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Windows 8 Custom Tile Art Thread

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I can't even locate the shortcuts to point Oblytile too...

If you have them pinned on the Start screen, you can right click and select "Open File Location" - it brings you to a directory buried within ProgramData, which is a hidden folder.

But to be specific:

Local Disk (C:) > ProgramData > Microsoft > Windows > Start Menu > Programs > Microsoft Office
 

SteveWD40

Member
If you have them pinned on the Start screen, you can right click and select "Open File Location" - it brings you to a directory buried within ProgramData, which is a hidden folder.

But to be specific:

Local Disk (C:) > ProgramData > Microsoft > Windows > Start Menu > Programs > Microsoft Office

Ah yeah I did that and got an error as well but I assumed it was just that it was a shortcut and not the actual file .exe
 

Quick

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That was what I had assumed. I did try to find the source of the shortcut, and all it'll say is "Microsoft Office 2007".

Oh well.
 

hateradio

The Most Dangerous Yes Man
I really wish windows would use the built-in 128x128 or 256x256 icons some programs have and stretch it to the tile.

I guess the manual way will have to do.


Can these be done in a batch process?
 

Radec

Member
Does a custom tile with the size of 300x600 doable ?

- - -

If anyone wants..

Black Ops 2
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Far Cry 2
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AC3
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Hitman Absolution
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Dishonored
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DOTA2
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Diablo III
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Battlefield 3
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WoW: Mist of the Pandaria
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Code:
[URL~="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=44976275&postcount=257"]Call of Duty: Black Ops II [/URL] (Radec)
[URL~="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=44976275&postcount=257"]Far Cry 2 [/URL] (Radec)
[URL~="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=44976275&postcount=257"]Assassin's Creed III [/URL] (Radec)
[URL~="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=44976275&postcount=257"]Hitman Absolution [/URL] (Radec)
[URL~="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=44976275&postcount=257"]Dishonored [/URL] (Radec)
[URL~="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=44976275&postcount=257"]DOTA2 [/URL] (Radec)
[URL~="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=44976275&postcount=257"]Diablo III [/URL] (Radec)
[URL~="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=44976275&postcount=257"]Battlefield 3 [/URL] (Radec)
[URL~="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=44976275&postcount=257"]World of Warcraft: Mist of Pandaria [/URL] (Radec)
 

neorej

ERMYGERD!
Could someone make a SQL Management Studio tile please, it's the only one left that looks hideous on my Startscreen.
 
Thanks for all the icons, I love it.

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Just did google image search for 200x200 pics for ones I did not see in this thread.

So many game tiles. This is why I've opted just to have a Steam Icon for non Windows Store games, and then launch the games through there (and add them to Steam if they are non-Steam games).
 

Ryan_

Member
I've been working on my own theme for Windows 8 and this is the result so far.
It has my most played steam games and my most visited threads included.


used quite a bit of stuff that i found here so thanks!
 

StudioTan

Hold on, friend! I'd love to share with you some swell news about the Windows 8 Metro UI! Wait, where are you going?
I've been working on my own theme for Windows 8 and this is the result so far.
It has my most played steam games and my most visited threads included.



used quite a bit of stuff that i found here so thanks!

That looks really cool.
 

Guri

Member
Could someone please make tiles for:

- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
- The Cave
- Fallout 3
- Fallout New Vegas
- BioShock
- Monkey Island 2 SE
 

Quick

Banned
Could someone please make tiles for:

- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
- The Cave
- Fallout 3
- Fallout New Vegas
- BioShock
- Monkey Island 2 SE

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Code:
[URL~="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=46911471&postcount=268"]Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II[/URL] (Quick)
[URL~="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=46911471&postcount=268"]The Cave[/URL] (Quick)
[URL~="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=46911471&postcount=268"]Fallout 3[/URL] (Quick)
[URL~="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=46911471&postcount=268"]Fallout: New Vegas[/URL] (Quick)
[URL~="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=46911471&postcount=268"]Bioshock[/URL] (Quick)
[URL~="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=46911471&postcount=268"]Tales of Monkey Island 2: Special Edition[/URL] (Quick)
 
This might be a stupid question but how I can get it to stop asking me if I want to allow Obly Tile to make changes to my computer every time I start the app?
 

MrBig

Member
This might be a stupid question but how I can get it to stop asking me if I want to allow Obly Tile to make changes to my computer every time I start the app?

Oblytile needs to change stuff in the program files directory and needs permission to do so, so you would have to disable UAC to let it do that automatically.
 
I just rebooted windows, and all of my custom tiles now look like this:
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what happened? and how do I fix this/prevent this from ever happening again? =(
 

MrBig

Member
I haven't experienced that, but the xda post says to just hit the refresh button in oblytile and it will re-cache everything
 

Arsene-Lupin

Neo Member
Hey, people. I registered here solely for this thread. I've been assembling a number of Metro icons lately, and wanted to share.

Some of these I created, some I simply modified to suit my personal preferences. One or two might actually be someone else's work--it's been a few weeks, so my memory might be failing me a bit.

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mm04

Member
I just rebooted windows, and all of my custom tiles now look like this:

what happened? and how do I fix this/prevent this from ever happening again? =(

I see malware on your start screen in the form of iTunes. There's your culprit! I haven't experienced that either, but yeah, try refreshing. I put a crapload of work into mine as well and losing everything like that would be a killer.
 

Alpha_eX

Member
Any decent sets for Adobe CS6 that include Flash? Found one on DA but it uses the wrong font and the letters are annoyingly unaligned.
 

Omni

Member
I upgraded to Windows 8 a few weeks ago and thought I was stuck with the default icons. Didn't notice this thread at all.

I just downloaded oblytile and decor 8 so I guess I have a fair bit of work to do replacing the default ones... :\
 

Lourio

Member
Any way to get my Neogaf tile to open up in "Metro IE" rather than opening up in the desktop version of Internet Explorer? Any program arguments I can enter in OblyTile?

Edit: Got it, had to change the way how IE opens up links under <Internet Options> <Program> tab.

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VoxPop

Member
Anyway to get custom tiles in the larger form? I know Pin Steam does it for Steam Games but I want to be able to do it to regular apps and non steam games :(
 

nazfalas

Neo Member
Hey guys!

I was a little unsatisfied with the existing tile for MSI Afterburner so I tried to create my own version.

Not very high quality, but here it is any way. It comes in three different versions, two regular (one with stroke - one without) and a mirrored one.
Maybe someone likes it:






Edit:
I also made a very simple tile for the Roccat Driver Suite from the Roccat logo:





Code:
[url~="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=51300327&postcount=283"]Roccat Driver[/url] (nazfalas)
[url~="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=51300327&postcount=283"]MSI Afterburner Alternative[/url] (nazfalas)
 

Rootbeer

Banned
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Anyone else having this problem? Tiles keep turning into this. I know the OP explains how to fix it, which is easy enough, but it happens to me a lot... I don't know what keeps causing it or if there's anything I can do to prevent it?
 

MrBig

Member
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Anyone else having this problem? Tiles keep turning into this. I know the OP explains how to fix it, which is easy enough, but it happens to me a lot... I don't know what keeps causing it or if there's anything I can do to prevent it?

If it happens to you a lot you should be able to nail down the trigger easily enough. I've had it happen to me once in the months I've used it, during the first week of using oblytile, and I haven't seen many other reports of it happening so it's likely triggered by the user specifically doing something
 

Farun

Neo Member
Could anyone be bothered to make Tiles for
- Bioshock Infinite
- Anno 2070
- Heroes of Might and Magic IV
- Tropico 4
- Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon (for when it comes out)

It would be a huge favor, thanks in advance.
Here the only tile I ever managed to make:
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derFeef

Member
Infinite and Blood Dragon :)


Code:
[url~="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=51300327&postcount=287"]Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon[/url] (derFeef)
[url~="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=51300327&postcount=287"]Bioshock Infinite[/url] (derFeef)
 

homlescow

Neo Member
Spent quite a lot of time on this
so feedback appreciated...

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I'm also after accumulating loads of tiles most of
which I don't use on my start screen so feel free to
ask if ye are looking for any in particular.


Originally Posted by crisdecuba:
I can't wait until Windows gives us better looking legacy app tiles... until then, here's my work in progress...

looks v-nice, I like the grouping, just curious are you using tiles with transparent backgrounds?
 

Quick

Banned
Decided to recreate the new Music app and iTunes iOS 7 icons.

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Code:
[url~="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=62788126&postcount=290"]iTunes[/url] (Quick)
 

Quasar

Member
with windows 8.1 out now, I'm hoping there's a resurgence of custom tiles for obly tile. I'll try to contribute soon..

I must say I'm annoyed that we still need tools like oblytile with 8.1 rather than there being better customisation included in the OS.

Also annoyed that the upgrade removed all my custom tiles.
 

pestul

Member
Thanks to the creators of the tiles. I'm using 5 GAF ones right now and they look fantastic (Far Cry 3/BF3/Metro 2033/The Walking Dead/MSIAfterburner). Now to make some of my own to replace the rest.
 

MrBig

Member
New version of OblyTile just came out with updated 8.1 support and features

- Added Tiny, Wide and Large Tiles support. [Windows 8.1 Only]
- Tile name character limit increased to 50 characters. [Windows 8.1 Only]
- Updated Import/Export function to support the new tile sizes.
- Updated Command line arguments to support the new tile sizes.
- Updated Windows App List to support Windows 8.1 Apps.
- Fixed Small Tile bug for Windows 8.1 users.
- Fixed issue with the function "Single Instance", it will now restore the program without resizing it.
- UI modifications to support the new tile preview.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1899865

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Looks like most of the icons in here are already set to support the large tiles, which are 250x250px on my 1440p screen
 

Quick

Banned
Looks like most of the icons in here are already set to support the large tiles, which are 250x250px on my 1440p screen

Nice.

You were already able to set tiles tiny from the Start Screen, but the other sizes are definitely a good addition.

I would only really use the larger tiles for live tiles, but the option is there if I need it.
 

MrBig

Member
I'm just going to be doing custom tiles for games this time, I think, and only for games that I don't see myself uninstalling.

Intended to be used for the wide tile size.

Halo
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Planetside 2
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Star Citizen
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