/themes/beta-backup/
3. typed cp -r /home/user/MyDocs/themes/beta /usr/share/themes/

after doing stage 2 i do have loads of files in my 'beta-backup' folder, after doing stage 3 i have rebooted my N900 but still see my standard lock screen.

Is it because i'm using the Maemo.Org theme?