6 Mar
2011

Mac users – help needed!

Posted by Chaz in Ramblings & Rants

Cas has a Mac. It is broken. I’ve done a .icns with a 512px square image for the Mac dock thing or whateveritscalled – but no way to test. As far as I’m aware the 512px image in the .icns is only used in the dock thing and should look something like…

… so Mac users, your challenge is – can you get to preview a .icns file in your dock wotsit, is this the only place a 512px icon is used, and does it look any good, or does it look a bit poo? You can download the .icns here. Winner gets a brand spanking new yet-to-be-seen signed wallpaper with your name scribbled on it! Or something.

oh and ‘Arm of the Lord’… just the first image i grabbed from google :)

31 Responses to “Mac users – help needed!”

  1. Anon says:
    March 6, 2011 at 11:53 pm

    Looks nice for a general desktop icon! Will it be available for non-mac users?

  2. Deluxe says:
    March 6, 2011 at 11:53 pm

    Well it does look like this:
    http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1573953/RotT_Dock-Screenshot.png

  3. Kevin says:
    March 7, 2011 at 12:06 am

    It looks good on my mac in the Finder and when switching apps.

  4. Jonathan says:
    March 7, 2011 at 12:09 am

    The icon only appears 512×512 in cover flow. This is as big as a dock can get in OS X (running on 27 inch iMac) http://i.imgur.com/UE8Zj.png So I doubt you will ever see 512×512 in a dock.
    The icon looks great, but it differs in size/brush strokes from 512 to the lower res icons. Was that on purpose?

    • Chaz says:
      March 7, 2011 at 1:32 am

      Yes kind of – the 256px and sizes down to 16px are a bit different from the 512px version. Slightly different proportions and without the flames either side. Max size in windows is 256px, and it seems for Mac you’ll only ever see the 512px version in cover flow, so it wont matter that its a bit different. I just wasn’t sure this was the case.

      Ah, it’s not.

  5. Duncan says:
    March 7, 2011 at 12:15 am

    Yep. It works great in the dock: http://i.imgur.com/Rvcgc.png

  6. David says:
    March 7, 2011 at 12:17 am

    Hi, I have tested it and it looks perfect :) On a Mac, you can right click on any app, and go to ‘show package contents’, then ‘resources’, find a .icns file, rename it and replace it with your .icns file.
    You not only see the icon in the dock, but also in the Finder, which is like Explorer.

  7. LordKane says:
    March 7, 2011 at 12:21 am

    oooh almost makes me wish I had a mac or ubuntu that is a sexy icon, could you change the windows icon with that?

  8. allen says:
    March 7, 2011 at 12:29 am

    just grab the icns file and convert it to ico and simply change your shortcut accordingly.

    if you dont have the right software just head to http://iconverticons.com
    seems like they accept a range of formats.

  9. Fabs says:
    March 7, 2011 at 12:34 am

    By the way guys, just watched the trailer… it’s brilliant! hahaha love it.

  10. Chaz says:
    March 7, 2011 at 1:20 am

    Thanks all :) … so it was cover flow I meant, not dock. But as it looks good in the dock thing that’s ok. Does anyone actually use cover flow?

    Deluxe, Kevin, Jonathan and Duncan win the special wallpaper if they so desire, post your desktop size to claim! :)

    …and apart from the 512 sized image with the flamey bits at the sides, which is just in the .icns file, this will be the new icon from whenever next update is, not just Mac version.

  11. Aktariel says:
    March 7, 2011 at 1:29 am

    Did a quick screen cast to showcase all the different icon sizes.

    Looks great to me:

    http://gallery.me.com/aktariel/100057

    • a Martin says:
      March 8, 2011 at 10:41 pm

      OMG, Lion! :D

      I guess that flicker when you resized the icon in CoverFlow is just something with the pre-release?

  12. Chaz says:
    March 7, 2011 at 1:37 am

    I’d still be interested to see how it looks in this cover flow thing whatever that is – first to post a pic gets the wallpaper and… a photo of a ktten!

  13. Chaz says:
    March 7, 2011 at 1:44 am

    Aktariel wins a photo of a kitten!

    So it scales all the way up to 512px and that size is not just used in cover flow thing – looks a bit odd when the proportions of the boss Titan change. Ah well, at least it does look ok at 512 – maybe I’ll have time to change that before next update.

  14. Deluxe says:
    March 7, 2011 at 2:03 am

    Oh cool, thanks, I’m going to take 1920×1080 (think of the future!).

  15. Aktariel says:
    March 7, 2011 at 2:08 am

    Yay kittens!

    Let me know if you want further testing etc… More than happy to oblige.

    Side note, Cas: “./mac_launch_fd.sh width=1680 height=1050 scale=1.5″ works just as well as the Info.plist option for command line options. (For every day use entering them into Info.plist would be a better option; for those of us who are never satisfied and like to tweak the Terminal launch is more flexible).

  16. Aktariel says:
    March 7, 2011 at 2:16 am

    Thanks for the kitten. :)

    I’ll take my wallpaper in 2560 by 1440.

  17. James Denholm says:
    March 7, 2011 at 1:46 pm

    I must say, that 512 by 512 also makes a rockin’ cover art for the soundtrack.

  18. Pogswarts says:
    March 8, 2011 at 1:35 pm

    That icon looks awesome! Almost makes me wish I had a mac…

  19. Axyl says:
    March 8, 2011 at 6:09 pm

    any chance of getting that stunning new icon as a wallpaper for us PC users?

    Seriously, that angry looking gribbly is begging to be a full scale background. :D

  20. Simon says:
    March 10, 2011 at 4:38 pm

    What about something like this:
    Faenza style: http://postimage.org/image/2aupx44h0/

    DVD case icon: http://postimage.org/image/1c7r03fr8/