Update messed up my work

Holmer · 2011-06-08 08:57

I did some modifications to the night skin, it took me several hours.
Today I started XBMC and the skin was updated. All my work is gone now.

Is it possible to get the last version before the update back?

isamu.dragon · 2011-06-08 12:22

yes, but not with your customized settings. If you want to have a custom version, you might want to change the name of your skin (skin.night.custom) and edit the addon.xml to say skin.night.custom instead of skin.night.

hth0923 · 2011-06-08 20:07

Same here mate. took me 2 days to figure it out how to edit the font coding to unicode. I did change all of the fonts & size to the appropriate order. after the auto updates, everything is gone. I am trying to amend the font & size back to what i have changed, but the Font.xml file is completely different with the previous version.

anyone could help on this case?

Many thanks.
hth0923

darkscout · 2011-06-08 20:18

It's gone. Poof, disappeared. When it updates it unzips the data to the folder, everything is over written.

If you want to do custom stuff, fork it.

Holmer · 2011-06-08 21:52

What if the updated version crashes XBMC? Is it possible to make a backup within the update process (saving the old addon files in a zip file)?

isamu.dragon · 2011-06-08 22:03

Holmer Wrote:What if the updated version crashes XBMC? Is it possible to make a backup within the update process (saving the old addon files in a zip file)?

nope

Holmer · 2011-06-12 11:06

isamu.dragon Wrote:nope

Not good.
But at least I found a backup of my mod.

I made a copy of the "skin.night" folder, called ist "skin.night2" and changed its id and name in the addon.xml.

Is that enough to tell XBMC not to update this skin?

**jmarshall** · 2011-06-12 11:07

Yes.

>>X<< · 2011-06-12 14:36

Why don't you just go into addons and turn off auto update and just leave notify enabled ?

Its good practice to always make a backup not just when your finished but before you change something

el_cabong · 2011-07-05 08:23

I think i may be missing something, but after changing the skin folder name and in addon.xml, I cant get the skin to work in xbmc. It doesnt show up in the skin browser even after editing the skin name in guisettings.xml.

edit: must have been a typo, tried again on a test build and it worked fine.

Holmer Junior Member Posts: 12 Joined: Dec 2009 Reputation: 0	2011-06-08 08:57 Update messed up my work Post: #1 I did some modifications to the night skin, it took me several hours. Today I started XBMC and the skin was updated. All my work is gone now. Is it possible to get the last version before the update back?
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darkscout Posting Freak Posts: 2,148 Joined: Jul 2008 Reputation: 12	2011-06-08 20:18 Post: #4 It's gone. Poof, disappeared. When it updates it unzips the data to the folder, everything is over written. If you want to do custom stuff, fork it. Code: GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `xbmc_%`.* TO 'xbmc'@'%'; IF you have a mysql problem, find one of the 4 dozen threads already open.
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Holmer Junior Member Posts: 12 Joined: Dec 2009 Reputation: 0	2011-06-08 21:52 Post: #5 What if the updated version crashes XBMC? Is it possible to make a backup within the update process (saving the old addon files in a zip file)?
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Holmer Junior Member Posts: 12 Joined: Dec 2009 Reputation: 0	2011-06-12 11:06 Post: #7 isamu.dragon Wrote:nope Not good. But at least I found a backup of my mod. I made a copy of the "skin.night" folder, called ist "skin.night2" and changed its id and name in the addon.xml. Is that enough to tell XBMC not to update this skin?
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jmarshall Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 24,523 Joined: Oct 2003 Reputation: 138	2011-06-12 11:07 Post: #8 Yes. Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forum before posting. Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules. For troubleshooting and bug reporting please make sure you read this first.
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el_cabong Member Posts: 57 Joined: May 2010 Reputation: 0	2011-07-05 08:23 Post: #10 I think i may be missing something, but after changing the skin folder name and in addon.xml, I cant get the skin to work in xbmc. It doesnt show up in the skin browser even after editing the skin name in guisettings.xml. edit: must have been a typo, tried again on a test build and it worked fine. (This post was last modified: 2011-07-05 09:24 by el_cabong.)
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