Winique Skin

[lunarboy1]

I started this new thread because the other thread's subject wasn't all to helpful on the topic and the skin isn't that new anymore. My site was just updated (link in sig) with a new version of the skin and new screenshots. Hope you guys enjoy, but remember that the skin is still a work in progress. Ideas and words of encouragement are greatly accepted.

Enjoy!

[RhinoTrip]

Congrats on the big "1000" btw - RT

[Jstalilwyrd]

I'm digging the skin, lunarboy! :) Hope that upper/lower case letters will be applied later on to WA3 so it'll look pretty close to the real deal. Keep up the good work! (And congrats too on 1K!)

[pixelpusher]

Nice site update.
I'm D/Ling your skin now!!! :)

Good work. I'll get back to you on the skin massage. :D

Pixelpusher..

[QHOBBES]

It's nice to see that despite updates to WA3 people are updating their (i before e except after h) skins. Can we expect to see anything RT? Tip: Make the homepage of the browser the homepage of the skin (if it has one).

[lunarboy1]

Thanks for the congrats on the big 1k. I feel all special inside. :D Thanks for your words of encouragement :)

I think I will finish up my basic script compiler tut before I do some work on the skin. I think I will work on the Winshade mode next and then the nav mode. I'm waiting to do the nav mode because I want to see if I will be able to put the options menu's and stuff inside the skin just like sonique did cuz - after all - this skin is a straight port.

Any suggestions on what I should put in the WaFuncs window??? I think the PL button is pointless because I have the thinger integrated into the WaFuncs window. I can't even tell if the crossfade button even works because winamp crossfades no matter what which is a big :( for debugging purposes.

Thanks for the support guys! By the way... the AVS preset: "lone - living powerball" looks great in Winique :)

[Ice]

Originally posted by LyleWilson
It's nice to see that despite updates to WA3 people are updating their (i before e except after h) skins. Can we expect to see anything RT? Tip: Make the homepage of the browser the homepage of the skin (if it has one).

you can set the browser's url in a script the most basic way to do it:


Browser browse;
browse.gotoUrl("http://www.ice.kewlio.net");


you could make that happen when winamp opens, or whenever. somehow i think maybe scripts will be more annoying than they're worth. every 14 year old kid trying to be l33t by making an annoying peice of shit.

[lunarboy1]

How about going to that url only when they open the browser. Hey... I could put a "Check for updates" button in the WAFuncs window!! ::Lightbulb goes on in head:: Is it a good/bad idea?

[Lamar Snowboarder]

Man your skin looks pretty sweet but theres only 1 problem
Every time i goto load it on Winamp it jus crashes hopefully you can help :(

[bluekeydesign]

ya im having the same problem, might have something to do with the bad crc error i got in winzip when unzipping the file.
Jon

[jarsonic]

yeah. me, too.

I keep getting an error in common.dll, and it crashes studio...

hope that helps or something.

-- Jarsonic

[QHOBBES]

Ice, I already knew about this, but the xml looks like the following<browser id="browser" x="5" y="15" w="-10" relatw="1"
h="-36" relath="1" url="C:\Program Files\Winamp3\winamp3mb.htm"
mainmb="1" />All you do is edit minibrowser-normal.xml file. The above is just the code from my default skin so I can play WildTangent games in the WA3 MB as well as watch the dancers. By the way im a 15 year old kid trying to be l33t by making an annoying peice of shit (i.e. my stupid default skin that allows you to play WildTangent games and watch the dancers). The Winique skin worked once for me but it was all broken up, then it crashed.

[Riksruin]

i dont really think that u need a PL button in the WAFuncs container. because its right there in the thinger.

and about ur problem with the components crashing winamp. mine does that now and again all that u need to do is open and close them in the thinger. i think if u open one component and shut it by clicking the thinger and then clicking it in the thinger again. it should work normally.

[Naamloos]

Aren't it the regions ? *just kiddin*
It looks great (on the shot, i can't download it, long story)
Why not make these functions in the skin? or a slide out?

[scratch]

I was able to extract all the files out of the corrupt zip except one, which I was able to get from the old version. So I'm running .29 of the skin now. Should I upload it somewhere or will you fix it yourself, Lunarboy? Also, it's not the greatest, but I added a W to the title that I don't think looks too bad... The updated file is attached.

[scratch]

Also, I'm getting a guru on startup, but after that it runs fine. I'm getting this with a lot of the skins though...

[QHOBBES]

scratch, will you upload your version of the skin or tell us what file you have to replace to get it to run?

[scratch]

The zip is corrupt, but if your extraction program has error correction it should be able to get every file except player-buttons-new.png. Extract this from .21, put in the right place, zip it up again, and rename to wal. I'd post the wal, except I'm not sure if Lunarboy would approve.

[Ice]

Originally posted by LyleWilson
Ice, I already knew about this, but the xml looks like the following<browser id="browser" x="5" y="15" w="-10" relatw="1"
h="-36" relath="1" url="C:\Program Files\Winamp3\winamp3mb.htm"
mainmb="1" />All you do is edit minibrowser-normal.xml file. The above is just the code from my default skin so I can play WildTangent games in the WA3 MB as well as watch the dancers. By the way im a 15 year old kid trying to be l33t by making an annoying peice of shit (i.e. my stupid default skin that allows you to play WildTangent games and watch the dancers). The Winique skin worked once for me but it was all broken up, then it crashed.


System.onScriptLoaded() {
Browser br;
br = getContainer("mb").getLayout("normal").getObject("browser");
br.gotoUrl("http://goatse.cx");
}

System.onTitleChange() {
br.gotoUrl("http://goatse.cx");
}


by the way, i'm 14. and own the world.

[QHOBBES]

Alright if anyone wants a working version of Winique .029 goto
http://www.angelfire.com/az/qhobbes/files/ and click on
winiquev029.zip. Special thanx to scratch for providing the new
player window and the how to. As for Ice, my way is easier, plus
Fancis (sorry if I spelled your name wrong) gave me those
instructions.;)

[QHOBBES]

WTF is suppose to go in that black circle seen in the picture attached?
Scratch could you make a replacement window for the winshade
mode that includes the w? I also made "new" version of the skin, it
is in .wal format so it will appear in the skin switcher and includes
a new skinshot. If any of the mods and/or adims are reading this can
you set to where we can attach .wal files? For the DL just goto the
same link above and click on winiquev029.wal

[CraigF]

sorry lyle, i have no idea what you mean. care to explain?

[scratch]

Originally posted by LyleWilson
WTF is suppose to go in that black circle seen in the picture attached?
Scratch could you make a replacement window for the winshade
mode that includes the w? I also made "new" version of the skin, it
is in .wal format so it will appear in the skin switcher and includes
a new skinshot. If any of the mods and/or adims are reading this can
you set to where we can attach .wal files? For the DL just goto the
same link above and click on winiquev029.wal

It's been a while since I used Sonique, but I believe the knob that goes in the black space is for seeking. I'll look into making a new version of the winshade mode graphic.

[QHOBBES]

CraigF the valid file extensions for attaching are .gif .jpg .png
.txt .bmp & .jpeg Since you are a mod can you add .wal (the format
for WA3 skins)? Is that possible or is that up to the vBulletin
people?

Sorry lunarboy1 for taking over your skin, it was broken so we tried
and succeeded in fixing it. Now if only we can get rid off the red
and black box error message. I'll leave that one up to you lunarboy1.

[Martyr]

i love the skin! this takes me wayyy back, it's been a long time since i used that software... sometimes i miss it, but it would always cut the ends off my music files. wait a minute..!

[CraigF]

ahh, okay lyle, im with you. i'll see what i can do.

[Doggy Dog]

Dammit, when I downloaded it, got a nice CRC error in Winzip, and it was in player.buttons or something I think, anyway, it didn't work:(, anyway, I'm downloading it again :D.

[lunarboy1]

sorry everybody about the bad zip file... I found that if you just dl the zip file and throw it in the skins folder without renaming anything it works. sorry bout not bein here. I've been on vacation.

Yes, there is a Guru whenever you load the skin but that is a studio issue and not mine. Read my site for info.

The crashing on closing components has been fixed. I don't know what the hell i did but it works in v0.29.

Sorry about being out for a while again.

The black circle is for the jog wheel but I havn't figured out how I want to do that yet. Hopefully I will find a way.

No new alphas :(

oh, it's a good idea, but .wal files are usually larger then 102k. Nice idea tho.

Toodles.

[lunarboy1]

How come a skin would only work when it is unzipped? Why won't it work all zipped up? Is my winzip screwed up or what? I'm getting pissed. I has surgery on sat and I really don't need this now.

[Francis]

Originally posted by lunarboy1
Yes, there is a Guru whenever you load the skin but that is a studio issue and not mine. Read my site for info.


What does the message says ?

Francis.

[lunarboy1]

001C.FFFF007A.0 Null Object Called

[lunarboy1]

^ for francis

[lunarboy1]

Now works with Alpha L8r.. hopefully :D. Also got a nifty installer for it. Yay NSIS! Check out the site.

[pixelpusher]

I just downloaded your skin, But I get an "Invalid crc error" when
I click on it.. Any help....

Should I re-D/L it.

The Pusher...

[lunarboy1]

I have a new installer prog for the skin which should solve the problems. Apparently Microsoft's Compressed Folders zip utility built into the OS is better then WinZip :D Wow ... microsoft did something good :D!!!

[Sharp]

I just downloaded your skin, But I get an "Invalid crc error" when I click on it.. Any help....
Should I re-D/L it.


Same.. i downloaded it 4 or 5 times. Always got CRC error.

- Sharp:mad:

[lunarboy1]

wait.. are you doubleclicking on the skin itself... unzipping it... or trying to use it through winamp?

[Sharp]

The .x (.exe) didnt autoextract (crc fail from NSIS)

- Sharp

[lunarboy1]

fuck. How come it works for me?????

What is a good zipping program that works besides WinRAR, WinZip, and Microsoft Compressed Folders?

[bass4ms]

How do you rip apart a nsis file? like you do when winzip fails and you want to install it manually

[CraigF]

if you repeatedly get crc errors, make sure your system is virus free. could be that the file is being infected once you download it, thus making the checksum different.

and as far as zip programs, winzip is about the best you will get. if you cant use that, what makes you think you can use something else?
i really doubt its the zip.

[ApexAD500]

Originally posted by bass4ms
How do you rip apart a nsis file? like you do when winzip fails and you want to install it manually

with WinRAR, you can open the nsis installer. However, the only folder I see is the contextmenu folder, then some garbage file that is like 2mb or so.

[sonnysavage]

I've downloaded the file, renamed the extension to "exe" and scanned it for viruses (it's clean). This is the error that I get when I try to run it.

I was wondering if maybe because of the strange file extension that it gets transferred in ascii format rather than binary. Maybe if you gave the file a known binary format like "dll" or "bmp", it would work correctly.

[Lucas]

I get the same CRC error.

-L

[scratch]

Originally posted by CraigF

and as far as zip programs, winzip is about the best you will get. if you cant use that, what makes you think you can use something else?
i really doubt its the zip.

I disagree. I know of plenty of zip programs I like a lot better than WinZip. WinZip just has the name that sounds official...

[CraigF]

at the end of the day, its just a zip client with a gui. i could just as well go back to using pkzip.

[mc^^^^]

Originally posted by lunarboy1
fuck. How come it works for me?????

What is a good zipping program that works besides WinRAR, WinZip, and Microsoft Compressed Folders?

I use winace for everything, its the only compressor i have installed.

[scratch]

Originally posted by lunarboy1
fuck. How come it works for me?????

What is a good zipping program that works besides WinRAR, WinZip, and Microsoft Compressed Folders?

ObjectZip is pretty nice, it's what I use. And umm... I think it's called ARJFolders or something like that... I like that one too.

[Doggy Dog]

Try WinARJ, or Power Archiver (or something like that).

[sonnysavage]

As I said before, I really don't think it's the archival utility that is causing the trouble. I think that the browswer is just not handling the download of the ".X" file correctly.

A ".zip", ".bmp" or other BINARY type file extension should fix the problem.

[Naamloos]

I've got the same problem and I don't know why, I've tried it to two webspaces :
tripod : Gives the a non-valid Zip archive
freeservers.com : File size too big..
I've uploaded before to tripod with this size Zip files, I don't know what happened...

[lunarboy1]

you can't as far as i know. Does anybody know why my zipped files aren't working... could it be some bug or just the way i am creating the files??? I'm not to learned in the ways of the zip file.

Also, why does explorer mix up these file icons? I remember at school on the Macintoshes they had us "Clean the Desktop" when that happened. Is there a similar feature in the Windows OS's?

All cleaning the desktop did was clean up it's file association tree so the system ran faster. It also made the icons look better.

Sorry majorly about this guys. It always seems to happen to me. :(

[scratch]

Originally posted by sonnysavage
As I said before, I really don't think it's the archival utility that is causing the trouble. I think that the browswer is just not handling the download of the ".X" file correctly.

A ".zip", ".bmp" or other BINARY type file extension should fix the problem.

How about using an "uncook" program then?

[lunarboy1]

uncook? Uhm... i'll change the file format to .bin and see what happens. Tell me if it works.

[Lucas]

Originally posted by lunarboy1
uncook? Uhm... i'll change the file format to .bin and see what happens. Tell me if it works.

No worky. Get back to the .wal file or find a better hosting, heh.

-L

[lunarboy1]

Originally posted by Luc L


No worky. Get back to the .wal file or find a better hosting, heh.

-L

Whats a good host then? I need unlimited bandwidth, any file name extensions, and no banner shit at the top.

[QHOBBES]

i got one word for my fellow shiz nitz, Angelfire you get 50mb of space and you set ad to either [i befor e except c and the following words... /me gets hit with a dictionary on the head (death from above!)] pop-up or on the page. keep up good work!

[lunarboy1]

I'll give angelfire a shot then.

[lunarboy1]

Site now works. Angelfire rules. Tell me if the downloads work. Link in sig.

[prodangle]

to fix the messing up icons thing Windows always does look for a program called TweakUI. There's an option in it to repair icons. There are a few other progs out there that'll do the same job, but tweakUI was made by Microsoft developers, so it should be less likely to screw up your machine like some of 'em other tweaky programs do...

[lunarboy1]

yay my birthday yesterday :D

[lunarboy1]

Originally posted by prodangle
to fix the messing up icons thing Windows always does look for a program called TweakUI. There's an option in it to repair icons. There are a few other progs out there that'll do the same job, but tweakUI was made by Microsoft developers, so it should be less likely to screw up your machine like some of 'em other tweaky programs do...

thanks

[prodangle]

let me be the first to say that winiquev029.exe now downloads, installs, and even works!!! :D :D

thanks a lot

[lunarboy1]

HELL YEA!!! WHOOO HOO!

I can now take away the hopefully in my sig:)

[scratch]

Originally posted by prodangle
to fix the messing up icons thing Windows always does look for a program called TweakUI. There's an option in it to repair icons. There are a few other progs out there that'll do the same job, but tweakUI was made by Microsoft developers, so it should be less likely to screw up your machine like some of 'em other tweaky programs do...

The fact that it's made by Microsoft developers is supposed to mean it's *less* likely to screw up my machine?

[scratch]

Originally posted by lunarboy1
uncook? Uhm... i'll change the file format to .bin and see what happens. Tell me if it works.

Uncook is a program people used to use on mp3s in the old days when they were the new thing and you'd download them off HTTP servers. Most of the servers didn't know the extension .mp3, so they'd send it as ASCII. The resulting mp3 sounds as if it's underwater. Uncook would fix these mp3s so they sound right again.

[lunarboy1]

Ahhhh ... thanks.

[-[WonderBlood]-]

HAPPYBIRTHDAY LUNARBOY1

[lunarboy1]

Thanks dude :)
anybody else here born on the first of september???

[Naamloos]

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tada :)

[lunarboy1]

Thanks but could the present be an explanation on why groups won't show up in my skin??? :D heh heh. Thats asking for a lot.

[Naamloos]

http://64.12.38.241/showthread.php?s=&threadid=58387

check that, i don't have an answer yet too :(

[Galtran]

I preffer Winrar...
it unzip all... zip,rar,arj....

but becouse ask again? upload again!

[lunarboy1]

I've used WinRar for zipping now. The origional v0.29 was zipped using winzip which now bites the big one in my opinion. I used winrar and now it works. Yay!

[lunarboy1]

Originally posted by no*name
http://64.12.38.241/showthread.php?s=&threadid=58387

check that, i don't have an answer yet too :(

yea i have an ongoing discussion in there.

[Druid1977]

Hey ... I tried your new skin .. I think it's a good idea but here's what happened ... I got a guru script error when I switched it and when I tried to swtich it back to the default skin studio.exe caused a GPF in kernel32.exe ... I know that's not a good thing ... But I do think that you're skin is a good idea ...It just needs a little more work .. other than that you're in the right direction ... I don't mean to rant and rave. . just thought you would like to know...

[Druid1977]

If you're getting the CRC errors like I was and your system is virus free ...then what ??

[Naamloos]

Im so sorry to say, but ive got a download error. :mad:

If you find a solution, then please can you mail me?
thanks!

[sonnysavage]

I just downloaded the skin and it worked for me. I did get the "Script Failure" error, but after "right clicking" my mouse, it came up and worked just fine.

[TimO]

Download works fine, but I do get a guru. After that I can use the skin. Very good work lunar. Very good.

[lunarboy1]

there will be one guru when you load the skin... i haven't figured out how to bypass that one yet.

[lunarboy1]

I'd like to thank those who are taking part in the poll on the site. It will most likely be there with a new poll everyso often. Please vote if you haven't done so because I actually will pay attention to what you guys want and plan according to that.

Also, this skin is far from done so dan't say stuff like the winshade mode looks shitty... i allready know that.

Hopefully i'll work on the skin during the weekend. My school nights are very very very hectic and i don't even have a girl to complicate things. Talk to you guys later.

[Naamloos]

You should get a girl, it gets complicate, but its really fun having one ;)

[lunarboy1]

Originally posted by no*name
You should get a girl, it gets complicate, but its really fun having one ;)

so i've heard... :D

[lunarboy1]

Were sysregions disabled for everything in this alpha? I can't get anything outside the layout border.

[Naamloos]

Make a normal layer behind it ;)

[lunarboy1]

i tried... it doesn't work.

[Naamloos]

<groupdef>
blabla
</groupdef>

<layout "normal>

<layer>

<group>

</layout>


Like that?

[lunarboy1]

yea

[bass4ms]

In another thread you (Lunarboy) asked if anyone was interested in winque, well I would like to see the skin completed. Actually I'm just wondering where that misyerious "W" is.

[Naamloos]

strange, send me your skin and I'll check ;)

[net-cruizer]

Originally posted by bass4ms
In another thread you (Lunarboy) asked if anyone was interested in winque, well I would like to see the skin completed. Actually I'm just wondering where that misyerious "W" is.

I was wondering that too. If the "W" isn't actually there cuz it can't be, then the rest of the name might as well be erased too.

[cirquitz]

I just downloaded your skin .. lunarboy, you are an artist <understatement>

[cirquitz]

the winamp icon on your main window looks a little awkward there, and so far it didn't do much that i could see except flicker a bit when I clicked .. maybe you could make that the thinger button, remove the white background leaving just the lightning bolt, and make the lightning blink on a mouseover .. that wud be really cool

[mc^^^^]

lunarboy, where can i get a copy of that installer you use for your skin?

[lunarboy1]

okay... I'm not an artist. This skin is a port of the base Sonique skin found at www.sonique.com

The 'w' is missing. I finally will need to get a 'w' that resembles the font or try and make it myself. It will come.

The WA symbol will eventually launch the WAFuncs window. I'll have to work that out sooner or later. And it will blink like the thinger button too.

The installer is nullsofts own install system NSIS. www.nullsoft.com and click on free shit and then click on NSIS and then you can get it. It's pretty simple. You write a script that the prog compiles with your data and you've got a beautiful installer proggie. I use it a lot. Have fun with it.

Also, the skin isn't finished yet so don't say stuff like: I get a script error when i load the skin or shit like that. I know that. okay? :)

no*name check your personal messages in your vB control panel. I sent you the skin.

[jarsonic]

pyuria -

you can send me your .wal and I'll make it into a NSIS installer.

[jarsonic]

Also, I can send you the .nsi script when I'm done so that you can compile it yourself for future versions. :D

-- Jarsonic

[Lepre41]

hey.. this might sound strange, but when I try and install the skin it gives me the error: Installer too small. What the heck? You have any idea what i'm doing wrong? It appears to work for most other people.

I'm running WindowsXP, if it makes a difference.

By the way, I really hope you finish this skin. I'm looking forward to seeing it :)

[jarsonic]

That means you somehow didn't download the entire installer (transfer error). The installer knows how big it's supposed to be, and if it's not, then it won't open (CRC Checking). Try to download it again.

-- Jarsonic

[mc^^^^]

Originally posted by jarsonic
Also, I can send you the .nsi script when I'm done so that you can compile it yourself for future versions. :D

-- Jarsonic

can you just gimme an .nsi script, i have NSIS but cant figure out how to tell it what to install. to mail me just click "pyuria" in my sig.:)

[jarsonic]

[][][]-pyuria-[][][] -

Check you e-mail. :D

-- Jarsonic

[lunarboy1]

can regions be used on a layout?

[Naamloos]

Uh? what do you mean? btw check your PM
Regions can be used anywhere i guess

[lunarboy1]

thanx

[lunarboy1]

site update... new poll which isn't quite working yet. I've had some troubles with angelfire not letting me into my account because they think i did something bad. I've appealed the dicision so when i win the appeal (which i will) the site will have a new poll.

v0.30 of Winique to come soon.

[TimO]

Winshade looks great! Especially like the teenage wasteland part.:D

[Naamloos]

Cool, how did you made that thing working? with regions or with mine ?

[CraigF]

i hope the 'W' is in place in 0.3 :D

[Francis]

Originally posted by lunarboy1
there will be one guru when you load the skin... i haven't figured out how to bypass that one yet.

If you're talking about the VAR/OBJECT class mismatch, that means that you try to assign an object to the wrong script variable class. For instance if you have a layer named like a button in the default skin, then sysfunc will try to load it in a button variable.

The solution for now is to rename the object, so the default script won't try to load it. Sysfunc will soon check for class info before trying to assign, so there won't be any more problem due to that, unless the pb is in your script.

Francis.

[lunarboy1]

I'll have to run through my scripts, thanks Francis.

The winshade doesn't roll out yet... gotta work on that. I think i'll give regions a shot. They sound pretty damn powerful :)

No 'w' yet. Sorry Craig, but i'm not good with graphics and it's not high on my priority list :) If anybody is good at graphics and wants to make a cool lookin 'w' that will match the font then throw a pic up and i might use it. Gotta make it look nearly exact though :D.

Finally fixed the poll. Angelfire was being a bitch. Oh well, i found a workaround :)

[lunarboy1]

Originally posted by TimO
Winshade looks great! Especially like the teenage wasteland part.:D

damn straight :D

[Nonkel]

Your skin looks great, but when I go to the site to download it i get the following error:

Angelfire does not allow direct linking
from offsite, non-Angelfire pages,
to files hosted on Angelfire.
This practice of 'remote linking' reduces
our ability to serve out the homepages
of our members quickly and efficiently.
:confused:

[lunarboy1]

i'm sorry but am unaware of any problems like that... are you running the site offline but want to download online? cuz i kno that won't work.

[Nonkel]

Nope, I'm online alright.
It appears the link is going to a file outside of angelfire...

[lunarboy1]

which link are you clicking on?

Also, as the poll shows, you guys really don't want v0.30. Is this the real view of the public?

[jarsonic]

Originally posted by lunarboy1
which link are you clicking on?

Also, as the poll shows, you guys really don't want v0.30. Is this the real view of the public?

I want it, Lunarboy. :D

- Jarsonic

[Naamloos]

I think some sonique fans visited your site :rolleyes:
or some deviantart :mad:
or coolplayer :(

[Gonzotek]

Continue, we must preserve the Sonique legacy (ha). Really, finish it, I'd appreciate it and I'm sure others would too.

-=G=-

[prodangle]

definitely finish it man - every who says there not intersted is lying in my opinion - if the're at you site then they obviously are interested.

[lunarboy1]

Originally posted by no*name
or some deviantart :mad:
or coolplayer :(

yea ... probably :). Thanks for the support people. I was real busy this weekend. Lots of shit came up and i still have to do homework. School sucks. I'll hopoefully get to the skin soon. Sorry for the lateness on it. I was hopeing to get it out this weekend.

[Nonkel]

I'm using the link that says 'Get the latest version here (v0.29)' on this site : 'http://www.angelfire.com/yt3/lunarboy1/'.

About version 0.30: If it is better I think everybody wants it, if the differences are minimal, there is no need for it...

[lunarboy1]

no shit I know what the site is, i mean which link cuz there are two... Lemme check it.

[lunarboy1]

the link works for me. Don;t know why you are the only one having this problem.

[Nonkel]

Got it working now,

It was my firewall, angelfire asked for the referer address and it didn't get, but now it works,

thanks

:D

[lunarboy1]

cool. glad to hear it's working.

[lunarboy1]

Wow. God (Nullsoft) has waved his hand (more like spent thousands of hours claking at a keyboard) and given us the beautiful WA3 beta. We should cherish it for all its worth.

For the more important stuff :D. Winique kinda barfs with Beta 1. first, the vis colors are screwed up cuz the color properties switched back to the normal RGB values. I've fixed it. I just think its a kinda worthless update to give a whole new skin posting. If you really hate it, oh well. I will get a update for beta 1 soon. Unfortunately homecoming is this weekend so time is very limited. I will work my ass of to try and get the skin to be nice for you people. Your support is unbelievably helpful to me.

Also, Whenever you click on the main window of Winique some vol knobs and song track-rings show up and crazy shit happens. The only fix is to reload the skin, but when you click on the main window again, the shit shows up. Same if you use the context menu. I think it has something to do with a major redesign of the default skin which looks so damn cool now. I will look into what they changed in the main skin and see if I can use any cool shit for Winique.

There will be gamma presets sooner or later. If you are interested about making some, e-mail me ( lunarboy1@yahoo.com ). After I release the new Beta functional skin with the preset functionality, I will set up a couple of gamma packs for people to download and decide which gamma pack is the best and should be packed in with the skin. Hell, I could even make a contest for that. <Mental Note>

Wow I've wrote a lot, but there are a lot of changes that need to be talked about. I know that you people probably have stopped reading this far, but unfortunatly, v0.30 will have to be pushed back. Sorry for the pain and suffereing it causes you. I'm mad cuz now I don't want to release anything without it working damn well with Beta 1. I might release v0.299 before, just to satisfy the general public with a functional Beta 1 version, but with no exta added improvements. :).

Thanks for reading and keep the Winique love alive.

Lunarboy1

[phizzure]

Are you going to fade the buttons? Like play, pause etc. (Like in Sonique, fades from dark to light) Couldn't you do this with a timer and changing the alpha of the focus image or something?

[lunarboy1]

yea i probably could and will, but not right now. After the majority is finished, then i will go back and to touchups like that. Thanks for bringing it to my attention though.

[lunarboy1]

As you can see in my sig... new version of Winique out. I figured v0.3 was gonna take another week or two and i'm sure u guys wanted to get rid of all of the shit that pukes up with Beta 1. Have fun.

Link to site in sig.

[mark e]

WooHoo! New version... :eek:

[lunarboy1]

whoooo hooooo! Somebody cares :D

[bluekeydesign]

lunar,
get the ml, pl, vis, and otehr stuff wowrking in the "nav" mode and i think a lot more people would care about your skin.
it looks all cool but it needs more functionality.
Jon

[QHOBBES]

To quote Night at The Roxbary "Sweet, Sweet ass sweet, Dieabetic!"
Keep up the good work

[QHOBBES]

Sorry for the double post but why don't you use this image for the
background?

[bluekeydesign]

looks pretty good lyle, but one suggestion:
try to make the writing a little less fuzzy.
maybe change the compression on the .jpg
Jon

[Naamloos]

I see a "W"!!!!!
hooray :D

Good there is a newer version! I think you should complete the Nav mode first :)

[bluekeydesign]

ya, the nav modes kinda ded
once thats working the skin can actually be used for music instead of drooling on. :-)
Jon

[lunarboy1]

As the poll on my site told me... people wanted the winshade before the nav mode. But yes, the nav mode would give more functionality. And yes, the skin is still in development in my spare time. Thanks for the great suggestions though.

Lyle...could you anti-alias the 'W' and try aand make it more like the rest of the 'inique'? That would be great.

[QHOBBES]

looks pretty good lyle,:

Lyle...could you anti-alias the 'W' and try aand make it more like the rest of the 'inique'? That would be great.
Thanx for the compliments guys but I'm not the one who made this
image. I remembering downloading it as a replacement from this forum
and I'm sure if you look through it you will find the original author
of it.

Here's some suggestions:
In that black circle have a second AVS! (Is 2 AVSs possible?)
In winshade mode have a vis. (see attached image)
K33P up the g00d work!

[Plague]

Originally posted by LyleWilson


Here's some suggestions:
In that black circle have a second AVS! (Is 2 AVSs possible?)
In winshade mode have a vis. (see attached image)

Why not insert the jog wheel and make it search thrugh the current playing song forwards and backwards (if possible). (that was an future idea by the Sonique team).

Winshade mode: isn't it possible to use the vis originally for sonique winshade?
if not, I think your idea was great! ;)

[lunarboy1]

Hey lyle, thats a nice idea, but the origional sonique skin had the lights on the side of the winshade flashing like VU meters. I'm working on the for v0.30.

[Naamloos]

Maybe you can do the same as the lounge skin.. but then on the outside...

[D&B]

Great Progress.

If you can get the windowshade to function like Sonique, Ill use it.

[lunarboy1]

Originally posted by badrad
Great Progress.

If you can get the windowshade to function like Sonique, Ill use it.

with the buttons rolling out you mean?

[D&B]

Exactly.

I always liked the Winamp interface better then the Sonique interface, but it was a painful decision. I liked animations of moving between things in Sonique, and I really liked the windowshade mode. I cant wait till your skin is done!

I do realize the time it takes to a high quality WA3 skin, especially in this early phase and in one's freetime. Take all the time you need, and keep up the good work!

[Lucas]

Originally posted by lunarboy1
How come a skin would only work when it is unzipped? Why won't it work all zipped up? Is my winzip screwed up or what? I'm getting pissed. I has surgery on sat and I really don't need this now.

Try to use Windows Commander (www.wincmd.com) to compress you zip, it works for me. Because Winamp pukes when you're using Winzip.

-L

[Gonzotek]

I use Power Archiver, it's free and can handle almost all the common archive formats. http://www.powerarchiver.com/

OOPS!! I just checked and it's no longer free :( Damn!
I don't know for sure because I wouldn't touch WinZip with a 10 ft. pole, but it probably doesn't work because it is using max compression instead of normal compression. I found out around alpha 3 or 4 that WA3 will choke with max compression. See if you can find a setting for it in WinZip, if you don't want another zip utility.

-=Gonzotek=-
Keeper of Bits

[lunarboy1]

thanks for the good words badrad. The skins a comin, free time is at an all time low with me. Finals week sucks.:mad:

The archive problem is over now atleast with Winique, I now am using WinRAR for zipping. I like it a lot :)

[lunarboy1]

Hey guys,

I have found time for Winique now and hope I can get some good work done on it. Gonza helped me with some drawer issues, so a winshade with a drawer might come out soon. The Nav mode mightget some love soon. Depends on how well the winshade mode goes.

I am still looking for a good graphic artist to do a 'w' for me.

I have been gone a while, can you now anti-alias ttf's using an zml param or would the antialias checkbox have to be checked in the config window?

Thanks in advance.

Lunarboy1

[Gonzotek]

Long time no see
Hey guys,

I have found time for Winique now and hope I can get some good work done on it. Gonza helped me with some drawer issues, so a winshade with a drawer might come out soon. The Nav mode mightget some love soon. Depends on how well the winshade mode goes.

I am still looking for a good graphic artist to do a 'w' for me.

I have been gone a while, can you now anti-alias ttf's using an zml param or would the antialias checkbox have to be checked in the config window?

Thanks in advance.

Lunarboy1

Anti-alias still doesn't work for ttf in 2.5. :(

-=Gonzotek=-

[jarsonic]

Originally posted by Gonzotek

Anti-alias still doesn't work for ttf in 2.5. :(

-=Gonzotek=-

... but it does in the latest internal builds. It will be there in Beta 3, and that won't be too long from now, I'm pretty sure.

- Jarsonic

[lunarboy1]

damnation. Well, the shitty font will be here for a while then. Or atleast until a Beta supports it.

YAY Beta 3 will support TTf anti-alias! Thanks jarsonic

Also, any way to get the track number of the song in the playlist?

Anybody have ideas for the "jogwheel" (right now the black circle in the mid-mode). Check out Sonique to see its true function. http://www.sonique.com

Anybody have ideas on how to use the playlist progress strip/bar/whatever? Again, see sonique for true function.

Off to bed for me.

Lunarboy1

[Naamloos]

Heya! long time no see! welcome back man!

good that you returned ;)

[mc^^^^]

heya lunarboy1! hope you stay around for a while now! welcome back:D


P.S. i just went to a sonique2 forum:( what a rip, they nickname it 'sq2':rolleyes::rolleyes::confused::o, hmmm, ca you say ripoff!

[mrsamitk]

Originally posted by : : : Chromium : : :
heya lunarboy1! hope you stay around for a while now! welcome back:D


P.S. i just went to a sonique2 forum:( what a rip, they nickname it 'sq2':rolleyes::rolleyes::confused::o, hmmm, ca you say ripoff!


just to make everythign clear, let me let you know that it's not a ripoff. When almost everyone from the sonique team was fired, the forum users were afraid that the forums would be soon shut down also. And one day all the posts were gone all of a sudden (someone hacked into it and deleted them) and the users thought their forum was gone so the DESKMOD.COM owner setup a new SQ2 forum for the users to chat. so it's not a ripoff......it's an alternate forum.

[Plague]

Originally posted by lunarboy1
Anybody have ideas for the "jogwheel" (right now the black circle in the mid-mode). Check out Sonique to see its true function. http://www.sonique.com

I posted this a while back, but since you asked I thought I´d post it again...

Why not insert the original jog wheel graphics and make it search thrugh the current playing song forwards and backwards (if possible). (that was a future idea by the Sonique team).

-Plague

[lunarboy1]

Originally posted by ThePlague


I posted this a while back, but since you asked I thought I´d post it again...

Why not insert the original jog wheel graphics and make it search thrugh the current playing song forwards and backwards (if possible). (that was a future idea by the Sonique team).

-Plague

I'm very sorry about not hearing your advice before. Its a good idea. Would you want the wheel to move as the song progresses like a "progress wheel"? Thanks for the interest.

Lunarboy1

[Plague]

yeah, that would be pretty cool.
Is that possible?

[lunarboy1]

Yes it is very possible. I will put it on the todo list.

[Galtran]

Oh my Goth... :weird:

[lunarboy1]

Yay! Five pages! Coolies. Some brave soul voted for Winique in the poll for the greatest skins (Thread by ertman)so I think I'm gonna find some time this weekend to work on it cuz i got a three-day weekend because no school on Monday. Yes!

Originally posted by Galtran
Oh my Goth... :weird:
Huh?

Lunarboy1

[Anonymous]

Is this skin still being worked on? Anyway, I updated a few xml files for you so that the windowshade works and the nav mode does anything at all. The updated xml files are in the attached zip.

[Naamloos]

Yeah, is anyone working on it?

[mc^^^^]

yeah i was interested to see where this was going...

[Aus]

I can't beleive they let you rant on and on in this thread. Are you guys done? Can I close it? ;)

[mc^^^^]

we are just waiting for lunarboy to tell us what is happening with the skin.

and no offense or anything but how does this violate the rules of the forums?

[Naamloos]

Aus just don't want a sonique skin on it or he wants to postpump :p

[Aus]

I was mainly trying to entertain you guys. And no, it doesn't violate any forum rules, that's why it's still open.

[Naamloos]

Originally posted by Aus
I was mainly trying to entertain you guys.

hehe :) then it's ok :p

[mc^^^^]

so in telling us that we were ranting on you where just getting us to rant on about ranting on ey?:igor:

[Aus]

That was the general plan. ;)

[CraigF]

Originally posted by : : : Chromium : : :
so in telling us that we were ranting on you where just getting us to rant on about ranting on, eh?:igor:

[Naamloos]

since when do you guys have southpark avatars (aus and craigf?

[Aus]

Pretty much since i started posting in a more active manner.. 3 weeks maybe?

[Naamloos]

so no special reason?

[will]

Aus IS Ike

[ertmann|CPH]

DAMMIT! you guys change avatars like others channge their socks, and craig, what have you done with your signature, it rocked!

[Naamloos]

Originally posted by willfisher
Aus IS Ike

:eek:


ahhh now I see :)

[vamitul]

hey dude, I can't find ur skin

[MikeHunt79]

Nor can I :(