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August 30 XBOX-UX skins revisitedHere is a conversation log, with my cousin and I, with a bunch of FAQ's and ineresting facts about making your own skins for your XBOX's UX dashboard.
In this converstion i went by the name of "Goddamed the skeleton man"!!!
i want a family guy skin Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: or kanye west Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: or jay z Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: well send me a video and some pics and but large pics are better Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: teach me how to make one Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: do u want to Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: so i wont eacly see it Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: but you'll be able too Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: so lets go
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Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: wake up smell the caffeine!!!! Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: so do want me 2 teach u the art or wut? Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: but after wrestling plz Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: kk Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: so at 11 Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: shure perfect Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: do u know how to use photoshop???
Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: i make background with it Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: good so u know how to create .png and and make shit invicible Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: oh that no Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: i just know how to make layers Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: ect.. Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: teach me great master!!! Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: at 11 Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: my young jedi u must learn patience
your time as come to fullfill your destiny my young jedi Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: master Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: ok so what skin are we doing? Goddamed The Skeleton Man sends: Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: im gonna make a family guy skin Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: just open that one(my warcraft skin) and look at the files Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: okay Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: I get too pick where the skin will go right? Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: I mean the writing on the screen?
Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: yep u pick everything Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: kk if u have video we can have plyaing in the back of the menu, as an intro video, or as a loading video Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: cool Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: look at mine when it done sending you see what i mean
Transfer of "UX_warcraft.rar" is complete.
Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: making a skin is simple, u make a folder and name it family guy in this case Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: okay Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: what next Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: then u need a skin.ini(xml) file which u can make (or copy one from another skin to save time and replace the info with yours and you use notepad to make it or edit Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: skin.ini file work with a special html code made for the xbox Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: so your skin.ini file is the brain of your skin Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: okay Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: wait Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: on that u can choose what goes in and not,what info to display, color, font Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: most my bgz i find are jpg though their not ini Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: no that's fine Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: jpg work's too but like i'm saying is that the skin.ini is the brain if u look at mine i got a, video,a few png over the video then i got jpgs, Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: alright so what's my first step Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: i use png fot the transparancy caus if not around my thrall.png there would be a background if u put my skin on your bo youll get it Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: first Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: u need to decide how u want your skin, there i 4 part to a skin; INTRO, MENU SCREEN, FILE MANAGER, Aand LOADING SCREEN. U can put a video on either of those part or u can put photo(jpg,png,gif,bmp) Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: ay Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: like me on the warcraft one i did for the intro i put a video, for the menu screen i put a video and 3 png(photo) to go over the video, file manager i put a jpg and loading screen too Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: but your video's can only be to kind of formay: .wmv, or mv Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: format Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: if they re not we can convert them Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: eemple avi to wmv or mpeg to wmv Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: get it?? Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: i don't want a video though Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: or can I make a bg of my own with like a black square in it and somehow make the video play in that little black square Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: hmm Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: not shure how we resize a video Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: cause the video goes the background Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: so put all your images in the folder Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: ay so now I put the pictures I want in the folder thats right Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: yep Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: that means 3 pictures Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: 4 Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: why 4 Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: no yo right 3 Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: alright Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: what will the 3 be used for Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: cause the intro screen cant have a image your menu background,loading screen, and file manager Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: okay Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: okay gimme 1 second Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: kk Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: im just making a quick background on photoshop Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: kk Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: can one of the back ground be a .gif Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: yep Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: how's it coming???? Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: good Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: good good Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: i need 1 good background Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: well u coould use the same image for everything but that would suck Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: it's not the jedi way if u know what i mean Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: yeah Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: i got all three images Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: now what Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: kk Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: copie the skin.ini file from my skin to you skin's folder
u dont got an ini file Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: u got a png,wmv and xml Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: there should be 8 files in my skin Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: okay done Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: got it?? Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: kk Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: what now Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: now right click and go open with notepad Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: on the xml Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: okay done and open Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: now what its open Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: replace skin name and name it what u want Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: alright Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: author put your name Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: copy right 2k5 and version 1.0 Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: get it?? Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: ???? Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: so not version 1.5 me its 1.0 Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: yeah Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: cause that the version of the skin not xbox Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: okay Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: well now what Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: next its the intro movie in your case there aint none Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: <IntroMovie>warintro.wmv</IntroMovie> so juste delete the warintro.wmv so you 'll get <IntroMovie></IntroMovie> Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: okay Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: Alwyas leave the html code's on your xml that way if u decide later down the road to add one u can simply add it Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: okay Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: next is the loading screen Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: no Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: file sharing Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: file manager Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: ya that Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: yeah Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: here you just insert the name of your image u want to use for file manager background Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: insert Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: example: picture1.gif Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: <LoadingScreen ShowInfo="TRUE"> <Background>warcraftbg2.jpg</Background> </LoadingScreen> to <LoadingScreen ShowInfo="TRUE"> <Background>picture1.gif</Background> </LoadingScreen> Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: as u can see it says showinfo="true" that when you load a screen or a game or whatever it will tell u in the middle of the screen like the original UX-skin does if you wish not to display rthat info replafce "true" with "false" Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: like if u load xbmc it will say loading... XBMC Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: got it??? Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: ya Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: im putting my filemanager one now Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: kk Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: <FileManager> <ackground>800_wp0.jpg<ackground> <FileManager> <LoadingScreen ShowInfo="TRUE"> <ackground>floss800x6001.gif<ackground> <LoadingScreen> Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: is that good Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: is floss8006001.gif the name of the file that the way u need it Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: the floss800X6001.gif is the name of the picture Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: yeah that what i meant Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: ya okay then ya Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: next it's the main globe Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: if u remeber the default skin on your xbox it has a xbox logo with a circle thing aroung it Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: that's the orb u can add it on your skin if you'de like Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: but in most cases it ruins the picture Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: ya Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: so if u dont want it you leave it false Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: <Main Globe="False" Orb="False" Fog="False"> <Background EnableAudio="true">warloop.wmv</Background> Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: what about the warloop Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: warloop is the video for my skin you will replace that with your 2nd image Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: so this is gonna be my menu background Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: <Main Globe="False" Orb="False" Fog="False"> <Background EnableAudio="true">floss8006002.gif</Background> Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: yah Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: okay Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: done Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: it also says <background enable audio=true"... that the sound you get when you scroll the menu and its also the background noises your kind of hear in the back Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: k Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: next is the menu Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: <Menu Smooth="True" ShowArrows="True" ShowIcon="false" Rotate="True" Align="Left" Scroll="20"> <Position Top="80" Left="20" Width="220" Height="200" Fied="False" FiAt="1" MaItem="5"></Position> <Font>Space_Age_14.pr</Font> <Preview EnableAudio="True" Top="268" Left="28" Width="211" Height="133" /> </Menu> Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: k Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: menu smooth i'm not positive but i believe its the way it scrolls up and down on the menu. I always leave true Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: showarrows are the little arrows that appear on the menu when the list is too long to be displayed Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: kk Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: showicon are the little yellow dots that appear beside the menu list Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: rotate is to have your menu rotate or u can have it displayed like a list Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: align is where u want you menu word to be place from left,right, and center Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: scroll is the speed of the menu scrolling up and down Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: 20 is a good speed Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: cool Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: yeah!!!, net is the position of your menu, alwyas remeber that top"1" and left "1" will place your menu in the top left corner Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: so from there u can move your menu you anywhere u like Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: not positive but i think it goes on a scale of 400600 Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: or600800 Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: so like the bottom of your screen would be 600 and the complete right of your screen would be 800 Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: k Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: width and height lets u adjust the size of the menu Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: fied i'm not shure its purpose but i always leave it false Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: maitems is the amount of things your manu will display before u need to scroll down or up Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: im not sure how much i have Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: dont matter you'll see it when u load your skin Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: net its the font u can change the font to your menu by adding the fonts file to your folder and changing the name here on your skin's ml Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: preview enableaudio that the sound to the menu as the other one i mentioned above is for the background Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: what u mean about the font though im lost Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: well u know how u can change fonts when your typing Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: well u can change the font of your menu Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: but it can't be truetype font ( .ttf) it needs to be an pr font ( .pr Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: get it??? Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: where do i get xpr fonts Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: hmm i got a folder with a bunch of them Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: but there are probably some on the net Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: from a font site or something Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: well i downloaded many fonts and put them in my fonts folder in windows think I might have one in there let me check Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: kk Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: most of em are true type Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: actully their all true type Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: yeah windows work with truetype Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: then what do I use for font Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: in u don't put nothing for font it will automatically used the bo default font Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: net is the <InfoFont>Space_Age_14.pr</InfoFont> Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: that again is the font for the info u want to display Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: like c:/69.254mb e:/107.254mb ip:/ 169.168.0.2 Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: got it? Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: u still awake???? Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: ya Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: i got Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: kk net is the info u want your skin to diplay, on my skin i only had the date/time and the dvd drive but u can add other info like ip, mac, bo neme, c drive space etc... Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: k then what Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: Here are some tags you can use for your skins. "DVDTitle" -The Title of the game currently loaded in the tray. If it isn't a game, reverts to either the disk type or tray state if it's empty. "C_Free" -Free space of Drive C, in Bytes. "C_Total" -Total space of Drive C, in Bytes "E_Free" "E_Total" "F_Free" "F_Total" "G_Free" "G_Total" "C_FreeMB" -Free space of Drive C, in MegaBytes. "C_TotalMB" -Total space of Drive C, in MegaBytes. "E_FreeMB" "E_TotalMB" "F_FreeMB" "F_TotalMB" "G_FreeMB" "G_TotalMB" "Time" -Current Time "Date" -Current Date -Format of date is dependent on the language you selected. "DateTime" -Current date/time "NickName" -Your Xbo Nickname "CPUTemp" -CPU Temperature, depends on your settings, it could in Celcius or Fahrenheit "MBTemp" -MoBo/System Temperature, depends on your settings, it could in Celcius or Fahrenheit "CPUTempC" -CPU Temperature, in Celcius "MBTempC" "CPUTempF" -CPU Temperature, in Fahrenheit "MBTempF" Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: that the code u put for etra info u would like to add Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: cool Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: and again u can place it anywhere u want, align it the way u want it, and u can even change the color Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: html color code are made of 6 digits Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: bo the code is made of 9 digits Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: but its the same as normal html only u add 0f infront of the color code Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: eemple white is the code ffffff for bo its 0fffffff Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: alright so now were pretty much done Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: yeah pretty much net things on my ml are image that i added over tha background video i put. but let say u decide to add an image to your background like a logo or something u can add using this code: <Image Opacity="100" Top="260" Left="15" Width="238" Height="184">prevideo.png</Image> Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: preview icon is the image of thr programmes on your bo when u go to slelect them, and gameicon is the icons from the game u got saved on your hardrive Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: if I save it now will my background be good Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: yeah it should be good Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: save it send it to your bo the if u want to change things just change it in the skin.ini file and resend only that instead of resending the whole skin Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: ah ay Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: last but not least is the color scheme Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: best thing to do for color scheme is to pick the color u like from another skin and copy paste it over this color scheme Goddamed The Skeleton Man sends: Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: her ya go bo fonts pack Goddamed The Skeleton Man says: once youre happy and your skin is nice u go to www.xbox-skins.net and create a username and post your skin there so people throughout the world can download itGoddamed The Skeleton Man says: so there u are u are now part of the JEDI conseil Ben....Forever.............Kristina says: thank u master June 28 XBOX SKINS MASTERSWe specialise in the making of modded xbox dashboard skin, (Evox-X or X-Unleashed). from a choice of 3 video and 1 photo to even a video background. The choice is yours!!!All our skins are posted on www.xbox-skins.net send email with video`s or photo and color specification to have your xbox skin create by kruedog May 24 Dirty Fueled Crue
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