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ShirouTsuki_old
1 post
Joined July 2009
ShirouTsuki_old
question! D:

how do I test out my own skin? $:
like, I want to see how it looks, what adjustments should I make for better game play...
I've tried switching files (ie. my count down with the default's) and that's no use...
I've tried dragging folder with the skin I'm working on into the game, but that's useless too (it's already in the Skin folder for OSU! but it doesn't show up in OSU!)

please help? :/

another question is about designing the fruits... could someone explain the functions of ie. fruits-pear and ie.fruits-pear-overlay? D: I see that in the Taiko skin (which is totes awesome :D) , the fruits-pear is blank and that the fruits-pear-overlay isn't... and then when I play catch the fruits, the fruits change colours? @@" *sadface*
I'm so confused! D:
help plox! D:

BTW I'm honestly not very familiar with gameplay or anything 'bout OSU! for that matter, so sorry for the dumb questions >>"
Ziggy Zigzagoon
19 posts
Joined February 2010
Ziggy Zigzagoon
Is there a way to include "warning sounds" that play when the health bar gets low or dangerously low?
Gens
osu! Alumni
3,485 posts
Joined August 2008
Gens
...might be a little late but oh well.

shiroutsuki wrote:

question! D:

how do I test out my own skin? $:
Just put it in another folder along with the rest skins and choose it in Options - Skins. Make sure you have a skin.ini and everything.

shiroutsuki wrote:

another question is about designing the fruits... could someone explain the functions of ie. fruits-pear and ie.fruits-pear-overlay?
The normal fruit image (no -overlay) gets recolored in-game according to the colors you can set either in the skin or the beatmap, while the overlay doesn't get recolored at all and appears above the other image.

shiroutsuki wrote:

BTW I'm honestly not very familiar with gameplay or anything 'bout OSU! for that matter, so sorry for the dumb questions >>"
Don't worry, this is what this thread is for.

Ziggy Zigzagoon wrote:

Is there a way to include "warning sounds" that play when the health bar gets low or dangerously low?
As far as I know, nothing of the sort has been implemented lately so no.
James2250
osu! Alumni
4,059 posts
Joined July 2008
James2250

Ziggy Zigzagoon wrote:

Is there a way to include "warning sounds" that play when the health bar gets low or dangerously low?
I like the idea though :P
Ziggy Zigzagoon
19 posts
Joined February 2010
Ziggy Zigzagoon
For those of you wondering, I have in mind to make my own Trauma Team skin (especially since the other is apparently cancelled). My described feature would have had Angie say "Vitals Dropping!" and "Vitals are Critical!" at certain HP points.
Xaffy
88 posts
Joined October 2010
Xaffy
Is there somewhere to get the new cursor/cursor trail? The template still has the old ones.
Loofah_old
73 posts
Joined September 2008
Loofah_old
The new default cursor trail seems to last much longer than the old one. I would very much like to know the skin.ini command to achieve this.
keegster2
6 posts
Joined April 2011
keegster2
:? how do i add a skin? i try to download it but its just a rar file. (i'm trying to download the kirby osu skin, BTW.)
James2250
osu! Alumni
4,059 posts
Joined July 2008
James2250
You need to download a program like 7zip or something to extract the rar. Then just put the folder in your skins folder
keegster2
6 posts
Joined April 2011
keegster2

James2250 wrote:

You need to download a program like 7zip or something to extract the rar. Then just put the folder in your skins folder
:? i dont have 7zip. can you download it for free?
MLGnom
1,364 posts
Joined October 2008
MLGnom
Yes, 7zip is a free program. (You can download WinRar too, it's also free ). Just search for them using google.
keegster2
6 posts
Joined April 2011
keegster2
thanks, but my dad wont let me. he says it will mess up my moms computer. (im 10, so i have to use my mom or dads computer.)
James2250
osu! Alumni
4,059 posts
Joined July 2008
James2250
They let you download osu but they don't let you download a simple extracting program.......I see some logic flaws there but ok
Tell them they can scan it for viruses or something before you use it (depending on your computer it is probably the first download)

http://www.7-zip.org/download.html
keegster2
6 posts
Joined April 2011
keegster2
again. my jerk dad says no. im pretty much kirby osu-less now. :(
Mara
4,907 posts
Joined November 2009
Mara
WinRAR is okay too.
Nezqi
8 posts
Joined March 2011
Nezqi
skinning is cool and all, but sometimes on maps the skins are a little.. flashy, and get in the way of my gameplay. Is there any way to disable custom skins?
IppE
IppE

Ghostoo666 wrote:

skinning is cool and all, but sometimes on maps the skins are a little.. flashy, and get in the way of my gameplay. Is there any way to disable custom skins?
If its a map specific skin, just delete the skin elements from the map folder.
tyfaa
20 posts
Joined March 2011
tyfaa
viewtopic.php?f=15&t=57843

HELP ME
N A L U
327 posts
Joined September 2011
N A L U
Some skins have different sounds (like menuclick,back,etc.) than original ones in the template skin.
Where do I get different sounds? Or do we just edit sounds? :@
Q13
19 posts
Joined November 2011
Q13
Because skins take up a lot of space I decided to write a quick tip for those that want to reduce the size of their's skin images without quallity loss. If you aren't using Photoshop, either look for similarities in the program you are using or use a image size compresor from/on the internet. :P

How to reduce the image size of your skin images using Photoshop:

1. After you created your image and you are ready to save it as a .png go to File-> Save for Web & Devices.
2. At the top you will see 4 tabs. Click on the one that says 2-Up to compare the quality.
3. For best quality choose PNG-24 from the Preset list (on the right)
4. Don’t forget to check the box near Transparency if you need it. (No point on using it on the spiner-background for example)
5. Click Save. On the window that pops up, at Format, choose Images Only.

Note that on some images it may not work that well (Like the C from the Template Skin as it has plenty of effects). But every kb counts. :)

I'll provide pictures, if necesary. ;)

I don't know what you could do with the sounds, sorry.

Also, will the questions answered and asked be added to the first post some time in the future? There are only 6 pages now and I browsed them easilly but if the questions add up, some of them may be repeated.
chibilawl
10 posts
Joined January 2012
chibilawl

keegster2 wrote:

again. my jerk dad says no. im pretty much kirby osu-less now. :(
Can you give me the link to the skin? I'll give you a ZIP download link.
hatsune_miku7
2 posts
Joined December 2010
hatsune_miku7
"cuteskinsv2 by .ini file missing" , how to fix it :( ,help me :((
Dragon From Dark
4 posts
Joined April 2012
Dragon From Dark
does anybody know how to make sounds??? I'm trying to change the *real* fail sound into what i want, but it seems doesn't work... I'm so depressed here
OsuMe65
1,519 posts
Joined May 2011
OsuMe65
you can also use 72dpi before starting to design any skin element without using save for web and devices...

i tried it while making my first osu skin and there's nothing wrong...
rcmero
76 posts
Joined July 2009
rcmero

hatsune_miku7 wrote:

"cuteskinsv2 by .ini file missing" , how to fix it :( ,help me :((
Most likely the skin folder has no "skin.ini" file or something similar inside. Try adding one from another skin and see if that works.
Harri_old
3 posts
Joined July 2012
Harri_old
Thank you good sir. Getting skins nao.
pStarDustq
1 post
Joined April 2012
pStarDustq

LuigiHann wrote:

Okay, this will be a literal "Frequently asked questions," not a full tutorial. Ask a question and I can answer it here.

How do I make a skin?
Oh boy. If you have to ask, it's going to be tricky. First off, download the "template skin for skin makers" through Osume, and read the readme.txt and all the notes in the skin.ini file. Then download one, several, or even all of the other available skins, and look at what they do, comparing what you see in the game to the files in the folder. Then make a copy of the template skin folder, edit the skin.ini to fit your skin, and start playing around with the pngs in Photoshop or a similar program (You can't make a decent skin in MS Paint, sorry. You need something that can create transparent png files). Experimentation is the best way to learn your way around, and once you think you have something worth sharing (or if you really need help) zip up the folder (right click the folder and hit send to -> compressed/zipped folder), delete any files that you haven't edited (to save space) and post it in a new thread here as an attachment, with some screenshots. The skinning community (mostly me, sigh) will be happy to lend a hand.

The background changes color! Why?
Because Peppy says so. Beatmappers can select a background color when mapping a song, so your background will be overlayed with that color. You should probably just make your playfield.png black and white, but you can add a hint of color. Just be aware that it will be recolored for gameplay. The menu-button-background works the same way.

The same rules apply to the approachcircle.png and hitcircle.png, which will change color along with the combo.

The countdown is hard to skin properly.
That's not a question, but it's true. Count1.png will be the bottom layer, so you have some leeway with that, but for 2 and 3, you should follow either the template skin or the EBO skin as closely as possible to avoid a mess. These sprites are aligned based on their left border, so variations in shape and size will mess everything up.

Why isn't anybody commenting on my skin?
There are a few possibilities:
A) It sucks
B) The topic is too obscure, so people don't bother with it
C) For the most part, only skinners browse the skinning section, so don't assume it's A or B. Sometimes nobody comments because nobody has checked it out. Be patient, ask about it in IRC, and keep improving your skin even if nobody is saying anything.

Also, make sure you post some screenshots, keep your first post updated with the most recent download, and bump your thread when you update, so people know what to expect before they download.

What do I have to do to get my skin added to the updater?

This isn't a very democratic process, as it's largely up to me and Peppy's whims. But to increase your odds of being "published" in the updater, make sure your skin is:
A) Complete. You don't need to skin every little thing, but the gameplay sprites, at the very least, should all match the theme.
2) Fun. It should be fun to play Osu using your skin. Anything too distracting, obnoxious, or ugly might ruin the experience, even if it does fit the theme, so make sure the priority is on making it enjoyable to play with.
3) Clean. I'm a stickler for this. Make sure your sprites have smooth edges, so they don't look like crap when Osu resizes them. I suggest using an outer glow or drop shadow when appropriate. Also, delete any remnants of the template skin. They waste space and make your skin look unfinished when I browse the folder.


I'll try to organize this better once I have some more questions. So ask away.

N A L U wrote:

Some skins have different sounds (like menuclick,back,etc.) than original ones in the template skin.
Where do I get different sounds? Or do we just edit sounds? :@

N A L U wrote:

Some skins have different sounds (like menuclick,back,etc.) than original ones in the template skin.
Where do I get different sounds? Or do we just edit sounds? :@
_Skye
13 posts
Joined April 2012
_Skye
Why my skin is not on all songs? how to fix it?
Kousagi_Fushigi
77 posts
Joined September 2011
Kousagi_Fushigi

mixas5 wrote:

Why my skin is not on all songs? how to fix it?
Couse some of beatmaps has its own skin :D
_Skye
13 posts
Joined April 2012
_Skye

Kousagi_Fushigi wrote:

mixas5 wrote:

Why my skin is not on all songs? how to fix it?
Couse some of beatmaps has its own skin :D
Is it possible to make that my skin would be on beatmaps with its own skins? You know what I mean.
Bread
64 posts
Joined January 2012
Bread
uh is it okay if I change some parts of a skin for personal uses?

Like.. I downloaded this reaally nice skin but I don't really like the cursor or the combo burst picture :(

Is it okay if I remove it or switch it out for something from another skin, or is that like.. taboo. I'm only asking this because I heard deleting the background for a song wasn't permitted so does the same apply to skins or what? Just wanted to make sure beforehand, thanks in advance ^__^
MLGnom
1,364 posts
Joined October 2008
MLGnom

Breadly wrote:

uh is it okay if I change some parts of a skin for personal uses?

Like.. I downloaded this reaally nice skin but I don't really like the cursor or the combo burst picture :(

Is it okay if I remove it or switch it out for something from another skin, or is that like.. taboo. I'm only asking this because I heard deleting the background for a song wasn't permitted so does the same apply to skins or what? Just wanted to make sure beforehand, thanks in advance ^__^
Yes you can, it's personal use, no one will know what you did to a skin. ^^;

All that you can't do is uploading skin and claiming that you made that skin and all parts are your job etc.
Dianshiro
9 posts
Joined February 2012
Dianshiro
i really want to make it, but i think i will failed, because i'm still a newbie.. Q.Q
wav_old_1
59 posts
Joined June 2012
wav_old_1
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wav_old_1
59 posts
Joined June 2012
wav_old_1
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Tesu
602 posts
Joined October 2012
Tesu
:oops:
[Kamen]
13 posts
Joined September 2012
[Kamen]
Does anyone have a link to a skin where it looks like the original but the combo burst's are very clean as in just bursts the number 300 without the orange small explosion effect. Would help me a heap if anyone can find it :D
Mamisero
7 posts
Joined February 2012
Mamisero
I've got a question.
I want to contact someone and ask if I can use a customized spinner from their beatmap for my skin, with credit given of course.
But this person hasn't been active since 2010.
What should I do? ;_;
Bittersweet
2,031 posts
Joined February 2010
Bittersweet
Credit the person, send a pm saying what you did and hope that if the person shows up itll be ok :D If not, youll just need to change the files.
H_Hitachiin
819 posts
Joined September 2012
H_Hitachiin
So my question was finally answered :)
Aeonian Sonder
973 posts
Joined May 2012
Aeonian Sonder
Anyone know the skin for this beatmap?
http://osu.ppy.sh/b/54372
trofimushka
7 posts
Joined January 2013
trofimushka
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[ GraciouS ]
9 posts
Joined January 2013
[ GraciouS ]


What skin help me :)
Kaeru
302 posts
Joined February 2013
Kaeru
To what extent can we include ecchi in our skins provided we have a disclaimer? Must all pictures be censored, or is partial nudity allowed if there are warnings?
Jenny
2,200 posts
Joined November 2010
Jenny
Anyone having an idea on how to enlarge normal skins to X2 res ones without screwing them up?

In other words: How to properly scale SD skins to HD skins, if possible?
HeX The Cat
11 posts
Joined December 2012
HeX The Cat
I have problem with comboburst sounds: for some reason they aren't played in my mixed skin. I've tried to find if I'm missing something important part(s) from skin folder by browsing through it and comparing to other skin folders but haven't found anything missing.. is there something I should edit in my skin.ini or do I need something additional file in my skin folder?

Nvm, found the problem. ^^
SonicX171
42 posts
Joined May 2011
SonicX171
How to force approachcircle.png to a custom color? I mean all skin elements are stay neon-blue, but approach circle changes color by beatmap combo color settings.
I'm sorry if I missed it.
chelly
136 posts
Joined February 2012
chelly

SonicX171 wrote:

How to force approachcircle.png to a custom color? I mean all skin elements are stay neon-blue, but approach circle changes color by beatmap combo color settings.
I'm sorry if I missed it.
Hmm... I don't think there's a way to do exactly what you said. Approach circle colors match the color of the hit circle, so you could try going into skin.ini and use only one hit circle color. That way, all hit circles will be of the same color and the same should apply to the approach circles.

If you want multiple colored hit circles but only one approach circle color, you're screwed.
Spirialis
1 post
Joined January 2011
Spirialis
Hi. I don't entirely remember where I got it, but I've been using the "Audiophile" skin by xsrsbsns and ever since the last patch, I've been getting circles showing up on all of my sliders that are a bit distracting. It would seem to be the hitcircleoverlay.png not resizing correctly for some reason, so a small circle shows up at the beginning and end circle of every slider, as shown in the image below. I've been using this skin for a good while now and had no problems before the last patch, so any help in fixing the problem would be appreciated!

SPOILER
henna kappa
3 posts
Joined November 2012
henna kappa
When I'm downloading skins from the forums I get the folder with everything for the skin and sometimes the .osk file even if I don't, I make it myself like explained in the forums but most of the skins won't make changes ing. What am I doing wrong? .__.

SPOILER
chelly
136 posts
Joined February 2012
chelly

Kyrgyzstan wrote:

Hi. I don't entirely remember where I got it, but I've been using the "Audiophile" skin by xsrsbsns and ever since the last patch, I've been getting circles showing up on all of my sliders that are a bit distracting. It would seem to be the hitcircleoverlay.png not resizing correctly for some reason, so a small circle shows up at the beginning and end circle of every slider, as shown in the image below. I've been using this skin for a good while now and had no problems before the last patch, so any help in fixing the problem would be appreciated!

SPOILER
Wow long time. A little late, but this is Hit Lighting that has been enabled in the Options for you. Turn it off and you should be fine.
Francis
120 posts
Joined November 2012
Francis
lobby-background.png, matchsetup-background.png and search-background.png doesn't seem to load for me.
What do I do? :(
Yukyy
35 posts
Joined July 2012
Yukyy
Only supporters can see those. ;3
ByAKUSHiKi-103
7 posts
Joined August 2012
ByAKUSHiKi-103

Does someone know this skin ?

I'm desperately looking for this
- Darky
2 posts
Joined March 2013
- Darky
Hi!

I hope I'm in the right forum now :oops: ...

I am looking for this purple/dark-spider themed skin, it seemed similar to a Touhou skin to me.

The skip-button was a spider.

Please help me out, I need that skin :(


Thanks in advance. :D
Sakurai Miyo
3,093 posts
Joined October 2011
Sakurai Miyo

Unslarkbar wrote:

Hi!

I hope I'm in the right forum now :oops: ...

I am looking for this purple/dark-spider themed skin, it seemed similar to a Touhou skin to me.

The skip-button was a spider.

Please help me out, I need that skin :(


Thanks in advance. :D

Deleted

https://osu.ppy.sh/forum/t/131906?hilit=Abstract
xeriom49667
2 posts
Joined April 2012
xeriom49667


how to change the words"player"???

please help me >< :?:
Jackyyy
85 posts
Joined June 2012
Jackyyy

xeriom49667 wrote:



how to change the words"player"???

please help me >< :?:
t/115736 This thread has the instructions on how to change the text.
xeriom49667
2 posts
Joined April 2012
xeriom49667
t/115736 This thread has the instructions on how to change the text.[/quote]

sorry...I tried....
but my poor English cann't help to solve it....
Sakurai Miyo
3,093 posts
Joined October 2011
Sakurai Miyo

xeriom49667 wrote:

http://osu.ppy.sh/forum/t/115736 This thread has the instructions on how to change the text.
sorry...I tried....
but my poor English cann't help to solve it....[/quote]
you did not read rules that from the readme!!!!
deadbeat
osu! Alumni
9,218 posts
Joined June 2009
deadbeat
@xeriom49667, you need photoshop or another program that can open .psd files
that player text is part of an image. the only way to change it is to open up the image and replace the text with something else.
prometheus_v
prometheus_v

EliteBeatAgents wrote:

i need help when i use WinZIP and save my skin into the skins folder, i get a error that either the end name is unknown and the file is corrupted or dameged in winzip. How do i fix this?
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