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Can I help make images?

Candy Theme 

I created a first version of the theme patch. Currently it is bundled with my web patcher.
You can install the bare minimum version here, or you can get a cleaner looking version by installing the four patches below. (Make sure you install them in order!)
1 My web patcher
2 Dreamod's .block importer
3 My web extension for patch #2
4 My menubar organizer

Eventually this will be it's own patch.

How to use it: Simply drop a skin folder / theme folder into your Scratch folder, or the folder with the .image file you use, and then go to File>Change Theme (or Theme>Change Theme if you installed the cleaner version) and then type the folder's name. If the nature theme is called "Nature," then you would enter the word "Nature" in the prompt.

All of the above patches and more can be found on escratch.org/patch.

To ComputerProgrammer - Can I put the complete version of the nature theme on escratch.org/patch when we are done?

I take NO credit whatsoever for dreamod's .block creator and importer patch. (Patch #2)

Last edited by Dominic1 (2012-09-07 15:14:57)

ComputerProgrammer wrote:

Dominic1 wrote:

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How to use it: Simply drop a skin folder / theme folder into your Scratch folder, or the folder with the .image file you use, and then go to File>Change Theme (or Theme>Change Theme if you installed the cleaner version) and then type the folder's name. If the nature theme is called "Nature," then you would enter the word "Nature" in the prompt.
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To ComputerProgrammer - Can I put the complete version of the nature theme on escratch.org/patch when we are done?
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Yes, but it was originally going to be released as an image file, and there are some restrictions of releasing it any other way: When some things are changed graphically in the ScratchSkin, sometimes the measurements in Scratch go wonky, and stuff ends up looking very weird.

For example, the top of the hat block found in the OP is 3 times larger than the original, which made the text of the hat blocks go off the blocks themselves. So do realize that some variables, values, etc. in the source code must be altered so that the graphic changes fit properly, and these measurements will vary greatly from theme to theme.

On a side note, I did not expect a contest to run this long... 3 more ideas before I can close!

Sounds like a challenge to me! Maybe we could add a file to the theme folder, "overrides.ini" or something that specifies how to load and render certain parts of the skin, then when you load the theme with my patch, it would check that file first before installing the theme.

Hello? Is anyone there? It's been a week since the last post...

thebriculator wrote:

there should be a skin: Legos!

+1000

also the loops from it should be those round block things

9 days since last post!? Are people still interested in this!?

If there's anyone still interested in this, please let me know you're there.

Dinoclor wrote:

theprogrammerpro wrote:

you must remove the upload feature in this as it is a mod

The mod is purely aesthetic changes. There is no change to the program, so they don't have to remove anything.

This is not a mod it is a ScratchSkin Folder

Glad to see we're all (sort of) here again!

Jonathan50 wrote:

Dinoclor wrote:

theprogrammerpro wrote:

you must remove the upload feature in this as it is a mod

The mod is purely aesthetic changes. There is no change to the program, so they don't have to remove anything.

This is not a mod it is a ScratchSkin Folder

I can confirm it is neither.

I love this idea!

Cool idea! How about an animal theme?