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question about Minstrel MetalEtched add-ons...

Post by Shadd666 »

Well,first of all,congratulations for the add-ons made for all teams,that's a great job! =D>

But,i'd like to have the logos of each team in their team roster,not always the logo of the team i play with...having the Flames' logo when you're watching the rosters of your opponents is a bit disapointing... Well,it seems,that it's actually impossible to have each team his logo in the sidebar,as there's only one sidebar file...not 30...lol

So here's my question: do you think (or better: do you KNOW) if we should have all the teams logo on the sidebar in EHM07? Of course,it won't be a foundamental add to the game,but i think it looks good :-D

And,nearly the same question,but this time with the fonts... Is it,or will it be,possible to have a font that changes when we change screen?...For instant,we're forced to always have the same font during the game,and it becomes a little bit boring after many days of play... Once again,it will not have an important impact on the game... But in managing game,we pass a lot of time to watch different screens with many numbers,etc,so i think the visual is a bit more important in that kind of games... That's why i love skins and thinking about making some of them ;)
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Thanks, that was a fun project. I like to give things a different look each time out so after doing the full custom sets for Metal which put team name and logo in the sidebars with team colors and a custom team color set of titlepanels) I went with the mid-panel etched logos for that skin. Unfortunately yeah, since they are static pieces of the games "frame" there is only option for the one customization. :dunno:

As I've mentioned I have a new skin I'll be releasing in the next few weeks that will feature a lot of elements in color sets people can mix and match if they want; I haven't tested them out yet but when Iget it all straightened out it will be available here 8-)

I don't think they'll be adding sidebar logos but I know they are going to be changing up the look a bit graphically so we'll just have to wait and see :thup:

The problem with fonts and EHM is that they use a specialized font as far as symbols go, they are 'mapped' differently to the keyboard; meaning that you can change the font but then the symbols in your chosen font aren't where the game expects them to be and you get display problems. As example let's say the base font uses a $ for shift-8 instead of the standard shift-4. The game would then be displaying a * instead of a $ when using a standard font. :doh:
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Post by Shadd666 »

Thanx for your answer ;)

I also have an other skinning idea... It's in the same vein of your customizations for each team,but this time it would be a full-customized skin for each team,entirely based on the team colours for the biggest coloured parts of each screen,and with other colours for text,etc,in order to maintain a good visibility,and maybe a photo of a main event of the team (like a Stanley Cup win,for example...lol) as a font...

But that's a f:censored:ckin' big project,as it means to make 30 skins just for the NHL :cry: Since i finish it,EHM07 will certainly be released! lol. So i think i'll keep this project in mind for EHM07 and maybe try it with just one or two teams for the actual version...

I think that my first skin will be a mix of my prefered ideas from the different existing skins,mainly based on the Sleek Light Blue,as i my dear eyes love this cool colour (sorry,but your Whiteout Ice just explode my eyes after 30 secondes of use,even if i like the concept ;) ) There won't be a lot of new things in it,but i think it would be good enough for a beginning
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