1. Create easy skins for osu
2. Lazy skin preview for each osu! overview
3. Sound preview, some tools for testing sounds (play, pause, stop, repeat)
4. Categorized file overview
5. Start graphic editing programm directly from osu! skin creator to edit specific files for skins (graphic software changable)
6. The programm byself is skinnable
7. Add default skin files, this will added in each skin you will create!

1. live preview
2. automatically load currently selected skin from osu
3. import files and manage this
4. graphic editing in osu! skin creator byself (don´t start thid party software)
5. some other...

Kagurame wrote:

New ideas - New technic
The third technic at this time, i know.
But i remarked that Ruby is simply to slow for this type of application.
The last few weeks i testet a lot and now i will try out a new way.

It will be a Visual Basic application again.
This application download the current API version from a web server. Graphics will be drawn with HTML / CSS.

The layout will be the same - but new functions will be available:
Because the api is stored on a server, the software always runs with the newest version. If there are required local files, it could be simply downloaded at runtime.
Visual Basic could simply interact with the servers - so it will give a login (optionally) to store some settings global for you (you can work on more computers with same settings without transporting more than the small app). Also you can share your skins directly with the app or look for other skins from other users.
A support system will be integratet - With the application you can report bugs or take future requests - Notifications about this will be shown at startup for you (if you are an user) and some other peoples (if you want to see future requests they will be shown in the application).
Change log entries will be shown one time at startup if you´re registrated.

The app could be runned offline, shure. But one time it has to be runned with internet to catch the latest API files.

You could download the louncher here: LINK.
At best the application has a own directiory.

Greetings, Kagu-chan.

Kagurame wrote:

I cant develop with c#... I can read it (mostly), but not more ._.
And vb I had learned it since 2 years... ^-^

But if I really need help, i´ll ask here or in an vb forum ^-^

Any wishes for the software?

1. Clean up some code elements for more performance.
2. osu! skin creator is now using a skinned mouse cursor - now it shows the osu cursor, you can change this cursor while creating skins.
3. Creates a base and controlling class for previews.
4. Designed welcome screen (unfinnished), thanks here to Lolicore Flandre and start programming functionalities.
5. Translated some overview elements into the english language.
6. While you´re not skinning at the moment (e.g. the welcome screen or options screen) all skinning elements are disabled.

SPOILER

1. osu! skin creator gets portable, it does not needs a installation on your system. Also all settings get saves on the path where osu! skin creator runs.
2. osu! skin creator will update automatically and gets a small console to downgrade, if a update is not that what i want (e.g. if i implement bugs -.-)

XinCrin wrote:

In my opinion, I would like the option to add a section where we can see a betmap with skin created, to see if the skin looks good while you're playing or not

1. Automatically checking are updates available
2. Update automatically the application
3. Restart automatically the application
4. If the application directory contains a file named "NoUpdate", than acutally the update will be not pressed. Later this will be an option in settings.

1. Restarting osu! Skin Creator failes actually. Only restart after update manually.
2. Reverting failed updates doesnt work. Its not implemented actually.

1. Updater starts only if updates available
2. Updater starts now with administration permissions for updating files (creating / deleting)
3. Added UserSettings
4. Added Options-Section (Not designet at the moment and crashing if auto update option changed :/ )
5. Deactivated creating backup for updates

- Fixed UserSettings-Crash
- Fixed ForceUpdate (button with no text in Options)
- Added new Grafik Engine (No lags while hovering some elements, better caching and faster view of graphics)
- Added Listed-Section (Listing all file names of a skin to change them at once)
- Added mouse selection list (not designet yet)
- Added change mouse cursor
- Added file loading routine (its showing some numbers if it finnished, this is for debugging)
- Added a view of the current action (in the upper left corner of the application)

How to test?
Click Options, the blocked elements will be unblocked (its a bug at this time )
Click "Listed", then "Button1" (no name at this moment, its only for testing)
Select a new cursor (Click into the right center to be able to scroll in your mouse buttons, auto select doesnt works this time)

- New Updater (the old updater will delete all files in subfolders)
- Removed some debug code
- Reading skin files from Skins and Songs folder
- Fixed bug with wrong application path for osu!
- Saving you osu! directory in user settings now
- Fixed rare crash while initializing cursor selection
- Added first try of designing mouse cursor selection

If you get a message box, you can ignore this message.
This messages will be added in overview later with functions to fix the reported problem.

Kagurame wrote:

Thanks for the link.
But i´m developing under Ruby now, and a good code base if programmed and functionally (i only dont understand github xD), so i dont need the dite at the moment. But thanks

How to GitHub

1. Set up a account here - Enter your credentials (E-Mail and stuff) and validate your account after that.
2. Install the GitHub-client for Windows - You can get it here, just follow the steps for the installation.
3. Log in to your account on the client
4. If there already exists a directory of your ruby-project, navigate to its folder. Not directly into it!
5. Drag the folder onto the GitHub-client and release it
6. Now you can set up a repository with name and description.

Note: Now you can commit every change that is made to github, you will have it on a own project page, for example github.com/testuser/myexampleproject so that everyone can see it and maybe add some stuff to it.

To make it a bit easier to explain what to do in Step 4/5, I make a example with a already uploaded project from me:
I want to upload my project "teabag", but how? Here's my project folder:

Now I navigate out of this folder, so I can take every element or just move them.

Now I drag and drop the folder "teabag" (aka the folder containing all my code and settings for the project) and drop it into the GitHub-client and the "new repository"-screen appears.

Make your entries and select be sure to select "Push to GitHub", press Create, Done.

Kagurame wrote:

if you want to learn a bit i could show you ruby, its really easy to use.

If you understand ruby than you could help if you want

1. Added skinnable files
2. Clean up loads and calls for better performance and better code style
3. Added Labels
4. Added Full working File Browser (e.g. for selecting your personally osu dir)
5. Added list selecting field (e.g. which hard drive while browsing somewhere or creating a beatmap skin / full osu skin)