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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Customizing SuperSize_Me Skin
« on: October 27, 2006, 04:41:44 pm »
Here's what I have found works when using skins with MS Agents. Be sure to make copies of these files before you mess with them.
1. Find the skin's .uhp file and open it with Notepad. Find a line like this:
skinFacewidth=1024 (I think this is the right one, I'm not at my computer with my Hal right now)
and change it to
skinFacewidth=0
Then find a line like this
skinFaceheight=709 (or something like that)
and change it to
skinFaceheight=0
This will close up the area of gray, and allow whatever is the skin's .jpg to show through. The MS agent character will not be altered in size, and will always be on top.
Usually you can also edit the .uhp file to adjust the character's X and Y coordinates....that controls where the character will show up when you first open Hal.
Now, you can use something like Paint to edit the skin's .jpg as you with. You can copy and paste in background photos, make your own drawings or whatever.
It will not work the same as it does with the Haptek characters, as you will have to edit the skin's .jpg any time you want to change the background.
Another strategy is, once you get rid of the gray background, is to increase the transparency of the skin using the menu...then your desktop wallpaper will show through it as the background.
1. Find the skin's .uhp file and open it with Notepad. Find a line like this:
skinFacewidth=1024 (I think this is the right one, I'm not at my computer with my Hal right now)
and change it to
skinFacewidth=0
Then find a line like this
skinFaceheight=709 (or something like that)
and change it to
skinFaceheight=0
This will close up the area of gray, and allow whatever is the skin's .jpg to show through. The MS agent character will not be altered in size, and will always be on top.
Usually you can also edit the .uhp file to adjust the character's X and Y coordinates....that controls where the character will show up when you first open Hal.
Now, you can use something like Paint to edit the skin's .jpg as you with. You can copy and paste in background photos, make your own drawings or whatever.
It will not work the same as it does with the Haptek characters, as you will have to edit the skin's .jpg any time you want to change the background.
Another strategy is, once you get rid of the gray background, is to increase the transparency of the skin using the menu...then your desktop wallpaper will show through it as the background.