DesertSkin: New Skin

When I saw Sheep's CivSkin's swamp tile, I loved it. I cleaned it up by removing the swamp water and used it as swamp (or for me, beach sand) in my own skin. I loved the image so much I was wishing that there were more swamp in modern map...and that's when the idea thought of making a skin around the idea of the beloved desert image as the "grass" image.

So, without further ado, here is the release of version 1 of Desert Skin. By the way, the trees in this skin are supposed to be a view of cactuses from a bird-eye view...but umm, my graphic skills aren't as great as michaelangelo,. Sheeps calls my trees "fungi rocks" :-).

ftp://www.winbolo.us/skins/DesertSkin_v1.zip

Here is the readme.txt file of the skin:

== DesertBolo v1
== Released: July 14th, 2004
== Created by FireIce

There is absolutely no way I could even have thought of making this skin had it not been for the great contributions by other skin makers.

* Thanks to Sheeps for inspiring this skin with his great swamp tile in his CivSkin
* Thanks Minhiriath for the great tank/pb/base/explosion images he created for his skin BoloReloaded.
* Thanks to Ren for his advice, and beta testing DesertSkin
* Thanks to Sheeps for his many beta test of DesertSkin

If I've missed anyone or anything, my apologies.

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If you copy any portion of this skin, please make sure to credit the appropriate skin graphic creator.

Skin32.bmp:

Ocean: Sheeps
Shallow Sea: Sheeps
Grass: Sheeps (CivSkin's Swamp), modified by FireIce (removed the water of the swamp)
Swamp: FireIce, (by taking the Grass and adding Underdog's Sea Color), and Sheeps (see Grass)
Wall: Minhiriath (depixlization and rubble), Sheeps (Top of wall) and FireIce (Combining Min and Sheep's wall)
Trees: FireIce
Boats: With Tanks: Minhiriath. Parked: Sheeps
Roads: Minhiriath (depixlization), Sheeps (no marker in middle of road) and FireIce (Changed color scheme)
Bridges: Minhiriath (depixlization), Sheeps (no marker in middle of road) and FireIce (Changed color scheme)
Amo: Minhiriath
Explosion*: Minhiriath
Mine: Minhiriath
All Tanks: Minhiriath
All Pillboxes: Minhiriath
All Bases: Minhiriath
Parachute: Underdog
Crosshair: Minhiriath
LGM: Minhiriath
Crater: Minhiriath, adapted by FireIce
Rubble: FireIce

Transition
Sea/Land: Sheeps, with major modification by FireIce
Sea/Ocean: Sheeps
Sea/Swamp: Sheeps, with major modification by FireIce

Tree Function Button Selection: FireIce, using the image of a cactus provided and modified by Sheeps
Other Function Button selection: FireIce
Function Button Light Bulb: Minhiriath
Pillbox, Base, and Tank Indicators: Underdog
"x" indicator: Minhiriath
Neutral Pillboxes and Bases Indicator: FireIce

* DesertSkin v1 w/Old Explosion - uses the default explosion instead of Minhiriath's explosion

Screen.bmp

Screen: Sheeps
Tank and Base Amo Tracker: FireIce
Kills/Death Images: Minhiriath

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Skins from which graphics have been used to make DesertBolo:

FireIce's xSkin v2
Minhiriath's Bolo.Reloaded.build.96
Sheep's CivSkin
Underdog's SnowBolo v1.01

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Emails:

FireIce: fireicewinbolo@hotmail.com
Minhiriath: 924@cablelan.net
Sheeps: sheeps@winbolo.us
Underdog: winbolo1x1@yahoo.com

Oh wow really cool skin I like it alot, but am I the only one that still uses the original size lol. Good work, just had to convert it to original size.

Stealing skin elements eh?

It's kind of funny that he said he used graphics from FireIce's xSkin v2. Since....that skin was just a compilation of other peoples work also. FI if you would put half as much effort into making your own skin as you do stealing other peoples works. You'd have some pretty high quality skins.

ouch.

well the stuff he did do (or modify) was pretty cool....

It's possible FI just wants to improve winbolo.

However, if it's more important to put your time into investigating possible copyright infringements, accusations of plagiarism, allegations of stepped-on toes, avenues of leverage, etc, then by all means......

None of that stuff helps winbolo, though. With the exception of clearly protected material, like Min's skin, FI can pretty much do what the hell he wants.

BTW, change, improve, destroy, throw away, or incorporate that screen I made FI. I'll never do anything more with it anyway.

However, if it's more important to put your time into investigating possible copyright infringements, accusations of plagiarism, allegations of stepped-on toes, avenues of leverage, etc, then by all means......

haha there is no need to investigate anything, all you have to do is read his post. He clearly admits he did like 2 tiles in there. Putting together that well written post most likely took longer then his copy and paste skin. Working to make winbolo better? maybe. Trying to make himself look good by using others work and putting his name on it? Probably. I don't want to investigate that one, maybe MaddMaxx can.

With the exception of clearly protected material, like Min's skin, FI can pretty much do what the hell he wants.

He already proved that he is going to take Min's work anyways, but at least he gives him credit in the Readme...that nobody will read. It doesn't really matter that much copy and paste skills are always needed. I jsut can't wait to see Bolo Reloaded [fi version] .99 with the 3 pixel's changed and a 500 word readme about changing them.

umm, FI asked permission (as my readme requests) I gave him permission. He can use/modify my skin as much as he likes, with my permission which he has. My copyright was simply to insure that I get credit for my work, which fi has also done. Thank you fi.

Min

Suicide Jockey wrote:

Probably. I don't want to investigate that one, maybe MaddMaxx can.

I'm too lazy, and there is no need to :P

The elements I used from xSkin v2 on DesertSkins were elements I made myself for xSkin.