Stupid question

David Watts · 03-05-2014, 12:41 PM

I much prefer both the light skin and the classic skin over the dark skin. However, I use the dark skin when I play due to the black background/white lettering in the play by play box. Both the light skin and the classic reverse this and use a white background with black lettering. This hurts my eyes and I find myself getting tired quickly.

My stupid question: Is there a way to edit the color of the play by play background?

eriqjaffe · 03-05-2014, 01:39 PM

Yep.

Download and install the skin files for the skin you want to edit from Add-On Central in-game.

Assuming you want to edit the "OOTP 14" skin:

When installed, the skin files will wind up in C:\Program Files (x86)\Out of the Park Developments\OOTP Baseball 14\data\skins\OOTP 14. Everything you need to edit is located in the style_sets\game_screen folder:

Code:

gamescreen_playbyplay_bottom_left.png
gamescreen_playbyplay_bottom_mid.png
gamescreen_playbyplay_bottom_right.png
gamescreen_playbyplay_mid_left.png
gamescreen_playbyplay_mid_mid.png
gamescreen_playbyplay_mid_right.png
gamescreen_playbyplay_top_left.png
gamescreen_playbyplay_top_mid.png
gamescreen_playbyplay_top_right.png

Edit those in the graphics program of your choice. You may have to zoom in a lot, as some of those images are only 1 pixel by 1 pixel.

Optionally, if you want to change the color of the PBP text, open the pbp_text.ss file in a text editor (like Notepad) and change the "fg_colour" value to whatever you want. Note that that's not a standard RGB code (it's 8 characters long as opposed to 6), so you may need to experiment a bit.

To implement the edited skin, simply delete the "skin.bin" file located in the skin's main directory. The next time you open OOTP, it'll rebuild the skin.bit with your changes. If OOTP is open when you delete the skin.bin file, just change the skin to something else and change it back and OOTP will rebuild the skin.bin.

Here, I changed the background to a painful green and the text to white (I used #FFFFFFFF as the code):

David Watts · 03-05-2014, 01:59 PM

Thank you

BradC · 03-05-2014, 06:42 PM

1996 called and wants its web site design back.

Ouch. My eyes still hurt.

Déjà Bru · 03-06-2014, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BradC

1996 called and wants its web site design back.

Ouch. My eyes still hurt.

Yes. A rather stark demonstration!

endgame · 03-06-2014, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BradC

1996 called and wants its web site design back.

Ouch. My eyes still hurt.

And I still get the creeps every time I see that announcer.

When you return the web site, can you send him back to Johnny Quest? Oh, never mind. I remember now. I'm one the reasons we have the option to Hide Announcer.

eriqjaffe · 03-06-2014, 10:20 AM

You guys are lucky I didn't throw a bunch of "UNDER CONSTRUCTION" gifs on there.

03-05-2014, 12:41 PM	#1
David Watts Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Looking for a place called Leehofooks Posts: 10,127 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	Stupid question I much prefer both the light skin and the classic skin over the dark skin. However, I use the dark skin when I play due to the black background/white lettering in the play by play box. Both the light skin and the classic reverse this and use a white background with black lettering. This hurts my eyes and I find myself getting tired quickly. My stupid question: Is there a way to edit the color of the play by play background?

03-05-2014, 01:39 PM	#2
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,731	Yep. Download and install the skin files for the skin you want to edit from Add-On Central in-game. Assuming you want to edit the "OOTP 14" skin: When installed, the skin files will wind up in C:\Program Files (x86)\Out of the Park Developments\OOTP Baseball 14\data\skins\OOTP 14. Everything you need to edit is located in the style_sets\game_screen folder: Code: gamescreen_playbyplay_bottom_left.png gamescreen_playbyplay_bottom_mid.png gamescreen_playbyplay_bottom_right.png gamescreen_playbyplay_mid_left.png gamescreen_playbyplay_mid_mid.png gamescreen_playbyplay_mid_right.png gamescreen_playbyplay_top_left.png gamescreen_playbyplay_top_mid.png gamescreen_playbyplay_top_right.png Edit those in the graphics program of your choice. You may have to zoom in a lot, as some of those images are only 1 pixel by 1 pixel. Optionally, if you want to change the color of the PBP text, open the pbp_text.ss file in a text editor (like Notepad) and change the "fg_colour" value to whatever you want. Note that that's not a standard RGB code (it's 8 characters long as opposed to 6), so you may need to experiment a bit. To implement the edited skin, simply delete the "skin.bin" file located in the skin's main directory. The next time you open OOTP, it'll rebuild the skin.bit with your changes. If OOTP is open when you delete the skin.bin file, just change the skin to something else and change it back and OOTP will rebuild the skin.bin. Here, I changed the background to a painful green and the text to white (I used #FFFFFFFF as the code): __________________ Last edited by eriqjaffe; 03-05-2014 at 01:41 PM.

03-06-2014, 10:20 AM	#7
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,731	You guys are lucky I didn't throw a bunch of "UNDER CONSTRUCTION" gifs on there. __________________

03-05-2014, 01:59 PM	#3
David Watts Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Looking for a place called Leehofooks Posts: 10,127 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	Thank you

03-05-2014, 06:42 PM	#4
BradC All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: northern CA Posts: 1,877	1996 called and wants its web site design back. Ouch. My eyes still hurt.