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Originally posted by Mike

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Originally posted by Basilis
Does this have anything to do with any new skinning method?

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No, it just removes the advertisements.

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Actually, I think this might mean that the fairies know how to new skinning format works

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Originally posted by TheBlasphemer

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Originally posted by Mike

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Originally posted by Basilis
Does this have anything to do with any new skinning method?

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No, it just removes the advertisements.

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Actually, I think this might mean that the fairies know how to new skinning format works

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But are the fairies willing to tell us more about the new skinning format?

If the fairies do not want to tell us about it, then maybe a knight (Patchou) could find the way and the story will have a happy end.

My personal opinion is that we should not tell anyone if we found the way because then Microsoft will take it away at the final release.

I highly recommend that skinners do not publicly release updates to their skins until the final build is released. We're still in beta phase, and there's quite a few problems with Messenger (Let alone the numerous bugs found in the entire suite), and we're most likely going to see another update (or two) before the release in January/February .

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Originally posted by Mike

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Originally posted by Dragunov
I have the newest build, but what do u use for hex editor?

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WinHEX is a good one (shareware)

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Originally posted by Basilis
Does this have anything to do with any new skinning method?

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No, it just removes the advertisements.

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XVI32 is decent too, open source as well. :-->

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Originally posted by Basilis
My personal opinion is that we should not tell anyone if we found the way because then Microsoft will take it away at the final release.

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It would be fairly difficult to remove the entire UI system. This is not just some simple hack. This is the equivalent of modifying the XML for the old builds.

Well looks like the little fairie already has it figured out

Awesome little piece of info to wake up to find. Maybe another fairie might be able to work on stuff now.

Apparently there are current two fairies* people involved, and we're working on getting the specifications for the UIB format completely documented. We've both got something that can convert most UIB files to XML, and currently we're working out the kinks on those and making sure we get everything right. After that the plan is to work on tools to edit or patch the UIB files easily, as doing it manually like we did for this one is quite a pain
We do intend to release the documentation to the public at some point, not sure when though...


*) I'm going to stop referring to Steve and Me as fairies now

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Originally posted by TheBlasphemer
*) I'm going to stop referring to Steve and Me as fairies now

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But you fly around town in your pink skirts!

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Originally posted by TheBlasphemer
We do intend to release the documentation to the public at some point, not sure when though...

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Shortly after the final WLM release would be great... no time for MS to change things around, and soon enough for the world to enjoy .