Revision as of 15:31, 19 March 2006

Customized TR look

download the image files, from here for example
setup your computer so it can get to files on your machine using the HTML protocol (have a simple local webserver running)
setup your TR-account so it knows where on your machine to finde the local files.

Download them from above adress.
Unzip them into a new, empty directory.
- indoing so they make a new subdirectory images.

These files should contain all images currently in use by the game (sometimes the image file is not totally up to date, few images may be missing - bug the developers on the UBB forum!).

What I do is open Notepad, and type a small text like this:
- <HTML>
- <h1>MY TR SKIN HOME</h1>
- I extracted my downloaded ZIP files in a subdirectory in here.
- </HTML>
and save that as "index.html" (with the " " around the filename, otherwise it becomes index.html.txt) in the directory).
- having this html file will also help you select the WWW root directory, and test your connection

(if you didn't have something like it installed already).

Download a freeware simple local webserver program. My choice was AnalogX SimpleServer:WWW.
Install it.
Start it.
- You may have to tell your firewall this program is allowed to act like a server.
- You will have to tell it what directory to use as 'WWW root'.
- Set it to the directory where you just extracted your ZIP files to and where you made the index.html file.

Once it is running,

Open your webbrowser
go open this adress http://127.0.0.1
- if you see the text from the previous section, you are all good!

Surf to The-Reincarnation page
Login to your mage
Go to options
- change the skin directory by tagging and typing new adress: http://127.0.0.1 [ /subdir [ /images ] ]
- if you ever want to change it back: go there again, tag change skin dir and blank out the entry

NOTE: UNSURE IF adress has to end with /images or not... try it out!

If you end up with very white TR pages, your browser cannot find a .css file (class style sheet, the layout file for TR pages)
- likely you mistyped the adress of your image directory
- try adding " /images "
- watch your caPiTaLs

If you end up with pictures with occasioanl red cross pictures:
- that picture is missing (image files not up to date...)
- right click the red cross icon to see what filename it was looking for
- either make your own 'dummy' replacement
- or go find it on the live version of the-reincarnation: http://guild.the-reincarnation.com/images/filename.jpg and save it from there.

@@ Line 46: / Line 46: @@
 ** change the skin directory by tagging and typing new adress: <nowiki>http://127.0.0.1 </nowiki>''<nowiki>[ /subdir [ /images  ] ]</nowiki>''
 ** if you ever want to change it back: go there again, tag change skin dir and blank out the entry
+NOTE: UNSURE IF adress has to end with /images  or not... try it out!
+=Trouble shooting=
+* If you end up with very white TR pages, your browser cannot find a .css file (class style sheet, the layout file for TR pages)
+** likely you mistyped the adress of your image directory
+** try adding " /images "
+** watch your caPiTaLs
+* If you end up with pictures with occasioanl red cross pictures:
+** that picture is missing (image files not up to date...)
+** right click the red cross icon to see what filename it was looking for
+** either make your own 'dummy' replacement
+** or go find it on the live version of the-reincarnation: http://guild.the-reincarnation.com/images/filename.jpg and save it from there.