[Skin] Rapier Clarity Mod (3.5.49)

fxmech · Post by **fxmech** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 7:16 am

I am very excited about RCM.

Just to clarify, we will need to add different systems/emu rom shortcuts all in different ways, correct? Is there some resource available for this information?

I'm pretty sure we can do this with MadMab edition emulators, but what about MAMEoXtras, FBL, Surreal64, etc?

Thanks to anybody with RCB experience that can advise how we can work with our Xbox emulators...

byron · Post by **byron** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 9:31 am

BUMPED AGAIN (3.5.42)

CHANGELOG

@ venom...I did a quick fix for the MusicViz issue, I'm gonna be digging further into that coming up but for now it's acceptable (thanks for bringing it to my attention)

@ 5l1p...Not on the agenda atm, I'll figure it out eventually

@ Oldxboxusa...I added a Wide-Icon view to games, please test it out and let me know if shows your banners properly (screenshots would be nice).

Oh and before i forget it, the german translation for "Volume" - the bar, is a little big. My idea is that some things in skins must not change, the Original word for this is Volume. I think that a smaller bar with VOL or Volume in the middle is mor beautiful.
I mean it so:
--------#########VOL########-----------

i found it clearer than the wide one.

Actually the string for "volume" (13377) is from xbmc4xbox's strings. Look here if you would like to help with that. As for the Volume...could you provide a visual for me to look at? I wouldn't mind changing it a little bit if majority rules with this...but I really like what I made with the volume bar, I wanted it to sort of resemble the volume on the television when you turn it up or down. BTW, clicking the left thumbstick takes a screenshot if you didn't know that already

@ fxmech...not sure what you mean, are you talking about where to place these things for RCB compatibility? I know you can set the paths through the script for whatever emu you're scanning so if that's what you're asking I don't think it matters because RCB takes care of that when you scan items into the database.

fxmech · Post by **fxmech** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 10:45 am

Alright. What are you using to test it with? & are you in need of someone to help test, if so, how?

byron · Post by **byron** » Sun Nov 30, 2014 6:11 am

fxmech wrote:Alright. What are you using to test it with? & are you in need of someone to help test, if so, how?

I'm using r141 (trunk atm), and if you want to play around with it I'm sure there are bugs. So yes, to answer your question I wouldn't mind a little help...I FINALLY figured out how to get the labels to show up and now it's time to push this. Ultimately I'm going to make all of the windows in the script custom to this skin, but not right now. You said you wanted to test it out - now you can - but I've got some other things to do before I finish this. I just wanted to get it included and this seemed like a good opportunity since I figured out how to get strings and you are eager to try it out. Be aware that fanart won't show up if it's ginormous (if you can't see fanart this is probably why), and keep in mind I shrunk some of the textures so they might not be the greatest looking .png's you've ever seen. I've added a (PROGRAMS) R.C.B. submenu shortcut so that's the easiest way to start out (I also made apps and emulators on that submenu not visible by default). Have fun

fxmech · Post by **fxmech** » Sun Nov 30, 2014 9:05 am

Certainly will be fun.

Which emus are you using to test?

byron · Post by **byron** » Sun Nov 30, 2014 9:14 am

Kinda lame...SNES was the first and last obtained in my desperation to get this thing off the ground...obviously I went with Super Mario World as my game...gonna leave the real work for you since I'm sure you've got plenty to try

Oldxboxusa · Post by **Oldxboxusa** » Sun Nov 30, 2014 6:59 pm

Ok here is the Screenshot with the Volume Hud, you can see that the German word for Volume is too long for that. This is why i mean that a simple "Vol" is better.
The second thing is that the hud is very big over the complete screen. A bit smaller was very nice and looks more beautiful.

On the Second Screenshot i have The Filemanager, my question is where is the option to show the storage from G: Drive?

: Volume Hud

: Filemanager

fxmech · Post by **fxmech** » Sun Nov 30, 2014 8:10 pm

Just got another 2TB running and noticed the G drive details missing too.

A lot of skins for XBMC, UnleashX and EvoX suffer from the same problem. Fair, considering 2TB is relatively new and most active projects died around 2007. That being said at least the F drive is already shown on the file manager. Should be a relatively easy fix

Oldxboxusa · Post by **Oldxboxusa** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 12:24 am

No not for someone like me. I have no idea how I can mod a skin myself.

byron · Post by **byron** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 1:27 am

@Oldxboxusa...It's all good, I added "G Drive" to file manager (I don't have one so I never knew it should be there). I also added a skin settings option for using a "smaller" Volume display (quite a bit smaller) - Skin Settings/general/use smaller volume display (fullscreen media) - and changed the label string so it should just say "VOLUME" now. Let me know what you think. BTW, did you ever check out the wide icon view that I placed into games for you? I'm curious if your banners are displaying properly. At any rate, do another checkout from the SVN trunk if you would like to use these changes...

Oldxboxusa · Post by **Oldxboxusa** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 2:03 am

I will test it tomorrow. This day I use the trunk version where you have change the wide banner option. Looks great. Can u add this option for emulators and apps too? Yes the banners are showing properly. Tomorrow I will upload screenshots and test the new trunk.

byron · Post by **byron** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 5:52 am

Oldxboxusa wrote:Can u add this option for emulators and apps too?

I thought that was a good idea...done in r144. Hopefully the emulators container allows you to use the view, I had some issues making it visible. Had to do with the name of the folder for Emulators. Home window is looking for:

ActivateWindow(Programs,Emulators,Return)

Which means that the folder you make for the source has to be named "Emulators," but the view wouldn't take because the sourcefolder is E://emus. Either way, I got it to work but it confused the hell out of me...anway, I'll do some work to that view eventually (movie library version has on option to switch to a poster style icon which would be good for emus), and I'm glad that your banners are showing properly so no need to post screenshots.

Oldxboxusa · Post by **Oldxboxusa** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 6:54 am

No a Screenshot must be.
Hm, i have my emulators in F:\Emulators.
At the moment i load the new trunk.
I must say Thank you very much for your patience.
I wish all skinners had a great support like this.

: Widescreen Banners Games

Ok byron You are a Genius XD.
I have test the new trunk and the new smaller Volume Hud is exactly what i wish.
In the Filemanager G: Drive is Present.
Wow the more you made, so much better the skin is.

: Smaller Volume Hud

byron · Post by **byron** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 11:45 pm

Oldxboxusa wrote:I must say Thank you very much for your patience.
I wish all skinners had a great support like this.

Not a problem, I know you like the skin...I'm willing to help you enjoy it more, and to be honest the things that you'd requested were pretty simple to change and include. I've had a bunch of free time lately so it's really no big deal, but...this will not always be the case (time and requests). However, as long as what people are reporting/requesting are issues that need to be addressed or make sense to me (or others using the skin for that matter), I'll always make time for committing to them. Thanks for the kind words, keep me posted, and in the meantime I've got some really cool changes coming up in the not too distant future so stay tuned

l11l1venom1l11l · Post by **l11l1venom1l11l** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 8:08 am

I finished modding another Xbox and stuck a 500 GB old IDE HDD in it and downloaded the new version of the skin. I'm not sure if it's the Xbox, the fresh install of XBMC or the skin itself, but it FLIES. Even running 720p backgrounds, there is almost no latency switching between menus (home>programs>home>settings>etc.) Even with movies or the visualizer playing in the background, it's at least 75% faster than it was before.

And yes, definitely will be clicking that link soon. Didn't notice it before. It probably won't be until January, though. I appreciate the work you've done and the new version of the skin is outstanding.

byron · Post by **byron** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 7:26 am

BUMPED (3.5.43)

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Holy smokes I got wrapped up in this one...not a major bump but might as well be for the time spent grinding this one out. (PlayerControls) has been updated, and Music/Video OSD have been updated as well to make all of the media windows one congruent experience...pretty sure I accomplished this to my liking, and this is a major step in the direction I wanted to take:

(PlayerControls)

So this is the new look...and I'm uncertain how people using the skin will respond tbh. At any rate, now everytime you open this window the visualisation or the video window will always be there (and it's a smooth transition). I took this idea and bled it into Music and Video OSD's:

(VideoOsd looks very similar)...when the OSD isn't visible the info panes slide to the top of the screen:

The option of changing the background panel colors has also been added into skin settings (implemented through all windows that deal with playing media):

Up next I'm going to weed out all of the random fonts I've created and unify Font.xml...this should lead to more available RAM, and after that I'll fully integrate RCB...then I'm gonna take a break. Please try this out and post bugs so I can fix them - enjoy

Oldxboxusa · Post by **Oldxboxusa** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 5:31 pm

@byron is it possible to switch between Wide Banner View and DVD Cover View in this skin?
I see it on my xbmc 4 mac osx and this is a real awesome setting.

Second is: Your skin is pretty but can you put an option in for the view that Transparency has? I mean the View (where is Programs, Videos, TV-Series etc in) on the Homescreen. In Transparency it is very small i seen, i like it but Transparency is too fussy and has Options that are not in xbmc4xbox (e.g. settings for Program Viewing EPG).

Notice: A mixture between the two skins was the perfect skin for me.... Truly shit that i`m not a geek in skinning.

byron · Post by **byron** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 9:25 pm

@byron is it possible to switch between Wide Banner View and DVD Cover View in this skin?
I see it on my xbmc 4 mac osx and this is a real awesome setting.

Yea, it's built into the skin...and if you're referring the the banner view that I threw into games for you, in TVShows (where I borrowed it from) the option is there. I disabled it temporarily until I was sure that it worked, but the problem with switching to posters in games is that there's no info really available so it would be just tiny little icons with no info. Another problem is that even though it's built into this skin, it doesn't function properly on our platform atm. I put a request in for this feature, but I don't think it's ever been included http://redmine.exotica.org.uk/issues/263

Second is: Your skin is pretty but can you put an option in for the view that Transparency has? I mean the View (where is Programs, Videos, TV-Series etc in) on the Homescreen. In Transparency it is very small i seen, i like it but Transparency is too fussy and has Options that are not in xbmc4xbox (e.g. settings for Program Viewing EPG).

Not entirely sure what you mean (screenshot would help)...if you're referring to recently added albums/movies/episodes they are in skin settings/home/recently added (disabled by default) if you want to enable them. There is aslo a home system info tab (pretty lame and needs to be redone), along with Icons that go with every home category (also turned off by default). There's even an option to add custom icons for the custom home categories that you make if you wish to do so. The only thing that I can think of that isn't on the home screen (compared to transparency (x4x)) is a weather and programs tab I think...If this is what you're referring to then hang in there, I was hoping to change this up a bit pretty soon.

l11l1venom1l11l · Post by **l11l1venom1l11l** » Wed Dec 24, 2014 7:33 pm

Just dropping by to say the new version of the skin is the tits as expected!

Happy holidays, guys! Drink your Ovaltine and shoot your eye you!

byron · Post by **byron** » Thu Dec 25, 2014 8:32 am

BUMPED (3.5.44)

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From Scratch created a new cd image for when music is playing (and options to skin settings to change speed of the rotation or stop spinning entirely) These options are geared toward users with a CdArt collection, but the slow spinning disc looks pretty nice...default still spins fast, and for anyone that really liked the original "lightscribe" disc image it can still be seen by clicking on the "Show front of disc" option in skin settings.
Edited Font.xml which added .5 mb RAM back to this skin
Totally changed the look of NowPlaying - with an option to move to the top or bottom of Home (defaults to bottom)
Added a Home weather widget, and made all Home widgets (recently added included) appear in the same spot to add much needed continuity to the home menu...they aren't visible while media is playing.

Default is still set to off for these items as they eat up RAM and saving it is essential for those of us not blessed with a 128mb upgrade imo...if you want to see these things (aside from now playing) you'll need to turn them on from skin settings.

Merry Chrismas

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