daedalus123 Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 HiyasI'm making my own shellpack using XPeros installer system and I was wondering do I need to save all the 256 color (8 bit) and 16 color (4 bit) icons?Shouldn't XP be able to use the 32-bits icons everywhere? Cause some icons only have 32*32, 4-bit icons. Shouldn't I be able to replace them with 32*32, 32-bit?
marxo Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Well in case of VGA driver failure or something like that you will need them...
daedalus123 Posted July 28, 2007 Author Posted July 28, 2007 Ok, but in a normal environment they are not needed? If I ever get a system failure I just reinstall (15min of staring at a progressbar).
marxo Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Well 24-bit palette is "normal" but it still doesn't have alpha-channel so I don't think deleting rest of the icons would be a good move...
Dave.Net Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 (edited) I keep only 4-bit images 'cause they are small byte-wise and are the ones used in vga mode. 8-bit are useless under xp IMO.Edit: 32-bit images stay there of course. Edited July 28, 2007 by Dave.Net
marxo Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 8-bit are useless under xp IMO.They are for you. Someone uses it maybe...
Dave.Net Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 8-bit are useless under xp IMO.They are for you. Someone uses it maybe...Sure, pal.
awergh Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 well not all video cards support 32bit icons like intel 810
marxo Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 Exactly the one I use on my 2nd PC. i810 is widely known but there are many video cards like it...
Dave.Net Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 (edited) Well, I choose to remove 8-bit images based on my particular situation. That is, my video card CAN handle 32-bit mode.However it may not be as simple as it seems. I had an old SIS video card which didn't support 32-bit modes but -oddly- did show xp's alpha-blended icons. Very weird. Edited July 29, 2007 by Dave.Net
marxo Posted July 29, 2007 Posted July 29, 2007 I had an old SIS video card which didn't support 32-bit modes but -oddly- did show xp's alpha-blended icons. Very weird.They all do because of that "engine" in XP that is made that way. In XP even lousy i810 igp shows alpha-blended stuff. So I guess it has something to do with software.
awergh Posted August 1, 2007 Posted August 1, 2007 well the thing with that is that xp can show the alphablended icons but outlook express and programs like that cant
ricktendo Posted August 1, 2007 Posted August 1, 2007 (edited) IMO 48x48 should be the biggest. But some like the 256 icons, I think they take up too much space...Yes leave the lower rez icons... May need them ya never knowBTW what type icons are you going to use?Vista I hope Edited August 1, 2007 by ricktendo64
daedalus123 Posted August 7, 2007 Author Posted August 7, 2007 (edited) Thank you for your opinions, gonna leave the 16 color icons. And in my opinion as well the 256*256 icons take up way too much space, gonna remove them.Yes, it's all going to be Vista and Vista-like icons. I have taken them from Energize, XPize, VTP, from around the net and some I've even made myself Almost done now. Edited August 7, 2007 by daedalus123
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