Glass and paper gui skin

[ThomPhoenix]

I love this skin, so I would really like to see it included in the package. It's up to Cherppow of course.

[Nikodemus]

Probably not up to me, but don't you think that if this skin be added, there will be 4 skins for updating everytime the game develops, creating new windows and such? You could consider putting such stuff on main site in downloads with a remark for which version it was last updated. Or putting in game with the same information and update only when feeling like ;p Just a suggestion.

[ThomPhoenix]

Only the art is different for this skin, it uses the same XML files as Default, Elves or Stone. Generally, if Default and Elves work, the rest work too.

[Nikodemus]

I'm speaking about exactly that =\
how many times new art was needed for skins while game developed. Or did i dreamed it up? :s

[Caarrie]

in the last lets say 4 releases, there have only been maybe 3 art changes to the gui not that much to make it any harder to keep up with a new skin. Also before anymore major gui changes are done the whole gui will be redone making all old skins not work anymore

[ThomPhoenix]

That full redesign has been on the table for years now. It'll probably take some more years.

[Caarrie]

Cherppow If this is not donated to ps, can i upload the skin to the ps3dmods repro so that it does not get lost if for some reason it gets removed from your site? [that means the skin becomes gpl as well]

[Hrothbert]

Hey I just got this one added to my client and I like it, Sorry to revive this after so long though. the space under the tabs at the top of the screen is a little annoying but easy enough to work around.

[Gravemind]

running the skin in 1280x1024, the menu bar at the top doesn't stretch at all and is incredibly small and impossible to read or even see without squinting

edit: happens in 1024x768 too, here is a screenshot

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/4499/errorcj2.jpg

[Caarrie]

did you try resizing it with the resize handle on the bottom right corner of the toolbar?

[Gravemind]

edit: got it to work

also would be great to see some xml mods for this.. a lot of caarrie's stuff works but uses the wrong backgrounds.. the infowindow has a blank tan colour and it kind of pokes you in the eye lol. I'm a big fan of her inventory and infowindow mod

[Caarrie]

in the folder that you have your logs in locate planeshift.cfg look for the following:

Code: [Select]

PlaneShift.GUI.ControlWindow.CurrentStyle = 3
PlaneShift.GUI.ControlWindow.Width = 446
PlaneShift.GUI.ControlWindow.Height = 31
try changing the values there to something that works for you and see if that helps any

also for the background issue open the xml files in data/gui and find the line that has "GM Background" and try adding "Options Background" instead, launch the client and see if they work a bit better, I have NOT tested this change ingame.

[Cherppow]

Greetings,

edit: got it to work

also would be great to see some xml mods for this.. a lot of caarrie's stuff works but uses the wrong backgrounds.. the infowindow has a blank tan colour and it kind of pokes you in the eye lol. I'm a big fan of her inventory and infowindow mod

Actually I have done some xml mods for this skin too. Haven't made them available until now, but if you're interested I can upload them... I mostly moved things around a bit in info, chat, skills and inventory windows to suit my personal preferences.

I don't have a complete changelog, as I didn't plan on uploading this, but here are some features I remember:
 - see more of the inventory items at a time
 - chat bg doesn't look ugly when resized
 - chat channel tabs represented by icons
 - lower icons hideable by resize (seldom used)
 - mannequin removed from skills window
 - health & p.stamina colour matched (vs. mana & m.stamina)

Downloads:
Screenshot.
GP_radical.zip. Just download and install as any other gui skin. Back up your PS/data/gui/ directory! Then unzip the data directory from the package into your PS root dir.

Thanks,
 - Cherppow

[Hrothbert]

I know I am goin to sound like a newb at this but thats only because I am, the first skinn you told us not to unzip it, so it worked for me now this one you say to unzip it, which would be fine but it automatically unzips unlike the first version, I would like to see this one on my client so that I can try it out I like the first one alot and will keep using it if I can't get this one to work. Zipping/compressing it again doesn't seem to help I see it in the Setup choices but when I close PSsetup or launch the client it auto reverts to my last selection.

I play on a Mac.

[Cherppow]

Greets Hrothbert,

No problem mate, this one's a bit tricky. I'll try to go it through step-by-step. Note that this gui contains XML changes, and it will mess up the other skins! So be sure to back up your PS/data/gui before copying over any files.

1) Save the zip from above (do not unzip) into your PS/art/skins/ directory.
2) The zip contains XML files that need to be unzipped into PS/data/gui/, we'll need to get those out from the zip
3) If you don't know how to do the above, duplicate the whole zip.
4) Unzip the whole duplicated zip into a temporary directory.
5) Go to that directory, and you should see multiple subdirs, and two files.
6) Delete everything else on that directory, except the subdirectory "data/".
7) Go into your PS/data/ directory and take a backup copy of the entire gui/ subdirectory.
8) Go back into the temp directory and move the data/ directory into your PS/ directory.
9) Ready! Run PS setup and select GP_radical skin.

I think the auto-unzip is a Mac feature. To circle around it try this:

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If you try downloading it via Safari, it may decompress the zip file (single left click opens a new window and then starts downloading). This is what happened to me the first time and rezipping the downloaded folder didn't help.

Instead, try right clicking (or for those poor souls with a single button mouse then Control and click) and choose Download Linked File - this doesn't open a new window but instead just starts the download process. Do not unzip the file. Follow the rest of the instructions as stated and it should load up.
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Thanks for your interest,
 - Cherppow