🪄Your Splash

This page describes how to make your own kernel splash using Visual Studio.

You're looking to create a splash for Nitrocid KS! That's great! Make sure that you have Visual Studio installed. Follow the steps to create your first splash.

1. Press Create a new project on Visual Studio homepage

   
2. Find Class Library and double-click it

   
3. Write your splash name, like in our example, NitrocidSplash.

   
4. Make sure that .NET 8.0 is used. Press Create.

   
5. Right-click on Dependencies -> Manage NuGet Packages, find KS, and install it.

   
6. Once the package is installed, go to the Class1.cs source file

   
7. In your class, implement ISplash and BaseSplash, ensuring that KS.Misc.Splash is imported. Then, implement all the members and properties of the interface.

   
8. Once you're done implementing all the required methods and properties, remove all references to NotImplementedException. It should look like below:

   
9. Once you're done, follow the steps on how to create a strong name signing key and sign your splash. Then, click on Build Solution.

   
10. Once the solution is built, open the file explorer to the solution directory by right-clicking on the solution and selecting Open Folder in File Explorer.

    
11. Navigate to the output directory and copy the .dll file to KSSplashes under the %localappdata%/KS folder.

    
12. Open Nitrocid KS to go to Settings > General > Splash name. Ensure that your splash shows up.