Old skins worked into current versions

[bond304]

Hmmm, i use photoline 32 trial, it allows you to use it waay past the 30 days, im at day 186/30 and i continue to use it. I can't find anything about the chatbox or stat bar. Anybody know where these images are?

[Idoru]

/art/skins/elves.zip/backdrop    chatbg.png and info.png

assuming those are what you mean

[bond304]

No sorry you misunderstood, there's no way to implement the backdrop (which you just pointed to) into the new theme because of the way the themes are now done.

ie. I know where to get the background, where do i put it?

[Akkaido Kivikar]

If you've got a image editor with layer editing, make a layer, and move an image around on it and test it in PS to see where each image corresponds.

[bond304]

I see what your saying, but for example one image is reused for many different windows so i can't just change 1 window like the chat box without modifying everything else.

[-stf-]

That is not problem if you will do it correctly, I am trying to do something and I will post the skin after I will do it. More can follow if I will be successful with this one.

[bond304]

Ah, well idk i feel stupid right now if you could do it successfully that would be awesome

[Sadie]

I am also having problems with the size of the chat window, spell window, inventory window, etc.  It would be nice if they could be made smaller, and thus easier to 'play' (re the earlier statment about leaving certain windows open while playing).

[bond304]

Main thing I'm worried about is the fact that that the old skin i love now has a newer version that i hate, so idk if i will ever get to use the old look ever again

[-stf-]

I am working on new skin (currently based on blue skin for 0.5 downloaded here from the forums), but it will take some time to do it, because I need to find exact sample positions to make the backgrounds coherent. Also changing xml files takes time because of wrong indentation in them, causing less logical look of different blocks and sometimes not so describing naming.
The look can't be exactly same as in 0.4 version, but at least I will try to do it as close as possible.

[bond304]

Ahah! I got an idea: How about supporting the old way themes used to be done? That way i can just place the old theme there and have ps use the old method to display it.

Is that a good idea or am i crazy?

P.S. I know i just bumped a 1 1/2 month old topic, but i started this so i have unlimited bumping rights *bump*

[Akkaido Kivikar]

crazy.

It would make a mess of code and allow many bugs to be open.

[weltall]

the old gui wasn't even a gui... it was some weird resizable images with something above

[Bonifarzia]

Main thing I'm worried about is the fact that that the old skin i love now has a newer version that i hate, so idk if i will ever get to use the old look ever again

I hope you refer to the new default skin and not to Daevorn's classic skin project. In case you did not notice those skins yet, they might be exactly what you are looking for.

I am also having problems with the size of the chat window, spell window, inventory window, etc.  It would be nice if they could be made smaller, and thus easier to 'play' (re the earlier statment about leaving certain windows open while playing).

As previously stated, this is nothing complicated to do yourself, but the xml files in my Boni  Skins will produce inventory, container description, item description, trade, confirm, buddy list and chat windows that are a lot more compact.