Telltale Games

**Jake** · 04/18/2007, 11:08 am

As you may or may not know, Windows Vista supports a new icon format... a new ridiculously enormous icon format. While XP maxed out at icons that were 48x48 pixels, Vista has upped the ante to a gigantic 256x256 square.

Vista users may have noticed that I caught this in time for episodes 4 through 6 - those games ship with the epic MegIcons already there and working, and look very pretty in Vista. Episodes 1 through 3, however, are limited to a (now) meager 48x48.

I am here to remedy this!

Behold: Vista-size icons for Sam & Max Episodes 1 - 3

And what would a weird zip full of mystery files glommed on after the fact be without a convoluted dance step of an install guide with at least four too many arrows? I couldn't really tell you what it would be, because I've never seen such an occurrence, so here's a quick step by step to upgrade your ~~bliss~~ Windows icon experience!

If you run into any issues with these, let me know. Otherwise, showering this thread with thanks will suffice.

schuubars · 04/18/2007, 12:56 pm

Jummie, thanks Jake.

BarfHappy · 04/18/2007, 01:07 pm

Neat ! Thank you ! (oddly enough, the game performs better on Vista than on XP on my machine :P)

Dangerzone · 04/18/2007, 01:43 pm

hmm, big icons..... i think you are compensating for something

thanks telltale, now my sam and max icon set is no longer deformed

P.S. can we get extra large icons for the other telltale games..... csi, bone, etc..

**Jake** · 04/18/2007, 01:58 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dangerzone

P.S. can we get extra large icons for the other telltale games..... csi, bone, etc..

I don't know how large the source art is for those icons, but it would be nice, wouldn't it? I'll look into it and get back to you within 4-6 business months.

Dangerzone · 04/18/2007, 02:14 pm

only 5 months? see you then

fast answers..... slow solutions, thats the telltale way

schuubars · 04/18/2007, 02:17 pm

heh, compared to the gears of state(doesn't matter which one), it's lightning fast.

hint: you could create in a matter of minutes(to hours. :P) your own set of icons, to bridge the time. *g*

Mel · 04/18/2007, 07:54 pm

Vista Users, Get Your GIANT Icons Here!!

:spam:
I also think your installation guide is nifty.

Jordik · 04/19/2007, 10:36 am

Thanks a bunch! I had actually upscaled them myself (badly), so "This Is Great"™

Benni · 04/19/2007, 11:10 am

That is one large image.

SupSuper · 04/19/2007, 02:38 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jake

If you're a Windows Vista user, like me, and have a possibly clinical need to have everything on your computer match, like me

Why how dare you sir? Are you saying you're more clinically needy than me? That does it, just for that, I'm writing Game Definition Files for every Sam & Max game, even if it kills me!

I'm using your icons though.

Keadin · 04/19/2007, 09:25 pm

Oh please, this is just far too awesome. So much more than I asked. SupSuper, could you please explain how to build these ourselves? I am insanely obsessive about the perfection of my library.

xChri5x · 04/19/2007, 09:37 pm

So hows Vista compared to XP? I got to try Vista out for the first time today at Wal-Mart (yes I know :S) and It did seem pretty nifty. Is it kinda confusing at first?

schuubars · 04/19/2007, 11:27 pm

The little workflow things does it for me in Vista, many things that did XP wrong makes vista better.(IMO)

fhqwhgads · 04/20/2007, 12:21 am

I just realised something. Jake gave away the icon for Episode 6 on his blog entry!

Cyberlink420 · 04/20/2007, 09:33 am

*gasp* YOU'RE RIGHT! And now he's gone and spoiled the fact that Sam's in the game, and it takes place on the moon!

NO! How could something so important have been revealed like that! The episode is ruined! RUINED! *goes off to rock back and forth in a fetal position while sobbing uncontrollably*

**Jake** · 04/20/2007, 10:18 am

Hey weird what was I thinking? Well, now you all know that it was actually Sam who was behind the scheme all along! No need to release episode 6 now that that's out of the bag.

ShaggE · 04/20/2007, 11:13 am

That's not the only thing out of the bag, thanks to GameTap....

Couldn't avoid the trailer, it snuck up on me while downloading a game... WHYYYY!?

Keadin · 04/20/2007, 02:33 pm

Maybe you could work in Vista support better into the disc before you ship it. I've gathered some info on it if this could help you...

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb173435.aspx

Hope this aids.

SupSuper · 04/21/2007, 11:41 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keadin

Oh please, this is just far too awesome. So much more than I asked. SupSuper, could you please explain how to build these ourselves? I am insanely obsessive about the perfection of my library.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Keadin

Maybe you could work in Vista support better into the disc before you ship it. I've gathered some info on it if this could help you...

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb173435.aspx

Hope this aids.

That's what I used to get the Sam & Max games on my Games Explorer properly, but it's a stupidly daunting process, specially for your average user:
1. Get the Microsoft DirectX SDK (500mb or something) which includes the GDF Editor
2. Use the GDF Editor to fill out the details for the game (this is the easiest part)
3. Build it into a resource file which you then have to build into a DLL (or the game itself)
4. Register the DLL into the Game Explorer with an installer of some such
5. Repeat for every Sam & Max game.

Links:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb173435.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb206359.aspx
http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Game_explorer

Once I get it all figured out, trust me, I'll put it all here for any other Vista users to enjoy.

04/18/2007, 11:08 am	#1
Jake Telltale Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 5,843	Vista Users - get your giant icons here! As you may or may not know, Windows Vista supports a new icon format... a new ridiculously enormous icon format. While XP maxed out at icons that were 48x48 pixels, Vista has upped the ante to a gigantic 256x256 square. Vista users may have noticed that I caught this in time for episodes 4 through 6 - those games ship with the epic MegIcons already there and working, and look very pretty in Vista. Episodes 1 through 3, however, are limited to a (now) meager 48x48. I am here to remedy this! Behold: Vista-size icons for Sam & Max Episodes 1 - 3 And what would a weird zip full of mystery files glommed on after the fact be without a convoluted dance step of an install guide with at least four too many arrows? I couldn't really tell you what it would be, because I've never seen such an occurrence, so here's a quick step by step to upgrade your ~~bliss~~ Windows icon experience! If you run into any issues with these, let me know. Otherwise, showering this thread with thanks will suffice.

04/18/2007, 02:17 pm	#7
schuubars PBP modeller Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Switzerland Posts: 55	heh, compared to the gears of state(doesn't matter which one), it's lightning fast. hint: you could create in a matter of minutes(to hours. :P) your own set of icons, to bridge the time. g Last edited by schuubars; 04/18/2007 at 02:20 pm.

04/18/2007, 07:54 pm	#8
Mel Rowr! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 834	Vista Users, Get Your GIANT Icons Here!! :spam: I also think your installation guide is nifty. __________________ “I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.” - Ann Lamott http://hikergirl.tumblr.com

04/19/2007, 11:10 am	#10
Benni Benni Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Iceland Posts: 3	That is one large image. __________________ B-)

04/20/2007, 12:21 am	#15
fhqwhgads To the Limit! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: South Africa Posts: 222	I just realised something. Jake gave away the icon for Episode 6 on his blog entry! __________________ Max: It's a metaphor! Sam: You don't even know what that means! Max: Yes I do! It's like a metal floor, without the L's.

04/18/2007, 12:56 pm	#2
schuubars PBP modeller Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Switzerland Posts: 55	Jummie, thanks Jake.

04/18/2007, 01:07 pm	#3
BarfHappy Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 61	Neat ! Thank you ! (oddly enough, the game performs better on Vista than on XP on my machine :P)

04/18/2007, 01:43 pm	#4
Dangerzone Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,048	hmm, big icons..... i think you are compensating for something thanks telltale, now my sam and max icon set is no longer deformed P.S. can we get extra large icons for the other telltale games..... csi, bone, etc..

04/18/2007, 02:14 pm	#6
Dangerzone Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,048	only 5 months? see you then fast answers..... slow solutions, thats the telltale way

04/19/2007, 10:36 am	#9
Jordik Crusader King Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 23	Thanks a bunch! I had actually upscaled them myself (badly), so "This Is Great"™

04/19/2007, 09:25 pm	#12
Keadin Keadin Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 36	Oh please, this is just far too awesome. So much more than I asked. SupSuper, could you please explain how to build these ourselves? I am insanely obsessive about the perfection of my library.

04/19/2007, 09:37 pm	#13
xChri5x Marketplace Reality Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: GTA, Ontario Posts: 1,629	So hows Vista compared to XP? I got to try Vista out for the first time today at Wal-Mart (yes I know :S) and It did seem pretty nifty. Is it kinda confusing at first?

04/19/2007, 11:27 pm	#14
schuubars PBP modeller Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Switzerland Posts: 55	The little workflow things does it for me in Vista, many things that did XP wrong makes vista better.(IMO)

04/20/2007, 09:33 am	#16
Cyberlink420 The third dimension Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The deepest, darkest corners of my own mind Posts: 390	gasp YOU'RE RIGHT! And now he's gone and spoiled the fact that Sam's in the game, and it takes place on the moon! NO! How could something so important have been revealed like that! The episode is ruined! RUINED! goes off to rock back and forth in a fetal position while sobbing uncontrollably __________________ "Aw, why is it always monkeys? Why can't I ever be attacked by crazed supermodels?" - Ron Stoppable

04/20/2007, 10:18 am	#17
Jake Telltale Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 5,843	Hey weird what was I thinking? Well, now you all know that it was actually Sam who was behind the scheme all along! No need to release episode 6 now that that's out of the bag.

04/20/2007, 11:13 am	#18
ShaggE Deep Mushroom Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 3,316	That's not the only thing out of the bag, thanks to GameTap.... Couldn't avoid the trailer, it snuck up on me while downloading a game... WHYYYY!? __________________ "This grass feels funny. It feels like... pants." - Kirby A song. Also a song.

04/20/2007, 02:33 pm	#19
Keadin Keadin Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 36	Maybe you could work in Vista support better into the disc before you ship it. I've gathered some info on it if this could help you... http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb173435.aspx Hope this aids.

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