[RELEASE] Alaska (pre-Dharma)

Chubster · 2010-06-20 11:52

Anyone?

Just stumbled this thread

Will Alaska work with the latest build linked too on there Confused

Hitcher · 2010-06-20 12:21

Not unless you make the changes needed yourself but Alaska Revisited will work with the very latest builds (and in fact needs them to use all the newer functions).

Chubster · 2010-06-20 12:25

Ok cheers Hitcher. I assume those changes are way above me so will have a look at Revisited.

Cheers

Chub

that_guy · 2010-06-21 08:41

Alaska will work with the latest SVN release, if you make your own addon.xml file.

A couple of the settings don't map as they did before but if you play around with it, you can use the Default home style and the Icon home style.

If I get ambitious, I might try to start updating the skin to be merge compatable.

Chubster · 2010-06-21 20:44

Havent a clue how to do that unfortunately....so will have to wait till someone does Rolleyes

Revisited is great but I like the ability to be able to remove certain items from Home 1 view, which I believe you cannot do with revisited

nekrosoft13 · 2010-06-22 06:45

Hitcher Wrote:Not unless you make the changes needed yourself but Alaska Revisited will work with the very latest builds (and in fact needs them to use all the newer functions).

so the "normal" Alaska will not get updated to compatible with new builds? And Revisited still won't support unicode? Sad

that_guy · 2010-06-22 07:25

Chubster Wrote:Havent a clue how to do that unfortunately....so will have to wait till someone does

Revisited is great but I like the ability to be able to remove certain items from Home 1 view, which I believe you cannot do with revisited

mcborzu talked about it in a couple places, but here goes.

You need to rename the Alaska folder to 'skin.Alaska' and then drop it into the addons folder in your user files. ("~/.xbmc" if you're on Linux) You also need to create a file called 'addon.xml' in the skin.Alaska folder. The contents should be:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<addon

id="skin.alaska"

version="Final"

name="alaska"

provider-name="Hitcher">

nekrosoft13 Wrote:so the "normal" Alaska will not get updated to compatible with new builds? And Revisited still won't support unicode?

It's not updated, but it is usable. Some of the settings menus are wonky and don't work correctly, but you can definitely push it into a usable form.

nekrosoft13 · 2010-06-25 05:14

@that_guy

is there a way to transfer unicode fonts from normal alaska to revisited alaska

butchabay · 2010-07-02 13:16

Hi there, can anyone tell me how i get the home menu like in this video? http://www.youtube.com/user/HitcherUK

Sorry for this dumb question.

Hitcher · 2010-07-02 13:47

nekrosoft13 Wrote:@that_guy

is there a way to transfer unicode fonts from normal alaska to revisited alaska

Yes, by using a font editor.

butchabay Wrote:Hi there, can anyone tell me how i get the home menu like in this video? http://www.youtube.com/user/HitcherUK

Sorry for this dumb question.

The clue's in the title 'Alaska Revisited'.

'Alaska Revisited' - Release Thread

Chubster Member Posts: 59 Joined: Mar 2010 Reputation: 0	2010-06-20 11:52 Post: #121 Anyone? Just stumbled this thread Will Alaska work with the latest build linked too on there
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Hitcher Skilled Skinner Posts: 9,976 Joined: Aug 2007 Reputation: 67 Location: Eastleigh, UK	2010-06-20 12:21 Post: #122 Not unless you make the changes needed yourself but Alaska Revisited will work with the very latest builds (and in fact needs them to use all the newer functions).
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Chubster Member Posts: 59 Joined: Mar 2010 Reputation: 0	2010-06-20 12:25 Post: #123 Ok cheers Hitcher. I assume those changes are way above me so will have a look at Revisited. Cheers Chub
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that_guy Junior Member Posts: 10 Joined: Dec 2009 Reputation: 0	2010-06-21 08:41 Post: #124 Alaska will work with the latest SVN release, if you make your own addon.xml file. A couple of the settings don't map as they did before but if you play around with it, you can use the Default home style and the Icon home style. If I get ambitious, I might try to start updating the skin to be merge compatable.
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Chubster Member Posts: 59 Joined: Mar 2010 Reputation: 0	2010-06-21 20:44 Post: #125 Havent a clue how to do that unfortunately....so will have to wait till someone does Revisited is great but I like the ability to be able to remove certain items from Home 1 view, which I believe you cannot do with revisited
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nekrosoft13 Fan Posts: 473 Joined: Dec 2008 Reputation: 1	2010-06-22 06:45 Post: #126 Hitcher Wrote:Not unless you make the changes needed yourself but Alaska Revisited will work with the very latest builds (and in fact needs them to use all the newer functions). so the "normal" Alaska will not get updated to compatible with new builds? And Revisited still won't support unicode?
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nekrosoft13 Fan Posts: 473 Joined: Dec 2008 Reputation: 1	2010-06-25 05:14 Post: #128 @that_guy is there a way to transfer unicode fonts from normal alaska to revisited alaska
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butchabay Skilled Skinner Posts: 3,444 Joined: Mar 2010 Reputation: 62 Location: Switzerland	2010-07-02 13:16 Post: #129 Hi there, can anyone tell me how i get the home menu like in this video? http://www.youtube.com/user/HitcherUK Sorry for this dumb question.
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