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webMAN MOD Customization

Aldo Vargas edited this page Jun 17, 2024 · 9 revisions

Custom Menu in webMAN Games

In webMAN MOD's installer we include the following template file:

/dev_hdd0/game/UPDWEBMOD/USRDIR/xmb/wm_custom.xml

Edit it to include your own XMB items, favorite games and web commands that you want listed inside webMAN's game list. Copy your modified wm_custom.xml to the root directory of the internal HDD or any USB device (FAT32). The XML will be shown as a new menu in the next refresh of webMAN Games & XMB.

The name "XML" of the menu can changed editing the STR_CUSTOMXML entry in the language files found in /dev_hdd0/tmp/wm_lang

For information about XMBML coding and XMBML Functions used in XML queries refer to these links.

Custom Text in Web & XMB menus

Most of the GUI screens in webMAN MOD are translated. However, not all the texts are customizable or translated.

The language files found in /dev_hdd0/tmp/wm_lang are:

LANG_AR.TXT Arabic
LANG_BG.TXT Bulgarian
LANG_CZ.TXT Czech
LANG_DK.TXT Danish
LANG_NL.TXT Dutch
LANG_EN.TXT English
LANG_FR.TXT French
LANG_DE.TXT German
LANG_GR.TXT Greek
LANG_HU.TXT Hungarian
LANG_IN.TXT Indonesian
LANG_IT.TXT Italian
LANG_JP.TXT Japanese
LANG_KR.TXT Korean
LANG_PL.TXT Polish
LANG_PT.TXT Portuguese
LANG_RU.TXT Russian
LANG_SK.TXT Slovak
LANG_HR.TXT Slovenian
LANG_ES.TXT Spanish
LANG_CN.TXT Simplified Chinese
LANG_ZH.TXT Traditonal Chinese
LANG_TR.TXT Turkish
LANG_XX.TXT Custom
LANG_ROMS.TXT Emulator Names

NOTE: All files are replaced on every update except LANG_XX.TXT

The menu options in webMAN Setup are found in /dev_hdd0/game/XMBMANPLS/USRDIR/FEATURES

webMAN_DK.xml Danish
webMAN_EN.xml English
webMAN_FR.xml French
webMAN_DE.xml German
webMAN_HU.xml Hungarian
webMAN_IT.xml Italian
webMAN_JP.xml Japanese
webMAN_KR.xml Korean
webMAN_PL.xml Polish
webMAN_PT.xml Portuguese
webMAN_RU.xml Russian
webMAN_SK.xml Slovak
webMAN_ES.xml Spanish
webMAN_CN.xml Simplified Chinese
webMAN_ZH.xml Traditional Chinese
webMAN_TR.xml Turkish

Custom Themes & Icons

webMAN MOD comes with 4 themes packages available in /dev_hdd0/tmp/wm_res:
wm_theme_colorful.pkg by @aldostools
wm_theme_standard.pkg by deank / Berion
wm_theme_rebugification.pkg by Berion
wm_theme_metalification.pkg by Berion
wm_theme_flowerification.pkg by @aldostools
wm_theme_OtakuBoy.pkg by H3N7R1K

These themes update the icons in /dev_hdd0/tmp/wm_icons and /dev_hdd0/game/XMBMANPLS/USRDIR/IMAGES

If you plan to customize the images, I suggest to create your own theme pkg.

Custom Skin

webMAN MOD includes 2 GUI skins: webMAN (original) & sMAN GUI (default)

Use /setup.ps3 to choose the GUI that you find more convenient.

The CSS and templates for sMAN GUI can be found in: /dev_hdd0/xmlhost/game_plugin

Custom Tasks at Start Up

Execute custom tasks like mute coldboot, clean directories, auto-backup files, etc. creating custom scripts in /dev_hdd0/boot_init.txt or /dev_hdd0/autoexec.bat

Both scripts are execute when webMAN starts, the difference is that boot_init.txt is executed before the services start and autoexec.bat executes later.

/dev_hdd0/onxmb.bat executes every time the XMB is loaded (on startup or when exit a game)

Custom Combos

Automate tasks that you do often creating custom combos in /dev_hdd0/tmp/wm_combo

A list of the possible combos is listed in this section.

Custom Homepage

Create your own web page with your favorite games and common web commands. Set it as default home page on PS3 browser or bookmark it on the PC or smart phone.

In /setup.ps3 there is a place to enter that home URL and show it as a button on webMAN's GUI.

Random XMB resources

webMAN MOD supports displaying custom or random resources stored in the following folders. The resources are mapped automatically when the plugin starts or when a game exits to XMB. Remove or rename the folder if you need to disable the feature.

RANDOM RESOURCE PATH Files in folder
boot sound /dev_hdd0/tmp/coldboot 1.ac3, 2.ac3, etc.
XMB waves /dev_hdd0/tmp/lines 1.qrc, 2.qrc, etc.
PS menu screen /dev_hdd0/tmp/impose 1.rco, 2.rco, etc.
PSN icon /dev_hdd0/tmp/psn_icons/1 (2, 3, etc) xmb_plugin_normal.rco + xmb_ingame.rco
Wallpaper /dev_hdd0/tmp/wallpaper 1.png, 2.png, etc.
Theme /dev_hdd0/tmp/theme 1.p3t, 2.p3t, etc.
Earth animation /dev_hdd0/tmp/earth 1.qrc, 2.qrc, etc.
Canyon animation /dev_hdd0/tmp/canyon 1.qrc, 2.qrc, etc.

Standalone packages can be downloaded from Resources

Play Individual Gameboot for Each Game Emulator

Ultimate Toolbox -with the help of webMAN MOD- includes an interesting XMB modification that shows a different gameboot animation depending the game type (PS3, PS1, PS2, PSP) or emulator (NES, SNES, GBA, MAME, etc.)

This feature requires the installation of Multi Gameboot Mod v1.12 or later. This MOD is included in Ultimate Toolbox

Multi Gameboot Mod package can be downloaded from Resources

20 Gameboot Animations Added for Different Disc types and Emulators