Unusual prob

The Cool Dude · 13th April 2005, 13:18

ok i got a wierd prob. i'm making a skin. the main player is acting wierd. the main player's bg(whick i've made as a layer as i have a drawer on top so cant have it as bg) is displayed as if it is 500 pixel wide(it is not complete it just ends). i've tried lots of things like making a trasperent bg(not as a layer but the layout bg), tried w property of the group and layout. it doesnt help. anybody had the same prob b4? any soloution, guess on what to do. cause i never expected something like this to happen)

pls help.

PulseDriver · 13th April 2005, 18:20

You mean parts of the drawer moves into something making parts of it disappear? That's one out of two possible things if I get you right. Either the studio.xnf that have "cached" the size of your skin at some point the dimensions were different, delete the studio.xnf from the winamp folder (this will erase all the personal setting of all your skins), or you have forgot to tag the size in the of the container... with both height and width (including the transparent area of the image you want to use).

Michgelsen · 13th April 2005, 18:58

I had a problem like this once. My eq background was stretched too much and there was nothing I could do about, so I posted here. Nobody could solve it (you know, usual "set your group width" and such), so I posted my skin. They couldn't see what I meant, they weren't encountering the problem like me, very weird.
Of course deleting studio.xnf didn't work, so I decided to reinstall winamp ... et voila, the problem was gone. Everything back to normal suddenly. Weird, but what the hell, it got fixed.

The Cool Dude · 14th April 2005, 06:10

Pulse Driver, thats not what i meant. i've not made the drawer as yet so i've reserved the space 4 that but just the bg layer disappers after the 501th pixel across. but anyway i'll try to reinstall winamp and check. but Michgelsen what happens if others used that skin, wud they alsoreinstall winamp?

Michgelsen · 14th April 2005, 08:16

No they wouldn't notice anything weird.

[edit]
That thread is here:
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....hreadid=186717
[/edit]

PulseDriver · 14th April 2005, 09:36

Well, if just parts of you skin disappears into "nothing" it can also be the studio.xnf... have you tried to delete it? (take a backup of it if you have lots of personal settings and deleting it didn't help) if it helped, you need to wack that studio.xnf for good.

Also, if you're gonna try to delete/move the studio.xnf, DO CLOSE ALL APPS connected with winamp, as the tray, agent and wait a few seconds after you've closed everthing which winamp runs, so the studio.xnf updates. Then you can move/delete it, and then run winamp again. If you delete the file while winamp is running, the variables are written from the memory, creating a new one with the old variables (since they were stored in the memory).

The studio.xnf is created/updated upon winamp termination, and the file is read when winamp is loaded.

Michgelsen · 14th April 2005, 18:44

Quote:

Originally posted by Michgelsen
Of course deleting studio.xnf didn't work

PulseDriver · 15th April 2005, 10:46

Um I am confused, was it you or the cool dude that needed the problem solved

Deleting the studio.xnf have always solved this kinda problem for me many times.

The Cool Dude · 16th April 2005, 07:20

wierd probs have wierd solutions. i fixed it by re-installing winamp less disaperred, change the backgound, alphabackground, etc and i worked!
anyway thanks.

The Cool Dude · 18th April 2005, 06:31

i deleted the studio.xnf file but even worse things happend only one layer out of the many in ths skin was visible. i made sure all winamp related apps werent running. and then deleted it. but again i fixed it by adding wierd things in wierd places.

PulseDriver · 18th April 2005, 12:00

Well, I can tell you that much, as a deleted studio.xnf is what every other user than yourself will be seing so going from a point where there is no "cache" of your skin is the way to go. If the results are different before you delete and after you delete studio.xnf, there are errors you should correct no matter what, unless you don't intend to release the skin for others to download.

The Cool Dude · 19th April 2005, 07:14

so if i want to test a skin i gotta delete that file?

Michgelsen · 19th April 2005, 13:15

Yes in that file is saved which colortheme you were using, all window sizes and positions and any custom values (if you have used "setPrivateInt( etc." in your scripts) along with the values of the preferences --> modern skins tab. So if you have tweaked the timers resolution or enabled alpha blending, they will be reset after you delete studio.xnf.

Basically your skin will act as if you have just downloaded it.

The Cool Dude · 20th April 2005, 11:29

thanks

13th April 2005, 13:18	#1
The Cool Dude Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: hell Posts: 343	Unusual prob ok i got a wierd prob. i'm making a skin. the main player is acting wierd. the main player's bg(whick i've made as a layer as i have a drawer on top so cant have it as bg) is displayed as if it is 500 pixel wide(it is not complete it just ends). i've tried lots of things like making a trasperent bg(not as a layer but the layout bg), tried w property of the group and layout. it doesnt help. anybody had the same prob b4? any soloution, guess on what to do. cause i never expected something like this to happen) pls help. The Cool Dude - a bit too cool The Windows 2000 skin Attribs Maker

13th April 2005, 18:20	#2
PulseDriver w3 addict (Major Dude) Join Date: May 2004 Location: Norway Posts: 1,804	You mean parts of the drawer moves into something making parts of it disappear? That's one out of two possible things if I get you right. Either the studio.xnf that have "cached" the size of your skin at some point the dimensions were different, delete the studio.xnf from the winamp folder (this will erase all the personal setting of all your skins), or you have forgot to tag the size in the of the container... with both height and width (including the transparent area of the image you want to use). 09 F9 11 01 9D 74 E8 5B D8 41 56 C3 63 56 81 C0

13th April 2005, 18:58	#3
Michgelsen Major Dude Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,416	I had a problem like this once. My eq background was stretched too much and there was nothing I could do about, so I posted here. Nobody could solve it (you know, usual "set your group width" and such), so I posted my skin. They couldn't see what I meant, they weren't encountering the problem like me, very weird. Of course deleting studio.xnf didn't work, so I decided to reinstall winamp ... et voila, the problem was gone. Everything back to normal suddenly. Weird, but what the hell, it got fixed. Skins: Rectangular, AudioRack & Studiosus

14th April 2005, 06:10	#4
The Cool Dude Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: hell Posts: 343	Pulse Driver, thats not what i meant. i've not made the drawer as yet so i've reserved the space 4 that but just the bg layer disappers after the 501th pixel across. but anyway i'll try to reinstall winamp and check. but Michgelsen what happens if others used that skin, wud they alsoreinstall winamp? The Cool Dude - a bit too cool The Windows 2000 skin Attribs Maker

14th April 2005, 08:16	#5
Michgelsen Major Dude Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,416	No they wouldn't notice anything weird. [edit] That thread is here: http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....hreadid=186717 [/edit] Skins: Rectangular, AudioRack & Studiosus

14th April 2005, 09:36	#6
PulseDriver w3 addict (Major Dude) Join Date: May 2004 Location: Norway Posts: 1,804	Well, if just parts of you skin disappears into "nothing" it can also be the studio.xnf... have you tried to delete it? (take a backup of it if you have lots of personal settings and deleting it didn't help) if it helped, you need to wack that studio.xnf for good. Also, if you're gonna try to delete/move the studio.xnf, DO CLOSE ALL APPS connected with winamp, as the tray, agent and wait a few seconds after you've closed everthing which winamp runs, so the studio.xnf updates. Then you can move/delete it, and then run winamp again. If you delete the file while winamp is running, the variables are written from the memory, creating a new one with the old variables (since they were stored in the memory). The studio.xnf is created/updated upon winamp termination, and the file is read when winamp is loaded. 09 F9 11 01 9D 74 E8 5B D8 41 56 C3 63 56 81 C0

15th April 2005, 10:46	#8
PulseDriver w3 addict (Major Dude) Join Date: May 2004 Location: Norway Posts: 1,804	Um I am confused, was it you or the cool dude that needed the problem solved Deleting the studio.xnf have always solved this kinda problem for me many times. 09 F9 11 01 9D 74 E8 5B D8 41 56 C3 63 56 81 C0

16th April 2005, 07:20	#9
The Cool Dude Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: hell Posts: 343	wierd probs have wierd solutions. i fixed it by re-installing winamp less disaperred, change the backgound, alphabackground, etc and i worked! anyway thanks. The Cool Dude - a bit too cool The Windows 2000 skin Attribs Maker

18th April 2005, 06:31	#10
The Cool Dude Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: hell Posts: 343	i deleted the studio.xnf file but even worse things happend only one layer out of the many in ths skin was visible. i made sure all winamp related apps werent running. and then deleted it. but again i fixed it by adding wierd things in wierd places. The Cool Dude - a bit too cool The Windows 2000 skin Attribs Maker

18th April 2005, 12:00	#11
PulseDriver w3 addict (Major Dude) Join Date: May 2004 Location: Norway Posts: 1,804	Well, I can tell you that much, as a deleted studio.xnf is what every other user than yourself will be seing so going from a point where there is no "cache" of your skin is the way to go. If the results are different before you delete and after you delete studio.xnf, there are errors you should correct no matter what, unless you don't intend to release the skin for others to download. 09 F9 11 01 9D 74 E8 5B D8 41 56 C3 63 56 81 C0

19th April 2005, 07:14	#12
The Cool Dude Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: hell Posts: 343	so if i want to test a skin i gotta delete that file? The Cool Dude - a bit too cool The Windows 2000 skin Attribs Maker

19th April 2005, 13:15	#13
Michgelsen Major Dude Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,416	Yes in that file is saved which colortheme you were using, all window sizes and positions and any custom values (if you have used "setPrivateInt( etc." in your scripts) along with the values of the preferences --> modern skins tab. So if you have tweaked the timers resolution or enabled alpha blending, they will be reset after you delete studio.xnf. Basically your skin will act as if you have just downloaded it. Skins: Rectangular, AudioRack & Studiosus

20th April 2005, 11:29	#14
The Cool Dude Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: hell Posts: 343	thanks The Cool Dude - a bit too cool The Windows 2000 skin Attribs Maker

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