Well its finally here.

The one vista skin to rule them all. As I have said in other threads this skin is a theme generator and it allows users to customize pretty much every aspect of Messenger to how they want.

The skin includes Windows Aero Messenger and Vista Live Messenger and then 22 sub themes so there is plenty to keep you busy. There are literally thousands of combinations!

Anyway this skin requires Messenger Plus! 4.60 and Windows Live Messenger 8.5 to work. Supports English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. Dutch and German will be added soon.

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More Information and In Depth look : http://designevolved.net

weee gonna download now and try it...

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where is the option to get rid of the email button? if you dont have this your skin is not acceptable ]=

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i hate it

well done willz, i'll be working on mine today and this week

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Originally posted by NanaFreak
weee gonna download now and try it...

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where is the option to get rid of the email button? if you dont have this your skin is not acceptable ]=

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but but but, i use my own email, so that button is pointless =\

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Originally posted by NanaFreak
but but but, i use my own email, so that button is pointless =\

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removing the email button can give some dodgy results occasionally yup

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Originally posted by NanaFreak
but but but, i use my own email, so that button is pointless =\

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That's not the answer gave me when I asked ;o. He told me there was an odd issue with it, so he removed it. I guess it's one of those limitations .

See? I told you the skin was awesome .

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Nice job Willz. keep up the good work.

Although IMO i like Ev0 better, but thats just my opinion...

wow, i really like this, hats off

2 small moans:

1:i don't really like the webcam icon in this

2:needs the option to have a sign out button and recieved files in the contact list/conversation toolbar

also, how did you hide the ads in the conversation windows?

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Originally posted by Shiny Rabbit
wow, i really like this, hats off

2 small moans:

1:i don't really like the webcam icon in this

2:needs the option to have a sign out button and recieved files in the contact list/conversation toolbar

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Holy sh*t! It's freaking 7.2 MB!

Downloading...

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Originally posted by Shiny Rabbit
wow, i really like this, hats off

2 small moans:

1:i don't really like the webcam icon in this

2:needs the option to have a sign out button and recieved files in the contact list/conversation toolbar

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1: Switch the display picture container option back to messenger default

2: these options are under the new vista pearl dropdown menu. Click it and you will see

You really need to play with it more

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Originally posted by Willz

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Originally posted by Shiny Rabbit
wow, i really like this, hats off

2 small moans:

1:i don't really like the webcam icon in this

2:needs the option to have a sign out button and recieved files in the contact list/conversation toolbar

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1: Switch the display picture container option back to messenger default

2: these options are under the new vista pearl dropdown menu. Click it and you will see

You really need to play with it more

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1: i meant this:

2:i'm the kind of person who likes to go "END THIS IMMEDIATELY" and it's gone

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your right, it doesn't take much to adjust to it, my previous MSN config was a bit cluttered

clicky
http://file042b.bebo.com/15/large/2008/01/05/11/1...26a6539770199l.jpg

but still, the webcam button below the DP should look like a webcam

Great release Willz, I'm already in love with this skin. May i ask where .reg file is located? I cant seem to find it.

Awesome.
Its producing a Skin Trace though
Skin Trace.txt

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Originally posted by duck!
Awesome.
Its producing a Skin Trace though
Skin Trace.txt

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Willz I hate you; The end!

I will stop hating you if you release this for the WLM 9 Beta

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Originally posted by matty
I will stop hating you if you release this for the WLM 9 Beta (Smilie)

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Originally posted by aNILEator
then the skin shouldn't be allowed into the official database yet... Just sticking to the rules...

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Originally posted by matty
I will stop hating you if you release this for the WLM 9 Beta (Smilie)

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His skin will not be compatible with 9.0beta as the RLE format of 9.0beta is not cracked, and he uses RLE's to replace stuff.

And I don't think he wants to totally re-create the skins again in a fucked up resource layout beta

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Originally posted by JustIncredible
Great release Willz, I'm already in love with this skin. May i ask where .reg file is located? I cant seem to find it.

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Originally posted by JustIncredible
Great release Willz, I'm already in love with this skin. May i ask where .reg file is located? I cant seem to find it.

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i would also like to know where this .reg file is located *damn ads*

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it says invalid download category =/

willz if u do a update should redo the chat icons and stuff

from the ones u have to this way for the WAM/VLM

http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/2237/10125351vw8.png

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/4904/48019023tb7.png


for the ppl who do not have a photo software and cant get one and also looks better that way i think

oh and if u can try and do a prview window of the skin when changin stuff not sure if that can be done but would be nice so u dont have to reboot to see what it looks like

oh and also the icons that switch when signin on the system tray need to be redone cuz u can see white outline but ya

so far its nice man

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Originally posted by Shiny Rabbit
it says invalid download category =/

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Great Skin, Although I wanna get rid off advertisements Can anyone help me out lol

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Originally posted by Matt-in
Great Skin, Although I wanna get rid off advertisements Can anyone help me out lol

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Originally posted by bigb88

willz if u do a update should redo the chat icons and stuff

from the ones u have to this way for the WAM/VLM

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to pull the ads http://www.mediafire.com/?o2bzbmdodzm  is that

but if not able to post this sorry staff can edit the post im not sure if i can or not so sorry if not able to

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Originally posted by bigb88

willz if u do a update should redo the chat icons and stuff

from the ones u have to this way for the WAM/VLM

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Word of advice before Willz jumps down your throat, try to refrain from personal requests to a skin, especially from someone as experienced as willz when he's re-making skins from yesteryear.

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Originally posted by bigb88
to pull the ads http://www.mediafire.com/?o2bzbmdodzm  is that

but if not able to post this sorry staff can edit the post im not sure if i can or not so sorry if not able to

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i love you, man everything is just how i like it

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Originally posted by Willz
Well those are the proper vista video icons so yeah can't please everyone i guess I wouldn't exactly call them "horrible" or "yuck", thats not really constructive criticism imo.

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Originally posted by bigb88

willz if u do a update should redo the chat icons and stuff

from the ones u have to this way for the WAM/VLM

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Word of advice before Willz jumps down your throat, try to refrain from personal requests to a skin, especially from someone as experienced as willz when he's re-making skins from yesteryear.

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Loving it Willz, looks like you certainly put a lot of time and effort into this skin, i really appreciate your work as i'm sure many others do, looking forward to even better future skins from you!

I wonder why i cant use WIlliz`s Emoticons can anyone help me pls thanks in advance.

Once again a great release Willz, keep up the fantastic work .

Ok well I took a look at the skin trace's that were being generated and the culprit was resource groups not being loaded correctly, but the way it is at the moment will not cause any major issues.

I have fixed them and they will be released in the 2.0.1 update which I will release as soon as the dutch and german translations are sent my way. Until then if people get any more skin traces just post them here. But yeah I will not prevent you from using the skin.

I love this skin so much , but I did notice one little glitch, see screenshot.

Enlarged: http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/7862/willzyt9.png.

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Originally posted by Naruto-SR
I love this skin so much , but I did notice one little glitch, see screenshot.

Enlarged: http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/7862/willzyt9.png.

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This is without a doubt the coolest skin I've ever seen. It's practically a program with all the stuff you can change! The contact has signed in/opened a conversation with you toasts look AMAZING. The picture for when a contact doesn't have a display picture is cool and so are the little "pearls" on their display picture in the contact list. The fact I can actually CHANGE the colour of my conversation window now (since I had a dynamic dp which restricted me) is skill in itself (I've been requesting this be put into StuffPlug)

All that said I couldn't find a nice blue to use, so looks like this isn't the skin for me either.

And what's with the status picture changes. All my desktop contacts have weirdo circles instead of a messenger buddy. That's just a bit weird for me...

PS your aliased emoticons look really cool, even if they do look a bit dodgy in parts. (e.g. your 's lip is like full bent up...yeah I notice the little things)

But yeah sweet skin. I don't really see what the point of Patchou having a skinning contest is if you're gonna enter.

Luna Evolution and Windows Live Messenger Dark Remix is the same?

Btw, what settings to get the theme on the left side of your picture: http://img99.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wampb4.jpg

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But yeah sweet skin. I don't really see what the point of Patchou having a skinning contest is if you're gonna enter.

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Btw, what settings to get the theme on the left side of your picture:

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The Vista Dark pattern is very blurry for me, and I don't have a shade of blue like in your pic.

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Originally posted by tofuartist
The Vista Dark pattern is very blurry for me, and I don't have a shade of blue like in your pic.

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How? =/

click the pearl (the vista button) and its the first option. Don't give up so easy next time

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Originally posted by Willz
click the pearl (the vista button) and its the first option. Don't give up so easy next time

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WLM is Back

An issue when editing group names...

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An issue when editing group names...

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Is this also a bug, or does the text not change colour when the background is of a similar colour because i thought it did, if not is it possible?

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Originally posted by Eddie
Is this also a bug, or does the text not change colour when the background is of a similar colour because i thought it did, if not is it possible?

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it's pretty nice tho,
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yeah, i like it. thanks.

Edit --- It's really getting better

I LOVE THIS SKIN

Its my favorite one cant wait for 2.0.2 hope it will be released soon

I was just wondering are skins non compatible with mess patch?? After id applied this skin some of the features id applied with mess patch had either moved or weren't there anymore. I also have other addons installed and their features still remain to be there, such as stuff plug and msn shell.

The attatched image illustrates what im saying.

The images with the black dot on them are once the skin has been applied.

Yes. Mess Patch and other patches' features are overwritten when skins are loaded, as the skins "call" those features back in automatically. I believe WAM has some of the same features as Mess Patch.

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Originally posted by Nagamasa
Yes. Mess Patch and other patches' features are overwritten when skins are loaded, as the skins "call" those features back in automatically. I believe WAM has some of the same features as Mess Patch.

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i love this skin, willz is a really great skin developer, i hope that one day ill be just as good as he is, i really consider him my role model. i used to use mess patch all the time before december 9th 2007 when skinning was released, quite early on during the skinning process i learned that keeping messpatch on while making skins meant i would force my messpatch settings onto my users as messpatch does alter the uifiles.

the only way around it is to extract your uifiles without messpatch installed and then make your skin so thats what i did, now in 365 i have added a lot of the things i loved from mess patch into my skins patching options however theres a few things i miss that i dont know how to do yet, i dont know how to make a signout button, well i know how tomake the button just dont have the image used by messpatch or the cmdid to make it work although blessedguy did it in his aurora live messenger so may ask him for the cmdid.

i also dont know how to connect to tabserve to use the custom tabs feature and i dont know anyone who has figured out how to do that yet and i cant simply ask mess patch team as im sure they wouldnt appreciate someone making a skin that directly competes with there software let alone help them to do it.

i hear a lot of you asking for 9.0 compatability in skins, i appreciate that you are like i used to be and have to have the latest version of messenger for the sake of having the latest version however until its released as a finished version it is doubtful that the majority of developers will support it in there skins, simple skins like beaver and steve that have a single set theme and can be easily updated to 9.0 with a second set of uifiles and a second resgroup might add it now but more complex skins like the ones willz makes and my 365 skin uses loads of resgroups and several different versions of any given uifile because of that reason making our skins 9.0 compatable is going to be no easy task so we are not going to want to do it now then find out later we have to completely redo it later for the final version, personally i will wait till 9.0 is final before makin 365 compatable with it i know it might not be a popular choice but advanced skins creators will often argue that are there skins not great enough for you to downgrade for.

anyway everyone hope you enjoy this wonderful skin which willz has made.

you wont be able to get all the features of messpatch as it does more than edit uifiles, eg hex edits to the executable

oh and it doesn't make it really an easier having a 'simple' skin, certainly not in detail anyway

maybe not easy but easier, i dont want all the features of messpatch, most of the features i like from messpatch i have been able to do already its just those 2 issues i mentioned that i dont know how to do fully yet but im sure ill get there eventually.

I just have one question, will this best Skin become updated thought i have read Williz would update it to 2.0.2. some weeks ago.

got a little problem with MDL1.4/1.5 beta



not a very big problem but the big gap between the MDL button and the other buttons is kind of annoying, not sure if it can be fixed but i'm just putting it out there for you

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got a little problem with MDL1.4/1.5 beta



not a very big problem but the big gap between the MDL button and the other buttons is kind of annoying, not sure if it can be fixed but i'm just putting it out there for you

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I just have one question, will this best Skin become updated thought i have read Williz would update it to 2.0.2. some weeks ago.

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Got a little bug when loading webcam conversation. See attachment.

offtopic: lol post 333

How to recreate the theme on the right or http://img99.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wampb4.jpg

You mentioned previously the settings for the one on the left only.

Thanks!

Love the skins.