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Tension113
2009-04-08, 04:16
This is my copy of Horizonz in case anyone still uses this skin and is interested.. Nothing major has been changed.. Just some small fixes and additions..
Here's what I've changed since the original Vol. 4
Most of what I did was to the Comic section.. Separated it from the pictures section a little better and comics use the dvd style frames in showcase rather than the square ones..
Added showcase for Adult and Clips
Made the Offset label and item count viewable only when scrolling..
Removed the (W:/U: ) from some of the title screens.. Felt it was better to only see it on the info panel..
Added a 'more info' button in the Weather section, which I use to point to Nuka's Weather Channel script.. http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=40338 Just edit MyWeather.xml, find <onclick>XBMC.RunScript(C:\XBMC\scripts\TWC Supplemental\default.py)</onclick>, and edit it to your location, if you want to use it..
Fixed various thumbs and overlays that either were or weren't displaying.. Hopefully I got them all..
and changed the Movie and Tv info screen a little to display bigger actor pictures..
I've included Rocky's frames also.. They can be selected in Screen\Theme
http://www.mediafire.com/?zvyjmgw5wyj
Not had a chance to use it fully but everything seems in order so a huge thanks for posting this. Just a couple of quick questions. I can't seem to disable the W:/U: from the TV list view even though I checked the disable option. In weather I noticed it doesn't show all the info. In the current box it says 'Mostly Cloudy and ...' instead of 'Mostly Cloudly and Windy (10c)'. Is it possible to get the text to scroll?
Tension113
2009-04-08, 16:58
Not had a chance to use it fully but everything seems in order so a huge thanks for posting this. Just a couple of quick questions. I can't seem to disable the W:/U: from the TV list view even though I checked the disable option. In weather I noticed it doesn't show all the info. In the current box it says 'Mostly Cloudy and ...' instead of 'Mostly Cloudly and Windy (10c)'. Is it possible to get the text to scroll?
The Hide Watched/Unwatched toggle only hides the graphic overlay.. I removed the W: U: from showcase and info since that's all I use.. I'll remove it from List and Poster too..
I'll have to look at the weather.. I've never come across an instance where it didn't fit.. For my area, it's always just one label..
Tension113,
Do you think you could apply these mod's to the xbox horizons lite that Paul has done?
Tension113
2009-04-08, 18:58
Should just be a matter of using his Xpr file instead of mine, no?
yeah, i guess so. I will try it, I wasnt sure if you had added or altered any textures for your mod's..
The Hide Watched/Unwatched toggle only hides the graphic overlay.. I removed the W: U: from showcase and info since that's all I use.. I'll remove it from List and Poster too..
I'll have to look at the weather.. I've never come across an instance where it didn't fit.. For my area, it's always just one label..
That would be great. I'm in a minority I guess as I use xbmc in file mode. I have a handful of movies and the latest tv shows, and when I have watched them they get deleted.
Well where I live it's usually many things, just hardly ever sunny lol. Huge thanks for adding the 'more info' button.
The only other thing I would change is the music now playing tab. When I play some mp3s and the visualizations kick in I wish the info panel was like the one in PM3HD and not a big square sat in the middle.
Thanks again for your work on this fine skin :)
Thanks for the update, still loving the skin.
TC :)
gummismurfen
2009-04-17, 18:12
I get that the file is private when trying to download
Tension113
2009-04-17, 20:39
Sorry about that.. I made an update that I was going to put up, but never got around to it.. Then I kinda lost interest all together.. :o
That's a shame as I was looking forward to this update.
Is this Skin dead ?
I would guess so. try aeon_Auriga it's big brother:)
Tension113
2009-04-28, 18:41
I'll admit, I've been having much more fun messing around with Auriga.. Djh has done some great work with it and lots of people have been getting involved with the mods and whatnot..
The Horizonz forum has been pretty dead and Xb2 hasn't signed on in almost two months.. I lost interest in messing with this anymore..
I promised Yadster I'd put the update back, so check the first post.. The only addition should be the removal of ( w: u: ) from the list view..
I'll admit, I've been having much more fun messing around with Auriga.. Djh has done some great work with it and lots of people have been getting involved with the mods and whatnot..
The Horizonz forum has been pretty dead and Xb2 hasn't signed on in almost two months.. I lost interest in messing with this anymore..
I promised Yadster I'd put the update back, so check the first post.. The only addition should be the removal of ( w: u: ) from the list view..
Cheers for the update Tension113, much appreciated.
Auriga does look very promising and I will be interested to see what changes get made to it.
this mod of Horizonz is Great! I hope he comes back with something to Wow us soon. I love Aeon, but it just doesnt run smooth on xbox. This runs so well and has so much of the basis of Aeon, that I think someone could tweak a version of Aeon to run just as well. It is a shame the xbox is being ignored skinwise. There is still some great skins to look forward to though.
3 questions
1) where is the comics section?
2) how can I decrease the time it takes for the fanart to show as well as the movie info?
3) is ther a easy way to increase the font size?
Baphomet
2009-05-31, 09:05
I have been trying all the latest releases of AEON and several other skins and honestly I find that Horizonz is the "sh*t". In fact, if I can be so bold, it's the "HELL- A - FIED SH*T!"...
But seriously, I hope this skin isn't dead... Most of the AEON mods are makin my eyes sore... And the others are just lacking in simplicity, save Minimeedia, but that's still a work in progress...
Horizonz is damn near perfect. All I need now is to find someone who has "SUCCESSFULLY" executed the time/date/condition weather feature who would be willing to share their knowledge and I'll be happy... Other than that, Horizonz is dead on perfect!!!
Pleeeeeeese, don't let it die!
Tension113
2009-06-03, 03:44
I heard from Xb2iris last week.. Horizonz isn't dead.. He plans to release a Vol. 5 and we may collaborate a bit on it.. I think at this point, he'd rather sit back, do his thing, and not worry about all the usual input that comes with it.. So it's coming, but I don't think it will be released until he's completely satisfied..
Baphomet
2009-06-03, 04:26
I've been trying out a number of other themes in light of my recent issues with the weather fanart and have been unsuccessful in figuring it out up to this point. It's the only thing that I can't seem to get working...
That said, even though Horizonz is where I first noticed the problem, I keep coming back to it -- I can't find anything else that compares; It's clean, well ordered and manageable.
Ockham's razor of skins. Total eye candy...
Can't wait!!!
Tension113
2009-06-03, 05:13
I really don't know anything about the weather condition fanart thing.. No idea how it works.. As far as I'm concerned, if it's raining outside, I don't want to be looking at pictures of rain inside.. It's a pretty cool idea though.. I'm sure it'll be easy enough to add as an option when the time comes..
Baphomet
2009-06-03, 19:16
BTW, Nuka's TWC Supplemental 1.2 script wasn't working with your release at the beginning of this thread... I tried repeatedly to get it to work, but it would start to load and then quit. The other version available through the SVN Repo Installer that wasn't labeled with a version number would load, but wouldn't go past the settings window and would, often times, crash XBMC. When I went back to the 4.1 release without your additions, 1.2 worked fine -- the other still wouldn't go past settings...
Not sure what changed between the two other than what you stated was added... I'm progressively learning how xbmc works, but comparing xml codes between releases is too tedious and time consuming for me. If I ever figure it out, though, I'll be sure to post back with my results.
Tension113
2009-06-04, 04:10
BTW, Nuka's TWC Supplemental 1.2 script wasn't working with your release at the beginning of this thread... I tried repeatedly to get it to work, but it would start to load and then quit. The other version available through the SVN Repo Installer that wasn't labeled with a version number would load, but wouldn't go past the settings window and would, often times, crash XBMC. When I went back to the 4.1 release without your additions, 1.2 worked fine -- the other still wouldn't go past settings...
Not sure what changed between the two other than what you stated was added... I'm progressively learning how xbmc works, but comparing xml codes between releases is too tedious and time consuming for me. If I ever figure it out, though, I'll be sure to post back with my results.
I'm not sure what that's all about.. You edited that xml file so it points to the right location? Because nothing has changed as far as scripts go.. I just added an extra button that points to a single file.. Just double checked mine and it's working correctly..
Baphomet
2009-06-04, 17:05
yeah... I tried it both with the button and without, running the script directly out of the scripts folder. I'm not running any mods on my install, so whatever came with the .rar you provided is what I've got with the weather + plugin (the only plugin I have loaded). Tried it both with and without the plugin and it still behaves badly...
I'm probably going to wipe the install and try a straight up fresh copy -- I really don't want to, due to the immense amount of scraped data I have for all my stuff. When I do I'll post back with the results. I have sneaking suspicion that's gonna be the fix for it as well as my weather fanart woes...
EDIT:
Just found out Nuka's Weather + plugin (http://blog.xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=52034) is "essentially" supposed to do the same thing only it's much cleaner looking... Instead of the four panel weather screen, you could load the same data as the plugin without running the script.
The only problem is, it's only been coded for the PMIII skin.
Any .xml skilled Horizonz users out there willing to look into integrating this as opposed to the TWC script?