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cheezey

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Can you provide a background.png to go with each of the icon sets too?
 

mzemina

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    Can you provide a background.png to go with each of the icon sets too?

    I thought about that also. But what type of background would go with these little guys? It woul dbe interesting to see where Glenn will take us! He has a great imagination!
     

    cheezey

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    I'm using a little batch file to create a new widescreen skin, a copy of bluetwo wide with these icon sets, it all works ok, the only missing bit is a background to go with them like the green(ish) one grassynoel supplied in his 4:3 green skin earlier in this thread.
     

    fathead

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    Sorry to ask, but how do you resolve the issue "missing or invalid file myhome.xml"? I can only get basichome working at the minute using the latest SVN.
     

    cheezey

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    ... and I asked how thius could be done with Blue2 "non wide" ;-)

    Sorry, try this . . .

    Code:
    @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" %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 have tweaked my own script again to switch between the different coloured icon sets supplied, I have save them in a folder called ICONS in the MediaPortal\Skins folder and run the code below, this prompts which coloured icons you want, again I use BlueTwo wide as a basis, if you want to use BlueTwo non-wide just update line 19.

    Code:
    @ECHO OFF
    REM SET MP INSTALL FOLDER
    SET MP_INSTALL_FOLDER=C:\PROGRA~1\TEAMME~1\MEDIAPORTAL
    
    REM SELECT WIDESCREEN COLOUR
    SET /P COLOUR=Enter the colour G (Green), B (Blue), Y(greY), K(black) : 
    SET MPCOLOUR=GREEN
    IF /I %COLOUR%==B SET MPCOLOUR=BLUE
    IF /I %COLOUR%==Y SET MPCOLOUR=GREY
    IF /I %COLOUR%==K SET MPCOLOUR=BLACK
    
    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\ICONS\%MPCOLOUR%  %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
    COPY "%MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\MEDIA\hover_my tetris.png" %MP_INSTALL_FOLDER%\SKIN\WIDEGREEN\MEDIA\TETRIS\HOVER_TETRIS.PNG /y
     

    fathead

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    In future skins, do you think it would be possible to have a change colour scheme button? Bit like the change between basic home & the main home screen, but a change of colour.
     

    mzemina

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    Glenn - On the receipe guy, my wife pointed out that it kinda looks like he is a vampire with the "stuff" dripping from its mouth, maybe its mouth needs to be more messy? When she said that I tend to agree with her.

    Also the TVseries guy - maybe they (or only the first guy) should be holding a TV antennae? Cute concept though!

    You have a real talent in producing a hard to understand concept that can be a visually recognizable! Your creativity really comes through!
     

    grassynoel

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    I'll put the vampire note on my to-do list.

    I thought this was fun...
    MePoNoir.jpg


    Glenn
     

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