KoL Veteran Posted December 2, 2005 Author Veteran Share Posted December 2, 2005 :o ...i love it, Looks great KoL... have you noticed the way the close buttons seems to be red all the time in 5259? looks kind of wierd. yeah, Im going to try that in my skin to see how it looks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iCEcAT Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 The taskbar is already transprent, is not my fault that WB dont show things behind the taskbar, and the round button work fine with the top taskbar. If you want to make the taskbar have some live transparency, find the [TaskBar.Horz] section in the skin (in xpstuff.xp usually if you are using notepad to edit), and add the following lines to it : BackgroundMode = 2 BackgroundConstantAlpha = 230 Adjust the BackgroundConstantAlpha value higher (upto 255) for less true trans, and lower for more. You will need to delete the *.WB4 files in the skin directory each time you make a change if you use notepad. If you use Skinstudio then they are removed automatically. Reapply the skin to see the changes. CREDITS to Neil Banfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Hiroshi- Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Oh man, awesome taskbar there KoL. Keep up the good work. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NemesisNG Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 If you want to make the taskbar have some live transparency, find the [TaskBar.Horz] section in the skin (in xpstuff.xp usually if you are using notepad to edit), and add the following lines to it : BackgroundMode = 2 BackgroundConstantAlpha = 230 Adjust the BackgroundConstantAlpha value higher (upto 255) for less true trans, and lower for more. You will need to delete the *.WB4 files in the skin directory each time you make a change if you use notepad. If you use Skinstudio then they are removed automatically. Reapply the skin to see the changes. CREDITS to Neil Banfield Awsome, awsome, awsome!!! :woot: That has just made my week, this skin imho is now perfect. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm_mc Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 (edited) please tell me exactly how to to that!! please!! ****ok i did it :D but is not like real per pixel trasnparency.... i mean it change the text and the buttons trasnparent too :p Edited December 2, 2005 by cm_mc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freedom77 Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 yea it works.. nice find. @cm_mc: go to where the vistaxp folder is installed(in windowblinds in program files) and if your using the Glass Beta2 style with windowblinds, search for and open this file in Notepad: vistaxpgxpstuffN.xp then find this line: [TaskBar.Horz] and underneath it add: BackgroundMode = 2 BackgroundConstantAlpha = 230 then save and re-apply the skin. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoL Veteran Posted December 2, 2005 Author Veteran Share Posted December 2, 2005 @ iCEcAT: cool, I added using SkinStudio and it works fine. Im going to make the change on glass substyles :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_rose Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 i am soo looking forward to the new version Kol!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm_mc Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 thanks i did it but now all the taskbar is semi transparent.. the icons and the text... i was hoping it would change only the backgorund image :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suicide Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 yeah update on glass please why not to make it standalone project for wb5 users? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevoDS Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Another thing, I found a way to tweak explorer.exe so that it doesn't show the text. Could you make a version that looks good with the right buttons working unless with the text (that we can erase by the reshack) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerman Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 i tried the BackgroundMode = 2 BackgroundConstantAlpha = 230 with skinstudio, and editing with textpad, and works. Altough a blend of the program and the wallpaper behind the taskbar. WB5 seems fine now, not using any memory according to my program. Unlike before when i tried it. Even bricopack vista used 7-10MB as i remember. What is the Horizontal ShellStyle? i tried to apply it, but didnt see any difference. Only some windows in classic mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamsINdigital Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Bug: Trying to use the control panel in category view with the horizontal shellstyle installed results in a parse error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke D Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Is there some kind of program to change the windows fonts ( like start menu and icon ) like the msstyles have in advanced?? because in wb5 u cant do that :( and i find the font huge... the skinstudio way seems hacky and i dont want to mess up this beautiful skin... :( Edit: Still wondering about the whole shellstyle, please wait dialog thing, and the error of the poster above ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User6060 Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 new taskbar and startbutton like 5259 :D looks great :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Suraci Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 I LOVE the new taskbar. :D Great job KoL, I was hoping that'd be included soon since I really dislike the older one - seemed a bit bland. This one's more shiny and glass-like, the other one seemed dull and just transparent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY1 Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Is this a bug? When you maximize a windows, about 2 pixels on top go off screen? Also can you add a mouse-over start button effect. currently when you move you mouse on to the start button, nothing happens :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoL Veteran Posted December 2, 2005 Author Veteran Share Posted December 2, 2005 Bug: Trying to use the control panel in category view with the horizontal shellstyle installed results in a parse error. Category view works fine here. :unsure: Is this a bug? When you maximize a windows, about 2 pixels on top go off screen? Also can you add a mouse-over start button effect. currently when you move you mouse on to the start button, nothing happens :) That's not a bug but I'll try to move the buttons :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathray Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 No, they just asked Brad to remove the skin from WinCustomize. The skin still up on deviatnART and GetSkinned and I wont remove them unless they contact me and explai why only my skin. Im making some update to the skins and I'll upload it soon. :D Hey KoL, great work. I was just wondering when "soon" is... I checked your deviantart page, but it doesn't seem like it has been updated, correct? Once again, great work :D lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevoDS Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 I think I found a bug in your theme. I run it on WB5 Final Enhanced (5.0.0.1 x86) When the start menu shows up, the top of the start button gets different than the bottom. It looks like it's cut off Otherwise, it's OK and looks good but I can't post another shot because of the attachment limit... Hope it's corrected in the update you just spoke about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Suraci Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 I think I found a bug in your theme. I run it on WB5 Final Enhanced (5.0.0.1 x86) When the start menu shows up, the top of the start button gets different than the bottom. It looks like it's cut off Otherwise, it's OK and looks good but I can't post another shot because of the attachment limit... Hope it's corrected in the update you just spoke about That's your shadow settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamsINdigital Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 Category view works fine here. :unsure: Really? I said with the horizontal shellstyle, did you try with that? Someone reported this same issue back on page 33. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke D Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 Really? I said with the horizontal shellstyle, did you try with that? Someone reported this same issue back on page 33. KoL i suffer from this too, but only on HORIZONTAL shell style with the clear beta 2 sub-skin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevoDS Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 And how do I change shadow settings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gahbmwM5 Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 (edited) No, they just asked Brad to remove the skin from WinCustomize. The skin still up on deviatnART and GetSkinned and I wont remove them unless they contact me and explai why only my skin. Im making some update to the skins and I'll upload it soon. :D Hi Franco, First of all, thanks for your email m8...Glad that I'm not the only one having issues with both importing horizontal shellstyle.dll, and the great Vista styled 'Please Wait, Log-Off, Log-On' .bmps...as I keep getting the default WinXP GUI styled .bmps...plus the parser errors (after importing horizontal shellstyle within SkinStudio) when using Category style Control Panel ... It seems (at least on my setup) that these nasty 'parser errors' also affect the Start Menu ie: when clicking on Rounded Vista style SB, the start menu sometimes delays_ freezes... The 'ss' you have of these pop-up Parser errors *** Will patiently await the update, and by that time hopefully the *other pressing scenario* will be rectified. Edited December 3, 2005 by gahbmwM5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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