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[Oda]

Btw, you should consider to change the start post, since this isn't about the original patcher alone anymore and the rules therefor don't apply, so people who only read the first post may be confused.
Even I don't know if I should just post an finnished image or how I should submit my patcher-version I'm working on right now, since there's no clear answer to it :/

Post what you have (images), What we are going to do is to take the concepts and make a mock up of them in html, and send it to kRO, explaining what we want.

Your design for the layout is what I'd like to see firstly. I am thinking it would probably be best to get the layout designs a look over first, if they are radically different from each other. If the designs are pretty much the same, we can lock down the layout design and continue the contest portion for creating the banner art.

kRO's at a point where this could probably be requested/done more quickly than May.

[Pleasant007]

Here my layout, it's kinda lame but at least it have what I want years ago since I play in iRO.

1. The clock system. Using LA clock can really help player that play outside America to track their times.
2. Sliding Banner. You know like a photo software that have slide photos function. Probably you can insert more banner than three.
3. I think it look futuristic or maybe not.

One more thing, criticize it please don't just silence, it more hurt that way.(silence thing)

[Oda]

Clock isn't a bad idea at all...hmmm.

[Sera]

Was the "replay" thing a joke, hinting at video recording integration, or something unrelated?

[Oda]

Was the "replay" thing a joke, hinting at video recording integration, or something unrelated?

We are testing the replay system right now for implementation pretty soon. It's the recording system, which is able to make RO recordings that can be played back through the client and has tiny file sizes. Pretty cool stuff and it could be a useful tool for bot reporting as well. No joke!

[Kitten]

So are you going to be putting a bot report feature into the client as well?

[Sera]

Neat.

[Oda]

So are you going to be putting a bot report feature into the client as well?

Not at this time, but if the recording feature properly, it would give us more information about the reported character that a screenshot would not, and be considerably smaller for them to send to us.

[Pleasant007]

Clock isn't a bad idea at all...hmmm.

hmmm. = It's impossible to implant it? Yeah, I know.

We are testing the replay system right now for implementation pretty soon. It's the recording system, which is able to make RO recordings that can be played back through the client and has tiny file sizes. Pretty cool stuff and it could be a useful tool for bot reporting as well. No joke!

You going to get it from RCX? Cool.

Edited by Pleasant007, 06 April 2012 - 03:44 AM.

[Rutana]

The replay function is a function from kRO. It basically records what you're doing ingame, but not as a video, but a camera-angle moveable, cursor-pointing (and therefor reading player names) system that just replays what happened as you recorded.

[RennaSaintsworth]

RCX are illegal now right?

[Rutana]

yes. Thankfully, HP Bars on monsters, much like the RCX ones, are just introduced on kRO, too, so the most uses of RCX get more and more covered by the game itself x3

[Oda]

The replay function is a function from kRO. It basically records what you're doing ingame, but not as a video, but a camera-angle moveable, cursor-pointing (and therefor reading player names) system that just replays what happened as you recorded.

In our tests, it's a bit inconsistent about "remembering" player names, so I believe you do have to mouse over the character for it to get picked up.

Rutana, what do you think about locking down the "layout" part of the event and have people concentrate on design of the things like buttons, banners,backgrounds?

[Sera]

Since you already have a means to make the four small banners (meaning if there's no participation, nothing lost) you could try something like calling for banner submissions once a week or something (kind of like with loading screans). They're small enough that they could be used like little e-artist cards and don't require nearly the same amount of time or skill to get to look nice as an entire loading screen.

My suggestions on where to go with this:
Either have the layout be locked or have a seperate contest for that. (I recommend just locking it down)
Have this contest for the standard design of the client.
Have an ongoing contest monthly/bimonthly/whatever for the banners

Edited by Sera, 06 April 2012 - 07:24 AM.

[Rutana]

Rutana, what do you think about locking down the "layout" part of the event and have people concentrate on design of the things like buttons, banners,backgrounds?

Basically, all is fine as long as you set up clear rules in the first post or cancel the "contest" part of it. Just... organize it.
Would most probably mean that the patcher design I worked on would be in vast (since I worked on a unique shape), but I mostly complain about the randomness here... x_X

[Kitten]

I'd submit banners if you could work out a list of what you need. Even if it was just generic event banners.

[Rosenthrall]

I'd submit as well. ^^

[Insangel]

I have my skin basically done, so don't cancel it yet please All that's really left for me to do is organize the files and zip it. Right now I'm just nit-picking it.

[Rutana]

They might become outdated later, but oh well... did them anyway...
Artworks used: Official SD Artwork of female Arch Bishop and Female Guillotinne Cross, Official Location Artwork from Crack of Dimensions (Vers. 1) and Comodo (Vers. 2), some random, old WoE Artwork that was also used officially from Gravity - back in 2004 or so XD
This is a design idea more then a finnished work however. It can be done better and I would rely on Korea in this case, especially the buttons since... let's face it, it's just a gradiant coloring I used.

Vers. 1



Vers 2




Description on the unnamed parts:

[Insangel]

Well this is what I put together using my favorite piece of RO artwork. The fonts and all that is open to change. If you need anything else in a little more detail I can get it for you. Just let me know.



I wasn't sure where to host my zip so I threw it up on a random hosting site. I can submit it elsewhere if needed. Or email, whatever you need.

http://www.filefacto...Client_Skin_zip

It's basically all from scratch excluding the 3 official artworks used and the announcements. Hope you like it!

[barachan]

replay button added! if this is the last change necessary, then i'll go ahead and make a new zip of the updated files.



oda - oh i love the lost type fonts, thanks! +_+ i'll send you some more links in a bit!

[Oda]

I'd submit banners if you could work out a list of what you need. Even if it was just generic event banners.

The toughest ones for me are really the spotlight ones.

Coming up, we have Rachel, Kunlun, Nifflehieim, Louyang, Lighthalzen, Ayothaya, Veins, Einbroch, Prontera and so on.

If you guys could create some of these it'd help me out quite a bit.

[Kitten]

Niff sounded fun.

I'll do some more later.

Edited by Kitten, 07 April 2012 - 08:52 AM.

[Oda]

How are you getting such clean pixels? Whenever I do them they come out pretty blurry...then again I'm working at 100x100, should I work big and scale down?

[Kitten]

Are you resizing them at all (even the pixel components)? That will result in a loss of quality. I try to keep everything at 100% and, when I can't, I either sharpen the image or I'll attempt to disguise any quality loss by using a blending mode or changing the opacity.

Everything in that image is at 100%, though. I worked at 100x100 pixels for the entire process.

Edited by Kitten, 07 April 2012 - 08:06 AM.