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Mr Skinner · **Posted:** Tue Aug 25, 2009 12:27 pm

Oh My Gosh!!!
Thx MbMax You are so Cool!

Mr Skinner returns to Make your Skins!

Mbmax · **Posted:** Tue Aug 25, 2009 2:14 pm

lew-clarke wrote:

Hi, i was just wondering, when you open rom settings (cheats etc.), and the card settings, i was wondering if there was anyway i could change the text from black, so i could change the background colour of these windows? Many thanks

Available in next k2.0RC5. EZskin.ini will have a new field for this.
Also a new version of EZ skin Forger will be released just after.
Stay tuned.

Thanks Mr Skinner.

Slothette64 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 25, 2009 2:23 pm

got some problems with colors
not saving properly
i set files color to blue
it was pink on the NDS

Mbmax · **Posted:** Tue Aug 25, 2009 3:05 pm

For which item ?

Slothette64 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 26, 2009 3:43 am

for "File Name Text"
i set it to a lovely blue
which is hex:=
(BC725C) (in Skin Forger)

that saves to EZskin.ini as:=
[Gamename]
color=32767

and this makes it a salmon color
which i dont like
its like you guys have 2 different color code systems
and they dont like each other

Mbmax · **Posted:** Wed Aug 26, 2009 3:56 am

i will try to modify the sample skin ess with your value and see if i have the same thing.

But don't get wrong with the ezskin.ini
This file doesn't contain any value for the FolderNameText, FileNameText, SelectText.
Those values are moonshell 2.0b5 related and are contained in colortbl.ini used in template folder.
This file is internally created by ez skin forger when you compile the full pack.

Ezskin.ini uses color in decimal value from 0 to 65535 and define color text for game name and time (for instant).
RC5 will add the color text of system windows.

edit : ok. just tested "FileNameText=BC725C" in sampleskin.ess and i have a salmon color under k2.0RC4.
I tell this bug to cheryl. Thanks Slothette64.

edit 2 : The bug is identified and already fixed. Just need some more test to be sure ...

Mbmax · **Posted:** Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:44 am

EZ Skin Forger R35 released. It fix the bug color found by slothette64.

Also an advice to all skinners. Stay tuned for a great update in RC5.
Normally all pictures files will be packed in skin.dat.

So i suggest you to no release any skin yet and wait for the RC5 and an awesome EZ Skin Forger update (more files will be handled : Cheat_BG.png, popup_bg.png, popup_bg.png, Rom_Set.png, Setting.png, shutdown.png ...).

flastosh · **Joined:** Thu Dec 28, 2006 8:37 am **Posts:** 317

Very nice soft !

Mbmax · **Posted:** Sat Aug 29, 2009 3:02 pm

The new EZ skin forger will be released with next kernel 2.0RC5.
Very good improvement in the skin engine, you will see.

Also, Cheryl has done another powerfull tool that will be able to convert old skins from k1.6+/1.7+/1.8+/k1.9+ into skins compatible with k2.0.

Already tested and i can tell you it's amazing !

Stay tuned.

Kudoku · **Joined:** Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:08 pm **Posts:** 9

Hi, Kudoku here! Long time lurker, first time poster.

I'm having problems skinning. First I tried using the tool to make a nice, complete GUI. However, when I went to convert it, the app complained and told me "invalid PNG file" or something along those lines. Discouraged, I proceeded to simply put my own c_file.bmp into the skin1 folder (instead of transformers). When I booted up and switched skins, the black screen came up and said "invalid .bmp file", which didn't let me any further. Turning it on and off resulted in the same screen, so I had to wait until I had access to a computer to remove the offending file. I suspect this is caused by my image editor, Paint.NET, which leaves a different header (I compared them, they are different). I think photoshop doesn't modify the header if you're editing an existing file, but its overkill for such a trivial application. Hopefully this is fixable. Attached are two sample files, the offending c_file.bmp and one of the png files.

EDIT:
Ah! After reading up a bit, I came across this:

mbmax wrote:

Ps : PNG file must be in RGB, not indexed colors and BMP must be in 24bits mode.

I'll try monkeying around with this.

Mbmax · **Posted:** Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:13 am

Are you using Windows Vista and Windows 7 ?
You can also turn ON auto convert in Option menu.

Kudoku · **Joined:** Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:08 pm **Posts:** 9

I was able to resolve the .bmp issue by saving in 24 bits, but I'm still working on fixing the PNG files (I am also redesigning the skin in the process

), so I'll see tomorrow. Thanks for the help

By the way, I am using Windows 7, and AutoConvert was ON.

Mbmax · **Posted:** Tue Sep 01, 2009 11:06 pm

Wait for kernel 2.0RC5 and next EZ Skin Forger, it's a windows 7 issue (module GDI+).

Or run Ez Skin Forger in a virtual machine with windows XP.

Kudoku · **Joined:** Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:08 pm **Posts:** 9

Heh, no thanks, it's not worth reinstalling VMware right now. I'll sit tight.

Mbmax · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:47 am

New EZ Skin Forger R45 is available now for the new K2.0 RC5.
Only one file to copy now in /EZ5shell/Skin folder.
Note that there is a limitation in skin's name.
Must be max 8 letter long with .dat extension : For example megaman.dat.
This is due to small field available in configuration window.

To skinners who have used r35 version, please note that the new kernel no longer use help icon but multimedia icon (see sample skin). This icon let you launch moonshl2.nds.
So please modify contents of your old ess files from [HelpControl] to [MultimediaControl]. Use notepad to edit it.

Hope you will enjoy this great tool.

Thanks to Cheryl again for her amazing work on this and stay tuned for a little surprise.
Time to return to the past ...

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