BlackBird - New Skin for DDO

[New-RS-God]

The skin isnt working for me. Followed instructions, but nothing happened.


Edit: I installed DDO to a dif location. Had to put the folder in there.


Works fine now.

[matthewlahair123]

Oh brilliant. Nice work. This is similar to the other one I like, rival01, in style, but with more elements skinned by the looks of it. Will be trying it out, thanks!

Have commented on myddo, but is your mate on the forums? Looking to give +rep.

i got alot of skins but they color everything but my hot bars how do i fix this

[Zzevel]

I use the Blackbird skin as well on many of my characters. I notice that if you uncheck the option to "Show Portrait on Vitals Bar" the individual vitals UI seems to fit nicely with the Blackbird skin, and remove the messed-up look of it.

We are hoping to release an update to the UI Art Pack soon, but we don't have a current ETA on when we will be able to fit that work in.

I'm still using Blackird

Cordo - any update on when that UI Art pack will be released? :P

[lifestaker]

I'm still using Blackird

Cordo - any update on when that UI Art pack will be released? :P

They collectively have avoided any comment of updating the UI template for people to use in making new skins, both in wise cracks and direct asking. Quoting Cordo from 2011 will most likely just label this a necro thread and get it locked.

[Sam1313]

I just downloaded this to install on my new alienware17 laptop as I think it would fit the overall look of the machine. But I cannot get it to work although I followed the destructions in the OP. Is there a workaround or an update I'm missing or something?

[Aliss7]

turbine broke theming when they did a UI update a long time ago and hasn't fixed it since.

[Equatis]

There was a change back when Turbine still owned DDO that did invalidate a lot of the UI Skins that had been created by users for the game. But I was using Blackbird at the time and continue to use it today. And I know it will continue to work when The Masterminds of Sharn is released because I was still using it during both the first and second Sharn previews on Lammania and intend to use it during the third Sharn preview scheduled for this week.

[Bloodskittle]

So I've just downloaded and applied the Blackbird skin, it works fine for all my windows and my vertical hot-bars show the ui change, but for some reason my horizontal bars aren't being changed?
equipped items on the horizontal bars get the nice green highlight but I don't have the slimmed down bar design?

[Khornelain]

So I've just downloaded and applied the Blackbird skin, it works fine for all my windows and my vertical hot-bars show the ui change, but for some reason my horizontal bars aren't being changed?
equipped items on the horizontal bars get the nice green highlight but I don't have the slimmed down bar design?

Same here. I clearly notice a nice transparency on my vertical hotbars vs the annoying opacity on horizontal bars. I thought there would be something big on IU customization in last update, but it seems not.

- Khornelain

[katz]

just FYI... the files still on lotrointerface ARE still the old files (so old!), and there have been changes since then. there are skinners working VERY busily, but their work isn't quite ready for an official release on the website. if you really want a more or less properly working copy of blackbird before something gets officially released, go to the DDO discord, and go to the skinning channel. very cool discussion going on in there. and yes, they've already managed to fix the transparency of horizontal hotbars.


(screenshot taken yesterday)

the "big thing" that was released was they gave us access to the assets again, so we can make new skins again.

[Stoner81]

A lot of advancement has been made to Blackbird so I highly recommand you check out the Discord server for updates on this awesome skin ----> https://discord.gg/GVcMqAN

Stoner81.

[Jinxx]

A lot of advancement has been made to Blackbird so I highly recommand you check out the Discord server for updates on this awesome skin.

What Discord server?

[Cernunan]

Discord demands i make an account
No thanks

[katz]

THIS discord server! https://discord.gg/GVcMqAN

scroll down to skinners sanctum

[Shoemaker]

It's a shame this is only available on Discord. A lot of people don't like and won't use Discord or join that server. Perhaps update/redo it on the LotRO-Compendium, put them on https://ddocrafting.info/ and/or on DDOwiki?

[cru212]

THIS discord server! https://discord.gg/GVcMqAN

scroll down to skinners sanctum

there's like a zillion posts in the skinner's sanctum
where to find instructions?

(probably doesn't help that I am banned on that server for some reason)

[Stoner81]

It's a shame this is only available on Discord. A lot of people don't like and won't use Discord or join that server. Perhaps update/redo it on the LotRO-Compendium, put them on https://ddocrafting.info/ and/or on DDOwiki?

The person who is doing the "new" version of Blackbird has already said that they are not going to put it on the LotRO interface site (personal preference) so that's a bust.

there's like a zillion posts in the skinner's sanctum
where to find instructions?

(probably doesn't help that I am banned on that server for some reason)

What are you after specifically? Let me know and I can help you (assuming somebody else doesn't it first

Stoner81.

[Stoner81]

Rogue has posted his work here ---> https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...-Modern-Update

Stoner81.

[Cordovan]

Closing this thread to prevent confusion. The updated version of the UI can be found here: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...-Modern-Update