[MOD] Aeon Hitched by EKIM232

yeah looks good. using github would be nice.

This is based off of Hitcher's last one, but I made it with the changes I have been using over the past few months. I have removed/added a lot of features. I stuck with what I thought was practical and simple.

Like I said there will be some bugs. I already know about the reflection on that first shot, but haven't sorted it out. I will post a link when I get home tonight for anyone who wants to try it and my known issues.

Cool. Cheers.

may i take some ideas from you for my mod?

temmi2000 Wrote:may i take some ideas from you for my mod?

Absolutely. It is there for anyone to use, expand on, or throw in their recycle bin. If you have any questions on anything let me know. Below is a list of know issues that I hoping to sort out, but have run into snags.

-Proper reflections for studios in list view
-Poster style frame for genres in Low List. It is square right now
-Fix navigation bar & time panel in Black's Multiwall view
-Navigation bar does not auto hide in Old Multiplex. This is also the same in Hitcher's last release as far as I could tell.

These are my main bugs I know of. My future developments & wants are below. I am not entirely sure how to get all to work and have tried a few times on some.

-Have fanart for movies/tv shows when you select them in recently added widget on homepage. NEED HELP HERE!
-Create two display modes. If you notice Aeon has two styles which I classify as Showcase Mode (all views with Showcase Floor) & Legacy Dark (all views that have the dark panel). I will add the option to turn on/off both styles. Default to be Showcase Mode. This I can do already, but it is just in my personal tester.
-I would love to see some scraper or media program beable to scrape for multi-fanart. It took awhile to do my movie collection by hand, but looks amazing!
-CdArt on homepage.
-Have poster style view in Old Multiplex & Black's Multiwall for TV. I have it set that when you turn on poster style for Mulitplex it auto blocks these views. I am slowly working on this one.
-Working on a weather window to utilize the weather.com plugin. Rather than have it on the homepage, which seems to cause crash issue.

Here is a mediafire link for anyone who wants to check it out. Please give some feedback/sugggestions. If anyone can help with any known issues, please feel free to PM me or post here. Thanks everyone!

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ekim232 Wrote:-Have fanart for movies/tv shows when you select them in recently added widget on homepage. NEED HELP HERE!

fanart for tv shows won't work properly, it's a limitation of the recently added script.

ekim232 Wrote:-Working on a weather window to utilize the weather.com plugin. Rather than have it on the homepage, which seems to cause crash issue.

it will crash just as hard if you use it in the weather screen. in fact, just enabling the weather.com plugin is enough to make xbmc go down...it doesn't even matter if you make use of it in the skin or not.


good luck with your new project! i'm pretty sure you'll make something nice of it. :-)

Adding the temperature to the time/date OSD is a great idea. Which XML file do I need to edit to include that in my own frankenstein?

Good to see that work is being continued on the skin in djh's and hitcher's absence. I'm a bit critical about having things like MPAA, rating and genres listed in the OSD though, I personally feel that information is rather pointless when already watching a movie and only makes the interface more cluttered.

krypt2nite Wrote:Adding the temperature to the time/date OSD is a great idea. Which XML file do I need to edit to include that in my own frankenstein?

It is in Includes_Furniture.xml. Just around line 180 and you will see it. It has two spots. One for regular view and one for larger fonts.


Thanks for the heads up on that Ronie. I figured TV was limited, but I swore CF had it in his mod. I am at a dead end on how to get it to show in Aeon for movies. All other mods I have done have been very easy for almost every other skin. I guess I can stop work on my weather page. I will put it on the side and hope that the plugin gets developed a little better.

Quote:I would love to see some scraper or media program beable to scrape for multi-fanart. It took awhile to do my movie collection by hand, but looks amazing!

What did you mean by that line and do you have any screenshots, I'm always looking for something new...