Icons and resources and C, Oh my!

[Kalaron]

What do I have to do to replace SRB2's icon, something tells me I can't just replace the icon in src/win32.

 

[on Edge]

Srb2's icon? Which one? If it's in Srb2.srb or sonic.plr, you can replace it without doing anything fancy.

 

[Kalaron]

I'm talking about the exe's icon, Edge.

 

[Princess Plushima]

I'm fairly certain most IDEs will have an option to edit it somewhere in the depths of their "project options"

Although, I'm pretty sure just replacing the icon in src/win32 WILL work. Unless you've tried that already and it didn't.

 

[Kalaron]

Yep, I've tried that, I'm pretty sure resource.rc has something to do with it......

 

[Oogaland]

Yep, I've tried that, I'm pretty sure resource.rc has something to do with it......

The icon is specified in Srb2win.rc, but it just points to the icon file:

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Icon
//

// Icon with lowest ID value placed first to ensure application icon
// remains consistent on all systems.
IDI_ICON1               ICON    DISCARDABLE     "Srb2win.ico"

So, editing Srb2win.ico is sufficient.

 

[Kalaron]

Ughh...It still doesn't work.....

 

[JEV3]

What exactly are you doing that isn't working for you?

 

[Rob]

He probably isn't saving it as an icon. It must be saved as an icon by a program that can actually do that. It can't be a renamed PNG/BMP/JPG/ETC.

 

[Kalaron]

Yes, I've done that, I've generated a file with a .ico extension, I renamed it to Srb2win, and compiled the exe, but it still won't work, maybe the problem is that I used an online png to ico conversion webpage.