im planing to give it a shot for stars-artibus but dunno what i have to pay bar to teach me :P

You can be sure of it This will be the standard for future No-Image mods. Obviously this BETA will not suit everyone's tastes.

I suggest we start with some pics of your girlfriend and her next scheduled visit to the states

I have mixed, matched, and adjusted some of the free mods for something that fits my comfort level. I appreciate all the work people put in, which is why I liked things from different ones.

Anyway I was wondering why the cardbase.bmp has 2 Greens, and 2 Blues, the reason I ask is because I adjusted the contrast/brightness of one of the free card mods and don't want it to cause a problem (getting suits wrong). Also, if I change the cardbase.bmp as long as I make both Blues, and both Greens the same color it will continue to be the same suit right?

"Original"




Contrast/Brightness change

The #5 and #6 face on the cardbase.bmp are used when the Four-Color Card options is activated.

For testing and learning's sake, assume I have both the mskmgr.exe and one file I wish to de-mask on my desktop, and that I have changed directory to the desktop within the command prompt, would my cmd entry then be:

I keep getting

Appreciate the assistance. -w0ok-

Edit: added "" around command and now get

I love the concept of this mod, tho the style is not really my thang. I hope you plan to make more with this idea in mind. Until then, the 'gibson' mod is treatin me well.

using seat.a.bmp as an example on a removable disk we'll call H:


H:\>mskmgr seat.a.bmp myseatmask.bmp /r

the spaces are important

Cool. Thanks Bar. Took a way too literal approach to the integration guide with all the characters and naming conventions. Appreciate the help!

Learning stars mods is not fun at all. This is why there are 100 people that mod FTP and like 4 or 5 people that mod stars.

.bat files will make your life much easier. I think I let the cat out of the bag recently in this thread about using batch files for mskmgr and png2bmp. If you cant find anything searching this thread send me an email and we can set up some time when I can show you how to make/use them for stars mods.

Is there any way to preview/ view thumbnail pics of files I download? I have a ton of mods, but I have forgotten what many of them look like. Many are .exe, .svg, .xyxyxy files which im having trouble opening. Any way I can view them with out installing them into my poker client?

Fozzy is 100% right. I used to dread "updates" because of all the hassle of restoring files I had modded. Now, it takes less than 5 secs and it's all done.

Here's a typical example of a simple batch file I made, with rem statements so I can change them in the future [rem statements will help you remember six months later when you need to figure out what the files do]. Do the same for your modded files, as Fozzy mention in his post. I just created a directory on my g: drive (external) and store all the mod files there. I named the batch file "PSrestore.bat" and keep it in the same directory as all the mod files.

====Start of batch file====

REM This batch file is to restore custom bmp files once PokerStars does an update

REM copies bright deck backs

xcopy g:\pokerrestore\back.bmp "c:\program files\pokerstars\gx\chips&deck\deck\simple\back.bm p"

REM copies yellow frame around player's seat when action is at that player

xcopy g:\pokerrestore\seat.bmp "c:\Program Files\PokerStars\Themes\simple\label\seat.bmp"
xcopy g:\pokerrestore\seat.a.bmp "c:\Program Files\PokerStars\Themes\simple\label\seat.a.bmp"

REM copy black border around player's name and bankroll

xcopy g:\pokerrestore\border.bmp "c:\Program Files\PokerStars\Themes\simple\label\border.bmp"
xcopy g:\pokerrestore\border.a.bmp "c:\Program Files\PokerStars\Themes\simple\label\border.a.bmp"
xcopy g:\pokerrestore\borderb.a.bmp "c:\Program Files\PokerStars\Themes\simple\label\borderb.a.bmp "
xcopy g:\pokerrestore\borderb.bmp "c:\Program Files\PokerStars\Themes\simple\label\borderb.bmp"

REM copy larger yellow dealer button

xcopy g:\pokerrestore\chip-d.bmp "c:\Program Files\PokerStars\Gx\chips&deck\chips\3\chip-d.bmp"
xcopy g:\pokerrestore\chip-d.a.bmp "c:\Program Files\PokerStars\Gx\chips&deck\chips\3\chip-d.a.bmp"

REM copies 3 files to change "n" [note box] to colored frame around player for rating players

xcopy g:\pokerrestore\note.bmp "c:\Program Files\PokerStars\Gx\label\note.bmp"
xcopy g:\pokerrestore\note.a.bmp "c:\Program Files\PokerStars\Gx\label\note.a.bmp"
xcopy g:\pokerrestore\note-base.bmp "c:\Program Files\PokerStars\Gx\label\note-base.bmp" /w

exit

====End of Batch file====

The lines with "====" are not part of the batch file.

Dog

that's a nice piece of work, but everything except the dealer button and the card backs could be made permanent by simply creating an XTheme with your seats, notes and borders in it

there's a free batch file for chips and card elements with instructions here (for those of you who who don't feel like working out your own)

How can I do this?

which part?

I just made an XThemes folder with a XThemes.ini file, which says the following:
[Slickmodded@pokerstars.com] (slickmodded is name of the custom skin i want to make)
name=Slickmodded
folder=themes\Slickmodded
base=slick@pokerstars.com
deck=simple
copyright=(c) me

Then I made a subfolder named 'themes', and copy/pasted the whole default slick theme into it. Then I changed bg.jpeg and that worked fine. Now I can chose in the PS lobby an idividual theme called Slickmodded w/ my custom background.
BUT I downloaded a chipset w/ only .bmp's (no install or something) in it. I then overwrote the default chips in XThemes/Themes/Slickmodded/Chips&deck/Chips but when I start the PS client and chose the Slickmodded theme it just uses the default chips O.o.
Any way to fix this?

Cards and chips are updated every time you start pokerstars. You need to skip the updates by creating another desktop shortcut.

To bypass the auto-update: The shortcut you are using (typically on your desktop) points to - "C:\Program Files\PokerStars\PokerStarsUpdate.exe" . This makes the stars client overwrite the simplified deck. If you make a new shortcut, pointing to - "C:\Program Files\PokerStars\PokerStars.exe" this will keep the client from updating every time you launch. You will then want to run your old shortcut, perhaps once every few weeks, to get any critical updates.

You can also download my 13.4 AT deck for stars which will create a desktop shortcut for you named 'Stars Modded' to skip the updates.

Bar Nuthing said a couplle of posts ago it's possible to make everything permanent except the dealer button and card backs, and I'd like to make my chips permanent by doing what i posted in my previous post. But that isn't working, so how can I fix that?

EDIT: when i paste the chips in the XThemes folder pokerstars doesn't ask to update, even if I start it using the pokerstarsupdate.exe

chips are the same as the dealer-button

putting them in the Xthemes folder won't do anything only the theme elements can be made permanent

they'll need to be out in the Gx\chips&deck\chips\ folders and will be owverwritten

that is the purpose of the link to the utility i posted a link to - to quickly reinstall chips and cards after an update

or you can write a batch file similar to the one MeanDog posted

Hey Bar, do you know when Mr. Q is coming back/or if he is back already?

flying tomorrow from bangkok (bleh 38°, but at least the wifi is better than on the small islands) to dubai and from there back home. should be ready to work in 2-3 days. sorry for ot guys.

Bar, is it possible to make this change? + remove the dealer's tray? I've been looking at PokerStars Mods for 6 months now and this is the only one I like.

http://psthemes.com/Demo/slicksimple/slicksimple.html

I'm looking to replace the dealer button with a better color like red or yellow. Does anyone have a custom one or what is the easiest way to make one instead of a chip set? Thanks

This is one of the mods I was planning on moving to Tiltbuster during the PSThemes overhaul

I added detachable chat and color notes - and since you asked, removed the chip tray

Is it possible to make the card backs + cards a little bit bigger? If yes, how?

I find PokerStars claustrophobic. In the original one you had the pods at the top are higher. In my screenshot I photoshopped it & put the bottom 2 lower to make the table as large as possible. This is the change I was asking about. But in the last screenshot you posted the pods at the the top were lower.