LCARS Skin

[reven]

i just tired using a hex code in the new version (its only supplied in one place) and it worked fine. i think you're trying to use a 2.2 skin on a 2.05 dll. goto you plugins dir and see what version number the weatherplugin.dll has. if you're using the new one, it should be something like 2.2.1804.xxxxx or around there. i might have rebuilt it a few times after i uploaded it.

[chasef]

I'm now using this version: 2.2.1804.33450.  I got it from that other Weather Plugin post. Is this good? 'Cause I've got the skin working with everything, now, and it's all shibby, I hope ^_^

[reven]

i dont really want people using the *new* version just yet, and if you supply that version with your skin, the older weather plugin wont work (since the skin.xml wont match up). like sure if your just testing it out etc, go ahead, just dont release that part yet. theres a major bug in the *new* version with multiple locations (pretty sure where the bug is, just havent gotten around to fixing it). so if you release your skin, dont release the new weather skin yet, just give them the old one from the blue skin so the program doesnt crash (well throw an exception, gbpvr has got pretty good error handling).

the update will replace the older weather plugin, so skinning it isnt a waste of time, and you should cater for the newer version, its just not finished yet. im pretty sure i wont be changing anything, the skin.xml file is configurable enough i feel, might add a few more translations though.

[chasef]

Just in case you missed it, the most recent version of this skin has been updated/uploaded w/ support for the newest weather plugin. Lemme know if you've any questions!

[Guest]

The Wether button is not showing up on the main menu with the newest version of the Weather Plugin. I downloaded the plugin from the Wiki page and the dll says it's version 2.2.1817.36204. I also downloaded the skin from the Wiki page. If copy the skin.xml from the Blue skin into the LCARS skin then the Weather button shows up, but it says it's unable to retrieve the weather information.

[chasef]

I'll try looking at this when I get home.  Mind giving me the link to where you downloaded the weather plugin? Odds are, I'm just using a barely out-of-date version and need to update my skin file. No biggie and I'll have it done ASAP.

[chasef]

Umm, MaX, I don't know why you'd be having a problem cause it's working fine for me and I'm using the newest version from the Wiki, as well. And, my skin.xml file and the Blue skin's skin.xml file for the weather folder are nearly identical minus a few colour/text style changes, so there shouldn't be enough there to cause a problem. If you give me more details, I might be able to figure out exactly what's happening on your end so we can fix it.

[Guest]

I unzipped the skin into the skins folder. Moved the language.xml file into the GBPVR folder and installed the font file. I then unzipped the Weather plugin into the plugins folder. Went into config and selected LCARS as my skin. The weather plugin works if I use the Blue skin. However does not even show up if I use the LCARS skin. I'm using the lastest version of GBPVR v02313. Here's what my skin.xml file for LCARS looks like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<settings>
<TextStyles>
<TextStyle name="WaitTitle" color="White" typeFace="Tahoma" size="19" style="bold"/>
<TextStyle name="WaitMessage" color="White" typeFace="Tahoma" size="13" style="bold"/>
<TextStyle name="ButtonText" color="Black" typeFace="LCARS" size="18" style="normal"/>
<TextStyle name="ScreenName" color="#FF9C00" typeFace="LCARS" size="20" style="normal"/>
<TextStyle name="Unavailable" color="Red" typeFace="Tahoma" size="20" style="bold"/>
<TextStyle name="Title" color="Yellow" typeFace="Tahoma" size="16" style="bold"/>
<TextStyle name="Temperature" color="White" typeFace="Tahoma" size="55" style="bold"/>
<TextStyle name="OutlookSmall" color="White" typeFace="Tahoma" size="16" style="plain"/>
<TextStyle name="OutlookLarge" color="White" typeFace="Tahoma" size="20" style="bold"/>
<TextStyle name="Details" color="White" typeFace="Tahoma" size="15" style="bold"/>
<TextStyle name="AsOf" color="LightGray" typeFace="Tahoma" size="13" style="bold"/>
<TextStyle name="ForecastDay" color="Yellow" typeFace="Tahoma" size="16" style="bold"/>
<TextStyle name="ForecastOutlook" color="LightGray" typeFace="Tahoma" size="14" style="plain"/>
<TextStyle name="ForecastHiLoTitle" color="Yellow" typeFace="Tahoma" size="16" style="bold"/>
<TextStyle name="ForecastHi" color="Tomato" typeFace="Arial" size="14" style="bold"/>
<TextStyle name="ForecastLo" color="Cyan" typeFace="Arial" size="14" style="bold"/>
</TextStyles>
<!-- special elements -->
&lt;SpecialElements&gt;
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;Buttons&quot; loc=&quot;10,50&quot; spacing=&quot;7&quot;/&gt;
<!-- this refers to where the current/map/forecast screens will start (x and y pos only) -->
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;Unavailable&quot; loc=&quot;184,60&quot; size=&quot;504,120&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; /&gt;
<!-- title is the text &quot;Forecast for Wellington...&quot;, &quot;Weather for Wellington...&quot;, &quot;Map for Wellington...&quot; -->
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;Title&quot; loc=&quot;184,35&quot; size=&quot;504,30&quot; visible=&quot;true&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; /&gt;
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;AsOf&quot; loc=&quot;230,445&quot; size=&quot;500,30&quot; visible=&quot;false&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; /&gt;
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;Outlook&quot; loc=&quot;440,90&quot; size=&quot;470,160&quot; /&gt;
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;OutlookGraphic&quot; loc=&quot;220,80&quot; size=&quot;200,150&quot; /&gt;
<!-- the size refers to EACH line of the details, not for all the lines -->
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;Details&quot; loc=&quot;290,235&quot; size=&quot;420,30&quot; spacing=&quot;35&quot; /&gt;
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;Map&quot; loc=&quot;184,70&quot; size=&quot;504,384&quot; /&gt;
<!-- below are used for the forecast view, if DayN is visible DayNImage is also visible -->
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;Day1&quot; loc=&quot;420,70&quot; size=&quot;300,100&quot; visible=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;Day1Image&quot; loc=&quot;280,70&quot; size=&quot;100,75&quot; /&gt;
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;Day2&quot; loc=&quot;420,170&quot; size=&quot;300,100&quot; visible=&quot;true&quot;/&gt;
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;Day2Image&quot; loc=&quot;280,170&quot; size=&quot;100,75&quot; /&gt;
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;Day3&quot; loc=&quot;420,270&quot; size=&quot;300,100&quot; visible=&quot;true&quot;/&gt;
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;Day3Image&quot; loc=&quot;280,270&quot; size=&quot;100,75&quot; /&gt;
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;Day4&quot; loc=&quot;420,370&quot; size=&quot;300,100&quot; visible=&quot;true&quot;/&gt;
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;Day4Image&quot; loc=&quot;280,370&quot; size=&quot;100,75&quot; /&gt;
&lt;/SpecialElements&gt;
<!-- Composite Images -->
&lt;CompositeImages&gt;
<!-- static background image -->
&lt;CompositeImage name=&quot;Background&quot; size=&quot;720,480&quot;&gt;
&lt;DrawImage filename=&quot;background.jpg&quot; loc=&quot;0,0&quot; size=&quot;720,480&quot;/&gt;
&lt;DrawRoundedRect loc=&quot;180,20&quot; size=&quot;510,435&quot; borderWidth=&quot;6&quot; borderColor=&quot;LightGray&quot; fillColor=&quot;Black&quot; radius=&quot;7&quot;/&gt;
&lt;DrawText text=&quot;Weather&quot; loc=&quot;5,5&quot; size=&quot;160,120&quot; textStyle=&quot;ScreenName&quot; align=&quot;Left&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/CompositeImage&gt;

<!-- Image displayed whilst downloading weather information -->
&lt;CompositeImage name=&quot;PleaseWait&quot; size=&quot;720,480&quot;&gt;
<!--&lt;DrawImage filename=&quot;dialog-popup.png&quot; loc=&quot;110,157&quot; size=&quot;500,165&quot;/&gt;-->
&lt;DrawRoundedRect loc=&quot;110,157&quot; size=&quot;500,165&quot; borderWidth=&quot;6&quot; borderColor=&quot;LightGray&quot; fillColor=&quot;Black&quot; radius=&quot;7&quot;/&gt;-->
&lt;DrawText text=&quot;Downloading Weather Forecast&quot; loc=&quot;120,160&quot; size=&quot;482,30&quot; textStyle=&quot;WaitTitle&quot; align=&quot;Left&quot;/&gt;
&lt;DrawText text=&quot;Please wait while downloading weather forecast from msnbc.com, this may take awhile depending on your internet connection&quot; loc=&quot;120,212&quot; size=&quot;482,108&quot; textStyle=&quot;WaitMessage&quot; align=&quot;Left&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/CompositeImage&gt;

&lt;CompositeImage name=&quot;SelectedButtonImage&quot; size=&quot;160,45&quot;&gt;
&lt;DrawRoundedRect loc=&quot;4,5&quot; size=&quot;120,30&quot; radius=&quot;10&quot; borderWidth=&quot;4&quot; borderColor=&quot;Black&quot; fillColor=&quot;#9c9cff&quot;/&gt;
&lt;DrawText text=&quot;@buttonText&quot; loc=&quot;15,9&quot; size=&quot;105,34&quot; textStyle=&quot;ButtonText&quot; align=&quot;Right&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/CompositeImage&gt;

&lt;CompositeImage name=&quot;NormalButtonImage&quot; size=&quot;160,45&quot;&gt;
&lt;DrawRoundedRect loc=&quot;4,5&quot; size=&quot;120,30&quot; radius=&quot;10&quot; borderWidth=&quot;4&quot; borderColor=&quot;Black&quot; fillColor=&quot;#c189b0&quot;/&gt;
&lt;DrawText text=&quot;@buttonText&quot; loc=&quot;15,9&quot; size=&quot;105,34&quot; textStyle=&quot;ButtonText&quot; align=&quot;Right&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/CompositeImage&gt;
&lt;/CompositeImages&gt;
&lt;/settings&gt;

[chasef]

MaX, I hate to say it, but I really don't know why you wouldn't be seeing the plugin in the main menu. This happened to me on an older plugin version because of issues with hex-based colour values but that's no longer the case and I am using the latest version so I can't think of what might be causing your problem. I'll keep looking at it and let you know if I find anything.

[reven]

max pm me your gbpvr.exe.log file, it will show whats missing in there.