Joined: May 23, 2003 Posts: 4031 Location: NSW, Australia
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 2:32 am Post subject: New Project Mayhem 3 Skin by AMaNO
Hey guys.
I was checking out the maxconsole forums a while back, and stumbled across this guy who is making a custom version of the PM3 skin (which is the default skin these days for XBMC).
I've attached a screenshot below of his skin.
If you want to check it out a bit closer (plus download it), here's his website:
http://pnx.gotdns.com/xbmc/
BTW, this skin will be included in the AID v3.01 update pack.
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Project Mayhem III SE by AMaNO
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forahobby Administrator
Joined: May 22, 2003 Posts: 23944 Location: NSW, Australia
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 4:18 am Post subject:
too cluttered.. And you can tell its definately not done by the original author.
The style has gone..
Just my 2 cents but i wouldnt be putting it on my HDTV thats for sure.. That text in HD mode would look ridiculous.. The old PM skin was way better.
Nice options though.. Shame they are only python scripts and really we could do it ourselves..
Official HQ XBMC SKIN:
Maybe we should even start a idea to see if members can designed our own HQ XBMC skin??
What you think about that one DJB..??
no doubt lots of other guys will still like the new skin youve added so dont mind me.. Just being honest.
Joined: May 23, 2003 Posts: 4031 Location: NSW, Australia
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 5:04 am Post subject:
An official Xbox-HQ XBMC skin would kick ass, would be nice if we someone who knew what they were doing with python though, I dont have a clue lol
forahobby Administrator
Joined: May 22, 2003 Posts: 23944 Location: NSW, Australia
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 5:35 am Post subject:
i could have a play myself and get something organised but as you know ive already got way too much happening right now.. My car, the websites and the new pc-hq etc etc.. As well as my own career..
If anyone is keen to have a play please do.. Let us know what you come up with. But just remember.. The skin has to be HOT to be the official HQ XBMC skin..
Joined: May 23, 2003 Posts: 4031 Location: NSW, Australia
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 5:41 am Post subject:
There are XBMC Skinning programs out there which would make the job a little easier, but the biggest issue will be really professional looking greaphics and some good Python scripting to back it up.
Also, you have to make sure that it's gonna be able to support newer versions of XBMC as much as possible (I remember AMaNO talking to me about having to update a few things so it works properly with new CVS Builds etc.)
Here's my little contribution to the brainstorm...
It would look nice if it could have some ties with Xbox-Hq visuaully (even if it's as simple as our X logo), however I'd want to stay clear of making the skin a Xbox 360 Dashboard clone. I'd maybe even say dont even have it looking like the default style at all. But ofcourse, the more creative we want to be with this, the more experienced the Python programmer will have to be I think. I feel if we are going to have an official XBMC skin, it needs to stand out, and blow all the other stuff away.
The only assistance I can offer is testing of the skins and some graphics work (but not that much). I have no idea on how Python works, and I'm seriously over doing scripting for a while after AID 3.
Anyone else wants to add to this branstorm, or put your hand up to help out?
mantralapse Xbox-HQ Newbie
Joined: Mar 14, 2006 Posts: 6 Location: Penn State University
Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:45 pm Post subject:
i could help out in the graphics department... let me know!
~Mantralapse
forahobby Administrator
Joined: May 22, 2003 Posts: 23944 Location: NSW, Australia
Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 3:14 pm Post subject:
We are just looking for guys who obviously have graphic talent and would like to show off their skills?? We could release it in the next update pack for aideluxe im sure too..
It certainly would be nice to see some original ideas.. I personally already love the XBMC layout so tweaking would be so simple in my eyes especially with some graphic talent.
anyway, let us know.. Even attach some rough images to the post if you like to get feedback.
You can now select different options to be available on the main screen (check out the screenshots at that url).
This hopefully might solve the problem of it being too cluttered.
vassagolq Xbox-HQ Newbie Xbox Version: 1.1 Modded: Softmod UDE
Joined: Nov 19, 2004 Posts: 3 Location: Chicago, USA
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:02 am Post subject:
there will be an update to the PM3 SE skin today or tomorrow, it is now titled PMIII SE 2.0 for it will now work with the new 2.0 skinning rules in XBMC, i am not sure id it will work in older versions anymore, please be sure to grab the latest T3CH release of XBMC to be sure it all works good.
DJB Administrator
Joined: May 23, 2003 Posts: 4031 Location: NSW, Australia
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:15 am Post subject:
vassagolq wrote:
there will be an update to the PM3 SE skin today or tomorrow, it is now titled PMIII SE 2.0 for it will now work with the new 2.0 skinning rules in XBMC, i am not sure id it will work in older versions anymore, please be sure to grab the latest T3CH release of XBMC to be sure it all works good.
When the AID 3.01 update pack is relaesed, I'll be including the latest T3CH build with it. So far I have 2006-03-28 but I'm assuming that there will be atleast one more build before release of my update.
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