A question so silly, it's almost embarrassing.

[ludeshka]

...But I still don't know the answer, so I have to ask it anyway.
(please, don't scream at me. It's my first game)

...How do I replace the little icon of Eileen with a little icon of my own?
I'm talking about the very little icon that the user has to click to launch the game.

Could you tell me how?
Thank you so much. ^^

[sake-bento]

Don't be embarrassed. The answer is a little bit hidden away:
http://renpy.org/wiki/renpy/doc/referen ... irectories

Basically, just include the icon you want to be used in the base directory (the folder that also holds the folder called "games"), and name it "icon.ico" to change the icon for Windows. You'll also have to include another file called "icon.icns" for Macs.

[ludeshka]

Thank you, sake-bento...but...I still have another question.

...I made my little icon in photoshop. And then I saved it on the right folder. But when I rename the archive to "icon.ico", it acts as if it's just a jpg named "icon.ico" It doesn't change format or anything.
I'm sure I'm doing something wrong, but, could you tell me what?

Thank you very much for helping me out. ^^

[papillon]

Changing the filename will only change the file's name, not the file contents. You need to use a graphics program that can create icons, and choose the format you want to save the file in while saving it. (Does photoshop make icons? I don't know, I don't really use it. I have a bunch of specialised icon tools floating around my hard drive.)

[jack_norton]

I use this: http://iconverticons.com/
converts a PNG to ICO (Windows) and ICNS (Mac), is quite cool

[ludeshka]

Once again, I ask for your help regarding icons.

I know I must sound like a complete idiot, but I have zero knowledge of computers. I just don't know what I'm supposed to do!

As suggested by Jack Norton (thank you so much, by the way) I went to iconverticons, and created icons for Mac, Pc, and Linux.

But this is my situation. The icon does show up as an icon indeed...but it does not replace the little Eileen icon. It just sits there. Look, I'm attaching how the screen looks to me.

...What do I do now?
Am I saving the file in the wrong folder? Am I supposed to change the filename again?

Please, if you can, tell me.

Thank you again. I'm really sorry for bothering you all like this.

[Black_Saber]

judging from your picture, why the icon files still have the extension of PNG?

[ludeshka]

Thank you, Black Saber.
Although I think I fixed the .png thing, I'm still experiencing icon trouble.

Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong? O_o

...I swear this is the last time I'm asking this. If I can't make it work, I'll just give up on having an icon. I feel really embarrassed for wasting all of you nice people's time. -_-

I'm attaching what the screen looks to me now.

[Adorya]

At least for windows version there should be an icon.ico file unless it was integrated in the executable file.

[ludeshka]

At least for windows version there should be an icon.ico file unless it was integrated in the executable file.

I'm sorry. I don't understand. T_T
There is an icon.ico file already. It shows like a little icon of its own, but it doesn't replace Eileen's.

What I want is to replace Eileen's icon with my own. Is there anything else I should be doing/ is there something else I'm doing wrong? O_o

[Megaman Z]

If I'm reading this right, I think you've got a couple things out of place and are missing a step entirely.

1) the icon files go in the base directory of your project (The folder that contains README.html and a subdirectory called "game" when you first make a new project), not the ren'py SDK base directory. If you're confused, find where your VN's .rpy files are and go one directory above it. Including the icon files in the distribution itself does nothing (and Ren'Py does not add the icon files themselves to the distribution, either)

example:
script files (*.py, *.rpy) are located in C:\renpy\someproject\game\
icon files (icon.ico, icon.icns) must be in C:\renpy\someproject\

2) said icon files are used when renpy builds a distribution for the game. In other words, the icon files should be there WHEN you build the distribution for the game. The distributions can be built from the Ren'Py SDK Launcher.

I just tested this myself, so it should work. Note that the icon of Eileen used on the launcher for the SDK will still be there, but your game's distribution will have the new icon on its executable(s).

If this fails, grab something like XN Resource Editor and swap it the hard way.

[ludeshka]

It worked!!!!
Thanks so much, Megaman Z.

I'm a very slow learner it seems, but I finally got it right.

Thanks everybody, really.

[fenol]

may i ask??

i already success to changed my icon but i've got problem here..
when i changed my windows view to small icon, it do my icon. *small like the pic above by ludeshka.
but when i changed the view to tumbnails.. it still give me eilleen icon.

i already tried to changed the resolution from 48x48 and 32x32 but still give me that problem.
can tell me what's the right resolution?
Øp!

[Blue Lemma]

I'm 95% sure this won't work, but you might try 64x64 and 256x256.

My better guess is that your thumbnail view is loading up cached images in Windows from back when Eileen was the icon. You might try copying the icon to another computer and seeing if it does the same thing. (Or another directory might be sufficient?)

[ScottySeng]

If you're running photoshop, I use this plug-in to make .ico

http://www.telegraphics.com.au/sw/