Quaker: The Quake 3 Mac OS X Theme

This theme was inspired by the great game by id software called Quake 3 Arena, and its expansion pack Quake 3: Team Arena. Most of the flat textures used in this theme are directly from this game. Therefore ANY credit for making the flat textures should go to id. Thanks guys. Also a VERY special thanks to Max Rudberg, who got me interested in OS X theme making in the first place. On to the interesting stuff.

If you have any questions or comments about the theme, you can contact the author at SeniorWebmaster@mac.com. Positive comments and constructive criticism are appreciated. I'll try to respond to as many emails personally as I can, but there are some mail server issues that prevent me from always being able to reply.

If you downloaded an old version of the quaker theme, there is an independant aqua restore download in the "Old Versions" folder.

Description:

Quaker is a Quake inspired theme which uses all sorts of neat large textures from the popular game. The theme is very graphically/texturally intense. It employs gobs and wads of huge textures which make it a pioneer in the niftiness field. Every part of this theme has in some way been touched by id (Creators of games like Doom and Quake). In most cases their work was altered to fit with the theme.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please only use the newest version avalable. Do NOT use and of the older archived versions unless you know exactly what you are getting yourself into. They are for historical record only. The newest version will always be avalable from this page.

Installation:

1. Go download ShapeShifter NOW!
2. Just click this link and ShapeShifter will do the rest!
3. Ok... If you don't have ShapeShifter yet you can download just the plain .guiKit file here. But you will need ShapeShifter to use this theme.

Files:

Fixes / Changes:

• 2.0b (Rebuild for use with ShapeShifter)
  • Finished up scroll bars
  • finalized many many many loose ends.
  • full conversion to SAFE theme using all ShapeShifter's .guiKit file format.
  • Included a real Quake 3 Team Arena Desktop Picture. Thanks id.
  • YOU CAN READ THE TEXT NOW!!!! its not the same color as all the button graphics etc.
• 1.3 (Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Release)
  • Sexy new aqua-style window/drawer beveling.
  • Totally new window title-bars.
  • Brick textured drawers. (hehe)
  • Translucent help button.
  • A secret Exposé feature. (really friggin neat)
  • Photoshop save dialogue is pretty again.
  • Fixed the coloration of the title-bar text.
  • Finally new radio buttons and checkboxes.
  • Completely redid the rounded bevel button.
  • Altered the group boxes to look sunken etc.
  • Added a silly little but cute resizer square
  • Made a custom dial for things like the font window.
  • Finally got around to making small and mini versions of your favorite. things (segtabs, checkboxes etc.)
  • Fixed that goofy small aqua scroll thing inside the grey stuff.
• 1.0 (First Public Release)
  • Added tabs.
  • Fixed nearly all the annoying parts of the theme.
  • Tweaked the color pallet.
  • Cleaned up things no one would ever notice.
• 1.0b
  • Tons of additions including but not limited to:
    • Large and Small Push Buttons
    • Progress bars and indeterminate progress bars
    • Nifty floaty toolbar buttons
  • Tons of replaced textures.
  • Updated to a real 10.2 Extras file.
  • Redone title bars (again).
  • Reworked practically all the transparent widgets to actually look right.
  • Fixed the arrows in most places.
  • Colorized nearly all of the menuextras icons.
  • Got bored one night and switched from .dlta to .theme.
  • Tweaked the color pallet smore.
• 0.6
  • Major changes in colors used, via the Color pallet.
  • Redone title bars.
  • Added custom popups that still need work.
• 0.5
  • Initial release.

Known Bugs / Issues / Annoyances:

It should be assumed that each of the following bugs have been / will be fixed in the next version. Sort of a bugs (to be or already) squashed list.
Most of these issues lie with the fault of the interface rendering engine in OS X. This theme just makes them visible sometimes.
# means the issue is for the most part, beoynd my control.

• 2.0b
  • Apple in their infinate wisdom decided to make scrollbars rediculasly silly... I did the best that the OS will allow.
• 1.3 (Second Release, But for OS X 10.3 Only)
  • Apple forces all metal windows to be greyscale no more blue circuit board background. >:(((
  • The pushbuttons are still too dark when they are the default button.
  • Some of the body text (the yellow) in carbon apps when in the tabs of utility windows such as Adobe GoLive is too light to read, Even for me.
  • The theme must be converted to ShapeShifter compatable.
• 1.0 (First Public Release)
  • Completely impliment Mac OS X 10.3 functionality.
  • Re-redo the small progress bars, and some parts of the large ones.
• 1.0b
  • Some of the text colors still bug me.
  • The boot panel should look better.
• 0.6
  • # Tabs on safari sometimes look disconnected from the bar above.
  • # Some cocoa apps use a document window type with hard coded title bar colors. These will draw black text on the nearly black title bar of this theme. Carbon apps are safe though and the text will appear yellow.
  • # Some title bars stretch, some title bars tile. This confuses me, but it still looks neat either way.
  • Most of the Menubar icons are slightly off color.
  • Disabled menu items are nearly invisible
  • Pop-up menus in carbon apps need to be fixed. they don't align right. (don't ask)
• 0.5
  • I don't like the title bars.
  • The colors really frost my butt.

10.3 Cautions

For those of you who insist on using the old unsafe version of Quaker I have FINALLY just gone ahead and included the restore files in the standard download. You may have issues with the restore because it has not been rebuilt for OS X v 10.3.8, so PLEASE USE WITH CAUTION and backup your Extras file (by default located here: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/
Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Resources/Extras.rsrc) before installing the old version from the "Old Versions " directory.

The "Old Versions" directory is provided mearly for historical value and is not necissarily intended to be used as the majority of its contents WILL be out of date. Please use the newest version avalable which will be linked on THIS PAG E only.

Emergency Repairs: FOR MAC OS X 10.2 OR QUAKER 1.0 ONLY

If you happen to have problems with your Finder (and other applications) launching. Don't freak out, just follow this step to fix it. This does not mean the theme is unstable, It's just a precaution to have it here.

• Execute the folowing command as one line (broken for readability) in the terminal or at any command prompt and enter your password when it asks: (You can just copy and paste the line into your terminal.)
  

  sudo cp /Library/Themes/Quaker.theme/QuakerExtras.rsrc /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Frameworks /HIToolbox.framework/Resources/Extras.rsrc

Once you enter your password and press return, the finder will load up and your system will be happy. To immediately experience the theme across the entire system it is recomended that you reboot.