Hammer Custom Build Created 20 years ago2004-06-03 01:39:06 UTC by Seventh-Monkey Seventh-Monkey

Created 20 years ago2004-06-03 01:39:06 UTC by Seventh-Monkey Seventh-Monkey

Posted 20 years ago2004-06-03 01:39:06 UTC Post #29929
No, I'm not confusing ZHLT and Hammer. I'm showing you how to customize Hammer's appearance a little. I take no responsibility for anything on the face of the earth ever blah blah blah blah.

Okay, here're a few replacement splash screens I cobbled together for the purposes of this demonstration. I will show you how to take this image and put it into HAMMER.EXE, so I recommend backing up the original program file before beginning.
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Now you need to get a little program called "ResHacker". You can get that here and it's about half a meg.

Once you have ResHacker, just open the ZIP and run the program. It creates no registry entries so uninstallation is simply a case of deleting the files if they are present. Leave it open while you follow the next step.

Now, I want you to take the replacement splash screen and save it somewhere as a Bitmap (extension '.BMP'). You can do this in the versions of Paint that come with later version of Windows, or with the excellent freeware tool Irfanview.

Once you've done this, go back to ResHacker. Click File -> Open and then browse to Hammer.exe. Some jargon and odd numbers will appear in the left-hand pane. Click the "+" next to "Bitmap" and a submenu will unfurl. Then find "172" in this new menu and click the plus sign next to that. A screenshot is provided if you're confused [clicky].

Now click on the "1033" under "172". It's the only option. Look! The original splash! Right-click "1033". A menu will show; click "Replace Resource". A dialog box will now appear. Select your new splash by clicking the appropriately-titled button at the top-left. When you've selected the splash, click "Replace". Then just click File -> Save.

Open Hammer and bask in its beauty.

Look at all the other places in Hammer. You can replace the bitmaps for the toolbar buttons, you can even change menu texts. Don't be afraid to experiment. Remember that even if worst comes to worst, you can just re-download Hammer and it'll be fine.

You could try it with other programs too - just remember to back it up!
Seventh-Monkey Seventh-MonkeyPretty nifty
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-03 02:31:55 UTC Post #29939
Heh, now you mention ResHacker... a friend of mine translated Hammer into Dutch a long while ago... Heh, that was the start for the CPCP community... :)

But very interesting it is, indeed... :)
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-03 02:45:06 UTC Post #29940
Hey not bad Seventh! Might try this out later when I'm not so busy!
AJ AJGlorious Overlord
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-03 02:50:24 UTC Post #29941
Thanks :)

Pretty handy being able to change the text. I'm gunna remake the toolbars.
Seventh-Monkey Seventh-MonkeyPretty nifty
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-03 02:58:25 UTC Post #29942
So old! I done that a while back with CPU-z (a cpu information app) and a couple of other programs. Still, nice find.
m0p m0pIllogical.
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-03 08:09:56 UTC Post #29976
can you put a link for that gordan version? it looks nice and i dont want to have to go through the trouble! that would be great! thanx!

(and i dont mind "seventh monkey", it will remind me who made it!)
Luke LukeLuke
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-03 08:15:27 UTC Post #29981
I'm making a metallica version right now, With custom menus and icons!
m0p m0pIllogical.
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-03 09:22:28 UTC Post #29992
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Needless to say, the monkey was stunned.
A whipcrack with his rubber tail, and the monq was gone...
He asked us... be you angels?
And we said NAY!
We are but.. zombies.
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-03 09:42:02 UTC Post #29993
It would be cool if you could use GIFS as that image.
m0p m0pIllogical.
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-03 13:24:38 UTC Post #30028
Very nice ZL. Interestin' lyric adjustment.

Monkeychow: 'fraid not as I believe that'd be copyright infringement. Not willing to risk termination of contract from my ISP for hosting illegal software on their servers, not to dirty TWHL's name. It's easy ;)
Seventh-Monkey Seventh-MonkeyPretty nifty
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-03 14:55:16 UTC Post #30065
hehehe. im gonna make a snarkish one

HEIL THE SNARK

resitance is futle you will be snarkished
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-03 15:27:17 UTC Post #30078
I've made a cool one with SD models in the background.
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-03 18:01:58 UTC Post #30112
i guess ill have to make one then! damnit! oh wait, e-mail?!?! :P or is that bad to?
Luke LukeLuke
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-03 18:28:14 UTC Post #30117
ZL, nice one. put a picture of you on the other side of the zombie, but add the headcrab on your head, and the freaky long fingers, torn chest, all that good stuff. NO one has ever done that. Or a zombie in a HIV suit with Freeman writen on it (Sry about that)
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-03 18:56:54 UTC Post #30121
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Well, heres my first one! i kinda like it, do you! eh? :)
Luke LukeLuke
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-03 19:06:03 UTC Post #30128
Nice job chow.

Garg could be bigger, but I like how hes in the backround. make that monkey that used to be in your av there!
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-03 19:07:09 UTC Post #30130
hmmmmm, ill try. it might look dumb because it would be something real on something fake.
Luke LukeLuke
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-03 19:07:30 UTC Post #30131
yah, the garg could have been bigger.
Luke LukeLuke
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-03 19:10:14 UTC Post #30139
ok, i have the new exe, but now i doesnt have the same configerations! how do i change this without having to configure it all over?!?!?

configure file perhaps? :confused:
Luke LukeLuke
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 02:26:35 UTC Post #30185
Not a clue. You're putting it in the normal Hammer directory?
Seventh-Monkey Seventh-MonkeyPretty nifty
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 02:29:51 UTC Post #30188
It should just overwrite the old exe. All configurations should be there.
AJ AJGlorious Overlord
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 03:12:23 UTC Post #30189
Appendix: You can make your new splash screens any size you want, it appears!
Seventh-Monkey Seventh-MonkeyPretty nifty
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 04:07:43 UTC Post #30204
its very VERY limited in what you can do and pretty much limited to aesthetic modifications, despite whatever grandiose ideas you have of fixing the numerous bugs in the joke that is hammer 3.5.

Saying that, I do run a customised version myself, but the only change is to make it look better on a higher resolution, with a greatly expanded visgroup list etc (because of that damn bug where you cant join visgroups if they are a page or more apart)
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 04:41:22 UTC Post #30212
Yeah, it's pointless really, but it's fun.
Seventh-Monkey Seventh-MonkeyPretty nifty
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 08:06:27 UTC Post #30249
so, seventh, you like mine?

and i need to put it in the regular directory, oops! :)
Luke LukeLuke
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 16:04:17 UTC Post #30318
It's good; little boring though.
Seventh-Monkey Seventh-MonkeyPretty nifty
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 16:06:03 UTC Post #30321
oh, how is it differnet from gordans? huh!
Luke LukeLuke
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 16:32:57 UTC Post #30332
What program did you use seventh? Paint or InfranView?
Luke LukeLuke
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 16:41:11 UTC Post #30333
No! Paint Shop Pro 7.04.
Seventh-Monkey Seventh-MonkeyPretty nifty
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 16:46:28 UTC Post #30334
oh, thats waht i thought! :)
Luke LukeLuke
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 16:47:02 UTC Post #30335
is that like adobe?
Luke LukeLuke
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 16:48:05 UTC Post #30336
adobe is a company
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 16:48:32 UTC Post #30337
Adobe Photoshop?
Luke LukeLuke
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 17:22:15 UTC Post #30365
Photoshop pwnz all! MWAHAHAHAH!
m0p m0pIllogical.
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 17:23:05 UTC Post #30366
i dont think so, Paint Shop is better.
Luke LukeLuke
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 17:27:05 UTC Post #30370
No, PSP costs about ?100. Photoshopp is ?500. Notice a pattern there?
m0p m0pIllogical.
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 17:27:45 UTC Post #30372
Kazaa? eh?
Luke LukeLuke
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 17:31:27 UTC Post #30374
No. Bittorrented the CD and cough keygen cough.
m0p m0pIllogical.
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 17:32:00 UTC Post #30375
And if you have never used bittorrent then u suck at the internet.
m0p m0pIllogical.
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 17:32:52 UTC Post #30377
Websites cough ive done it before! woth a lot of stuuf! its called serial# hack!
Luke LukeLuke
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 18:03:58 UTC Post #30389
Kazaa is for utter noobs, and complete idiots.
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 18:20:05 UTC Post #30391
Bittorrent is for the Internet King (me)
m0p m0pIllogical.
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 18:24:02 UTC Post #30393
I always get so bloody slow connection on BitTorrent!
On dc, you can most of the time find a stabile 100kbps.
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 18:57:20 UTC Post #30401
Lol. On BitTorrent, with my shiny 2mbit connection, I get like 50 to 100+ kb/s.
m0p m0pIllogical.
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 21:15:15 UTC Post #30435
seventh, how did you get that gold color? in paint shop pro?
Luke LukeLuke
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 21:23:17 UTC Post #30440
oh, and zombie! what do you use to make these?
Luke LukeLuke
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 21:27:19 UTC Post #30443
Zl used photoshop.
m0p m0pIllogical.
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 21:31:26 UTC Post #30448
thats what i was using but i dont get it. this is my first time messin with pictures in photo shop. : i have both Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro! :P
Luke LukeLuke
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 22:04:54 UTC Post #30455
WTF!! the update for Paint Shop Pro 7.04 is only for international English versions! Damnit!
Luke LukeLuke
Posted 20 years ago2004-06-04 22:48:11 UTC Post #30461
On photoshop you dont already have to have pictures to play with. I made my avatar from scratch, unlike zl who took a picture of his horrifying face and put some fire on it.
m0p m0pIllogical.
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