Post by: TCB on July 08, 2003, 12:44:00 PM
Your skin certainly looks different from the rest. You really did a great job on the 'background image'. Although I love the layout, I'm not going to use it. I prefer to have a large list of games that I can select. So if you could just make the fontsize of the selectable game a bit smaller (box top-left), you might make a list of 4 or 5 titles (just an idea)...
[ERROR] You made an 'error' by asking for <preview> instead of <media>. This way the regular naming (the 'EntryNaming') won't be the same as with other skins. An you can use the thumbnail option, instead of the <logo> entry. Every game has it's own official logo stored with the savegames. If you use the Thumbnail option it all goes automaticly, instead of requiring to upload the same icons and editing the MXM_entry.xml file by hand.
You made a really clear package by the way. Great idea to make a dummy MXM_entry.xml file. Perhaps an idea for all other skinners (and BenJeremy) to include also? The readme file is also excellent...
Cheers
Post by: geodeath on July 08, 2003, 10:59:00 PM
Thats not an error. I used other naming for these 2 things so its easier to identify the changes from the other skins, where only one media is present. I knew that MXM can grab the thumbnail from the xbe, i saw it in the readme, but maybe someone wants to make his own, maybe a game's thumbnail is lame; lol
I thought dummy entry and mxm xml files are great, cause many inexperienced with html and xml and ini style editing find it hard.
As for the size of the fonts, thats no problem. The problem is that the particular font is not much readable when smaller. Unless you have a big tv of course. If you want to try another version with smaller menu font check your pm (if there is one here). I have the smaller font right here, and i could send it your way if you wish to try.
Post by: TCB on July 08, 2003, 11:46:00 PM
Your skin is looking for the <preview> entry. And since that's not a basic entry, everyone that wants to have a previewvideo in your skin, needs to make MXM_entry.xml documents for every file (while no other skin requires that)....
I don't personally don't care, coz I just edit your MXM_skin.xml instead. But I think that other, "less experienced" users don't know that....
btw.. thanks for the smaller font, I'll try that one later today
Post by: Johno on July 11, 2003, 02:24:00 AM
Please can someone tell me where all the files should be!!
Do I have to put the Geoloader files into folders (ie font, media) or do I just delete Newdefault and replace it with the Geoloader folder??
At the moment all I get is a black screen with no skins!!! But I know it is running because I can press start and It loads up Boxplorer!!!
Any help would be great!!
Thanks
Johno
Post by: BenJeremy on July 11, 2003, 03:47:00 AM
| QUOTE (Johno @ Jul 11 2003, 06:24 AM) |
| I am having problems installing this skin!! Please can someone tell me where all the files should be!! Do I have to put the Geoloader files into folders (ie font, media) or do I just delete Newdefault and replace it with the Geoloader folder?? At the moment all I get is a black screen with no skins!!! But I know it is running because I can press start and It loads up Boxplorer!!! Any help would be great!! Thanks Johno |
Geoloader can get it's own folder.
Every time MXM boot it looks in the IMMEDIATE subdirectories from where it's run and looks for MXM_Skin.xml files - if you do not set the <LoadSkin> tag in your MXM.xml file to point to a specific skin, it will randomly pick one of the available skins on start up.
Post by: Johno on July 11, 2003, 03:56:00 AM
I will give it ago!!! And let you know what happens!!!
Oh btw, how come you changed your picture and sig??
Johno
Post by: BenJeremy on July 11, 2003, 03:58:00 AM
| QUOTE (Johno @ Jul 11 2003, 07:56 AM) |
| ok ben!! I will give it ago!!! And let you know what happens!!! Oh btw, how come you changed your picture and sig?? Johno |
Change is good, right?
Post by: Johno on July 11, 2003, 04:05:00 AM
Johno
btw. I just cant get the dam skin to work!!! Here is what I do!!
I reinstall a fresh copy of MXM
Then I unzip all the content of the Geoloader to my desktop
Then I delete the folder NewDefault from MXM on my xbox
Then I ftp over Geoloader with 11 files in it, no folders (this is the folder that contains the skin)
Then I put the MXM.xml into my MXM root dir
And that is it!!! What else do I need to do?? Do I need to edit one of the xml files to tell it where the skin is???
Please please please someone tell me what to do or email me there MXM folder with it already working on!!
Thanks guys
Johno
Post by: BenJeremy on July 11, 2003, 04:54:00 AM
| QUOTE (Johno @ Jul 11 2003, 08:05 AM) |
| well........................ maybe!!! But I did like your older one better!!!! Johno btw. I just cant get the dam skin to work!!! Here is what I do!! I reinstall a fresh copy of MXM Then I unzip all the content of the Geoloader to my desktop Then I delete the folder NewDefault from MXM on my xbox Then I ftp over Geoloader with 11 files in it, no folders (this is the folder that contains the skin) Then I put the MXM.xml into my MXM root dir And that is it!!! What else do I need to do?? Do I need to edit one of the xml files to tell it where the skin is??? Please please please someone tell me what to do or email me there MXM folder with it already working on!! Thanks guys Johno |
You didn't need to delete the "NewDefault" (in fact, I recommend you don't until you get things set)
You should have something "like" this:
E:\MXM <- Contains the MXM.xml file, default.xbe, etc...
E:\MXM\GeoLoader <- Contains theGeoLoader's MXM_Skin.xml file, and whatever files, subdirectories the skin needs
You shouldn't have to touch the NewDefault, until you get things set.
Post by: Johno on July 11, 2003, 05:05:00 AM
Ben, if you have a chance!! See if you can get it to work??
Cheers
Johno
Post by: BenJeremy on July 11, 2003, 05:08:00 AM
| QUOTE (Johno @ Jul 11 2003, 09:05 AM) |
| Ok! But the thing is!! There isn't any sub directories in the Geoloader folder!!! Ben, if you have a chance!! See if you can get it to work?? Cheers Johno |
That's probably fine.
So long as the skin itself is in a folder
MXM looks in each folder directly below it to find the config file for each skin, and then loads resources relative to that location. The skin designer decides if they want to put things in subfolders below that...
Post by: Johno on July 11, 2003, 05:10:00 AM
Is there a way to tell it to load the Geoloader one???
Johno
Post by: BenJeremy on July 11, 2003, 05:12:00 AM
E:\MXM
E:\MXM\geoloader\
E:\MXM\geoloader\MXM_Skin.xml
E:\MXM\geoloader\Xbox.xbr
E:\MXM\geoloader\titlebg.png
E:\MXM\geoloader\....and so on...
Post by: Johno on July 11, 2003, 05:21:00 AM
Post by: BenJeremy on July 11, 2003, 05:29:00 AM
| QUOTE (Johno @ Jul 11 2003, 09:21 AM) |
| Ok!! done that!!! but all it runs is your default one!!! |
Remove the LoadSkins tag, if there's one, in your MXM.xml file.
Try a couple reboots until the new one comes up, to make sure it works.
Post by: Johno on July 11, 2003, 05:49:00 AM
MXM crashing when loading up now if it trys to load the new skin!!
I think I will just wait until someone can send me a zip file with the skin already installed and working!!
Thanks anyway Ben
Johno
Post by: Johno on July 13, 2003, 02:53:00 AM
Johno