PlayStation 3 Theme (P3T)

http://www.ps3devwiki.com/files/Visuals/Themes/

Installation

• From USB (and CF/SD/MS memorycards): /PS3/THEME/*.p3t

• From disc (or fake disc): Infos on Creating Discs

• From PS3 internet browser:

• From FW:

• From Games:

Structure

.JPEG:

Contain the background(s) of the theme

• when static theme:

You can have differents background for SD or HD resolutions. Can be easily edited.

• when dynamic theme (FW min: 3.00):

You will need plug in on your software. (GIMP2 doesn t support?)

.PNG:

Contain icons and pointers used on XMB. Icons used by default when the theme build didn t have newest icons.

.XML:

Infos about the theme. Easy to modify and to add more background on the same theme.

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<theme>

<bgimagetable>
 <bgimage anim="anim_1.jpg"/>
</bgimagetable>

The background image used: You can have more than one, each time you boot back to XMB, a new background will be display. In that case it ll look like this: (here it s 2 static background, SD or HD according to monitor resolution, 4anim for differents dynamic background, tested and worked but there are probably some limits of sizes, like the sound

<bgimagetable>
 <bgimage hd="hd_1.jpg" sd="sd_1.jpg"/>
 <bgimage anim="anim_1.jpg"/>
 <bgimage anim="anim_3.jpg"/>
 <bgimage anim="anim_4.jpg"/>
 <bgimage anim="anim_2.jpg"/>		
 <bgimage hd="hd_2.jpg" sd="sd_2.jpg"/>
</bgimagetable>

<infotable>
 <info author="PS3 enthusiast" authoricon="authoricon_1.gim.png" authoriconsize="16512" genre="others"    
 icon="icon_1.gim.png" iconsize="16512" mtime="20081010105635" name="PS3 dev wiki" preview="preview_1.gim.png"   
 previewsize="518528" url="http://www.ps3devwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page" version="version 1.0"/>
 <localizedinfo locale="en" name="PS3 dev wiki special edition"/>
 <localizedinfo locale="jp" name="PS3 dev wiki special edition"/>

Basic infos and name icons associated, such author. ...

Limitations

• For Dynamic Themes:

The Raf created must comply with these restrictions :

-Max total texture size : 15 mb
-Max total geometry & script size : 1mb
-Max total actor size : 1.20 mb
-Actor: only a maximum of 128 “actor” per file .Raf
-Camera: Only one allowed.
-Light: with a maximum of two lights (ambient + point)
-Script : A single archive. Js (javascript) will be accepted.
-Model : With a maxim of 64 (DAE).

Tutorials Links

Theme Settings manual: http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/settings/themesettings.html

How do I create my own theme for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system? http://us.playstation.com/support/answer/index.htm?a_id=1205

Support: Manuals ( Creating Web Content for the PS3™ and others) http://us.playstation.com/support/manuals/ps3/ps3guides/index.htm

Tools&Links

Sony:

Homebrews: internal link on top: files, compiler, extractor, ...

On MFW : PS3MFW_Builder