ricki.bertolino Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Hello, I want to share with all of you my work on a dark version of the FM13 skin. This is my first skin ever and therefore it is taking me some time to find graphics + fonts; any suggestions are welcome. My plan is to release a beta version on the week end, however it is not a promise as I have limited time. On top of the dark look I also plan to have fully transparent match widgets, as well as modified opposition instructions view (I want to have a view will all instructions in the same table, for quicker selections). Here are some screen shots of the work so far: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StokeCityNik Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Looking great so far! Can't wait to try it out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarunas Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 too dark in my opinion. try to smooth it a little. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrewnaldo Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Sorry, can't see anything... *takes off sun-glasses required by current skin*... ah, that's better. Looks cracking so far. Will absolutely, definitely be keeping an eye on this. Looks exactly how I would want a default darker skin to look. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey170 Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Looks quality. The default skin is a tad on the bright side, look forward to this being released. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrewnaldo Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 One question - the colouring of the manager's name and option buttons in the top-right are light-blue in the screenies. Am I right in assuming that this is because you're controlling Man City here? Have you tested it with other clubs to ensure there isn't a clash? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricki.bertolino Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 too dark in my opinion.try to smooth it a little. I actually went for very dark because that's the way I like the dark skin to be and also because looking around other dark skins so fare are less dark (hence the name Carbon ) Still your feedback is much appreciated. I'm expecting more feedback once the beta version is released and I will try to implement any good suggestions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricki.bertolino Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 One question - the colouring of the manager's name and option buttons in the top-right are light-blue in the screenies. Am I right in assuming that this is because you're controlling Man City here? Have you tested it with other clubs to ensure there isn't a clash? That's correct. The colour scheme of the header is the same as in the default scheme (it follows the team colours). I tested with various teams and it's ok. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdog Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Fully transparent match widgets would be great. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthgatesRedWhiteArmy Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Is this going to be available for FMC? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricki.bertolino Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 Fully transparent match widgets would be great. I will definitely have that, as I can't stand the existing black ones Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricki.bertolino Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 Is this going to be available for FMC? I'm afraid at the moment I have no plans to release it for FMC as I normally play the full version. However if it turns out to be a popular skin and there will be high demand for an FMC version, I will consider giving it a go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCFCRossky Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Looking good! Will defo give this a go. Good work! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FootballManagerBlog Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Looking good mate. This will be a great skin for sure! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff AlienIR Posted October 25, 2012 SI Staff Share Posted October 25, 2012 Could I ask you please which skin you use as a base of your job? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazbowski Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Would love a larger font for anyone with a monitor bigger than 14 inches! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff AlienIR Posted October 25, 2012 SI Staff Share Posted October 25, 2012 Would love a larger font for anyone with a monitor bigger than 14 inches! Well; that's easy to fix. You just have to edit the first lines of the settings.xml; the attribute with a smthg-font name. Just change number associated to that attribute. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricki.bertolino Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share Posted October 25, 2012 Ok...that competition about dark is too much for me. Could I ask you which skin you use as a base of your job. Hope it's the Jack Hammer's one and not mine. Hope you get his agreement for using his skin. At all; if you use mine; should I remind you that respect and gentleman agreement mean something. It's also easy to prove that it's mine due to the difference in the settings.xml and in the code of some panel. If you used my skin; you jus had to ask for agreement. You would have get it; now you won't.. Waiting for the download to check about where you get it from. If you used mine; I suggest you to close your thread as you can not use my stuff without at least my agreement; there are laws about it. Hehehe, relax mate, my base working skin is the default FM13 one. I'm just redoing all the graphics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyrule_king Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Looking forward to using this skin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmeth Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 To be it seems too dark, it would be better IMO to have it slightly brighter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff AlienIR Posted October 25, 2012 SI Staff Share Posted October 25, 2012 Hehehe, relax mate, my base working skin is the default FM13 one. I'm just redoing all the graphics. Sorry about it... Good luck in your stuff, just how did you get the idea? I edit my spoil to delete the offensing part in that case. If I might, I agree that the background is too dark, is it better about editing policies colours or smthg? Just that I start to learn about skinning 2 weeks ago, so still looking for good tips to improve. have a nice day Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricki.bertolino Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share Posted October 25, 2012 To be it seems too dark, it would be better IMO to have it slightly brighter Well, that's exactly what I'm aiming with this skin. I want an extremely dark look as this is what I like to play with. There are less dark skins coming up as well, therefore you'll find a skin that suits you. This skin is for whoever likes pitch black skin as I do. Still thanks for your feedback. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricki.bertolino Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share Posted October 25, 2012 Sorry about it... Good luck in your stuff, just how did you get the idea? I edit my spoil to delete the offensing part in that case. If I might, I agree that the background is too dark, is it better about editing policies colours or smthg? Just that I start to learn about skinning 2 weeks ago, so still looking for good tips to improve. have a nice day It's pretty simple actually. Every year I play with a dark skin. Since this year there was no dark skin released, as soon as I got the beta i decided to make my own as I cannot stand the default white skin. You'll notice that on top of remake all the boxes graphics I also redo the existing dark graphics to be even darker (buttons and check boxes are an example). The match skin (which is mainly dark) will also get a full make over to match the darker look as the other screens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazbowski Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Looking forward to it, are you making it in a larger font? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbert Fandel Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Ok...that competition about dark is too much for me. Could I ask you which skin you use as a base of your job. Hope it's the Jack Hammer's one and not mine. Hope you get his agreement for using his skin. At all; if you use mine; should I remind you that respect and gentleman agreement mean something. It's also easy to prove that it's mine due to the difference in the settings.xml and in the code of some panel. If you used my skin; you jus had to ask for agreement. You would have get it; now you won't.. Waiting for the download to check about where you get it from. If you used mine; I suggest you to close your thread as you can not use my stuff without at least my agreement; there are laws about it. "It is easy to take away things" - False accusations for example? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricki.bertolino Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share Posted October 25, 2012 Looking forward to it, are you making it in a larger font? I'll try a bigger font once I'm done with the graphics. Still I want to ensure that no text is cut out and it looks good anywhere, so I might first release the first version with the default fonts if it proves to be a big job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herbert Fandel Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 I am very much looking forward to this skin, with the default font. Good work so far! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazbowski Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Good stuff, if you do go for a bigger font and it looks a bit scruffy can I use it anyway as i'm really struggling with the small font? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricki.bertolino Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share Posted October 25, 2012 Good stuff, if you do go for a bigger font and it looks a bit scruffy can I use it anyway as i'm really struggling with the small font? I'll try to release a version with bigger fonts as well as a version with default fonts. That shouldn't be too difficult to do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazbowski Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Also if at all possible, you know on match day I play on elevated and the names above the players are tiny and unreadable. Is there any way to make them a little bigger or different colour? Appreciate the the effort. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricki.bertolino Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share Posted October 25, 2012 Also if at all possible, you know on match day I play on elevated and the names above the players are tiny and unreadable. Is there any way to make them a little bigger or different colour? Appreciate the the effort. I'll keep a list of suggestions / requests and I'll try to implement any sensible ones, but I won't make any promises. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justino Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Looks really good so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazaveli Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Please release this asap, the default skin burns me eyes :O Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr arsenal Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 When is this out mate looks great Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricki.bertolino Posted October 28, 2012 Author Share Posted October 28, 2012 When is this out mate looks great Work is proceeding well. I'm confident I should be able to do a first release this evening (Sunday evening). Watch this space Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodmansee Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Looking good Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justino Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Quality, your work is much appreciated Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Alex Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 this skin is not working with fm 2012 ? only with fm 2013??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bicycle Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Looking forward to it. Will be nice to finally be able to play this game! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nik33 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Only FM13, as it uses this year's graphics. I'll try it once it's ready. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nik33 Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Only FM13, as it uses this year's graphics. I'll try it once it's ready. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
labfan Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Sorry about it... Good luck in your stuff, just how did you get the idea? I edit my spoil to delete the offensing part in that case. If I might, I agree that the background is too dark, is it better about editing policies colours or smthg? Just that I start to learn about skinning 2 weeks ago, so still looking for good tips to improve. have a nice day AlienIR, You have code to prove what is your skin and what isn't, right? could you maybe do me a favor? Instead of accusing every person who creates a dark skin of stealing your work, why don't you wait until they are released. Then you can download every skin and find figure out who stole your work and call them out on the board, sue them or do whatever you want to do. Nobody in this community is going to applaud a thief. On the other hand, constant accusations about others work without proof is not going to be looked very well either. Please, no more accusations, ok? When you have proof, go into a thread and go on the attack. If your proof holds up, the community will support you. deal? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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