Problemes with "alphabackground"

[i b o]

Hi!
I want to add a nice, little shadow to a skin, I'm working on.

I tried using different images for "alphabackground" and "background" (as described in frisbeemonkey's tutorial and seen in other skins).

But I am still getting some ugly results when I turn off AlphaBgrd. The semi-transparent Shadow becomes a non-transparent thick black line!

code:

<layout id="normal" background="player.normal.bgrd_pure" alphabackground="player.normal.bgrd" desktopalpha="1">

[UUL]

1. make a empty png
2. set that png as your background
3. add your shadow layer to your layout
4. add your bg layer to your layout and add sysregion="1" to that layer

that should do it

-UUL

[i b o]

like this? don't work. winamp disappears...


<layout id="normal" background="player.fake" w="260" h="370">
<layer id="bgrd" image="player.normal.bgrd" x="0" y="0" w="260" h="370"/>
<layer id="bgrd" image="player.normal.bgrd_pure" x="0" y="0" w="260" h="370" sysregion="1"/>

[UUL]

strange, it should..

btw, don't give same id's to different objects

[i b o]

Thanks, the ids are 'repaired' now ;-)

I have winamp back on my screen... YIPPIE

But I still get those ugly black lines, when I turn off desktop alpha.

Is there a way to to the layer off via maki, when desktop alpha is not toggled on?

something like:

if (desktopalpha == false){
layerXY.alpha=0;
}

wouldn't that be a very easy way to control my layout?

[UUL]

you can check DA with System.isDesktopAlphaAvailable(); but you would have to make a timer or sumthing, to check every X seconds, if DA is on or off. Maybe there is an other way like system.ondesktopalphatoggle(){, or somthing, couldn't find it in the std.mi, so

[i b o]

Hmmm.....

I think, I'll simply check it 'onload' and not work around with timers etc... maybe someday I'll find a way to check 'toggle desktop alpha'

Thanks a lot, UUUUUUUUUUUUL

[UUL]

np

[i b o]

Hmmmm...

And what would that script look like?

After meditating over that subject for a moment, I realize, I have no idea, how to write that script!

[UUL]

sumthing like this, place it in your onscriptloaded tags

code:
If (!System.isDesktopAlphaAvailable()) {

  layer.hide();

}

[leechbite]

i b o,
try this,
make another layer with no alpha transparency but has the same shape as the main player. place this layer behind the mainplayer graphics and do a sysregion="1" on this. and remove all sysregion="1" on the other layers.
something like:

code:


<layout id="normal" background="player.fake" w="260" h="370">

<layer id="bgrd" image="player.normal.bgrd" x="0" y="0" w="260" h="370"/>

<layer id="bgrd.pure.noalpha" image="player.normal.bgrd_noalpha" x="0" y="0" w="260" h="370" sysregion="1"/>

<layer id="bgrd.pure" image="player.normal.bgrd_pure" x="0" y="0" w="260" h="370"/>

[i b o]

The following script results in Guru Meditation...

#include "../../std.mi"

Global Layer Shadow;
Global Layout mainnormal;

System.onScriptLoaded() {

Layout mainnormal = getContainer("main").getLayout("normal");
Shadow = mainnormal.getObject("shadow_layer");

If (!System.isDesktopAlphaAvailable()) {
Shadow.hide();
}
}

[i b o]

Hi Leechbite!

Don't work. Now the ugly black stroke even appears when Desktop Alpha is ON...

???

Damn, this can't be impossible! I mean, I'm not the first one trying to do this, right?

[i b o]

Stop. Had a little change to make. Now, it looks fine when Desktop Alpha is off.

But it looks the same, when DA in on!

You know what? I start feeling funny about this!

;-)

[i b o]

HEYHEY!
Forget everything I said!
I Found the problem. I accidentally used the alpha-image in another layer...