Can we change the custom award icon? - Page 4

byzeil · 03-27-2015, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by chucksabr

Whoa, wait a minute: I am already Administrator, according to this!

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Wha ... ? Are there different levels of Administrator? or do i have to move UAC to never? Because why would i let any program in the entire world change my computer without my permission or even knowledge?

You can be administrator (I am on my computer) but if UAC control is set to limit what can happen it will still limit it THOUGH it is supposed to ask for permission (if you have UAC set that way) but OOTP was not asking for permission. This is intentional behavior (on windows part, not sure about OOTP) because I would say many many users set up their account as an Admin and if this bypassed UAC there could be real issues. So, yes there are a couple layers of Admin in a sense.

You could turn off UAC but probably not the best idea. Just running OOTP as Admin fixes the issue.

chucksabr · 03-27-2015, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Peregrine

I usually turn UAC off entirely as nearly my first action with any new computer.

Glad you're working now though Chuck.

Are you not worried that a bad guy writing a script could get into your computer and makes changes to your machine without your knowledge? If not, why not? Do you have some other protection beyond the UAC setting that prevents that?

chucksabr · 03-27-2015, 11:39 AM

OK, so here's a question: Having spent the last, like, two hours working on this problem like a freaking madman trying only to see whether I could change those silly little icons, what are some of the other things I can do with the new skin files that can spiffy up my experience? Is it as simple as going in and changing images under the images and style_sets folders to my liking?

EDIT: Also, what are those .ss files? Anything I could customize?

Peregrine · 03-27-2015, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by chucksabr

OK, so here's a question: Having spent the last, like, two hours working on this problem like a freaking madman trying only to see whether I could change those silly little icons, what are some of the other things I can do with the new skin files that can spiffy up my experience? Is it as simple as going in and changing images under the images and style_sets folders to my liking?

Pretty much - if you make or find other images you like you can replace any of the other images in that folder. I haven't really tried to do it yet but there are a lot of options.

chucksabr · 03-27-2015, 11:47 AM

One other question: does anyone know where the .png files are that are used in browser output pages when you want to open something in external browser? Because the current cross-hatched gray background behind the titles is not cutting it for me, and I would like to change that to something like they had in 14, which was a nice green baseball field-type thing:

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asaintsfan · 03-27-2015, 12:15 PM

Gonna use this for my RP of the year.

Peregrine · 03-28-2015, 06:13 AM

My icons are up on ootpmods.com.

Others | OOTPmods.com

Déjà Bru · 03-28-2015, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Peregrine

My icons are up on ootpmods.com.

Others | OOTPmods.com

You are in the pantheon, sir. Luckily, I was able to find a matching incense burner.

Déjà Bru · 03-28-2015, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Peregrine

My icons are up on ootpmods.com.

Others | OOTPmods.com

Actually, you started me thinking a bit on my own. Your custom "Dirty Socks" award is the only one that I'd like to tweak a bit. I'm thinking of a red heart instead because my award is for Most Popular Player (Extremely Popular nationally, then highest career WAR, using a customized Popularity Info view).

This is what these forums are good for: Exchange of information and ideas. I cannot imagine this game without these forums.

Déjà Bru · 03-28-2015, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

This is what these forums are good for: Exchange of information and ideas. I cannot imagine this game without these forums.

Yep, the old noodle is in gear for sure, thanks to this thread. Below is my MPP custom award icon.

I'm not too handy with photoshopping so all I did was visit a clip-art website (Free Clip Art & Images - Millions of Royalty Free Images | Clker), searched for "heart", found a good one and saw that they conveniently offer downloading in PNG format (with the background already transparent, thank goodness). One thing I had to do was reduce the size to fit; one side (width?) has to be 40 pixels, I believe. I used FastStone Image Viewer for that (heh, someday I will learn GIMP but not today!).

So, combining Peregrine's Cy Young icon and my MPP icon, you can see why my man Stuart Williams held the MPP award for six straight years. Great stuff!

Peregrine · 03-28-2015, 10:27 AM

I like that icon Bru - may try it out myself sometime.

jazzrack · 03-28-2015, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Peregrine

My icons are up on ootpmods.com.

Others | OOTPmods.com

it also has a wiki page

OOTP Community Wiki | Peregrine's Award Icons

Victor · 03-28-2015, 02:48 PM

Anyone else having problems seeing custom made icons after the update?

endgame · 03-28-2015, 03:24 PM

Your custom images in the skin file will be overwritten with updates. Among other files, I copy the entire Skin folder I'm using (it has all the images in its own folder inside that) and keep that copy in a folder I call Protection. After any update, I simply copy and paste that folder back into the original location, rename the skin.bin file oldskin.bin and let the game rebuild the images. If your custom images are in there, they'll be restored. If you didn't save them somewhere, you'll have to replace them, then follow the rebuild process, then they'll appear again.

Victor · 03-28-2015, 03:27 PM

Okay, makes sense. Thanks endgame.

endgame · 03-28-2015, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Victor

Okay, makes sense. Thanks endgame.

My pleasure.

asaintsfan · 03-28-2015, 04:06 PM

I have no data folder so I can't even see the skins. Im a a MacBook Pro and tried to go on as admin but still nothing in the library - that sucks - oh well - Thanks for making these available!!!

BTW - WHen I go to add ons on the ootp mods site - the icons do not appear there as a mod

endgame · 03-28-2015, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by asaintsfan

I have no data folder so I can't even see the skins. Im a a MacBook Pro and tried to go on as admin but still nothing in the library - that sucks - oh well - Thanks for making these available!!!

BTW - WHen I go to add ons on the ootp mods site - the icons do not appear there as a mod

Somebody with a Mac will advise you, but on a PC, for instance, the data folder is in the Program Files, not the Documents and, of course, you have to download and install the skin files for them to BE there.

Déjà Bru · 04-01-2015, 01:00 AM

Ironically, chucksabr, after a Windows update or two, I now have the same problem that you did (see earlier posts in this thread). Unless I run OOTP 16 in administrator mode, the game will not construct a new skin.bin file or even read a revised one. This is true despite the fact that I am the administrator on my laptop.

The answer, as byzeil said, is to run the game in administrator mode. This can be done conveniently by right-clicking the game start icon, choosing Properties, clicking Compatibility tab, and checking the box to "Run this program as an administrator." This is the first time that I ever had to do this with any OOTPB version.

Chuck, I'm sorry that I could not help you at the time. My suggestions were way off base. Thank goodness for byzeil's input.

MUFC1878 · 04-06-2015, 01:02 PM

The icons don't show unless I run the game as admin., which I don't want to do all the time. This wasn't an issue last version.

So is everyone else seeing the skin changes when running the game without admin. privileges? Besides the icons, my custom start screen backgrounds also won't show.

03-27-2015, 11:39 AM	#63
chucksabr Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: In the canyons of your mind Posts: 3,190	OK, so here's a question: Having spent the last, like, two hours working on this problem like a freaking madman trying only to see whether I could change those silly little icons, what are some of the other things I can do with the new skin files that can spiffy up my experience? Is it as simple as going in and changing images under the images and style_sets folders to my liking? EDIT: Also, what are those .ss files? Anything I could customize? __________________ The (English) Baseball League (est. 1888): A History The 1932 Season is Underway Dynasty Mission \| Creation Story \| Subscribe 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 (Great War Hiatus) 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 The OOTP Interview about the Baseball League Last edited by chucksabr; 03-27-2015 at 11:41 AM.

03-27-2015, 11:47 AM	#65
chucksabr Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: In the canyons of your mind Posts: 3,190	One other question: does anyone know where the .png files are that are used in browser output pages when you want to open something in external browser? Because the current cross-hatched gray background behind the titles is not cutting it for me, and I would like to change that to something like they had in 14, which was a nice green baseball field-type thing: __________________ The (English) Baseball League (est. 1888): A History The 1932 Season is Underway Dynasty Mission \| Creation Story \| Subscribe 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 (Great War Hiatus) 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 The OOTP Interview about the Baseball League

03-28-2015, 03:24 PM	#74
endgame Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 16,842	Your custom images in the skin file will be overwritten with updates. Among other files, I copy the entire Skin folder I'm using (it has all the images in its own folder inside that) and keep that copy in a folder I call Protection. After any update, I simply copy and paste that folder back into the original location, rename the skin.bin file oldskin.bin and let the game rebuild the images. If your custom images are in there, they'll be restored. If you didn't save them somewhere, you'll have to replace them, then follow the rebuild process, then they'll appear again. __________________ "Try again. Fail again. Fail better." -- Samuel Beckett _____________________________________________ Last edited by endgame; 03-28-2015 at 03:25 PM.

04-01-2015, 01:00 AM	#79
Déjà Bru Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Long Island Posts: 11,405	Ironically, chucksabr, after a Windows update or two, I now have the same problem that you did (see earlier posts in this thread). Unless I run OOTP 16 in administrator mode, the game will not construct a new skin.bin file or even read a revised one. This is true despite the fact that I am the administrator on my laptop. The answer, as byzeil said, is to run the game in administrator mode. This can be done conveniently by right-clicking the game start icon, choosing Properties, clicking Compatibility tab, and checking the box to "Run this program as an administrator." This is the first time that I ever had to do this with any OOTPB version. Chuck, I'm sorry that I could not help you at the time. My suggestions were way off base. Thank goodness for byzeil's input. __________________ - Bru Last edited by Déjà Bru; 04-01-2015 at 01:02 AM.

03-27-2015, 12:15 PM	#66
asaintsfan All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: New Orleans LA Posts: 553	Gonna use this for my RP of the year.

03-28-2015, 06:13 AM	#67
Peregrine All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Cary, North Carolina Posts: 635	My icons are up on ootpmods.com. Others \| OOTPmods.com

03-28-2015, 10:27 AM	#71
Peregrine All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Cary, North Carolina Posts: 635	I like that icon Bru - may try it out myself sometime.

03-28-2015, 02:48 PM	#73
Victor Minors (Single A) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Oregon Posts: 86	Anyone else having problems seeing custom made icons after the update?

03-28-2015, 03:27 PM	#75
Victor Minors (Single A) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Oregon Posts: 86	Okay, makes sense. Thanks endgame.

03-28-2015, 04:06 PM	#77
asaintsfan All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: New Orleans LA Posts: 553	I have no data folder so I can't even see the skins. Im a a MacBook Pro and tried to go on as admin but still nothing in the library - that sucks - oh well - Thanks for making these available!!! BTW - WHen I go to add ons on the ootp mods site - the icons do not appear there as a mod

04-06-2015, 01:02 PM	#80
MUFC1878 All Star Reserve Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Venezuela Posts: 621	The icons don't show unless I run the game as admin., which I don't want to do all the time. This wasn't an issue last version. So is everyone else seeing the skin changes when running the game without admin. privileges? Besides the icons, my custom start screen backgrounds also won't show.