Should I be worried ?

[silver217]

I noticed this in my log:

09-1-2007 7:01:55 PM.015 VERBOSE [1] Initializing skin helper for: .\skin\Blue\main menu\skin.xml
09-1-2007 7:01:55 PM.015 ERROR [1] Unable to find node: /settings/SpecialElements/SpecialElement[@name="MenuType"]

I don't know what that is ? schould it be fixed ? or "if it isnt broken, don't repair it"
I have no idea how long this is already there. I upgraded to 99.5 around christmas.

[Carlito]

I don't believe this is anything to worry about. You will see these if a skin doesn't support a certain option.

[sub]

Yeah, nothing to worry about.

[silver217]

thanks guys

[nightwalker]

I also see these types of errors in lots of logs, some the config, some the gbpvr log. My skins still work just fine as far as i can tell, but if i knew what they were I'd go in and fix them.
Any of you skinning guru's documented the errors and what they really mean, as opposed to nothing to worry about?

I get errors like these
Unable to find named image: /settings/CompositeImages/CompositeImage[@name="NormalButtonImage"]
1/9/2007 7:46:44 AM.328 ERROR [1] Unable to find named image: /settings/CompositeImages/CompositeImage[@name="SelectedButtonImage"]
and this
1/9/2007 7:35:48 AM.718 ERROR [1] Unable to find font node: /settings/TextStyles/TextStyle[@name="ButtonText"]
and this
1/9/2007 7:35:48 AM.718 ERROR [1] Unable to find named image: /settings/CompositeImages/CompositeImage[@name="NormalButtonImage"]

You get the idea. from what i see skins now are either image based or xml based or a combination of both but something is generating the errors, even if they don't seem to effect the way a skin works. It would be nice to to look at them, if i only knew what they meant.

[Carlito]

There is nothing really to fix. The skin your using just does not support those features. It's not technically an error.

[sub]

I also see these types of errors in lots of logs, some the config, some the gbpvr log. My skins still work just fine as far as i can tell, but if i knew what they were I'd go in and fix them.
Any of you skinning guru's documented the errors and what they really mean, as opposed to nothing to worry about?

They're not errors at all. They're just saying that some optional features arnt being used. For example, the default menu has buttons in a vertical line, but if the "MenuType" tag is specified then it can be used to switch to other menus types like the horizonal menu buttons.

It would be nice if these message didnt confuse people by showing with the message category of "ERROR", but this just happens because usually a missing skin element is an error and it shares all the same logic. It would be hard to differentiate these specific elements from other elements, and not worth the effort, so easier just to leave these log messages as is.

[nightwalker]

ok, i think that's clear. Just let me ask one question, a skin is fine, no matter what the logs say, as long as it runs and displays correctly?