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peppy
19,315 posts
Here since the beginning
Topic Starter
peppy
In this public build I have decided to phase out the "Prefer new default skin behaviour" option toggle and standardise skins. This means that many users will experience broken skins, or osu! not behaving as they expect. This post will help you resolve the issues.

If you are a player with a custom skin, and are not seeing what you expect:

  1. If you just want to replace a few elements of the default skin (ie. cursor), make sure your skin is named "User". This will ensure you are always using the latest skin version (even without a skin.ini).
  2. If you have more than one user skin and wish to stay up-to-date on all of them, you can use a skin.ini with "Version: latest". Note that you should not use latest for distributed skins.
  3. If you are using a distributed skin and it is misaligned, open the skin.ini and check to see if it has "Version: 2" specified. If it doesn't, try adding this and see if it fixes your issues.
If you are a skinner and your skin no longer works how you expect:

Please read up on skin versioning and the changes you need to make to your skin.ini. Make sure to stay up-to-date with skinning changes, as newer version will allow more features, as well as staying in line with the latest look and feel of osu!.
Uruoki
152 posts
Joined May 2013
Uruoki
Does "Version: latest" default to the behaviors used in "Version: 2" or is there plans for a new version?

The way you worded the post, it sounds like "Version: latest" is not suggested for skin distribution.

Just trying to future proof stuff.
peppy
19,315 posts
Here since the beginning
Topic Starter
peppy
You are 100% correct. Do not use "latest" for skin distribution.
Megatron
33 posts
Joined November 2013
Megatron
Will we ever be able to skin the color of play-warningarrow? Currently osu! makes it so that no matter what the arrows get a red overlay which isn't optimal since I'd really like to make mine blue. Googling this lead me to see that in 2 separate posts you acknowledged this, once by saying that this will be resolved in the next release and the second you said this correct behavior and to avoid it we should de-select "prefer new skin...", unfortunately that second post's solution never worked and now the option is gone.

What should we do if we want to skin the color of the warning arrows, or are you adamant about the red overlay?
Azer
World Cup Organiser
1,105 posts
Joined December 2012
Azer
For skins who previously used new skin behaviour, version must be 2.0 and not 2. OP is misleading. (At least it didn't work for me '_>' )
Elzapatoverde
542 posts
Joined December 2013
Elzapatoverde
Well... this happened after the update
SPOILER

And yes, I'm using the "Version: 2". Should I just move the "taiko-drum-inner/outer.png" or you will fix this?
bbshksh
43 posts
Joined May 2014
bbshksh

Elzapatoverde wrote:

I'm not sure if i shoud put this on Technical Support, but this happened after the update
SPOILER

And yes, I'm using the "Version: 2".
this occurs on my taiko mode too.
SPOILER
Lewd
16 posts
Joined November 2013
Lewd
Same thing happening with mine, but in addition my hitsounds dont work for taiko.
RBRat3
osu!painter
762 posts
Joined April 2010
RBRat3

Elzapatoverde wrote:

Well... this happened after the update
SPOILER

And yes, I'm using the "Version: 2". Should I just move the "taiko-drum-inner/outer.png" or you will fix this?
Your osu! skin may be version 2 but your taiko elements are not, The taiko skin change was to allow for future skinning to be easier.

You can either edit your elements or change your skins version...

To fix the issue via editing, your inner and outers should occupy a full half width of taiko-bar-left.
SPOILER

bar-left is 360x400px @2x (180x200px 1x)
inner & outers are 180x400px @2x (90x200px 1x)


bbshksh wrote:

this occurs on my taiko mode too.
SPOILER
You have the wrong version being used on your skin it should be version 2...

edit: For better clarity your skin needs to be "whole" including all game mode elements utilizing either version 1 or 2 not both.
Elzapatoverde
542 posts
Joined December 2013
Elzapatoverde
Oh, that explains a lot, thank you.
peppy
19,315 posts
Here since the beginning
Topic Starter
peppy
I'll do a bump for taiko elements, on second thoughts.

Also 2 is the same as 2.0.
Ayesha Altugle
3,052 posts
Joined October 2011
Ayesha Altugle

peppy wrote:

  1. If you just want to replace a few elements of the default skin (ie. cursor), make sure your skin is named "User". This will ensure you are always using the latest skin version (even without a skin.ini).
I am confused in this part. Can someone explain?
Haskorion
533 posts
Joined September 2013
Haskorion
For example you use a skin that is mostly the default skin with a different cursor or transparent hit300s (no real skin), this skin can be named "User" and doesn't even need a skin.ini. It will always use the latest version.

All other skins are treated as old-styled skins (equals Version:1) if they aren't Version: 2 .
The folder name "User" won't force this on this specific skin.
Ayesha Altugle
3,052 posts
Joined October 2011
Ayesha Altugle
Ahh, Thanks.
Rika-chan
23 posts
Joined May 2013
Rika-chan
Upon adding Version: 2, the Taiko skin is fixed, however my spinner skin reverts to default. Removing the line fixes the spinner, naturally, but my taiko skin becomes broken again.

Not sure where I should go from there.
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iamthecman
2 posts
Joined January 2013
iamthecman

vowywowy wrote:

Will we ever be able to skin the color of play-warningarrow? Currently osu! makes it so that no matter what the arrows get a red overlay which isn't optimal since I'd really like to make mine blue. Googling this lead me to see that in 2 separate posts you acknowledged this, once by saying that this will be resolved in the next release and the second you said this correct behavior and to avoid it we should de-select "prefer new skin...", unfortunately that second post's solution never worked and now the option is gone.

What should we do if we want to skin the color of the warning arrows, or are you adamant about the red overlay?
just noticed this. Does anyone know a way to fix it?
Ayesha Altugle
3,052 posts
Joined October 2011
Ayesha Altugle
Put version: 1 line on skin.ini (under [General] ofc)
TakuMii
1,874 posts
Joined October 2009
TakuMii
SPOILER
I have my skin.ini set to Version: 2, but my Taiko skin is still misaligned :/
EDIT: Spoke too soon. Updated again, and I'm not having this issue any more. Thanks for the quick fix!
mintong89
3,698 posts
Joined July 2011
mintong89
I'm set the version to "latest" , Left-bar is already fine but right bar is broken (taiko-right-bar.png)

SPOILER

https://osu.ppy.sh/ss/1651695
RBRat3
osu!painter
762 posts
Joined April 2010
RBRat3

Mintong wrote:

I'm set the version to "latest" , Left-bar is already fine but right bar is broken (taiko-right-bar.png)

SPOILER

https://osu.ppy.sh/ss/1651695
Your bar-right is short.


Bar-right was extended to reach under bar-left for better aesthetics when bar-lefts right edge is manipulated with things like glow, notches, rounded corners etc.. what ever a skinner can make good use of.



Bar-right is 2048x400px @2x (1024x200px 1x)
(The same metrics apply to the glow)

Here's a zip of the taiko elements with V2.1 position changes for those who want a more direct method of metrics http://puu.sh/94poH/9dd786040b.zip
mintong89
3,698 posts
Joined July 2011
mintong89
thanks, it's fine now \:3/
yoshilove
yoshilove
I have created skin for Version: 1
1280*800

Version: 1

Version: latest

(b20140528.3)

Edit :

RBRat3 wrote:

Those elements are only for version 2.1 all versions prior use the old taiko default metrics.

You will need to use/create elements that are for version 1.
I was able to fix.
Thank you!!
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RBRat3
osu!painter
762 posts
Joined April 2010
RBRat3
Those elements are only for version 2.1 all versions prior use the old taiko default metrics.

You will need to use/create elements that are for version 1.
dengdengdeng
3 posts
Joined October 2013
dengdengdeng

CarlGel wrote:

Upon adding Version: 2, the Taiko skin is fixed, however my spinner skin reverts to default. Removing the line fixes the spinner, naturally, but my taiko skin becomes broken again.

Not sure where I should go from there.
I have the same problem.

Here is the spinner set
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nabp09a2prcpva9/Test.zip

Spinner works normally without "Version: latest" or "Version:2" in skin.ini
Luna
2,355 posts
Joined November 2010
Luna
Since we now need full image sets for old version skins, could you maybe upload a full template skin of all the old elements so we can use those to fill the gaps? Even the most recent template skin from peppy's announcement post doesn't contain all the elements (for example, taiko-drum-inner/outer and taiko-barline - among others - are missing).
Flower
1,723 posts
Joined August 2011
Flower
The skin of https://osu.ppy.sh/b/396554 uses a set of new spinner. As versioning pushes out, we can no longer play with its full spinner skin. Should I write here or in the technical support?
Trick_old_1
Trick_old_1
Not sure what's happening, but my spinners are like this: http://puu.sh/94Lyq/527b8f23fd.jpg

My replay button is like this: http://puu.sh/94LB6/5d9d2bbe14.jpg when it should be like this: http://puu.sh/94LH7/05d06461d9.png

My skin.ini: http://puu.sh/94LZf/0df1e800b2.png

I used the original Life skin, then I customized it to my liking. Added different cursor, slider, spinner, ranking letters, scorebar..pretty much everything except the hitcircles/mods and such. Is there any way to fix those? :v btw, I'm no wiz at skinning, all I know how to do is just replace all the parts of it with different ones so yeah ._.
Ayesha Altugle
3,052 posts
Joined October 2011
Ayesha Altugle

Tr1cky wrote:

Not sure what's happening, but my spinners are like this: http://puu.sh/94Lyq/527b8f23fd.jpg

My replay button is like this: http://puu.sh/94LB6/5d9d2bbe14.jpg when it should be like this: http://puu.sh/94LH7/05d06461d9.png

vahn10 wrote:

Put version: 1 line on skin.ini (under [General] ofc)
OsuMe65
1,519 posts
Joined May 2011
OsuMe65
acutally, his skin.ini is already in Version: 1
Trick_old_1
Trick_old_1

OsuMe65 wrote:

acutally, his skin.ini is already in Version: 1
^^^^^ http://puu.sh/94Pwm/f43a33aa05.png
And it's still not working :l
deadbeat
osu! Alumni
9,218 posts
Joined June 2009
deadbeat
i don't think Version: 1 ever worked at all. only Version: 2
Ayesha Altugle
3,052 posts
Joined October 2011
Ayesha Altugle
Yeah, that's strange for me

It worked once a while ago
Trick_old_1
Trick_old_1
just tried Version: 2, same results :| anyone up for a teamviewer or something to check whats wrong here? i've tried tweaking some stuff but nothing will change idunno what else to do
MLGnom
1,365 posts
Joined October 2008
MLGnom

deadbeat wrote:

i don't think Version: 1 ever worked at all. only Version: 2
Worked just fine. If you had Version : 1 and ticked preferred new behaviour, you got old style anyway.
Ayesha Altugle
3,052 posts
Joined October 2011
Ayesha Altugle


Spinner Files

http://puu.sh/94QzM/67cd5714d9.zip

check this file if it will broke
Haskorion
533 posts
Joined September 2013
Haskorion

Tr1cky wrote:

Not sure what's happening, but my spinners are like this: http://puu.sh/94Lyq/527b8f23fd.jpg

My replay button is like this: http://puu.sh/94LB6/5d9d2bbe14.jpg when it should be like this: http://puu.sh/94LH7/05d06461d9.png

My skin.ini: http://puu.sh/94LZf/0df1e800b2.png

I used the original Life skin, then I customized it to my liking. Added different cursor, slider, spinner, ranking letters, scorebar..pretty much everything except the hitcircles/mods and such. Is there any way to fix those? :v btw, I'm no wiz at skinning, all I know how to do is just replace all the parts of it with different ones so yeah ._.
You have this skin in a folder named as "User". It will always force the latest Version on this folder, ignoring your set Version number.

Just rename your folder to something else like "Life (Edit)" or User2"
4oki
5 posts
Joined May 2014
4oki
Umm, Version: latest did the trick for me with misaligned Taiko elements.
Trick_old_1
Trick_old_1

ReddScorn wrote:

Tr1cky wrote:

Not sure what's happening, but my spinners are like this: http://puu.sh/94Lyq/527b8f23fd.jpg

My replay button is like this: http://puu.sh/94LB6/5d9d2bbe14.jpg when it should be like this: http://puu.sh/94LH7/05d06461d9.png

My skin.ini: http://puu.sh/94LZf/0df1e800b2.png

I used the original Life skin, then I customized it to my liking. Added different cursor, slider, spinner, ranking letters, scorebar..pretty much everything except the hitcircles/mods and such. Is there any way to fix those? :v btw, I'm no wiz at skinning, all I know how to do is just replace all the parts of it with different ones so yeah ._.
You have this skin in a folder named as "User". It will always force the latest Version on this folder, ignoring your set Version number.

Just rename your folder to something else like "Life (Edit)" or User2"
Great, everything was working fine for awhile until this happened. http://puu.sh/94tUF/89079b85e2.jpg

Instead of fading into a black background it just stayed on the songs storyboard. I just keep having problem after problem :x
XFarbeeX
8 posts
Joined August 2013
XFarbeeX
I have the same problem as Tr1cky, though i was able to fix it on two skins by changing the version number to "2.0". But on my other skins the the skin.ini does not have a version section and I can not fix it, and I have already tried to add a version into the script and it did not work.


I would add screen shots but I am to much of a forum noob to figure out how.
Saitolai
13 posts
Joined December 2013
Saitolai
Peppy, I have a question...

Why did you remove this feature? Was it because you make edits of the skin.ini to be specified the latest element on a skin?
Does this make things easier for us or smtg?
Trick_old_1
Trick_old_1
Yeah, I'm still having problems with the spinners. I'll tweak with some stuff and it'll work for awhile, but then it'll just go back like this http://puu.sh/965jQ/71c5e12a72.jpg

i've tried everything not sure what else to do. guess ill just play with full background dim or something
Haskorion
533 posts
Joined September 2013
Haskorion

Tr1cky wrote:

Yeah, I'm still having problems with the spinners. I'll tweak with some stuff and it'll work for awhile, but then it'll just go back like this http://puu.sh/965jQ/71c5e12a72.jpg

i've tried everything not sure what else to do. guess ill just play with full background dim or something

Add SpinnerFadePlayfield: 1 to your skin.ini. it will make the background black again.

Also ask this questions here instead: t/51694/
tiper
tiper
I like the idea, also translated this little guide into russian, but I think, the tech support forum is going to fill the hell up with a lot of questions.
XFarbeeX
8 posts
Joined August 2013
XFarbeeX
Thanks ReddScorn for the help
Ayesha Altugle
3,052 posts
Joined October 2011
Ayesha Altugle

tiper wrote:

I like the idea, also translated this little guide into russian, but I think, the tech support forum is going to fill the hell up with a lot of questions.
I see what you did there
Ayaya
366 posts
Joined August 2013
Ayaya
can someone help me please? the only problem for me at the moment is that it changed my fruit-ryuuta.
I have the one I want in my skin folder but when I play it's not it.
Piine
1,573 posts
Joined March 2012
Piine

Ayaya wrote:

can someone help me please? the only problem for me at the moment is that it changed my fruit-ryuuta.
I have the one I want in my skin folder but when I play it's not it.
For some reason, Millhiore said it still being worked on. Pretty much I am just waiting till the update so we can be able to use our customized ryuutas again.
RBRat3
osu!painter
762 posts
Joined April 2010
RBRat3
New skin version uses states like pippi-don on taiko for the catcher.

Fruit-catcher-idle.png
Fruit-catcher-kiai.png
Fruit-catcher-fail.png

But keep in mind these are subject to change.
CallMeCJ_
11 posts
Joined October 2009
CallMeCJ_
With the skin Lumiance: Planckian Locus, the Taiko hit markers are all out of whack. In version 1 and 2, they are skew, but version: latest fixes the error. Also, in every version, the spinner sound in Taiko pitches downward, but pitches up in normal Osu! mode. The error on the ranking screen is only in version 1.


Version 1
SPOILER

Version 2
SPOILER

Version Latest
SPOILER
RBRat3
osu!painter
762 posts
Joined April 2010
RBRat3
Leave it at latest or set as version 2.1 if there are no other visual problems accompanying it.
MillhioreF
Pro Tester
5,004 posts
Joined July 2011
MillhioreF

Sulker wrote:

For some reason, Millhiore said it still being worked on.
Lolwut, I was talking about 16 player multiplayer games (which are added now)
CallMeCJ_
11 posts
Joined October 2009
CallMeCJ_

RBRat3 wrote:

Leave it at latest or set as version 2.1 if there are no other visual problems accompanying it.
The only problems I can find are the health bar not lining up properly with it's background, and the sound of the taiko spinner decreasing in pitch and not increasing. I'll just set the version to 2.1.
Legxis
80 posts
Joined May 2013
Legxis

RBRat3 wrote:

Leave it at latest or set as version 2.1 if there are no other visual problems accompanying it.
But if I set the skin to Version 2, then my standard skin won't work becaudse it's a Version 1 one. So do I have to seperate and switch skins every time I want to play Taiko now?
RBRat3
osu!painter
762 posts
Joined April 2010
RBRat3

codejunkie wrote:

The only problems I can find are the health bar not lining up properly with it's background, and the sound of the taiko spinner decreasing in pitch and not increasing. I'll just set the version to 2.1.
You'd have to point me to a copy of your skin and a shot showing the misalignment.

Legxis wrote:

But if I set the skin to Version 2, then my standard skin won't work becaudse it's a Version 1 one. So do I have to seperate and switch skins every time I want to play Taiko now?
This sounds like your mixing element versions or the skin isn't "whole" which is a no no... I assume your taiko skin is missing some playfield elements which it's choosing to use the new versions instead. If you are using version 1 elements then you will need to populate version 1 taiko elements for example ones found in the old default template or the taiko skin made by luigihann and many other existing skins.
RainbowAshura
61 posts
Joined April 2013
RainbowAshura
I've been working on my new klonoa skin and when i went to test it out it just shows the template skin, is this the reason or am i doing something wrong?
Ayesha Altugle
3,052 posts
Joined October 2011
Ayesha Altugle
you should have posted in this thread.
CallMeCJ_
11 posts
Joined October 2009
CallMeCJ_

RBRat3 wrote:

codejunkie wrote:

The only problems I can find are the health bar not lining up properly with it's background, and the sound of the taiko spinner decreasing in pitch and not increasing. I'll just set the version to 2.1.
You'd have to point me to a copy of your skin and a shot showing the misalignment.
Here is a picture of the error during a song.
SPOILER

On a side note, here is what it looks like in the skin selection screen, which is completely different
SPOILER
MLGnom
1,365 posts
Joined October 2008
MLGnom
Remove score-marker.png or fix scorebar colour to fit your scorebar.
Ayesha Altugle
3,052 posts
Joined October 2011
Ayesha Altugle
what a post...
CallMeCJ_
11 posts
Joined October 2009
CallMeCJ_

MLGnom wrote:

Remove score-marker.png or fix scorebar colour to fit your scorebar.
I actually did something different. I changed score-marker into scorebar-ki, kidanger, and kidanger2, and it fixed both of my problems.
Soreg
8 posts
Joined June 2013
Soreg
I read the thread and still can't fix it >__< tried 1 2.0 2.1, nothing fixes it >_>

http://puu.sh/9bKIG/821abcf1bf.jpg

I'll be waiting for an update >_>
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Ghost-
1 post
Joined August 2012
Ghost-
So ive for some reason, when i put Version: 1 into my skin.ini, it fixes my spinners, but it then misaligns my taiko part where it just overlaps. When i put Version 2.0, the taiko is fixed but the spinner reverts back to the original osu spinner. Help me pleeease oAo
o2mania_old
15 posts
Joined October 2010
o2mania_old

aaragun21 wrote:

So ive for some reason, when i put Version: 1 into my skin.ini, it fixes my spinners, but it then misaligns my taiko part where it just overlaps. When i put Version 2.0, the taiko is fixed but the spinner reverts back to the original osu spinner. Help me pleeease oAo
if you want, you can just use the "spinner-top.png" file as the only spinner image (I mean the spinner-bottom.png is just blank then just edit the spinner-top.png file and I'm sorry that i can't help with the spinner-meter file :( )
NEET_s21
9 posts
Joined February 2013
NEET_s21
if anyone has star problems here is a new basic star for you http://puu.sh/9ejLL/225d13ae93.png/star.png
Dark Fang
1,981 posts
Joined February 2011
Dark Fang
https://osu.ppy.sh/ss/1675453 need to fix about this. they are not active at differnt BG image

sorry for wrong post :p
Ayesha Altugle
3,052 posts
Joined October 2011
Ayesha Altugle

Dark Fang wrote:

https://osu.ppy.sh/ss/1675453 need to fix about this. they are not active at differnt BG image

sorry for wrong post :p
[quote="peppy":1337]technical limitation; won't fix.
Bara-
11,978 posts
Joined April 2013
Bara-
For Taiko, it seems that using Taiko skin fixes the problems, but since you cannot download it anymore:

Well, you can get it by clicking here

(Maybe post this link in all topics asking about taiko bug?
Ofcourse also click Enable Taiko skin for Taiko mode
wailord2700
63 posts
Joined October 2009
wailord2700
The only problem i have now is the spinner circle and background using the original background and spin circle how do i solve it?
Granger
835 posts
Joined April 2014
Granger
Ok, i need help. Since the last few updates my skin breaks more and more, now the song selection became unreadable too.

No matter of using Version 1 or 2, my song selection menu text is missalinged and nearly unreadable and the taiko elements missalinged. In version 2 my spinner dissapears and gets replaced by the default one.

EDIT; On that note, there a few unskinable ui things broken too.
Screenshot
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Quichey
88 posts
Joined August 2012
Quichey

baraatje123 wrote:

For Taiko, it seems that using Taiko skin fixes the problems, but since you cannot download it anymore:

Well, you can get it by clicking here

(Maybe post this link in all topics asking about taiko bug?
Ofcourse also click Enable Taiko skin for Taiko mode
This is only because the skin version is not the latest. This does NOT fix the taiko skin in the latest version
Nerova Riuz GX
1,413 posts
Joined April 2012
Nerova Riuz GX
Is it possible if I want to make old spinners, old ranking screen and new beatmap panel layout appear in one skin by changing options in Settings or skin.ini?
Kris Senpai
4 posts
Joined February 2014
Kris Senpai
there's one problem i'm having with this, and that's the spinner..My spinner skin turn back to the original spinner skin.. can someone help/explain to me?
iLotus-
422 posts
Joined July 2011
iLotus-

Granger wrote:

Ok, i need help. Since the last few updates my skin breaks more and more, now the song selection became unreadable too.

No matter of using Version 1 or 2, my song selection menu text is missalinged and nearly unreadable and the taiko elements missalinged. In version 2 my spinner dissapears and gets replaced by the default one.

EDIT; On that note, there a few unskinable ui things broken too.
Screenshot

That is because they changed it xD Try to put the new Default skin and look the new Song Selection Menu.

Im waiting for the new Osu Default Skin Template (p/3135653#p3135653) For try to fix my skins :l
o2mania_old
15 posts
Joined October 2010
o2mania_old

Nerova Riuz GX wrote:

Is it possible if I want to make old spinners, old ranking screen and new beatmap panel layout appear in one skin by changing options in Settings or skin.ini?
it could be. at skin.ini, set "Version" to "Version: 2.0" then you can use the old spinner image as "spinner-top.png" and just blank the pixels of "spinner bottom.png".(as I said this already...I just wanted to do step-by-step) if you don't want the spinner appearing with double white frames, you can just erase all pixels of the "spinner-middle.png"(I DON'T mean to delete the file or it will still show up if you do) and use the old ranking screen files such as the graph, the "perfect", the score bar and anything that appears on the ranking screen. (just let me know if this answers your question or not... I may not be right sometimes :/ )
Granger
835 posts
Joined April 2014
Granger

iLotus- wrote:

Granger wrote:

Ok, i need help. Since the last few updates my skin breaks more and more, now the song selection became unreadable too.

No matter of using Version 1 or 2, my song selection menu text is missalinged and nearly unreadable and the taiko elements missalinged. In version 2 my spinner dissapears and gets replaced by the default one.

EDIT; On that note, there a few unskinable ui things broken too.
Screenshot

That is because they changed it xD Try to put the new Default skin and look the new Song Selection Menu.

Im waiting for the new Osu Default Skin Template (p/3135653#p3135653) For try to fix my skins :l
Im aware they changed it, else i wouldnt have this problem, would i?
Now, any tips on how to fix the problems?

Im not a skinner and i know only basic image editing... any options i can change besides the version which didnt do anything but break the spinner too?
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tabaha
1 post
Joined February 2012
tabaha
I love the lack of documentation on how spinners work on version 2
_sparky_
544 posts
Joined March 2014
_sparky_

Granger wrote:

Ok, i need help. Since the last few updates my skin breaks more and more, now the song selection became unreadable too.

No matter of using Version 1 or 2, my song selection menu text is missalinged and nearly unreadable and the taiko elements missalinged. In version 2 my spinner dissapears and gets replaced by the default one.

EDIT; On that note, there a few unskinable ui things broken too.
Screenshot
these updates make skins for some people worse :/

does it only happen on this skin though?
-Seren-
447 posts
Joined April 2011
-Seren-
i like this new skin update
it makes my skin look so clear and clean
iLotus-
422 posts
Joined July 2011
iLotus-

Granger wrote:

Im aware they changed it, else i wouldnt have this problem, would i?
Now, any tips on how to fix the problems?

Im not a skinner and i know only basic image editing... any options i can change besides the version which didnt do anything but break the spinner too?
They said that we need to edit the Skin.ini for fix it. And you can get the actual Skin.ini of the Osu Default Skin Template. (The link that I've copied)
Kaivu
106 posts
Joined February 2014
Kaivu

[Kris] wrote:

there's one problem i'm having with this, and that's the spinner..My spinner skin turn back to the original spinner skin.. can someone help/explain to me?
I'm having this problem too. I have six skins and changed all of them to "Version: latest." Half of them work perfectly; the other three have default spinners. I tried changing it to "Version: 2" and got the same result except the beatmap selection page doesn't display correctly. Changing it to "Version: 1" obviously fixes the spinners, but then the beatmap selection page has issues.
Jojajim
289 posts
Joined November 2012
Jojajim
I like this update though i have a problem.
After remaking a few things on my skin my ranking-replay/ranking-retry skin stopped working, this only occurs when i have "version: latest" typed in skin.ini. The skins works fine when i remove "version: latest" from skin.ini. And "my pause-retry@2x" takes the spot of "ranking-retry" http://puu.sh/9eU3f/073bd19b7a.jpg, anyone else have this problem? anyone know how to fix it?

Edit: I've tested some more, it appears that this happens when you have two different skin models for ranking screen and pause screen, When I have "version: latest" in skin.ini osu! can't find models called "ranking-retry" or "ranking-replay". It works fine if you have the same retry/replay in both pause and ranking screen but i prefer to have diffrent models in these two places.

The same happens to my other skins aswell as soon as I type "version: latest" in my skin.ini and these skin I haven't changed anything in since the last patch.

Edit 2: typing "version: 2" in skin.ini has the same effect
Marl_velius
10 posts
Joined March 2014
Marl_velius
my custom spinner isnt showing up, all that shows up is the base one.
Untaled
6 posts
Joined February 2014
Untaled
Nvm,I have same problem with spinner, it turn back to original spinner.
Ayesha Altugle
3,052 posts
Joined October 2011
Ayesha Altugle
Restored back Icon
Toukai
79 posts
Joined April 2012
Toukai
I'm having a problem with reskinning my spinner to the new skin...

Ive looked through the things I needed and It keeps using the standard osu spinner (it hurts muh eyes T_T)

does anyone have a fix for this?
Ayesha Altugle
3,052 posts
Joined October 2011
Ayesha Altugle
Try any one of this below (in your skin's skin.ini):

Version: 1
Version: 2
Toukai
79 posts
Joined April 2012
Toukai
Version: 2 - No image preview and spinner stays standard

Version: 1 - No image preview and spinners turned back to my custom one. But the hit bursts changed into default this time
MillhioreF
Pro Tester
5,004 posts
Joined July 2011
MillhioreF
Can anyone with a buggy spinner upload their skin so I can try to find the problem?
Toukai
79 posts
Joined April 2012
Toukai
Here you go! :(

Link: http://puu.sh/9fFxp/3791a03894.osk
manjumochi
162 posts
Joined April 2013
manjumochi

-[Kirito]- wrote:

Here you go! :(

Link: http://puu.sh/9fFxp/3791a03894.osk
Rename spinner-circle to spinner-top (or spinner-bottom), other things like spinner-metre and background won't work anymore on v2, unfortunately (It would be nice if there are some way to work around this matter).
Edit: Sorry for my bad english.
Toukai
79 posts
Joined April 2012
Toukai
Oh I tried that before and it didnt work for me either :/ so I dont know....it would a huge loss if we cant make a spinner bg :(
MillhioreF
Pro Tester
5,004 posts
Joined July 2011
MillhioreF
I've pushed a change that'll force the spinner back to old style if you include spinner-background.png in your skin. Keep in mind this means you won't be able to use new spinner elements if you do so (spinner-middle, spinner-top, spinner-bottom).
manjumochi
162 posts
Joined April 2013
manjumochi

-[Kirito]- wrote:

Oh I tried that before and it didnt work for me either :/ so I dont know....it would a huge loss if we cant make a spinner bg :(
A work around for this is rename to spinner-top and use a transparent image to spinner-bottom (or duplicate the spinner-circle and rename one to spinner-top and other to spinner-bottom).

Edit:

MillhioreF wrote:

I've pushed a change that'll force the spinner back to old style if you include spinner-background.png in your skin. Keep in mind this means you won't be able to use new spinner elements if you do so (spinner-middle, spinner-top, spinner-bottom).
I'll try to test on a skin I'm creating which is "in the works".
Toukai
79 posts
Joined April 2012
Toukai

MillhioreF wrote:

I've pushed a change that'll force the spinner back to old style if you include spinner-background.png in your skin. Keep in mind this means you won't be able to use new spinner elements if you do so (spinner-middle, spinner-top, spinner-bottom).
I didnt even know those were new LOL

I'll just skin the old spinners until the issues with the new spinners are fixed

thanks a lot :D
PinkHusky
28 posts
Joined April 2013
PinkHusky
What can be done about the alignment of my skin? I've tried "Version: 2" "Version: 1" and "Version: Latest" in my skin.ini but none of them fixed the slight problem I have been having. (I put them in there with out the quotes, don't worry)

This is what the skin used to look like: http://postimg.org/image/ttpv4v813/
Hollow star player rating in the upper left and very even song selection because it aligns based on font. (It seems) Which makes a nice look curve.

What it looks like now: http://postimg.org/image/l8rxzy8h3/
Stars are filled in (I didn't log in for you to see though, oops?) and each one of the songs align whichever way they feel like. It doesn't look like a nice clean curve at all, It's all jagged.

However it looks like they do align correctly when I use this skin: http://postimg.org/image/xot97fr6v/
Is there a way to get back to the older version/way the song aligned since I can't get it to work?

Do I have to deal with it or just use a different less attractive skin?
MillhioreF
Pro Tester
5,004 posts
Joined July 2011
MillhioreF
If you notice, the song alignments are jagged anyway, and the smooth curve is noticable because the panels are solid, and not partially invisible like on your other skin. The star image has also changed, so you'll have to fill them in from the old template if you want them to go back.
iLotus-
422 posts
Joined July 2011
iLotus-

MillhioreF wrote:

If you notice, the song alignments are jagged anyway, and the smooth curve is noticable because the panels are solid, and not partially invisible like on your other skin. The star image has also changed, so you'll have to fill them in from the old template if you want them to go back.
MilhioreF Can you give us the new skin.ini? I wanna see the new codes for edit my skins... Also can update the Osu Default Skin Template? (t/129191/start=120)

Thanks, and sorry for my bad english.
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