Tips to change the look HDD loader PS2

Provide two images with size 512 x 448 pixels with 24 bits bmp format.Open and run HDL patch v0.8b gui software. So will initially look like the picture below
























In tab HDL Files, Set unpacked HDL file, in this case directed at the *. elf, in the example above is directed at HDLoaderUnpacked.elf. And check the boxes unpacked HDL Use as Source Files.Ditab Core Patches, Tick the appropriate dialog box shown below

In tab Compatibility Patches, the dialog box tick the appropriate image below.

In tab Customization, check the appropriate dialog box pictured below.

In the Image Patching. On Patch Splash Image, select the pictures to be included, in the example above is hdl_splash.bmp. On Patch Main Image, select the pictures to be included, in the example above is hdl_mainlock.bmp. And for the texts Patch, Patch font, color Patch, and Patch Button Image, you should check if any other files you want to add, may also patches are not checked. For the Position screen fill with 82.2 D. And to view and click Preview Images will look like the picture below, and click Close to close the picture window.

Other tab Patches, check the dialog box if you want to lock the toolbar and setting game, but if you want to use your HDD Loader to install the games from the PS2 game or want to change the settings by pressing the SELECT button then leave as shown in the picture below.

tab GUI Options GUI Check Language in accordance with the language you want, the following is Home.


Once everything is set up and make sure the Pack finished Pls ELF file is checked if you want your elf files are compressed, but if not, leave it blank. Patches Click Apply, then Save with BOOT.ELF name (must be all upper case).
To install the File BOOT.ELF who had already contrived to HDD PlayStation 2, you can use the DEV21. How to install there are several ways and I will discuss in the post"How to install BOOT.ELF to HDD".
To change the color of the letters from the display menu, you can change this by editing hdl_colors.txt like the view below.


Blue marks (6 digits) is a letter code, while the yellow signs (2 digits) is the transparency of the letter, its value from 00 to 80, the higher its value the contrast of the letters from the image background. Below you can see a piece of code that you can replace colors like blue sign above example:

	FF0000
	FF9000
	FFFC00
	0F9101
	42FF00
	00FFF0
	1200FF
	FC00FF
	AEAEAE
	FFFFFF
	000000
	BF5100