[Tutorial] Resource Hacking - Hex Editing, MSN Messenger v7.0.0604 Options

[Volv]

People always have to do things the hard way

[Nitrate]

Would it be possible to remove the italics from the 'personal message' text displayed after a contacts name in the contacts window and make it #3F3F3F in colour?

I only found one reference to italics and when I tried modifying it did nothing.

Thankyou.

[BRuTAL_HiTMAN_]

how do u get it to display *Idle* instead of away when some1 is idle?

Ah nvm, i think i figured it out, it seems to work fine for me but others double check this because im still really new at this...

open up msgslang.dll in hex Res Hack and expand String Table> 3 > and click on 1033 nd on the line that starts with 38, Repalce the word away on that line with Idle.

Then expand 7 stil in String Table and click 1033 and the line with 101 epalce the word Away with Idle.

This looks like it works for me, please others test it and make sure.

Posts Merged - Fanatic .

[Xander]

Would it be possible to remove the italics from the 'personal message' text displayed after a contacts name in the contacts window and make it #3F3F3F in colour?

I only found one reference to italics and when I tried modifying it did nothing.

Thankyou.
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How to turn the personal messages under/after your contacts nick from italic, black text to normal, gray

Close msnmessenger and blah blah ...

Open msnmsgr.exe in reshack, and search for "fontstyle: rcint(2007);", then simply remove the whole line. Look at the next line, which should be "foreground: windowtext;". Replace windowtext with graytext, like this:

CODE

foreground: graytext;

Compile, save and run messenger.

Good tip Nitrate, I like it alot:)

Does anyone else have any tips?

BTW: Hi to everybody I'm new around here, msn got my interest today when I downloaded the final MSN 7 and they had added dynamic display pictures:) Tried desperatly to make my own, but failed in the end

Well, I'm a 18 year old boy, living in Norway. My interests (in front of the computer) are making Flash Games, Website Development, Programming and Design, modifying games (the gta-series ), and now also MSN-editing/hacking/modifying.

Well, I dont know if such presentation is normal around here, but I did one anyway. Shoot me if it was that bad.

How to make nicks in buddylist bold, and personal messages non-italic
(Looks better than the above)

find the third occurence of "emoticontext [id=atom(idPSMText)]"

change to:

CODE

emoticontext [id=atom(idPSMText)]
   {
       layoutpos: left;
       fontweight: normal;
       foreground: windowtext;
       contentalign: bottomleft | endellipsis;
       padding: rect(1,0,2,0);
       richeditstyle: PlainText | HideSelection | DisableDrag | ReadOnly;
   }

(only "fontstyle: rcint(2007);" removed from the original.)

and find "emoticontext [id=atom(buddyname)]" and set fontweight to bold like this:

CODE

fontweight: bold;

compile, save and run msnmsgr.

I think this looks really good. You can distinct the name from the personal message and the status.

How to remove the link in the music-personal message (and decrease fontsize to make room for more text)

Who needs the link? Then why not remove it?

the usual blah blah about closing messenger..

Find and replace both instances of "<urlelem id=atom(idSongText) layoutpos=left cmdid=2339 showampersand=false />" with "<emoticontext id=atom(idSongText) background=argb(0,0,0,0) active=inactive/>", then search for the third instance of "emoticontext [id=atom(idPSMText)]". If you add "fontsize: 7 pt;" here, the fontsize will decrease. Then copy the whole thing:

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   emoticontext [id=atom(idPSMText)]
   {
       layoutpos: left;
       fontweight: normal;
fontsize: 7 pt;
       foreground: windowtext;
       contentalign: bottomleft | endellipsis;
       padding: rect(1,0,2,0);
       richeditstyle: PlainText | HideSelection | DisableDrag | ReadOnly;
   }

and paste it right below. Change "idPSMText" to "idSongText".

Compile, save and run msnm.

Sorry for the spamming - but can someone make it so if the personal message is a link, you can press it?

Posts Merged - Fanatic .

This post has been edited by Xander: Apr 10 2005, 11:26 PM

[wardrich]

I've got one to add. Though it's EXTREMELY basic, I'm a n00b to this whole concept (but thanks to Ahmad's stuff on the first post I'm becoming more comfortable with this stuff)

HOW TO CHANGE BOTH THE "_____ HAS SENT YOU A NUDGE" AND "YOU SENT A NUDGE" (or w/e that one used to say) STRINGS

CODE

Whip open MSGSLANG.DLL in the reshacker and go to folder 44. Change string 698 to whatever you want. This won't get rid of the bars above and below the text so you might as well fill it in with something. Simply removing the %1 (which holds the name of the person who nudged you) will reduce the huge amout of space those dumb nudges can take up.

NOTE: IF YOU WISH TO MAKE THE STRING EMPTY, SET IT TO " " IF YOU DON'T LEAVE A SPACE IN THERE, RESOURCE HACKER WILL TOTALLY REMOVE THE STRING AND YOUR DLL WILL BE BORKED!!!

(Ripped from my blog)

SCREENSHOT OF EDITING

SCREENSHOT OF THE HACK IN ACTION

As I said, nothing really extreme haxor... but I think it's pretty useful. By changing it to -NUDGE- it'll only take up 1 line as opposed to 2 or more.

-Richard-

This post has been edited by wardrich: Apr 11 2005, 07:12 AM

[Teario]

Other than changing the order that your currently playing song is displayed, you can change the text between the items, and add more display items;

{0} and {1} display the first and second items in the currentmedia data, if you add {2} to the list, it will show the 3rd item (usually the name of the album the song is taken from)

Open PSMSong.dll with resource hacker, and go to String Table > 7 > 1033

CODE

{
102,  "MSN Messenger Music Plugin"
103,  "Changes your personal message in MSN Messenger to show the currently playing song."
106,  "{0} - {1}"
}

Format line 106 however you like for example on mine I have it set like this:

CODE

{
102,  "MSN Messenger Music Plugin"
103,  "Changes your personal message in MSN Messenger to show the currently playing song."
106,  "[Song:{0}][Artist:{1}][Album:{2}]"
}

These changes will affect how your contacts also see your Song Data.

[Trevor]

i tried that but the album name isnt display:S

[Teario]

It only happens if there is a 3rd parameter. I have only tried it with Windows Media Player, it usually sends the song name, artist, album title and some sort of ID to identify the album information for when you click the link.

If you dont fill in the album title for that song, it wont show, or if youre not using media player it might not show either.

[MJAG03]

This is what I was looking for for ages. thanks

Also I found something you might want to add: when you do the change display picture change by clicking it in the contact list when hovering the mouse over it still says view contact card so you might want to add how to change that
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I have found out how to change this -
Totally exit msn messenger
Open ResHack
open msgslang.dll
Expand the string table folder
Go down to the 2756 folder and expand it
click on the 1033 and change

CODE

44089,  "View my Contact Card"

(or something along those lines)

to

CODE

44089,  "Change my Display Picture"

then compile script
then save

Woops didnt realise this was already posted on page 2 a mod can delete it if they want

This post has been edited by MJAG03: Apr 24 2005, 07:10 PM

[dave_ddc]

Would it be possible to add buttons next to the 'My space' and 'Msn today' buttons. Like shortcuts to your favourite websites for example.

Thx

[hmaster]

http://volv.net/index.php?page=myMSN - put on hold :/

there is a tutorial about made by stigmata i fink

[Trevor]

do u know where this tutorial by stigmata is?

[cisco]

hey was wonderin how to boost up too 500 chatters or 1000

[Volv]

hey was wonderin how to boost up too 500 chatters or 1000
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Search for first occurance of:
labelrichedit[id=atom(idPSMText)]
and under it remove maxtextlength = 128;

Search for first occurance of:
labelrichedit[id=atom(idPSMText)][isediting]
and under it place:
maxtextlength = 500;

I dont suggest putting it over 500.

[silentscream]

anyone know how to remove your own display pic from the convo window but so that ppl can still see it (and no i dont want to ever see it in the window so clicking the hide button is not an option)

just wondering if anyone knows a res hack ??

Greg

[Ahmad]

anyone know how to remove your own display pic from the convo window but so that ppl can still see it (and no i dont want to ever see it in the window so clicking the hide button is not an option)

just wondering if anyone knows a res hack ??

Greg
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search for: id=atom(mecontainer)

you should be in uifile 920, result:

CODE

<expandoh id=atom(mecontainer) triggerid=atom(exbtnme) clipperid=atom(clipperhme) layout=borderlayout() selected=false >

change it so it looks like this:

CODE

<expandoh triggerid=atom(exbtnme) clipperid=atom(clipperhme) layoutpos=none selected=false >

i removed id=atom(mecontainer) and changed layout=borderlayout() to layoutpos=none

compile script, save, enjoy

This post has been edited by Ahmad: Apr 28 2005, 10:08 AM

[silentscream]

thats ace ta

[MaverickH]

when we click outside contact or outside a group msn automaticly selects the contact ou group in that line

its possible to select the contact only when we click on it?

[MJAG03]

Hey is ther a way to remove the link from the "what your contact is listening to" but have it a different colour say red for example and also is it possible to select the contact only when we click on it instead of it selecting a contact when you click on a "blank" space??
I just wondered if any1 knew a res hack??
Thanks

[hmaster]

Hey is ther a way to remove the link from the "what your contact is listening to"
Thanks

MessPatch on Mess.be Homepage

but have it a different colour say red for example
Thanks

Put ·$ and the number colour of your choice, in the psm edit box (needs msgplus)

and also is it possible to select the contact only when we click on it instead of it selecting a contact when you click on a "blank" space??
I just wondered if any1 knew a res hack??
Thanks

huh?