Post by: flattspott on January 15, 2004, 07:25:00 PM
I was almost done and for some reason I hit the stop video button (when no video was playing) and the program closed on me before I saved. You should make the button disabled until a video is actual running.
Post by: geniusalz on January 15, 2004, 07:57:00 PM
Post by: geniusalz on January 17, 2004, 08:40:00 AM
Post by: geniusalz on January 17, 2004, 10:35:00 AM
What OS are you using?
Post by: flattspott on January 20, 2004, 02:42:00 PM
Post by: geniusalz on January 20, 2004, 04:38:00 PM
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Post by: geniusalz on March 09, 2004, 03:43:00 PM
However, I can't fix it, as I know nothing about the PNG format. I'm just using one of those png libraries.
Post by: BenJeremy on June 08, 2004, 04:25:00 AM
Post by: josh689 on June 12, 2004, 12:32:00 AM
Post by: geniusalz on October 28, 2003, 04:12:00 PM
MXM Skinner Webpage for download
And check out the Skinning Guide too
----- IMPORTANT -----
This program requires Visual Basic 6 runtime files to be installed on your computer. The installer for the runtime files can be downloaded from the M$ site
FEATURES
- *Full PNG support!!! And transparency!
- *All screens editable (Title, Load, Menu, Saver)
- *Allows editing after creation of elements
- *Locking Elements to fix background in place
- *Menus for better organization
- *Right-click menu for elements
- *Elements viewable while moving/resizing
- Drawing Elements (Box, Line, Image, Text, MXM Menu)
- Generating skin folders (including XML files and all resources)
- Loading skins from folders
- Settings (System Colors, Music options, Timers, Modifiers, Conditionals)
*New this release
Not supported:
- Transparent boxes (they show up opaque)
- Fonts
Post by: PuddWakkr on October 28, 2003, 05:30:00 PM
what is the best way to go about adding a preview window using this program? I've always done this manually in the xml file but was wondering how to go about this using the program. Would it be under the video resources section?
Post by: PuddWakkr on October 28, 2003, 06:24:00 PM
Post by: DBZRacer on October 28, 2003, 07:40:00 PM
Post by: Luke on October 28, 2003, 07:47:00 PM
Any chance of allowing it to make themes for 16X9 tv's?? ;-)
Post by: BenJeremy on October 28, 2003, 07:59:00 PM
| QUOTE (geniusalz @ Oct 29 2003, 12:57 AM) |
| That has been discussed before, and I thought it would be reasonable to implement widescreen/hdtv support after mxm completely supports it (as in outputs full resolution). If this has been implemented already, BJ, tell me about it so I can put it in skinner  |
Not yet.
I do have the equipment to work on it, though, so it will happen.
Post by: ravage73 on October 28, 2003, 08:17:00 PM
| QUOTE (geniusalz @ Oct 28 2003, 11:16 PM) |
| MXM Skinner 5.0 has been released with a complete step-by-step tutorial on how to create MXM skins. For more info, check out this thread in the Skinning Forum. |
F***ING SWEET!!
Post by: Luke on October 28, 2003, 09:59:00 PM
but now another question, I don't suppose it's possible to resize images within the skinner app??? I like to create 'boxes'... (png images of basically a frame)... Now I need at least 4 of them, all different sizes...
Is it possible to just create one resource, add it 4 times, and then use the skinner to stretch each copy into the appropriate size?? (instead of popping back to photoshop and calculating/tweaking 4 different images slightly)
The way it seems to work for me now, it just allows part of the image to be visible - doesn't stretch the image, just stretches the viewable portion...
still, sweet work.. makes it much easier!! ;-)
Post by: geniusalz on October 28, 2003, 10:15:00 PM
Guess I lied when I said full PNG support
Post by: DBZRacer on October 29, 2003, 09:01:00 AM
I noticed I was off on the video preview vids so I decided to edit the skin, as well as add the rest of the elements I wanted like DriveEFree, DriveFFree, IP, and date/time. Now the same skin won't load up at all and freezes MXM... I'll give it another shot again later I guess but it happened a few times already.
And BTW, I tried to run the new skin I made in an app instance of MXM but for some odd reason whenever I changed the App instance of MXM, it changed the default dash instance of MXM as well. :blink:
Well thats my progress for the first day of skinning. I'll report back later when I have more progress.
Post by: geniusalz on October 29, 2003, 01:17:00 PM
But if the xml structure is broken, it might cause nothing to show up.
Or WMV9 can cause freezing.
Let's see your mxm_skin.xml file.
You probably know this already, but to start MXM with the default skin, goto safe mode (hold start)
This post has been edited by geniusalz: Oct 29 2003, 09:19 PM
Post by: Luke on October 29, 2003, 05:34:00 PM
| QUOTE (geniusalz @ Oct 29 2003, 08:15 AM) |
| Skinner can't display stretched png images just yet. However, they WILL show up stretched on the xbox. So you don't need to make 4 pics; just resize them in skinner. Guess I lied when I said full PNG support :ph34r: |
Heh, well that's easy enough to fix.. There was no reason for my boxes to be png, so I switched 'em to jpg... Works great - and should generate a lot more skins for mxm!!!!
This post has been edited by Luke: Oct 30 2003, 01:40 AM
Post by: BenJeremy on October 30, 2003, 04:46:00 PM
The Bundler replacement is almost done, as a full-fledged COM object, ready for VB users to play with. Once these tools are done, it should be nice for geniusalz to incorporate. If I have time, perhaps I'll make a font/text display control, so that it can be fully integrated into the skinning desing screen.
Post by: geniusalz on October 30, 2003, 06:11:00 PM
Post by: BenJeremy on October 30, 2003, 06:21:00 PM
| QUOTE (geniusalz @ Oct 30 2003, 11:04 PM) |
| Cool ... Just one thing; if you make a display control, make sure it is "lightweight"; i.e. draws using the container window's hDC. |
Sure thing... I'll have to play around with a control and get something to you to test out.
Post by: fastTOE on November 09, 2003, 12:51:00 PM
i am making a skin with mxm5.0 (obviously if im posting here...) and under the configuration menu i set my menu boxes to the color i want them to be (white with red and black text) and then when im actually creating the skin and i go down and click on the create game list (mxm menu) button it only allows me to draw in black boxes,... i can change the color of the text but not the boxes themselves,.. wut am i doing wrong?
Post by: geniusalz on November 09, 2003, 02:02:00 PM
If you want a box, you can draw one, then draw a menu over it.
I just put black there because it is the default screen color.
Post by: fastTOE on November 09, 2003, 05:31:00 PM
now i am still having a problem getting the skin to work, tho...
i read the mxm users guide on how to put a skin in the xml, and im trying to do it, but it just is not working for me,... i am editing the xml directly bc i dont have the .net 1.1 and i dont feel like waiting 2hrs to download it with my 56k..... anyways i made a subfolder with my skin as the only item in it as of now,... this is what it looks like
<submenu>
<sortfield>title</sortfield>
<description>needful things</description>
<title>skins</title>
<skinspath>c:mxmskins</skinspath>
<item>
<title>deathbloodandrobots</title>
<description>redbloodandblackdeath</description>
<dir>c:(backslash)mxmskins<dir>
<dir>c:(backslash)mxmskins(backslash)deathbloodandrobots</dir>
<dir>c:(backslash)mxmskins(backslash)deathbloodandrobots(backslash)media</dir>
<dir>c:mxmskins(backslash)deathbloodandrobots(backslash)mxm_skin.xml</dir>
<exe>c:(backslash)mxmskins(backslash)deathbloodandrobots(backslash)mxm_skin.xml</exe>
<xbeid>16974304</xbeid>
<verified>true</verified>
</item>
</submenu>
i am slightly confused, so i dont know if i need all of those dir's but i put them there just in case,.... any help on this would be appreciated,....
p.s. im begining to love this mxm thing,.... ive had evox for a long time now, and there is just so much more that you can do with mxm,... i just need to learn all over again, anyways... thanks in advance
edit: there is backslashes in my actual xml, but for somereason x-s takes them out.... i put them in as (backslash) sorry it looks all goofy now....
Post by: geniusalz on November 09, 2003, 09:30:00 PM
Look at this site on how to "install" skins (you only need to copy the folder over)
MXM Guide
All you need to do is specify a skinspath (Default, I think, is c:Skins)
And put your skin folder in there.
Post by: fastTOE on November 10, 2003, 10:29:00 AM
| CODE |
then in my cache_menu.xml i have:
| CODE |
now the funny part is, about 1 out of every 15 times i start my xbox it loads up my created skin (deathbloodandrobots) but the other 14 times it does a bunch of color variations of this other skin that came with mxm i think its called simplicity remixed, im not sure
p.s. deathbloodandrobots is a skin i created in mxmskinner, but all credit goes to someone else on it, im not sure who but it was orignally a evo-x skin that i really liked and just stole the .jpgs from....
edit: also, is there a way to make images opaque? i.e. ICO-Media images transparent over your original skin sorta thing?
Post by: geniusalz on November 10, 2003, 06:41:00 PM
| QUOTE |
| <item> <dir>c:mxm.xml</dir> <exe>c:mxmskinsdeathbloodandrobotsMXM_Skin.xml</exe> <xbeid>17085048</xbeid> <verified>true</verified> </item> |
To select a skin:
Press Y (in mxm)
Go to configuration
Skins or something, and select a skin
By default mxm has it set to random, that's why you see random skins.
As for the transparency, not yet. However, BJ is working on a way to set any image transparent. Actually, working on a way to use a grayscale image as an alpha channel for another image. If that makes sense. lol
Post by: fastTOE on November 11, 2003, 03:06:00 AM
Post by: geniusalz on November 13, 2003, 09:02:00 PM
I tried, but fitting everything on 800x600 wasn't working. Because the screen's size itself is 640x480.
So if you switch to 1024x768 all of it should show up.
Post by: fastTOE on December 22, 2003, 09:41:00 PM
Post by: geniusalz on December 22, 2003, 10:46:00 PM
Then create an image element in the "load" screen, selecting the GameIcon resource.