One of the reasons I hate the default 08 skin so much is the terrible selection of attribute colors. Add to that the fact they *stopped using XML* and you're stuck with it.
However, some enterprising souls have been able to create some pretty good skins anyway, I'm using the dDs skin FrogMan found.
BUT - I still want to be able to change the attribute colors to my liking, and w/o XML files to do that, I'm S.O.L.
So does anyone know how to get around it and actually make changes to the attribute colors?
This can still be done with an xml file. It goes in..
My Documents\Sports Interactive\WWSM 2008\settings
No way to attach the file here that I can see but here it is written out. I hope from this it is possible to copy and paste into notepad\wordpad , save and then change the .txt to .xml ?
edit: I was able to copy from this post into notepad, save as "settings.txt", then rename the file "settings.xml". Don't use wordpad, when I tried it with that it added some giberish to the top of the file.
<properties version="1.0">
<integer id="dcht" value="20" comment="default control height"/>
<integer id="dcwd" value="128" comment="default control width"/>
<integer id="mvth" value="2" comment="movement threshold"/>
<integer id="hvtm" value="1000" comment="hover time"/>
<integer id="sdin" value="1" comment="still down initial time"/>
<integer id="sdiv" value="1" comment="still down interval time"/>
<integer id="dctm" value="300" comment="double click time"/>
<integer id="tctm" value="500" comment="triple click time"/>
<integer id="bltm" value="500" comment="cursor blink time"/>
<integer id="rptm" value="400" comment="repeat time"/>
<integer id="rpin" value="100" comment="repeat interval"/>
<integer id="scin" value="100" comment="scrolling interval"/>
<flags id="txfn" value="vera" comment="text font"/>
<integer id="txst" value="plain" comment="text style"/>
<integer id="txss" value="10" comment="text size small"/>
<integer id="txsn" value="11" comment="text size normal"/>
<integer id="txsl" value="13" comment="text size large"/>
<flags id="hnfn" value="vera" comment="hint font"/>
<integer id="hnst" value="plain" comment="hint style"/>
<integer id="hnss" value="8" comment="hint size small"/>
<flags id="cnfn" value="vera" comment="control font"/>
<integer id="cnst" value="plain" comment="control style"/>
<integer id="cnss" value="8" comment="control size small"/>
<integer id="cnsn" value="10" comment="control size normal"/>
<integer id="cnsl" value="11" comment="control size large"/>
<flags id="mnfn" value="vera" comment="menu font"/>
<integer id="mnst" value="plain" comment="menu style"/>
<integer id="mnss" value="10" comment="menu size small"/>
<integer id="mnsn" value="11" comment="menu size normal"/>
<integer id="mnsl" value="13" comment="menu size large"/>
<integer id="mnop" value="500" comment="menu opacity"/>
<flags id="tlfn" value="vera" comment="title font"/>
<integer id="tlst" value="shadowed" comment="title style"/>
<integer id="tlss" value="23" comment="title size small"/>
<integer id="tlsn" value="19" comment="title size normal"/>
<integer id="tlsl" value="13" comment="title size large"/>
<integer id="dsst" value="plain" comment="disabled text style"/>
<boolean id="usep" comment="use background picture" value="true"/>
<real id="bgop" value="0.9" comment="background opacity"/>
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<string id="date" comment="date format">
[%date#1-day]
<return/>
[%date#1-short]
<return/>
[%date#1-time]
</string>
<!-- short date format -->
<string id="sdfm">[%date#1-short]</string>
<integer id="cmod" value="1" comment="colour mode"/>
<!-- html flags -->
<flags id="htmf" value="fonts/vera" comment="HTML font"/>
<integer id="htms" value="plain" comment="HTML style"/>
<integer id="htm1" value="8" comment="HTML font size 1"/>
<integer id="htm2" value="9" comment="HTML font size 2"/>
<integer id="htm3" value="10" comment="HTML font size 3"/>
<integer id="htm4" value="12" comment="HTML font size 4"/>
<integer id="htm5" value="16" comment="HTML font size 5"/>
<integer id="htm6" value="20" comment="HTML font size 6"/>
<integer id="htm7" value="30" comment="HTML font size 7"/>
<!-- Profile Attribute Colours -->
<colour name="low attribute" red="160" green="160" blue="160"/>
<colour name="normal attribute" red="0" green="192" blue="0"/>
<colour name="good attribute" red="0" green="0" blue="255"/>
<colour name="excellent attribute" red="255" green="0" blue="0"/>
<!-- (additional) stats colours -->
<colour name="low stat" red="255" green="255" blue="0"/>
<colour name="medium stat" red="0" green="192" blue="0"/>
<colour name="good stat" red="0" green="0" blue="255"/>
<colour name="excellent stat" red="255" green="0" blue="0"/>
<!-- attribute colouring -->
<integer id="exca" value="15"/>
<!-- excellent threshold -->
<integer id="excn" value="10"/>
<!-- normal threshold -->
<integer id="excl" value="8"/>
<!-- low threshold -->
</properties>
I won't take credit for creating the file as it's not my work. It's from a file I d'loaded awhile ago, not sure where from anymore, just that it was one of the more commonly known FM mod forums (FM live, sort it out, etc) and I simply changed the RGB values to what I wanted. It is up and running in my WWSM
digital download version of the game, using the default skin, with brightly colored attributes.
If for some reason it doesn't work PM me and I'll email it to you.