Shock Skin v3.0 Transparent Released (fast, GDI) - Page 2

zyr55 · 07-29-2007, 03:57 PM

I'm having the same problem with 4dtoys...

venealis · 07-29-2007, 03:57 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Vanadin

hm, i have this line in my rr.ini. do you have an idea, what the problem can be?

I had the same problem but when i went into the skin folder and under skin.ini actually typed in a location of another background came up just fine for me.

4dtoys · 07-29-2007, 04:30 PM

Here ya go...

I'm really starting to like this skin!

blk02si · 07-29-2007, 05:56 PM

Skin.ini has my background path when you first unzip the skin.

You must select a new background and apply it (which will write your background directory path in skin.ini) or just go into skin.ini and type in a legit path.

Example of what skin.ini should contain if you have a default RR install:

background=c:/program files/road runner/skins/shock v3.0/background/53.jpeg

Important, You most likely need to reboot your machine after installing for all changes to take effect.

blk02si · 07-29-2007, 06:00 PM

Looks like you did some custom artwork 4dtoys, looks great like your car!

GizmoQ · 07-30-2007, 08:09 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by blk02si

It slowed the scrolling down too much so I just removed it completely. I'm still sticking true to the roots of this skin which are fast, efficient and small footprint. Its not that hard to add that feature though. I just name the wallpapers something that relates to the color, scheme, or background. Maybe you guys can post some screen caps of the skin running your backgrounds.

I know you essentially said "mod at your own risk," but using the following skin code for the radio_player.skin moves the buttons around a little and adds the radioart.

Code:

MEDIACAR Skin
MEDIACAR radio_player Skin
radio_off.png,radio_off.png,radio_on.png,radio_off.png
L,517,356,43,29,255,255,255,18,"ISOCPEUR","=ADD","CENTER"
L,615,356,43,29,255,255,255,18,"ISOCPEUR","=DEL","CENTER"
L,590,280,45,29,255,255,255,18,"ISOCPEUR","=SCAN","CENTER"
L,422,354,45,29,255,255,255,18,"ISOCPEUR","=EDIT","CENTER"
B,495,336,87,65,"ADDPRESET",
B,597,336,77,66,"DELPRESET",
B,571,260,86,64,"SCAN",
B,395,336,86,64,"EDITPRESET",
B,703,405,102,78,"EXIT",
B,601,404,100,78,"SHUFFLE",
B,501,404,99,78,"PRESETUP",
B,400,404,102,78,"TUNE",
B,300,404,99,78,"PRESETDOWN",
B,199,404,100,78,"MUTE",
B,96,404,103,78,"VOL-",
B,-2,404,98,77,"VOL+",
B,695,-3,106,72,"SKIN",
B,579,-2,114,71,"LAUNCH",
L,669,252,121,65,255,255,255,32,"DS-Digital","VOLUME","CENTER"
L,688,356,108,27,255,255,255,22,"ISOCPEUR","TIME","RIGHT"
B,462,-2,116,71,"VIDEO",
B,347,-3,114,72,"GPS",
B,228,-4,117,73,"SIRIUS",
B,110,-5,116,74,"RADIO",
L,388,116,407,29,255,255,255,22,"DS-Digital","RDSTEXT",
L,389,78,408,29,255,255,255,22,"DS-Digital","RDSNAME",
J,392,160,169,163
L,573,168,219,65,255,255,255,48,"DS-Digital","FREQUENCE",
S,97,75,287,327,255,255,255,0,0,0,255,255,255,0,0,0,106,186,86,,18,"ISOCPEUR"
B,2,238,92,72,"FINEDOWN",
B,-1,166,94,70,"FINEUP",
B,2,311,92,91,"PGDOWN",
B,3,73,91,91,"PGUP",
B,1,-2,109,65,"AUDIO",

END

blk02si · 07-31-2007, 05:27 PM

What is the radio art? Never used it before, might have to try that code out. Thats the "J" line if im not mistaken.

Another thing I am wondering about RR skins is if they are faster with no comments in the .skin files. I have never put comments in the .skin files but I notice many people do. Im wondering it having comments slows the skin down at all?? Seem to me if the files are larger with more lines (ever if rr.exe just skips over them) it will take longer to read the skin file thus slowing down operation of the skin. May only be 1 second but hey when your running a viam10000 every second counts

GizmoQ · 07-31-2007, 09:40 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by blk02si

What is the radio art? Never used it before, might have to try that code out. Thats the "J" line if im not mistaken.

Right! Radio Art is alot like album art but the .gifs go in your "C:\Program Files\Road Runner\RadioArt" directory. (I go to my local radio stations websites and copy their stationID banners). Then whenever you switch to that frequency its banner is displayed. The gifs have to be named for the frequencies, i.e., 106.5 FM would have a gif named 10650.gif.

blk02si · 07-31-2007, 09:45 PM

Interesting, I like this idea, RDS info works good in my area so it just spits out my station call letters but having the banner is nice.

Lets see your screencap GizmoQ

blk02si · 08-01-2007, 10:34 PM

Playing with the new browse by album cover slider code. Just so you know this menu is not included in the download, I'm testing right now and it looks to be pretty resource heavy since its flash based, and all shock skin releases are 100% flash free. It does not hurt to try it out though.

I think RR is probably the best, most flexible frontend ever. I mean you can just keep 'building' your frontend everyday. If I want a new feature its just a matter of adding it in. Long live Open Source software!

coolcoupe · 08-02-2007, 12:10 PM

sorry but i am new to all this i am runnig road runner the updated version that i download from this site and it works great ,i would like to chage the screen to a picture of my car like above with the red car (4dtoys) is it easy to do and is it poss to tell me how to do it in idiot terms as dont always follow what you guys are talking about (sorry )do i just put the new downloaded file into the skins file in road runner creating a new path for my picture ,and saving the new fonts to windows fonts is that all i have to do ????????

please help with as much info as you can for me asap as i am keen to learn and get started

thanks graham

C4DAO · 08-02-2007, 01:57 PM

I'm having the same problem as 4dtoys?

I've copied the fonts, edited the .ini files (both in the Roadrunner folder, and the one contained in the skin folder) to fastmode=-1, and changed the skin.ini to reflect the background path (I use F: instead of C

Still no luck?

treetop777 · 08-02-2007, 04:03 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by C4DAO

I'm having the same problem as 4dtoys?

I've copied the fonts, edited the .ini files (both in the Roadrunner folder, and the one contained in the skin folder) to fastmode=-1, and changed the skin.ini to reflect the background path (I use F: instead of C

Still no luck?

..and you know without a doubt you are running the latest version of RR?
Some have reported that while having the new version in the RR folder, their shortcut still pointed to the old version or "hooked" another RR.exe stored elsewhere on the computer; other than that, make sure the DLL is registered correctly.

treetop777 · 08-02-2007, 04:15 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by blk02si

Playing with the new browse by album cover slider code. Just so you know this menu is not included in the download, I'm testing right now and it looks to be pretty resource heavy since its flash based, and all shock skin releases are 100% flash free. It does not hurt to try it out though.

I think RR is probably the best, most flexible frontend ever. I mean you can just keep 'building' your frontend everyday. If I want a new feature its just a matter of adding it in. Long live Open Source software!

That's neat. Does it have any functionality other than showing album art?
Guess i need to go read the other thread!

Will you include this in a patch or the next release?

"Long live Open Source software!" - Amen!

blk02si · 08-02-2007, 10:40 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by coolcoupe

please help with as much info as you can for me asap as i am keen to learn and get started

thanks graham

grahm read the read_me very carefully!

This goes to the other having problems also. Put your .jpeg background in the folder 'background' found inside the skin directory. Using the background selector menu then scroll to your background and Hit apply. This will write the new line to skin.ini and you will be in business. The background menu list code looks like this:

Code:

 $skinpath$\background\*.jpg

So this looks for all files named .jpg, in the current skin (defined in rr.ini which is shock v3.0) and then the background directory regardless of what drive you have it set up on.

After you can see your wallpapers in the background browser, hitting 'apply' is what starts the scripts to write the path to skin.ini and process the actual background change.

So those trying to trouble shoot, get your background choices in the background directory list first. Hit 'apply' from the menu and everything will be taken care of for you, by the scripts, and you will have the new background.

The skin really is coded to read from the 'background' directory inside the skin folder, I should have mentioned this as just modifying the skin.ini may not yeild results you want as I have not tested any other paths to the backgrounds besides the one specified in the code.

I know a pic is worth a thousand words so: