PS3 [IDEA] Simple UI Mod aka NO-XMB

[DeViL303]

Not sure what the point of this is really. Its a bit of an outside of the box idea, but maybe someone will see a use for something like this or it might turn into something someday but probably not.

Its a simple idea for a customizable restricted GUI using a PS3EXTRA type interface instead of the XMB.

Possible uses include an arcade type GUI, where you want to be sure no one can mess with settings in public setting like a shop or something, or you want to be sure your young kids can only access certain apps/options, or maybe would be suitable for certain disabilities, eyesight isssues, idk, Or maybe you want to hide the fact that it is running on a PS3 for some strange reason.

This is just a work in progress idea at the moment, no release and there might never be.

This is a collection of patches to some system sprx files that removes the entire XMB, leaving just a grid of large icons like Whats New.

No wave, no coldboot sound or logo, no XMB, no clock/date, no nothing.

It heavily relies on webMAN Mod behind the scenes.

 

[haxxxen]

@DeViL303
my personal life tag, "less is more", comes to my mind. nice idea and also nice work. though, I love my blingblings in xmb
can you restore original xmb with it as well?

 

[DeViL303]

can you restore original xmb with it as well?

Yes, I just have a webman command set up to copy the original files back to flash, but it could be done with a pkg too.

 

[haxxxen]

Yes, I just have a webman command set up to copy the original files back to flash, but it could be done with a pkg too.

I know you would have answered it like this, so I should have asked differently. question is, does it imediately restore xmb?

 

[bguerville]

What about replacing vsh.self altogether?

 

[haxxxen]

What about replacing vsh.self altogether?

lolwut? code a custom shell overall?

 

[DeViL303]

I know you would have answered it like this, so I should have asked differently. question is, does it imediately restore xmb?

No, it needs a reboot or an XMB reload if that's what you mean.

I did have another idea for this, where if you plug in a USB stick with the correct xmls on it, then certain items appear again. Like some kind of security dongle that allows access to settings. That also requires an XMB reload though.

Another thing I looked at was having the whole XMB load from 1 xml. Easy enough to do by editing the xml links in the explore_plugin.sprx so they all read from different sections of the same xml. I had that working at one point.

What about replacing vsh.self altogether?

That could be cool too, but a bit beyond my skillset.

I was also thinking I could just have it boot into sMAN or something like that as an XMB replacement. Now with this current mod sMAN works fine from the button combo.

 

[haxxxen]

I see. if no reboot was needed, this would be even greater, like a custom shell switcher

@DeViL303
doesn't a pkg install somehow refresh xmb imeditately?

 

[DeViL303]

I see. if no reboot was needed, this would be even greater, like a custom shell switcher

@DeViL303
doesn't a pkg install somehow refresh xmb imeditately?

It does for xml queries in certain cases.

More exactly if an xml query does not find an xml at boot, then a pkg install causes it to recheck that query. But if an xml has been loaded at boot, then it wont reload it.

For this mod though it would require sprx files to be reloaded.

This is the file list for this mod

oh and also xmb_plugin_normal.rco.

It would be cool if the remote play plugin could be reversed a bit to see how it does a full XMB reload without rebooting.

Entering then exiting remote play is the fastest way to reload the XMB currently, it might be even quicker if it auto exited, and didnt actually need to load remote play and change the resolution.

 

[bguerville]

lolwut? code a custom shell overall?

Was thinking about starting very small, just a Unix style terminal with limited commands kinda thing. A minimalistic shell like that can easily be ported. You might even get more work patching the kernel than porting the micro shell itself.
If one could get that kinda thing working, there would be no limit to what could be done next in terms of custom XMB replacement.
You could reuse existing system sprx as long as you implement the exports & data they need.
It's a big project but I think it's feasible technically. The question is, is it worth the time investment?

 

[DantechVG]

I want this mod

 

[youdontfooljesus]

Hi all, hope you're well. I'm trying to creating a similar mod to this myself.. Call it XMB "Remodelling" if you will. Anyway, I'd like to create menus with the 'What's new' tile interface. I would like to add custom thumbnails and links to webpages via link.xml and things like that. Is anyone willing to share how this was achieved? I have been searching and scrolling through many threads all night to no avail. This and the 'What's new in PSX Place' mod was the closest thing I could find that's reprasentitive of what I'm looking for and I can't seem to find the information required. I'm certainly no modding expert so I'm not good at digging this stuff up cheers!