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Daveychan · 02-13-2007, 04:13 AM

** UPDATE! **
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There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding about which topmenu_plugin.rco file you can use to edit icons and menu names. In order to clear this up, I have attached the original kgsws's file which is the basis for all of these XMB edits.
(If i have broken any forum rules by doing this, i apologize in advance for my mistake.)
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topmenu_plugin.zip

GreetZ!

As requested, I have created a version 2 of my "RCO Swapper" to allow for sub-menu editing. This proved to be much more of a challenge than I originally thought it would be, as there were 29 menu names to code for.

So without further delay, here is my second attempt at programming .....

======================

"RCO Swapper v2" is a handy little utility that lets you change the primary and sub-menu names on your XMB without needing to manually hexedit or run scary patches.

How to use this:
- Put "RCO Swapper v2.exe" and your "topmenu_plugin.rco" file in the same directory, and run "RCO Swapper v2.exe"
- Use the drop down boxes to select the menu name you want to change, and then use the edit box below the name to customize it the way you like
- Click the "Temp Save" button to see your changes reflected on the right
- When you have finished making all of your changes, click the "! Swap It !" button. The blue names on the right will become the new names. Your topmenu_plugin file is now swapped with your custom names!

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Things you need to know when you run this proggy:

1. If you don't have the "topmenu_plugin.rco" file in the same directory, you get the boot.

2. Yes, you can use a customized topmenu_plugin file where you have already changed the icons. In order to allow for this, it is mandatory that you use the 242KB "topmenu_plugin.rco" file. (My apologies for not making that clear last time.)

3. You are limited to the same maximum number of characters as the original text. For example, the menu item "Video" has five characters ("V", "i", "d", "e" and "o"), you cannot use six characters for your new name. **NEW** Exception - the menus "Game" and "UMD*" can now be edited up to five characters!

4. **NEW** You no longer need to use spaces in order to fill up the entire menu name. (If you replace "Game" with "Toy", the fourth character "e" will automatically become a SPACE.)

5. The menu names "UMD*", "Memory Stick*", and "Free Space" are shared names. Changing one will change them all. For example, if you change the name "Memory Stick*" to "Mem Stick" under MUSIC, the "Memory Stick*" under VIDEO will also change to "Mem Stick". (By the way, "Free Space" is the text located below your Memory Stick icon.)

6. You must click the "Temp Save" button each time you are finished editing a menu name! The blue names on the right will become the new names. Verify you have made ALL of the changes you want BEFORE you click "! Swap It !"

7. You can only do this one time for each original topmenu_plugin file! A directory called "Backup" will be created in the same directory as the program, and a backup of your original "topmenu_plugin.rco" is copied there. If you want to edit the names again, you can use this ORIGINAL file.

8. The "topmenu_plugin.rco" file now has it's menu names swapped. Use your favorite PSP utility to flash the new file to your PSP. If you are nervous about flashing it, simply replace the "topmenu_plugin.rco" file in the appropriate Devhook directory (for example: DH\302\f0\vsh\resource) to test it out before you flash.

9. As with any homebrew application involving flashing, nobody is responsible for things that go wrong with your PSP except you!

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======================

Thank you most of all Dark Alex for making all of this possible for all of us!

======================

Mahalo,

Daveychan

******!!!!Clarification!! !!******
It seems there has been some confusion on which topmenu_plugin file you can use. You must use the latest available DECRYPTED RCO file which comes from a FW2.50 dump. It is 242Kb in size and is also the same file you use to change the XMB icons.
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RCO Swapper v2.zip

**gameo** · 02-13-2007, 05:48 AM

Nice. I have nothing more to say.

**Mime** · 02-13-2007, 07:06 AM

Wow man..! this sounds amazing! I'll try this out !

Thanks for taking the time to code all of this, I bet it was a lot of time.

**bogalog** · 02-13-2007, 07:16 AM

cool, some nice work
just a question, in the screenie, there is no umd under game, is this normal?
obviously it can be changed from the other menus..

**touran22** · 02-13-2007, 07:56 AM

Thanks!

**AZeyC** · 02-13-2007, 10:51 AM

Thanks!

**innercy** · 02-13-2007, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bogalog

cool, some nice work
just a question, in the screenie, there is no umd under game, is this normal?
obviously it can be changed from the other menus..

Quote:

5. The menu names "UMD*", "Memory Stick*", and "Free Space" are shared names. Changing one will change them all. For example, if you change the name "Memory Stick*" to "Mem Stick" under MUSIC, the "Memory Stick*" under VIDEO will also change to "Mem Stick". (By the way, "Free Space" is the text located below your Memory Stick icon.)

____________________

so i guess u only need to change "umd" name under music/video...

**css91** · 02-13-2007, 12:04 PM

what firmware's does this work on?

**M-Lin** · 02-13-2007, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by css91

what firmware's does this work on?

any you can flash a topmenu_plugin.rco on

I'm having trouble with trade marks - anyone else?

thanks for the work btw!

**css91** · 02-13-2007, 12:32 PM

well it doesnt work on 3.10 oe-a?

-Dano- · 02-13-2007, 12:34 PM

Also not seeming to work on 3.10 oe-a

**SOGSEAL** · 02-13-2007, 12:36 PM

omg this is so amazing..

Thank you

*Edit*

Flashed it and it works :P

here is preview

**CodesRCool** · 02-13-2007, 12:44 PM

can you use a 243 kb instead of the 242?
Please say yes...

**css91** · 02-13-2007, 12:46 PM

yes, its like 242.8 or something so it rounds it up sometimes or some time it just says 242

YES U CAN!!

**CodesRCool** · 02-13-2007, 12:50 PM

so no brick with 243 kb?

**css91** · 02-13-2007, 01:00 PM

no its fine

gunntims0103 · 02-13-2007, 01:01 PM

Curse this not working on 3.10OE-A'

I'v been longing to change my icons for a long time

**css91** · 02-13-2007, 01:04 PM

i dont think this does work on 3.10 oe-a or a'

but im just gna go back to 3.03 oe-c so i can have a custom psp

**SOGSEAL** · 02-13-2007, 01:04 PM

i have 243Kb

btw u can full brik ur psp from topmenu?

juunneed · 02-13-2007, 01:09 PM

erm..yeah....wot we talkin about

**css91** · 02-13-2007, 01:15 PM

just do it, nothing will happen apart from nice icon names

**SOGSEAL** · 02-13-2007, 01:18 PM

***** ... here i did it and love it!

**css91** · 02-13-2007, 01:24 PM

well done

**SOGSEAL** · 02-13-2007, 02:18 PM

so... does anyone have their thingy done yet?

some names will be awesome i just made a quick ones to see if this app works

**ChazB** · 02-13-2007, 04:18 PM

Awesome app for those that don't want the hassle of hexing. just one question though, and this may be a feature for the next version, but there are some names that can be made longer than the default if you hex edit them. Any chance that you'll allow this in the next version? If you need a list of which ones and how many characters you can get I can send you one.

Daveychan · 02-13-2007, 04:23 PM

Hello, Just a few replies to some of your comments:

- "it is mandatory that you use the 242KB "topmenu_plugin.rco" file". This is the same file we have been using to change our icons with for the last few months, using kgsws's nice trick. (There have been several variations of this hack, look on the forums.)

- For the latest 3.10OE-A' topmenu_plugin.rco file, is this file currently able to have it's icons replaced? If it is, send me that information, and I will work on this to make sure it is compatible with that topmenu_plugin file. If it isn't, wait until one of the other programmers comes up with a way to change those icons (or do it yourself) and then i'll update this again.

- The TM text DOES get changed, which is why I put them on the menu, allowing them to be edited (specifically UMD*, LocationFree* Player, and Memory Stick*) The TM is actually ONE character. If you change UMD* to say... "DisK" it will work and there will NOT be a TM symbol (Sorry, I'm a bit peeved at some of the comments on the "PSP Updates" page.)

- If you have some bugs to report, please do so AFTER you have tested this yourself. If you are scared to flash, try replacing the topmenu_plugin in your Devhook directory to verify it (also in the readme)

- PSP Updates Admin: The screen shot you are showing is from version 1, the new one looks very different. Would you mind updating it to the new one please?

- Please keep the CONSTRUCTIVE comments coming. I can make this better with good information (this is the DEVELOPMENT forum after all!)

02-13-2007, 04:48 PM

In response to your second comment, custom icons/menu names (custom topmenu_plugin.rco) do not work with 3.10 OE-A/OE-A' at the moment. Therefore, there isn't much you can do.

SSbLinD73 · 02-13-2007, 05:44 PM

I registered just to say how convenient and how well this program has been created. Many thanks.

I backup up my topmenu_plugin.rco on 3.03 OE-A directly from flash0/vsh/resource, and it's 206kb.

I don't know how to get a 242kb topmenu RCO for 3.03 OE-A, so if anyone can host it, I would gladly try to return the favour.

Just to be sure it didn't work, I had to flash it just to see (the 206kb) and it didn't

. No changes occured.

If anyone has that, as I said, may you please host it?

Daveychan · 02-13-2007, 06:33 PM

TheMarioKarters - Thanks for that! ... i was secretly hoping that was the case and i didn't have to get back to the code so quickly after this release. (This took freakin' forever!

)

ChazB - Thanks, the UMD* and Game can now be made to five characters each without changing the size of the topmenu_plugin file. I'll see if any of the others can be changed for the next version. I was focussing on those two specifically because of how few characters there are. Thanks for the offer of assistance!

SSbLinD73 -Thanks for the praise! I don't think it is legal to post the RCO here (which is also why it wasn't included with my program), so here is an alternative way to get it:
Go to this page and follow the link for "Windows Icon Maker": http://forums.qj.net/f-psp-mods-medi...ons-86874.html

After you download this package, go to the directory \data\250 where you can find a backup of the topmenu_plugin file (topmenu_plugin.rcoBAK). This file is for the 2.50 firmware, and to the best of my knowledge, is the latest un-encrypted topmenu_plugin available. You can edit the icons as you wish and since it is also 242KB, you can use my proggy to change the menu names.

Thanks for the feedback everyone! Keep the comments coming!

P.S.- If I'm wrong about the legality of including the topmenu_plugin file with my program, please let me know, and I'll happily include it in my ZIP file!

akpro · 02-13-2007, 09:24 PM

I can't get my topmenu_plugin file from 2.5 to even work on my psp without hacking it

02-13-2007, 04:13 AM	#1
Daveychan Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 16 Trader Feedback: 0	*** UPDATE! RELEASE* RCO Swapper v2 UPDATE! ************************* * There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding about which topmenu_plugin.rco file you can use to edit icons and menu names. In order to clear this up, I have attached the original kgsws's file which is the basis for all of these XMB edits. (If i have broken any forum rules by doing this, i apologize in advance for my mistake.) ************************* * topmenu_plugin.zip GreetZ! As requested, I have created a version 2 of my "RCO Swapper" to allow for sub-menu editing. This proved to be much more of a challenge than I originally thought it would be, as there were 29 menu names to code for. So without further delay, here is my second attempt at programming ..... ====================== "RCO Swapper v2" is a handy little utility that lets you change the primary and sub-menu names on your XMB without needing to manually hexedit or run scary patches. How to use this: - Put "RCO Swapper v2.exe" and your "topmenu_plugin.rco" file in the same directory, and run "RCO Swapper v2.exe" - Use the drop down boxes to select the menu name you want to change, and then use the edit box below the name to customize it the way you like - Click the "Temp Save" button to see your changes reflected on the right - When you have finished making all of your changes, click the "! Swap It !" button. The blue names on the right will become the new names. Your topmenu_plugin file is now swapped with your custom names! ------------------------- Things you need to know when you run this proggy: 1. If you don't have the "topmenu_plugin.rco" file in the same directory, you get the boot. 2. Yes, you can use a customized topmenu_plugin file where you have already changed the icons. In order to allow for this, it is mandatory that you use the 242KB "topmenu_plugin.rco" file. (My apologies for not making that clear last time.) 3. You are limited to the same maximum number of characters as the original text. For example, the menu item "Video" has five characters ("V", "i", "d", "e" and "o"), you cannot use six characters for your new name. NEW Exception - the menus "Game" and "UMD" can now be edited up to five characters! 4. NEW* You no longer need to use spaces in order to fill up the entire menu name. (If you replace "Game" with "Toy", the fourth character "e" will automatically become a SPACE.) 5. The menu names "UMD", "Memory Stick", and "Free Space" are shared names. Changing one will change them all. For example, if you change the name "Memory Stick" to "Mem Stick" under MUSIC, the "Memory Stick" under VIDEO will also change to "Mem Stick". (By the way, "Free Space" is the text located below your Memory Stick icon.) 6. You must click the "Temp Save" button each time you are finished editing a menu name! The blue names on the right will become the new names. Verify you have made ALL of the changes you want BEFORE you click "! Swap It !" 7. You can only do this one time for each original topmenu_plugin file! A directory called "Backup" will be created in the same directory as the program, and a backup of your original "topmenu_plugin.rco" is copied there. If you want to edit the names again, you can use this ORIGINAL file. 8. The "topmenu_plugin.rco" file now has it's menu names swapped. Use your favorite PSP utility to flash the new file to your PSP. If you are nervous about flashing it, simply replace the "topmenu_plugin.rco" file in the appropriate Devhook directory (for example: DH\302\f0\vsh\resource) to test it out before you flash. 9. As with any homebrew application involving flashing, nobody is responsible for things that go wrong with your PSP except you! ------------------------- ====================== Thank you most of all Dark Alex for making all of this possible for all of us! ====================== Mahalo, Daveychan ****!!!!Clarification!! !!** It seems there has been some confusion on which topmenu_plugin file you can use. You must use the latest available DECRYPTED RCO file which comes from a FW2.50 dump. It is 242Kb in size and is also the same file you use to change the XMB icons. *********************** RCO Swapper v2.zip Last edited by Daveychan; 02-25-2007 at 10:55 PM.. Reason: Clarification added to ReadMe

02-13-2007, 05:48 AM	#2
gameo Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 664 Trader Feedback: 0	Nice. I have nothing more to say. __________________ My PSP Projects: [B]___________________[/B] None.

02-13-2007, 12:04 PM	#8
css91 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London Posts: 162 Trader Feedback: 0	what what firmware's does this work on?

02-13-2007, 12:36 PM	#12
SOGSEAL Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 188 Trader Feedback: 0	omg this is so amazing.. Thank you Edit Flashed it and it works :P here is preview Last edited by SOGSEAL; 02-13-2007 at 01:03 PM..

02-13-2007, 04:23 PM	#26
Daveychan Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 16 Trader Feedback: 0	Some replies.... Hello, Just a few replies to some of your comments: - "it is mandatory that you use the 242KB "topmenu_plugin.rco" file". This is the same file we have been using to change our icons with for the last few months, using kgsws's nice trick. (There have been several variations of this hack, look on the forums.) - For the latest 3.10OE-A' topmenu_plugin.rco file, is this file currently able to have it's icons replaced? If it is, send me that information, and I will work on this to make sure it is compatible with that topmenu_plugin file. If it isn't, wait until one of the other programmers comes up with a way to change those icons (or do it yourself) and then i'll update this again. - The TM text DOES get changed, which is why I put them on the menu, allowing them to be edited (specifically UMD, LocationFree Player, and Memory Stick) The TM is actually ONE character. If you change UMD to say... "DisK" it will work and there will NOT be a TM symbol (Sorry, I'm a bit peeved at some of the comments on the "PSP Updates" page.) - If you have some bugs to report, please do so AFTER you have tested this yourself. If you are scared to flash, try replacing the topmenu_plugin in your Devhook directory to verify it (also in the readme) - PSP Updates Admin: The screen shot you are showing is from version 1, the new one looks very different. Would you mind updating it to the new one please? - Please keep the CONSTRUCTIVE comments coming. I can make this better with good information (this is the DEVELOPMENT forum after all!) Last edited by Daveychan; 02-13-2007 at 11:09 PM..

02-13-2007, 07:06 AM	#3
Mime Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Lake Mary, FL USA Posts: 299 Trader Feedback: 0	Wow man..! this sounds amazing! I'll try this out ! Thanks for taking the time to code all of this, I bet it was a lot of time.

02-13-2007, 07:16 AM	#4
bogalog Bogalog Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dorset Posts: 453 Trader Feedback: 0	cool, some nice work just a question, in the screenie, there is no umd under game, is this normal? obviously it can be changed from the other menus..

02-13-2007, 07:56 AM	#5
touran22 Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 215 Trader Feedback: 0	Thanks!

02-13-2007, 10:51 AM	#6
AZeyC AZeyC Join Date: Aug 2005 Real First Name: Aaron Location: United Kingdom Just Played: AZeyC Posts: 545 Trader Feedback: 0	Thanks!

02-13-2007, 12:32 PM	#10
css91 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London Posts: 162 Trader Feedback: 0	well it doesnt work on 3.10 oe-a?

02-13-2007, 12:34 PM	#11
-Dano- Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 25 Trader Feedback: 0	Also not seeming to work on 3.10 oe-a

02-13-2007, 12:44 PM	#13
CodesRCool Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 248 Trader Feedback: 0	can you use a 243 kb instead of the 242? Please say yes...

02-13-2007, 12:46 PM	#14
css91 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London Posts: 162 Trader Feedback: 0	yes, its like 242.8 or something so it rounds it up sometimes or some time it just says 242 YES U CAN!!

02-13-2007, 12:50 PM	#15
CodesRCool Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 248 Trader Feedback: 0	so no brick with 243 kb?

02-13-2007, 01:00 PM	#16
css91 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London Posts: 162 Trader Feedback: 0	no its fine

02-13-2007, 01:01 PM	#17
gunntims0103 Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 46 Trader Feedback: 0	Curse this not working on 3.10OE-A' I'v been longing to change my icons for a long time

02-13-2007, 01:04 PM	#18
css91 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London Posts: 162 Trader Feedback: 0	i dont think this does work on 3.10 oe-a or a' but im just gna go back to 3.03 oe-c so i can have a custom psp

02-13-2007, 01:09 PM	#20
juunneed Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 14 Trader Feedback: 0	erm..yeah....wot we talkin about

02-13-2007, 01:15 PM	#21
css91 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London Posts: 162 Trader Feedback: 0	just do it, nothing will happen apart from nice icon names

02-13-2007, 01:18 PM	#22
SOGSEAL Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 188 Trader Feedback: 0	***** ... here i did it and love it!

02-13-2007, 01:24 PM	#23
css91 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London Posts: 162 Trader Feedback: 0	well done

02-13-2007, 02:18 PM	#24
SOGSEAL Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 188 Trader Feedback: 0	so... does anyone have their thingy done yet? some names will be awesome i just made a quick ones to see if this app works

02-13-2007, 04:18 PM	#25
ChazB Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fredericton, NB Posts: 225 Trader Feedback: 0	Awesome app for those that don't want the hassle of hexing. just one question though, and this may be a feature for the next version, but there are some names that can be made longer than the default if you hex edit them. Any chance that you'll allow this in the next version? If you need a list of which ones and how many characters you can get I can send you one.

02-13-2007, 04:48 PM	#27
TheMarioKarters Guest Posts: n/a	In response to your second comment, custom icons/menu names (custom topmenu_plugin.rco) do not work with 3.10 OE-A/OE-A' at the moment. Therefore, there isn't much you can do.

02-13-2007, 05:44 PM	#28
SSbLinD73 Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 2 Trader Feedback: 0	I registered just to say how convenient and how well this program has been created. Many thanks. I backup up my topmenu_plugin.rco on 3.03 OE-A directly from flash0/vsh/resource, and it's 206kb. I don't know how to get a 242kb topmenu RCO for 3.03 OE-A, so if anyone can host it, I would gladly try to return the favour. Just to be sure it didn't work, I had to flash it just to see (the 206kb) and it didn't . No changes occured. If anyone has that, as I said, may you please host it?

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02-13-2007, 06:33 PM	#29
Daveychan Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 16 Trader Feedback: 0	Phew! TheMarioKarters - Thanks for that! ... i was secretly hoping that was the case and i didn't have to get back to the code so quickly after this release. (This took freakin' forever! ) ChazB - Thanks, the UMD* and Game can now be made to five characters each without changing the size of the topmenu_plugin file. I'll see if any of the others can be changed for the next version. I was focussing on those two specifically because of how few characters there are. Thanks for the offer of assistance! SSbLinD73 -Thanks for the praise! I don't think it is legal to post the RCO here (which is also why it wasn't included with my program), so here is an alternative way to get it: Go to this page and follow the link for "Windows Icon Maker": http://forums.qj.net/f-psp-mods-medi...ons-86874.html After you download this package, go to the directory \data\250 where you can find a backup of the topmenu_plugin file (topmenu_plugin.rcoBAK). This file is for the 2.50 firmware, and to the best of my knowledge, is the latest un-encrypted topmenu_plugin available. You can edit the icons as you wish and since it is also 242KB, you can use my proggy to change the menu names. Thanks for the feedback everyone! Keep the comments coming! P.S.- If I'm wrong about the legality of including the topmenu_plugin file with my program, please let me know, and I'll happily include it in my ZIP file!

02-13-2007, 09:24 PM	#30
akpro Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 16 Trader Feedback: 0	I can't get my topmenu_plugin file from 2.5 to even work on my psp without hacking it