Please zip your skin, but rename it to .osk. This will allow osu! to handle the file and automatically extract it to the correct place!
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Use .osk file extension for skins!
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I doubt most of them will pay attention on this. MLGnom and Dragvon tried to tell ppl to do so. They failed :v
I think most people use winrar to compress/extract things, and one of the issues is that by default, when compressing, "RAR Compression" is usually selected instead of the necessary zip compression. rar is a proprietary file format, iirc, and is not as widely supported as zip. see http://puu.sh/mUvQ
But MLGnom made cool tutorials for "how to create .osk"
Maybe its better to let it here too...? Anyway, after editing X images, why not spend 10 seconds to convert it to .osk >_>MLGnom wrote:
[5.] There is an easier way to install skins.
All what user will need to do, is just opening the file.
You need to create .osk (osu! skin) file. How to do this I have explained below.
Creating .osk file with WinRAR
Creating .osk file with 7-ZIP
In short : You need to create .zip archive and simply change extension to .osk
still cant we just post the skins up in the updater
Ah thanks!
The skins on the updater are hosted on different places. User-created ones usually are on mirror sites / puush.cocoboom91 wrote:
still cant we just post the skins up in the updater
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there is no easy way to mange skins available on the updater at the point. i hope to change this in the future.
Glad to hear that.peppy wrote:
there is no easy way to mange skins available on the updater at the point. i hope to change this in the future.
why not like this:
create the skin and use it in osu. -> then there should be an upload button, if YOU are the Creator, then it will be send to the updater, and everyone is happy...
and I ALWAYS use osk in My Skins, you dont even need an extra program, when you Have Win XP or newer and I think everyone has that...
create the skin and use it in osu. -> then there should be an upload button, if YOU are the Creator, then it will be send to the updater, and everyone is happy...
and I ALWAYS use osk in My Skins, you dont even need an extra program, when you Have Win XP or newer and I think everyone has that...
well... this might be tough for newbies and interesting for experienced skinners...peppy wrote:
there is no easy way to mange skins available on the updater at the point. i hope to change this in the future.
but the great deal is the instructions... when they use a .rar format and change the file extension to .osk, their osu! skin that they made sucks because there are missing files...
master peppy (or us osu! players) must share this to the osu! skinning community about this...
But MLGnom has already made tutorials and I think it is widely circulated.OsuMe65 wrote:
master peppy (or us osu! players) must share this to the osu! skinning community about this...
dunno for others...
but also nice would be that you can delete files which arent needed in the skin, like that there's a file in which are all the file names of the files to go away
agreeMy1 wrote:
but also nice would be that you can delete files which arent needed in the skin, like that there's a file in which are all the file names of the files to go away
Didn't saw this, im going to start using this self-extracting method for my skins... 
<3 Ur Signaturerororofun wrote:
Okay, after making one ofc xD '-'
That'ts good to know that there an ez way to link everything without doing my old way, zip folder thanks
Guys im a newbie, and im just asking how do i export skins to my osu!
i read everything in this thread but plz give me a direct answer to my question ^
Thx
i read everything in this thread but plz give me a direct answer to my question ^
Thx
Export skins to osu?! do you mean import skins INTO osu! or export skins OUT of osu!..
If its importing depends on what the skinner provided.
-If the skin you downloaded is in a zip/rar file, unzip the skin folder to your osu!/Skin folder and select it in osu!
-If the skin you downloaded is a osk file, doubleclick on it and it should automatically import in osu!
If its importing depends on what the skinner provided.
-If the skin you downloaded is in a zip/rar file, unzip the skin folder to your osu!/Skin folder and select it in osu!
-If the skin you downloaded is a osk file, doubleclick on it and it should automatically import in osu!
peppy wrote:
Please zip your skin, but rename it to .osk. This will allow osu! to handle the file and automatically extract it to the correct place!
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Oh. But how do you rename it? I want to download Cookiezi's skin, especially skins from forums. But that was the problem. Rename it to .osk, but I don't know.
If you want to download a skin, there shouldn't be any renaming involved. All you gotta do is download it and if it's a .RAR or.ZIP, unzip it and put it in the appropriate directory. If you download it as a .osk, all you have to do is open it with osu!Deni_Louise wrote:
Oh. But how do you rename it? I want to download Cookiezi's skin, especially skins from forums. But that was the problem. Rename it to .osk, but I don't know.
Thanks PikaPika677! 
Wait a minute!!! I don't know how to unzip!!!! 
Go download 7-zip. Once it's installed correctly you can right click on almost any archive to extract them.Deni_Louise wrote:
Wait a minute!!! I don't know how to unzip!!!!
Dockte Sword wrote:
peppy wrote:
Please zip your skin, but rename it to .osk. This will allow osu! to handle the file and automatically extract it to the correct place!
OkaiBittersweet wrote:
But MLGnom made cool tutorials for "how to create .osk"Maybe its better to let it here too...? Anyway, after editing X images, why not spend 10 seconds to convert it to .osk >_>MLGnom wrote:
[5.] There is an easier way to install skins.
All what user will need to do, is just opening the file.
You need to create .osk (osu! skin) file. How to do this I have explained below.
Creating .osk file with WinRAR
Creating .osk file with 7-ZIP
In short : You need to create .zip archive and simply change extension to .osk
Thankkk youu so muchhh!!
Shouldn't this be sticked?