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Gears of War Desktop

Posted in Collections by r3d4uerb4ch 239 days ago

I quickly created this today for the release of Epic's Gears of War 3. This is a fairly simple desktop, but it's easier for you to set it up if I put all the files you need right here in one place.

You can download the Gears font here

To run my script, in order to get the correct suffix, you only need to put this line in as a GeekTool script:

osascript /Users/MYPROFILE/FolderOfFile/Date\ Suffix.scpt

**For those of you who may not know. There is a '\' (backslash) in the path to my script on purpose. UNIX, more specifically GeekTool's command line tool, does not know how to read a "Space" in the file path. You must use the backslash as an Escape Character. Putting the backslash tells the program to look for a special character.

date +%B will get you the full month. date +%A will get the current day. echo of will get the "of" (duh :-P)

The logo with the clear background has been uploaded to this site as well, just add that as an image from GeekTool's menu and you're good to go.


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clafata 239 days ago
i love it, but do you have the wallpaper available to download?
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r3d4uerb4ch 238 days ago
Uploaded it for you along with the link for the font :)
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clafata 238 days ago
awesome, thank you! now maybe you can help me, ive done everything but get your script for the suffix to work. im not exactly sure how to implement the Date Suffix.scpt or the line of code you have right below the wallpaper download. do you think you can walk me through that step?

EDIT: Nevermind, I figured it out. I feel so smart right now. THANK YOU for the beast desktop.

Mine:

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/4636/screenshot20110921at125.png
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r3d4uerb4ch 236 days ago
Awesome! I'm glad you figured it out. I have made some more scripts for things like my Assassin's Creed setup, and any more just ask I can usually whip them up pretty quickly.

What I've also done, if you change the opacity of the Gears logo, it allows some of the background to blend through, and it looks amazing, even if you're like I am and have multiple desktops, it usually adds a sweet flair to the overall look. :)
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a_brezina 236 days ago
where is the font? I can't find it!
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r3d4uerb4ch 236 days ago
The site doesn't allow me to upload the font directly, since it's a .ttf but I put the link for it in the first paragraph of the description. Just download that file, extract the zip, and place the .ttf file in your `/Library/Fonts/` folder. The next time you go to pick the font in GeekTool it should show up.
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Heatsauce 236 days ago
Use this to hide the menu bar. Makes it look much better. http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20070118003804854
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WhoGotTheChunk 220 days ago
http://youtu.be/D9a7TrxhIlI

Heres my Gears of War Desktop :)

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