Green variant (1 Viewer)

[ocean55]

I agree with you on the animation in Blue2...it had me thinking that my machine was lagging too...I use diskkeeper and I was thinking it was the cause.. as I had a little trouble with it..but turns out it was just the framerate...


It looks great..the animated logo is much much smoother...

I was thinking though, that the last frame of the logo is just a little dark against the background, with the reflection appearing in the top right corner of the circle only...maybe an outer glow may retain the effect intended but outline the MP logo a little more...or something to that effect..

Just a suggestion!
Otherwise, thank you for my new default skin..


Cheers
-=O=-

 

[grassynoel]

Yay!
Happy artist here. I will re work the logo to be a little clearer. It's on my list. I made it when I was still unsure what I was doing.

Glenn

 

[Efros]

Looking forward to this skin, gonna try it on a 0.2.0.0 install later today, my main MP has a BASS SVN installed.

Keep up the good work!

 

[cheezey]

Looking really cool. One tip, you can remove the Greenskin\fonts folder and the Greenskin\Packedgfx*.* files from your zip file. MP creates these when it starts up if they don't exist, it'll save you bandwidth.


And for all us widescreen fans running the latest SVN's, here's a quick and dirty way to get this Greenskin using the new Blue Two wide skin as a template, copy the code below to a file on your PC, call it WideGreen.cmd, then just run it. (You'll need the GreenSkin installed.)

It creates a copy of B2 wide, copies in the Greenskin media files, tweaks the tetris filename and deletes the fonts & packedgfx caches. Hey presto a new WideGreen skin (you'll need to select in MP configuration obviously.)

Note: You'll need to re-run this after each SVN, or until a proper WideGreen comes along

@ECHO OFF
SET MP_INSTALL_FOLDER=C:\PROGRA~1\TEAMME~1\MEDIAPORTAL

REM DELETE WIDEGREEN IF IT EXISTS
IF EXIST %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN RD /S /Q %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN

REM CREATE WIDEGREEN IF IT DISNAE EXIST
IF NOT EXIST %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN MD %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WideGreen

REM COPY B2 WIDE
XCOPY "%MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\BlueTwo wide" %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN /S /V /E /Y

REM COPY GREENSKIN IMAGES
XCOPY %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\GREENSKIN\MEDIA %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\MEDIA /S /V /E /Y

REM DELETE FONT CACHE
IF EXIST %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\FONTS RD /S /Q %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\FONTS

REM DELETE GFX CACHE
DEL %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\PACKEDGFX*.* /F

REM RENAME TETRIS HOVER IMAGE
IF EXIST %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\MEDIA\TETRIS\HOVER_TETRIS.PNG DEL %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\MEDIA\TETRIS\HOVER_TETRIS.PNG
REN %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\MEDIA\TETRIS\HOVER.PNG HOVER_TETRIS.PNG

 

[CHli]

I love these little Gremlins Alreay installed here and everyone is happy with em

Thanks for this incredible and amazing work. With all the MP updates these time it's christmas before time !

 

[Spragleknas]

First: grassynoel, I really love this skin!!!!

second:

Looking really cool. One tip, you can remove the Greenskin\fonts folder and the Greenskin\Packedgfx*.* files from your zip file. MP creates these when it starts up if they don't exist, it'll save you bandwidth.


And for all us widescreen fans running the latest SVN's, here's a quick and dirty way to get this Greenskin using the new Blue Two wide skin as a template, copy the code below to a file on your PC, call it WideGreen.cmd, then just run it. (You'll need the GreenSkin installed.)

It creates a copy of B2 wide, copies in the Greenskin media files, tweaks the tetris filename and deletes the fonts & packedgfx caches. Hey presto a new WideGreen skin (you'll need to select in MP configuration obviously.)

Note: You'll need to re-run this after each SVN, or until a proper WideGreen comes along

@ECHO OFF
SET MP_INSTALL_FOLDER=C:\PROGRA~1\TEAMME~1\MEDIAPORTAL

REM DELETE WIDEGREEN IF IT EXISTS
IF EXIST %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN RD /S /Q %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN

REM CREATE WIDEGREEN IF IT DISNAE EXIST
IF NOT EXIST %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN MD %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WideGreen

REM COPY B2 WIDE
XCOPY "%MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\BlueTwo wide" %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN /S /V /E /Y

REM COPY GREENSKIN IMAGES
XCOPY %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\GREENSKIN\MEDIA %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\MEDIA /S /V /E /Y

REM DELETE FONT CACHE
IF EXIST %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\FONTS RD /S /Q %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\FONTS

REM DELETE GFX CACHE
DEL %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\PACKEDGFX*.* /F

REM RENAME TETRIS HOVER IMAGE
IF EXIST %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\MEDIA\TETRIS\HOVER_TETRIS.PNG DEL %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\MEDIA\TETRIS\HOVER_TETRIS.PNG
REN %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\MEDIA\TETRIS\HOVER.PNG HOVER_TETRIS.PNG

I used this and everything is swell... could you tell how we can "convert" using B2-"non wide" too (since latest SVNs give error when due to late skin changes; MyHome etc.)

 

[Taipan]

What does this thing do? it's a bit abstract so I can't begin to imagine what to make the dude do for the icon.

Hi Glenn,

PVR Scheduler does many things, but it is primarily designed to wake and sleep the PC in response to scheduled TV recordings (like a personal video recorder).

So, I guess the "dude' would have a TV schedule and the remote control in hand?

Or be pointing at an EPG and selecting programs to record, with an excited look on his/her face?

Or, be checking the current time and be ready to wake the PC to commence a scheduled recording?

You are right - it is a tough one.....

Cheers,

Taipan

 

[Marcusb]

Hey Grassy,

I only just made it to this thread and all I can say is Wow! You are making some very high quality stuff and at t agreat pace too.

You made some darker versions of the original icons early in the thread. Is there any chance of blacker ones? Same for the new gremlins. My household likes things to be a lot darker or I get complaints ;-)

 

[grassynoel]

Thanks Tiapan, I'll think about it. It's a tough one.

Hey Grassy,

I only just made it to this thread and all I can say is Wow! You are making some very high quality stuff and at t agreat pace too.

You made some darker versions of the original icons early in the thread. Is there any chance of blacker ones? Same for the new gremlins. My household likes things to be a lot darker or I get complaints ;-)

i guess it comes down to time. Given that I recon the blue two icons are too close to the messenger characters, I don't think I'll go back there (read: finish them). I will probably try something completely different once these MP Gremlins are finished. i might bring out colour variants of the set, grey, blue and dark, we'll see how my time commitments go.

Glenn

 

[zombiepig]

hey grassynoel - i've been playing around with the greenskin and i love the feel of it. obviously it's still a work in progress but a big THANK YOU is in order

one little request... i love the icon for my programs, but most of the time that plugin is used for launching games. is it possible to whip up an alternative icon that's more game-oriented?