customizing skins problem

kevchod · 06-11-2006, 12:49 PM

Having a small problem designing a custom skin. I am doing the following steps:

1. make a copy of the "ootp blue" skin in the skins directory; rename it to "silver".

2. Edit and save a couple of basic files, namely the frame_right, _corner, and _bottom. These are shown on the opening screen.

3. Load up OOTP, change skin to silver. My changes show up. Yippie!

4. Exit OOTP, and drasticly re-edit and save those same files...

5. Load OOTP, and my changes aren't showing up. My original edits are, however.

I've also switched skins, and switched back to my silver, with the same results.

My question is: Is there a cache that OOTP stores skin images in? I'm guessing that's the case, and I should clear that cache before/after editing files. Anyone know?

jdew · 06-11-2006, 01:44 PM

It appears that the skin is assembled, so changes you make aren't incorporated until its reassembled. So....

What I've seen so far is that the skin gets assembled when OOTP starts up when...

- the first time you call a skin after copy an existing skin and rename its folder

or

- you delete the skin's assembled file ...data\skins\SKINNAME\skin.bin

If I make changes to skin images and don't reassemble skin.bin, changes won't show up.

The reassembly can take a while, so be patient.

kevchod · 06-11-2006, 04:01 PM

Well that's simple enough. That worked, thanks.

Cooleyvol · 06-11-2006, 04:46 PM

nevermind. I wasnt patient enough.

06-11-2006, 12:49 PM	#1
kevchod Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: South Bend, IN Posts: 62	customizing skins problem Having a small problem designing a custom skin. I am doing the following steps: 1. make a copy of the "ootp blue" skin in the skins directory; rename it to "silver". 2. Edit and save a couple of basic files, namely the frame_right, _corner, and _bottom. These are shown on the opening screen. 3. Load up OOTP, change skin to silver. My changes show up. Yippie! 4. Exit OOTP, and drasticly re-edit and save those same files... 5. Load OOTP, and my changes aren't showing up. My original edits are, however. I've also switched skins, and switched back to my silver, with the same results. My question is: Is there a cache that OOTP stores skin images in? I'm guessing that's the case, and I should clear that cache before/after editing files. Anyone know?

06-11-2006, 04:46 PM	#4
Cooleyvol Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Union City, TN Posts: 6,383	nevermind. I wasnt patient enough. Last edited by Cooleyvol; 06-11-2006 at 05:12 PM.

06-11-2006, 01:44 PM	#2
jdew All Star Starter Join Date: May 2002 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,763	It appears that the skin is assembled, so changes you make aren't incorporated until its reassembled. So.... What I've seen so far is that the skin gets assembled when OOTP starts up when... - the first time you call a skin after copy an existing skin and rename its folder or - you delete the skin's assembled file ...data\skins\SKINNAME\skin.bin If I make changes to skin images and don't reassemble skin.bin, changes won't show up. The reassembly can take a while, so be patient.

06-11-2006, 04:01 PM	#3
kevchod Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: South Bend, IN Posts: 62	Well that's simple enough. That worked, thanks.