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Finally fixed the colors! Tried to get rid of some of the white noise, but I don't know if it worked.Most glaring horrible things should be fixed now.
Troubleshooting: (p1) Alright, the first problem is that two on the 'img' folder files lost their extensions. Just edit the file name to contain a .png at the end and then see what happens.
(p2) Fixed! There were images missing. And it's now a rar file.
Aaaah, three images lost transparency. One secondddd.
Stupid lab computers. /hightails to dorm
Zip file here: [link]
Important information:
Shimeji are little mascots that run around the desktop, and there are many others on dA. This is my first attempt at one. The original Shimeji can be found here: [link]
Shimeji can only be run on windows, and you will need the latest java.
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Instructions for use (UPDATED)
1. Click download link on the side and wait for it to download
2. Double click the downloaded .rar file and a new window should pop up with a 'Mycroft' folder. If that doesn't happen, you need an extractor like winrar
3. There should be a button saying something like 'extract to'. Click it, and specify an easy to remember location. This should extract the whole folder to this location
4. Go to the extracted folder and double click the .exe to get started.
5. To remove, delete the folder
6. To edit the images go to the 'img' file and you will find all the .pngs.
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Right clicking the icon at the bottom of the screen brings up a menu in japanese.
The options are:
1. Create a new Mycroft
2. Have the Mycroft come over to your mouse
3. Delete all Mycrofts but one
4. Return any IE screens the Mycroft may have thrown off
5. Exit
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Common problems:
Aaaaaaah where do I download?
Over there -->
When I clicked the .exe a box came up in japanese and nothing happened! What went wrong?
Make sure you extract the whole folder, not just the .exe
[Nothing/something unexpected] happens when I open the downloaded file! What do I do?
You need an extractor like winRAR
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Making your own Shimeji:
Download an existing Shimeji, maybe the original, maybe this one.
Go to the 'img' folder and alter all the images as you wish
The images are all called shime[number].png
1. stand
2-3. walk cycle
4. falling
5-10. picked up swinging
11. sit
12. holding wall
13-14. climbing wall
15-17. idle after being called to mouse
18-19. impact and bounce
20-21. lying and crawling
22. flying
23. holding ceiling
24-25. moving on ceiling
26. looking up
27-29. idle
30-31. sitting down and hanging legs
32-33. kicking legs
34-36. pushing window walk cycle
37. thrown the window
38-41. pull clone from floor
42-46. clone self
Note: I'm going to try to fix the color a little later, maybe this Mac is giving me weirdass colors.
ALSO AVAILABLE
Sherlock: [link] (by )
Moriarty: [link] (by )
John: [link] (by )
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Comments: 166
Shadu [2012-01-28 00:53:55 +0000 UTC]
I've got two Mycrofts running around my desktop right now (along with six Sherlocks) and it makes me silly happy. Haha, thank you. You did an excellent job.
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DeductiveAndroid In reply to ??? [2012-01-24 00:43:42 +0000 UTC]
That was so awesome! He dropped out of the sky like Merry Poppins!
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CogInTheGarage In reply to ??? [2012-01-17 01:18:43 +0000 UTC]
Those guys are... really cute. >.> I'm not even a Sherlock fan but I downloaded on a whim and---
---and then it was 5 in the evening and I realized I still have tons of homework, and instead of DOING said homework, I had spent a good four hours watching little people walk around and 'cause chaos on my screen. And a complimentary load of laundry.
Thank you for sharing them.
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Falling-Rain-suffers [2011-09-07 00:31:08 +0000 UTC]
omg so much love and I can't wait to play with him and watch~ yay! Thank you so much! <3
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KickAir8P In reply to ??? [2011-04-26 01:43:46 +0000 UTC]
The cutest of the BBC Sherlock Shimejis! I recently semi-inherited the #Umbrella-Art group, and I just submitted this to it -- if you decide to accept, reply to this comment please? I'm very new at running a group, and I'm not sure I'm seeing submissions. Thanks!
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Kogitsune-no-Yosora In reply to KickAir8P [2011-04-26 03:16:18 +0000 UTC]
Hahaha, Umbrella Art. And sure, I don't mind. I don't see the submission though.
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KickAir8P In reply to Kogitsune-no-Yosora [2011-04-27 03:59:22 +0000 UTC]
Sorry, that didn't work out very well. Trying again -- do you see a submission to #Umbrellas-Parasols?
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Kogitsune-no-Yosora In reply to KickAir8P [2011-04-27 12:42:05 +0000 UTC]
Yep. xD /accepted
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KickAir8P In reply to Kogitsune-no-Yosora [2011-04-27 16:16:03 +0000 UTC]
That did it -- thank you!!! If you might do more Mycroft stuff, or anything involving umbrellas, or just if you want to, I'd appreciate it if you'd become a member of #Umbrellas-Parasols -- I've never seen a membership req from the admin side, it'll be a new experience.
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KickAir8P In reply to Kogitsune-no-Yosora [2011-04-26 03:48:09 +0000 UTC]
I think I fixed the problem -- do you see it now?
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kuroichou1987 [2011-04-21 06:11:17 +0000 UTC]
Hahaha I love it! Especially his smug smile, it makes me laugh so hard
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Kogitsune-no-Yosora In reply to kuroichou1987 [2011-04-21 20:13:19 +0000 UTC]
What's Mycroft without his all knowing smile?
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EmoChickSomeNumbers [2011-04-11 20:48:09 +0000 UTC]
The first time I opened him up I LAUGHED so hard at his umbrella.
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MissPaperJoker In reply to ??? [2011-03-11 21:32:12 +0000 UTC]
oh god! Mycroft sitting with the teapot beside him is so adorable! And his umbrella is just ... itΒ΄s just... itΒ΄s so... omg!
This delights me!XDD Thank you for doing this!
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Kogitsune-no-Yosora In reply to MissPaperJoker [2011-03-12 00:43:55 +0000 UTC]
You're very welcome. xD
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Mirrorwings [2011-03-04 18:03:50 +0000 UTC]
This is soooo super cute. ^^ I'm new to Shimeji and actually got a friend on them who in return, has introduced me to Sherlock.
Mycroft is my favorite and you created a stunning image set. His umbrella is so nifty.
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Kogitsune-no-Yosora In reply to Mirrorwings [2011-03-05 15:10:33 +0000 UTC]
Oh, my, thank you so much. xD They're not terribly hard to make but so time consuming. I've been trying to make an 11th Doctor for my friend and that hasn't been going too well.
I also need to make this one better, because he's obnoxiously orange, still, and has floating pixels around him from time to time....
Also, welcome to Sherlock. Please try to keep your soul inside the vehicle at all times, but that doesn't guarantee it not being eaten.
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bubbles123karate [2011-01-22 22:11:48 +0000 UTC]
Might I ask if the Shimeji's work, after being downloaded and extracted, without winRAR?
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Kogitsune-no-Yosora In reply to bubbles123karate [2011-01-23 01:29:38 +0000 UTC]
If you can extract them, they should work fine. Doesn't have to be winRar.
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bubbles123karate In reply to Kogitsune-no-Yosora [2011-01-23 08:41:41 +0000 UTC]
Great!
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Merrie987 In reply to ??? [2011-01-09 06:01:28 +0000 UTC]
I couldn't get any of them to work. I downloaded the file, I extracted it using winrar, I have the latest java update, but when I double click the .exe file in any of them nothing happens. No errors, no message to update java (I think as it was all in Japanese), nada. Any ideas?
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Kogitsune-no-Yosora In reply to Merrie987 [2011-01-10 02:23:07 +0000 UTC]
Hmmm. Well, it's Windows only, for one. Just in case, sometimes people get confused. Does a little icon pop up in the group of icons on the right? If it does, what version of Windows do you have? I have Windows 7 and they hide behind the windows sometimes and it seems like nothing's happening.
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Merrie987 In reply to Kogitsune-no-Yosora [2011-01-11 02:24:30 +0000 UTC]
I use XP. And no, no icon pops up. Everything works as it should until I double click the .exe file and then nothing. :/
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Kogitsune-no-Yosora In reply to Merrie987 [2011-01-11 03:10:58 +0000 UTC]
Odd. o___O I.. am really at a loss. The user who created Lestrade has more experiences with Shimejis than I do, I'd suggest asking her.
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mymistrust [2011-01-07 14:32:47 +0000 UTC]
CUTE! *_* OMG I'll never get over Mycroft and his umbrella! *NEVER*
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aPrettyMystery [2010-11-21 03:38:35 +0000 UTC]
Finally! A Mycroft to hang out with my Sherlock!
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TheSweetClover In reply to ??? [2010-11-08 04:29:22 +0000 UTC]
These are perfect! And I just got done watching an episode, too. XD
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WhiteEmoKiba In reply to ??? [2010-11-06 16:02:07 +0000 UTC]
the john link doesn't work
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Kogitsune-no-Yosora In reply to WhiteEmoKiba [2010-11-06 19:33:38 +0000 UTC]
That's... odd. It works for me. o3o
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WhiteEmoKiba In reply to Kogitsune-no-Yosora [2010-11-06 20:08:39 +0000 UTC]
Its okay its working now..
But it dosn't work on macs
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Kogitsune-no-Yosora In reply to WhiteEmoKiba [2010-11-07 00:05:35 +0000 UTC]
Yeahhh, it doesn't. xD
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WirePilot [2010-10-25 22:40:39 +0000 UTC]
This is the best thing I've ever downloaded. I'm in a state of absolute squee right now. Mycroft is scaling the left side of my screen, and John and Sherlock are scaling the right.
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kiwi-islandtea In reply to ??? [2010-10-25 20:02:09 +0000 UTC]
Awww Mycfort umbrella and all! yay!
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kiwi-islandtea In reply to kiwi-islandtea [2010-10-25 20:02:31 +0000 UTC]
Mycroft* lol don't know what my hands were thinking there XD
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Ms-SkulduggeryHolmes [2010-10-21 18:29:09 +0000 UTC]
i'm in love with them! mycroft is sitting there and sherlock is climbing the walls (possibly to get away from moriarty!) and john is on the laptop!
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Regenlief In reply to ??? [2010-10-19 22:41:09 +0000 UTC]
Ah this is freaking awesome! I love his umbrella XD, I've got all four of these guys running around my desktop now ^^ Thanks so much for this
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freakwithashoe [2010-10-13 20:31:14 +0000 UTC]
:'D Aha, his umbrella~~
Thank you for making this!
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peninmyhair In reply to ??? [2010-10-11 13:29:28 +0000 UTC]
I hope you're happy now: I just ordered myself a Windows copy to run Parallels Desktop. For this.
Not for the video editing programs or anything. Just this. oO
You have my heart and soul. Or, what's left of it after Mycroft/Gatiss is finished with it.
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Kogitsune-no-Yosora In reply to peninmyhair [2010-10-11 23:30:12 +0000 UTC]
Awesome. I'll add it to my collection. 8D
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peninmyhair In reply to Kogitsune-no-Yosora [2010-10-22 04:24:45 +0000 UTC]
Oh, it works so well! Smug little Mycroft on my desktop (and another program I missed ever since migrating - fanvids 4eva!) <333333
ILU so much for this.
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Neon-Sake [2010-10-10 18:08:11 +0000 UTC]
Oh Brilliant another for the desktop! This is adorable!
Now all we need is Lestrade <3
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