In my maddening anticipation of customizable User Interface Skins.... (yes I know I may be delerious, but I put way more work into some of my ship models knowing they would never get ingame) I though I would start things off.....

http://photobucket.com/albums/b22/Gavan_28/?action=view¤t=UI.jpg

...just a quick one... probably elaborate on it soon...

Ohhh....it looks nice

So thats what VO looks on high detial :p

I love that new look!

It looks awesome!

Nice pic.

By the way, /me waves. Crap, wrong channel >_>

Pretty

SHIBBY SHIBBY BANG BANG!

Nice, make some more.

Maybe you have TWO callings pirate! :)

Nice art work.

Nice work, I especially like the rounded speed and turbo bars.

AKA Ecka Estenk

Yep, definately classy.

I also liked the patrol class ship . Ever come across a WW 2 german aircraft buily by Blohm and Voss ( BV 141 ) ? There are good pics in the wikapedia ......

Cheers

how about this ..

http://home.arcor.de/famscheffler/ven/dump0029.jpg
http://home.arcor.de/famscheffler/ven/dump0030.jpg

/me hugs new client :D

No....?!

Really?

rofl Spuck

:p

Nice "Paint" Job

ITS ME!

http://home.arcor.de/famscheffler/obey.jpg

heheh

Yes really. But it looks like the "feature" was taken out in beta8. Atleast in the way it worked in those shots. :/

/me will find a new way. My favourite exploit is still there though. :>

EXPLOIT!???

(Whispers to Spuck) 'What Exploit'? *Pats his fat wallet*

Anyone have luck yet at creating a new skin for VO 1.5 using lua?

If you have, could you share it with the rest of us?

yep

but it a) involves using a "feature" that will likely be taken out in the next version and b) is a PITA to do cause it involves modifying every single widget :/

and .. no

Actually, there are a few of us trying to figure out how to do that. There were a lot of changes made from one beta to the next that just keeping up with the changes was hard enough and that doesn't take into concideration the new stuff sence beta1. Now that 1.5.2 is out and stable, we have made a some headway. What is giving me problems, besides my lack of programing knowledge, is the layout of the media.rlb. I'm more of a jack of all trades then a programer.

Actually this is a good time as any to try this:

Devs, I formally request more information about ether the makeup of the media.rlb file or the layout of the "replacement" files needed to modify the new UI as well as the what pertanent lua scripting is needed. I understand wanting to keep your intelectual property protected as well as your copyrights. All I am asking for is just the info needed for the UI graphics layout and background scripting needed to place controls/buttons. Thank you for your time, Stranger

We will allow skins in a couple weeks when we have all the 'exploits' knocked out and some simple docs on how to make skins.