Project Mayhem III Download (Final Vers.2.3 09.06.2008 (1 Viewer)

[mirk]

Hi Dexx,

The easy answer would be to upgrade to a SVN version of MP ;-)

I run with a SVN from March and it has worked really well. I decided to stick to this version (rather than upgrade to the latest available) as it has proved to be very stable on my HW.

I don't know if you can make it go away for the stable release.

/Peter

Yes you can.
Open the references.xml (open with wordpad or somethin like it) placed in the PMIII skinfolder.
Change the

         <skin>
		<width>1280</width>
		<height>720</height>
		[B]<version>0.2.2.0</version>[/B]
	</skin>

to

         <skin>
		<width>1280</width>
		<height>720</height>
		[B]<version>0.2.2.1</version>[/B]
	</skin>

 

[Hawkeye]

Yes you can.
Open the references.xml (open with wordpad or somethin like it) placed in the PMIII skinfolder.

Stop giving this hint, please! Okay it works, but you can get rid of this message otherwise. AFAIK when the message shows up for the 5th time you can tick something like "Never show this message again"... And by the by the best way to get rid of it is to get the svn version.

 

[m0deth]

I think this would become alot less annoying for those who do not wish to SVN their stable installs....if the code were adjusted to have that "never show this again" tickbox come up on the first instance, instead of the 5th instance, which isn't always the case depending on the SVN version, I've sometimes found. I think the SVN is since fixed, but the idea still holds.

Keeping it at 5 just assumes the users are clueless to notice it the first time, and aggravates them. I'm all for warnings, and personally, I love the red box, it really looks like a warning as opposed to say.. OS warnings which can go unnoticed sometimes.

No offense, but if we can get our TV cards working with zap2it, and get mylyrics and other such fairly complex setups going....I think we can handle that our skin is out of sync after the first notice.

I guess this falls under a social engineering note....'don't offend those you aim to please'. Not that it's offensive, I believe it's just a bit much is all.

I am a little surprised also at the reaction to some who chose the stable build over SVN builds. IMHO, I do not think they should be chastised or looked down upon for wanting a stable build to work with an updated skin, in most cases new features in the skin just wont be there, which is fine if it all works for the user the way he/she wants. Some people don't feel comfortable with the nightly builds, which is ok...it's their machine.

I run SVN on this comp, but my HTPC has the stable build, and rightly so, it never fails me as some SVN's have, and with keeping the WAF factor in mind....I cannot introduce potential problems to that machine that she cannot deal with easily. I'm sure many of us have similar concerns, or restrictions that we have to deal with.

Making someone feel dumb for not using the SVN when all they want is an updated skin (which only needs the version trick to work btw) is self-defeating from a community standpoint.:sorry:

Personally, I felt the version trick should have been a sticky post so that it's easier to find for those who choose to use MP in this fashion until the next stable build appears.

Or perhaps, explain the fallbacks of using an updated skin with the older builds so that the user can make an informed choice. That's if there are any, I have yet to really find one myself, my most noted problems are using older installed skins with newer SVNs, which wouldn't be the case here.

Harley did an amazing job with this skin, and I think he deserves more support if we are to experience more of his great skins, I find them to be the best MP has to offer save a few others, I just wish PM3 was widescreen haha. no biggy, it does just fine in 16:9 anyway.

Just my 2 cents....

thx for reading
/end rant

 

[rtv]

I guess this falls under a social engineering note....'don't offend those you aim to please'. Not that it's offensive, I believe it's just a bit much is all.

Sorry - I just do not get this. Are you also "offended" if e.g. WinRAR or other Trial/Shareware show up a "buy me now" box? I know people crack software just because of this..

Making someone feel dumb for not using the SVN when all they want is an updated skin (which only needs the version trick to work btw) is self-defeating from a community standpoint.:sorry:

Instead of putting so much effort in workarounding de-sync issues the community could care better for stable users and update also the skin's download for the stable release.

Personally, I felt the version trick should have been a sticky post so that it's easier to find for those who choose to use MP in this fashion until the next stable build appears.

At this point the message would totally miss the intention and you'd be prepared to get an outdated message that cannot be fooled

 

[garyday]

TV Series Screen

Hi Harley, Guys.

Awesome skin .. love everything about .. One thing that I would like on the MyTVSeries screen.....

Can you add at the top of the screen the name of the show .. Some of the banners on the screen don't show the tv series too well.

How hard would this be to add the name of the show at the of the screen ?

Cheers

Gary

 

[Sh4nn0w]

Hi Harley, Guys.

Awesome skin .. love everything about .. One thing that I would like on the MyTVSeries screen.....

Can you add at the top of the screen the name of the show .. Some of the banners on the screen don't show the tv series too well.

How hard would this be to add the name of the show at the of the screen ?

Cheers

Gary

Try replacing the existing tvseries.xml with the attached. Should work ok, but I haven't tested it much.

 

[ltfearme]

Will there be support for 16:9 in the near future?

 

[Harley]

Hi ltfearme,

you can use the skin also for 16:9, it fits fine.

Sh4nn0w
..thanks, i will add it to the release.

Tommorow, Sunday, i do upload the new release of the skin ready for 0.2.3.0

Grettings Harley

 

[player-x]

Hi ltfearme,

Tomorrow, Sunday, i do upload the new release of the skin ready for 0.2.3.0

Grettings Harley

Harley was waiting on the new release because i now got very big letters so i cant use the skin and have to use the dull B2 wide

btw hows work getting along whit the wide skin you working on

Greetings Michael

 

[Harley]

Hi player-x,

your problem with the big letters is easy to solve. You must only delete the fontfolder. After a new start of mp all is ok again.

The new skin is in good progress, but it is many todo before release.

Greetings Harley