Important guides and threads

Stefan

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Joined January 2011

Topic Starter

Stefan 2017-06-27T19:03:45+00:00

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE RULES OF THIS SUBFORUM, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

If you're looking a specific guide or another bigger thread, then you're here very likely on the right place!

Guides:

Skinning Tutorial by RockRoller
Skinnable Files List ~~by Haskorion~~ Now handled by RockRoller
Song Selection Template by RockRoller
skinship websites guides section by RockRoller and tetsui

Collections:

Completed Skin Compendium by RockRoller and Roan with help from various helpers
Circle People Pro Player Skin Collection

Community Programs:

All of these tools have been made by the community specifically for osu!. There are other useful tools like image upscalers, image optimisers and batch renamers, but no specific ones will be linked here, use which ever one you prefer.
Mania Column Centering by Roan
Skin Checker by Roan
Image Scaler by Roan
Fringe Remover by Roan

Misc:

osu! Default Skin Template by peppy
Template Skin by Galvit
skinship website with various guides and resources by RockRoller

Legacy Content:

Links and resources that used to be important, but no longer are

forum/t/640237 - Skinning Forum Post Template by EmanuelAlcon
forum/t/212311 - Skin behaviour changes and broken skin layouts announcement by peppy
forum/t/166778 - osu!news skin showcases by deadbeat
forum/t/41319 - Taiko Skin version 6.0 by LuigiHann
forum/t/48424 - Frank's Taiko skin V2.6 by Frank7654321
forum/t/575880 - How to adjust the skin.ini file by Lyawi
forum/t/51502 - How to make spinners symmetrical by ziin
forum/t/87675 - Pro Players Skin Compendium by fartownik

If anything else should belong here due their importance and accessibility, please leave a post below. A moderator (hey RockRoller) will take care of that

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE RULES OF THIS SUBFORUM, PLEASE CLICK HERE.

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h3oCharles

1,502 posts

Joined July 2016

h3oCharles 2017-06-27T19:55:11+00:00

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h3oCharles' Skinning Book
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Most important stuff:
Skinning Rules
Skinning FAQ, Part 1 - Common Element Issues
Skinning FAQ, Part 2 - Skin Submission
Completed Skins Compendium

Tools:
That spreadsheet (Go to Detailed List)
HD to SD converter
Element checker
Skin Filesize Optimizer Tool

Tutorials:
Basic skin.ini Configuration
Song Select (Bottom section only)
osu!std/taiko: Symmetrical Spinners
osu!mania: Centering the playfield with an algorithm
osu!mania: Making the middle note a bar on all columns

Templates:
Song Select Screen Alignment
Forum Post Template

Miscellaneous:
Circle People's skin stash
skinhouse Discord server
TooFastDan's Discord server

If you want me to add something to this list, please forum PM me with
Subject "Important guides and threads"

Last Update: 2018-12-08

Last edited by h3oCharles 2018-12-08T12:24:33+00:00, edited 20 times in total.

RockRoller

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Joined May 2016

RockRoller 2017-06-27T21:42:52+00:00

h3oCharles wrote:
CTB charas and Taiko charas are outdated, OP's picture sources are dead
Skin behaviour changes and broken skin layouts announcement is no longer valid for current builds
default skin template should be reuploaded
skin compedium needs an update as well
in my signature there's a skinning spreadsheet, highly recommend adding it as well

The Spreedsheet is allready here.
The compendium will get some attantion in the (hopefully near) future.

h3oCharles

1,502 posts

Joined July 2016

h3oCharles 2017-10-01T18:36:30+00:00

CTB charas and Taiko charas are outdated, OP's picture sources are dead
Skin behaviour changes and broken skin layouts announcement is no longer valid for current builds
default skin template should be reuploaded
skin compedium needs an update as well
in my signature there's a skinning spreadsheet, highly recommend adding it as well

RockRoller

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2,410 posts

Joined May 2016

RockRoller 2018-01-06T11:29:21+00:00

t/686407
Allignment templates for the song selection for various aspect ratios