Customizing the main menu background [added]

Kert

Joined June 2009

Topic Starter

Kert 2012-03-27T15:43:14+00:00

Here's a photoshopped pic of the suggestion:

Isn't it cool? I think it can be quite refreshing, especially for old players

What I suggest is:
- customizable background of the title screen
- probably customizable interface button colours (through color keys like I did in the pic) or images (less coding)
But the osu! logo (cookie) remains completely unmodifiable, cause it's what the logo is for
All this data can be placed in %osu!%/data/interface/ for example, not in skins folder

About background:
Yeah, we can already do stuff like in this thread - t/47896&start=0
But the image is in the foreground and it overlaps osu! logo and even osu! copyright notes on the left and generally looks bad

Looking forward to receive an answer from you, peppy

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Sekai

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Sekai 2012-03-27T17:20:35+00:00

good idea ~ o.o

ychao

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ychao 2012-03-27T17:31:23+00:00

I would personally love this, but I am not sure how much peppy will though.

Kitsunemimi

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Kitsunemimi 2012-03-27T18:25:04+00:00

Alright, so apparently the message hasn't gotten to you guys yet.

The reason why peppy "fixed" the title.png is precisely and *solely* because people were abusing it and modifying it to change the appearance of the menu. It's for this reason that other previous requests for this sort of thing were denied, and for the same reason why this request will almost certainly be denied as well.

Kert

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Kert 2012-03-28T01:35:51+00:00

Kitsunemimi wrote:
The reason why peppy "fixed" the title.png..

It still works afaik

My feature request is a little different, cause it's also about interface look
I think it would be a good idea, if interface images are for example in %osu!%/data/interface/ . Not in skin folder

Mythras

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Mythras 2012-03-28T02:25:31+00:00

Kitsunemimi wrote:
Alright, so apparently the message hasn't gotten to you guys yet.

The reason why peppy "fixed" the title.png is precisely and *solely* because people were abusing it and modifying it to change the appearance of the menu. It's for this reason that other previous requests for this sort of thing were denied, and for the same reason why this request will almost certainly be denied as well.

why is changing the menu considered abuse? lol

peppy

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Here since the beginning

peppy 2012-03-28T03:16:07+00:00

Editing files in data/ is tracked as game modifications and classified in the same bracket as hacking or cheating.

I do have plans on implementing this kind of skinning properly, at some point in the future.

Aoko

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Aoko 2012-03-28T06:15:02+00:00

Yey!!! So, I will support.

Kert

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Kert 2012-03-28T07:49:33+00:00

Yay!
Your response made me a little bit happier for today :p

Waiting for this stuff to happen ^_^

ziin

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ziin 2012-03-29T02:18:41+00:00

title.png is a completely broken way to fix the lack of a proper feature.

Glad it's being thought of to skin properly, though. There's so much to be skinned, but so little we can actually do.

You can still technically change title.png pretty easily (I made a script which automatically did it), but I obviously deleted it since it falls under hacking.

Accelerator-kun

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Accelerator-kun 2012-04-03T17:15:11+00:00

Even just a customizable background of the main menu would be great!

theowest

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theowest 2012-04-03T17:40:48+00:00

Accelerator-kun wrote:
Even just a customizable background of the main menu would be great!

Being able to do more than just that would be even better.

mm201

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mm201 2012-04-03T18:43:29+00:00

I can say with a fair amount of confidence that the cookie and the copyright won't be skinnable.

Bittersweet

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Bittersweet 2012-04-03T18:55:52+00:00

Glad to hear that.

nVidi4x

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nVidi4x 2012-04-07T22:49:07+00:00

This looks amazing, please do it o.o !!!

S o r c e r y

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S o r c e r y 2012-04-08T13:15:42+00:00

very nice idea

Cho_old

Cho_old 2012-04-08T17:22:52+00:00

Nice to know that proper implementation of this is being considered ^^

YodaSnipe

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YodaSnipe 2012-04-09T02:07:04+00:00

I can't wait for this.

J U D G E

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J U D G E 2012-04-09T21:34:20+00:00

I would love this.

Xiao_old

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Xiao_old 2012-04-09T22:30:11+00:00

Just a background change would be nice. If peppy doesn't approve of anything more, I don't care to push to change his mind.

YuZuKi Kenny

YuZuKi Kenny 2012-04-11T13:40:39+00:00

Nice

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[deleted user] 2012-04-12T23:10:00+00:00

I agree that this will be a great additional feature - please do implement this

Skyara

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Skyara 2012-04-14T21:20:33+00:00

Mmh seems great, I totally agree. Even if it's just a customisable background, just to refresh the game for old players ^^

Minty Gum

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Minty Gum 2012-04-16T03:02:31+00:00

Would be sexy, even if I'd stink at making my own.

pan

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pan 2012-04-16T16:53:06+00:00

I hope he makes it after the Osz2

K a Y e

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K a Y e 2012-04-17T23:44:05+00:00

Wow! I totally would love this.

VinhCheBo

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VinhCheBo 2012-04-19T09:31:13+00:00

It is a really good idea. I really like it so i try to make one

SPOILER

I am not really good at editing so it may look crappy

michaelliang

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michaelliang 2012-04-19T11:38:54+00:00

A good idea to support!

Navi

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Navi 2012-05-07T21:32:20+00:00

I hope this will get implemented in the future

JMC

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JMC 2012-05-15T23:33:38+00:00

VinhCheBo wrote:
It is a really good idea. I really like it so i try to make one
SPOILER
I am not really good at editing so it may look crappy

very cool.....

YodaSnipe

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YodaSnipe 2012-05-16T01:52:33+00:00

tohsaka better

Horo

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Horo 2012-05-16T03:27:13+00:00

Probably the only thing I'm looking forward to change-wise. Would totally refresh the game for me.
Full support.

VinhCheBo

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VinhCheBo 2012-05-17T10:35:06+00:00

YodaSnipe wrote:
tohsaka better

I chose saber cause i can't find any decent tohsaka background. Any suggestion?

TanteKuN

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TanteKuN 2012-05-19T21:01:15+00:00

Horo wrote:
Probably the only thing I'm looking forward to change-wise. Would totally refresh the game for me.
Full support.

peppy says (according to what i remember) is that you cannot edit the core files, it will included as hacking...

Tsukimi Luna

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Tsukimi Luna 2012-05-28T05:47:17+00:00

o nice..
If u can edit the front like that it would be really cool
But im ok with it either way xD

My1_old

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My1_old 2012-05-30T17:25:20+00:00

what about this:
you can change the BG and the buttons, but you cannot change the osu! logo, except that you make it with some values in an ini.
and the copyright will be made in a way that it can be seen over all colors

Kurokami

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Kurokami 2012-05-30T17:29:35+00:00

YodaSnipe wrote:
tohsaka better

+1

My1_old

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My1_old 2012-05-30T19:28:45+00:00

tohsaka???
waht the hell is that

Kurokami

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Kurokami 2012-05-30T19:33:48+00:00

My1 wrote:
tohsaka???
waht the hell is that

~~gtfo~~
Here: http://myanimelist.net/character/498/Rin_Tohsaka

My1_old

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My1_old 2012-05-30T19:37:18+00:00

ok, thx

KuroHari_old

KuroHari_old 2012-06-03T12:47:45+00:00

very nice idea. (:

--Miyuki Nyan--

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--Miyuki Nyan-- 2012-06-09T04:29:54+00:00

I think this is a great idea.

Livean

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Livean 2012-06-10T01:46:24+00:00

T.T some hours ago i tryed to add a title.png but now that i see that this is traked as cheating T.T i feel so sad i really wanted to customize this part of my osu
i hope this option appear here soon

krissHUN

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krissHUN 2012-06-10T10:09:34+00:00

I think when we using the special mode : taiko and catch the beat , the account files can shows the modes levels and scores not the original osu scores.

Kurokami

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Kurokami 2012-06-10T12:41:02+00:00

krissHUN wrote:
I think when we using the special mode : taiko and catch the beat , the account files can shows the modes levels and scores not the original osu scores.

Off topic, but +1 for the nice idea.

emergist

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emergist 2012-06-11T00:06:17+00:00

Good idea +1

My1_old

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My1_old 2012-06-11T15:04:47+00:00

has nothing to do with this... @krissHUN

Miya