Are there any theme+module packages? Thread last updated on 2005-08-17 18:14:57

Posted by member 258467 on 2005-08-12 01:21:08

Becuase, I downloaded a theme but couldn't use it because I didn't have the right modules. And I cant connect and download them on the computer i'm running litestep on. So are there any places I can find themes and modules in one nice zip or something?


(By the way, I'm extremely new to litestep, so please dont hate me for this noobish topic)

Posted by member 248213 on 2005-08-12 07:51:39 link

You could download the modules, and transfer them to your litestep box.

ps: OTS2 themes will not have any modules included, and most themes nowadays are OTS2.

Posted by member 12025 on 2005-08-12 13:04:33 link

What fractal said. However, you can get lstd from here:
http://www.lsd-trip.de/?file=downloads/index.php&d_op=viewdownload&cid=4
I've never used it, but it is an app designed for getting modules for offline PCs.

Posted by member 258467 on 2005-08-13 01:43:47 link

Well, the theme I wanted to install was that complex simpliticy, but when I try to switch over to it, it gives me the list of modules i'm missing. How am I to know what ones I need if they dont tell you before hand or give you them with the theme? And most of them are very specific and I can't find them anywhere. Also, I tried the program you told me about, I couldn't really get it to work with the theme I wanted. Although it did look like a pretty handy program.

Thanks for putting up with me. :3

Posted by member 258467 on 2005-08-13 02:58:17 link

Also, (sorry), I found the required modules (always .dll files right?) and downloaded them and threw the dll files into my module folder (because I assume it can't deal with .zip files) and I tried to switch over to the theme and it still said that they were missing. Even though I downloaded the exact modules needed.

Posted by member 248213 on 2005-08-13 04:13:59 link

you should read the documentation for NetLoadmodule.

It can handle zips.

The list of modules will be in the theme.rc file.

Posted by member 258027 on 2005-08-13 17:29:30 link

ok dude... make sure that you have all the zip folders in the "modules archive" folder.

This will be located at x:\LiteStep\modules\archive

Leave all of them as .zip, and LiteStep will do the rest.

Make sure you have the right versions of each module as well. If you open up notepad, use File>Open (make sure it says "all files") and open up Complex Simplicity's theme.rc file (this will be located at x:\LiteStep\Profiles\yourname\themes\complexsimplicity. You cannot open the file directly, so you MUST open it through notepad.). There, you will see a bunch of *netLoad commands. Each of those are the modules required to download, and their appropriate versions.

I hope that helps you.

Take care,


Amejin

Posted by member 258467 on 2005-08-13 20:18:11 link

Thanks alot Amejin. Your advice really helped. I think I've almost got it. I only have 1 more problem. When I start up, I get this message "Variable "common programs" not defined". Espression: Popup .icon = "$IconsDir$\folder_programs.ico" "programs" !DramaticFolder: "$Programs$|$CommonPrograms$"

Does anyone know how to fix this? Or at the very least where I could get a copy of the wallpaper in the compelx simplicity preview?

Thanks again for all the help.

Posted by member 1885 on 2005-08-13 20:36:42 link

"!DramaticFolder"?? Hehe, it should read !popupdynamicfolder :)

Posted by member 258467 on 2005-08-13 20:39:50 link

yeah, I think it's dyanmic not dramatic. Sorry about that.

Posted by member 1316 on 2005-08-15 18:15:08 link

do you have a * before Popup? that shouldn't be causing the variable error though, since $commonprograms$ is a litestep system variable, not something you should need to specify...

Posted by member 258467 on 2005-08-15 22:01:31 link

Yeah, theres a little x next to it. It didn't really look like an asterisk so I left it out.

Posted by member 1 on 2005-08-16 00:11:47 link

CommonPrograms is only defined on NT kerneled systems. If yer on 9x it doesn't get defined.

Posted by member 248213 on 2005-08-16 04:49:09 link

"Yeah, theres a little x next to it. It didn't really look like an asterisk so I left it out."
You need an asterisk:
*Popup .icon = "$IconsDir$\folder_programs.ico" "programs" !DynamicFolder: "$Programs$|$CommonPrograms$"

Posted by member 258467 on 2005-08-16 18:01:03 link

If it dosent get defind on 9x, how do I get rid of the error message?

Posted by member 1316 on 2005-08-17 18:14:57 link

maybe just take out the $commonprograms$ part? I don't think there were separate programs folder per user, so it may not even be needed. though truthfully it's been so long, I have no idea. if there are separate programs folders per user, then just manually create a new variable for the common programs folder.