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@latts9923

Thanks for latest update
However, when resetting the skin how long should it take because with me it seems to be hanging. It goes through the process until I have the red circle going around with "Do not press any key" etc. I have left it now 20 mins and it is still going round

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@perspicacia
I'm about to release another update that fixes some missing parentheses. See if this next update helps.

[latts9923]

UPDATE #34 - This will update the skin to v1.7.4

Bug fixes

• There were missing parentheses in the new animated menu bar code. Thanks to Min2001 for reporting this!
  

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@perspicacia
I'm about to release another update that fixes some missing parentheses. See if this next updates helps.

@latts9923

Thanks, but nope reset still hangs

[latts9923]

@perspicacia
I forgot to copy the new reset script in the last update. The next update should fix your reset problem.

[latts9923]

UPDATE #35 - This will update the skin to v1.7.5

Additions

• I added the pause screen furniture from Aeon MQ 8 to the pause screen. All the buttons to customize the furniture is available under SETTINGS ► SKIN SETTINGS ► GENERAL SETTINGS ► CHANGE PAUSE SCREEN. Thanks to Gilogo for the request!
  

Bug fixes

• I forgot to update the Consensus and Plot code for View Type-16 if you were missing the tagline. Thanks to Juan Mortyme for reporting this!
  

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@perspicacia
I forgot to copy the new reset script in the last update. The next update should fix your reset problem.

@latts9923

Excellent. All fixed. Thanks 

[latts9923]

UPDATE #36 - This will update the skin to v1.7.6

Additions

• I added a "SHOW DIFFUSE" button to the Litebox settings in the Top Menu. When enabled, you will also see a "DIFFUSE AMOUNT" button that allows you to select a percentage for the diffuse (default is 80%). When changing the percentage, you may be required to exit to the main menu and return to Movies in order to refresh the diffuse image. As of now, this only displays when "ART" is set to "DEFAULT FANART".
  
  
  
  
• I added a custom Global Search script if you have the Global Search add-on installed.
  
  
  
  

Bug fixes

• The Artist thumb was displaying in the wrong aspect ratio in the Music Info screen.
  
• The rating stars were not displaying the correct color in almost all the views. Thanks to Karny for reporting the bug!
  

[latts9923]

UPDATE #37 - This will update the skin to v1.7.7

Addition

• I added Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures to the white and colored studios.
  

Bug fixes

• There was a "Can't find window favourites" error in the logs. Thanks to Park for repoorting the error!
  
• There was a "value_mediaicons_path" variable warning in the logs. Thanks to Park for repoorting the error!
  
• The Metacritic Must-See icon was not displaying due to the invalid string SkinHelper.ListItem.MetaCritic.Votes. Thanks to martinsvision for reporting the bug!
  

There is also an update to the Colored and White Studio Icons add-ons available in my repo.

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UPDATE #38 - This will update the skin to v1.7.8

Bug fix

• I added Embuary Helper as a required add-on to try and fix the endless loop that some are experiencing on skin initialization.
  

Maintenance

• I overhauled all the code for KodiFlix...adjusted image positions, adjusted position and size of plot textboxes, removed irrelevant code, etc.
  

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UPDATE #39 - This will update the skin to v1.7.9

Additions

• I added code to some of the view types to display the case/poster and discart when using Embuary Helper.
  
• I added a "GO TO PLAYLIST" button in the Top Menu under "COLLECTION/CHANGE VIEW". This button is available in the default Estuary skin when you queue a video, but was never included with MQ 7.
  
• I added fanart code to the playlist screen. It will now display fanart based on your "ART" settings in the Top Menu.
  

Bug fixes

• I fixed a problem with the media flags for most views displaying the French MPAA flag instead of the German flag when Rated 12, 16, or 18 was entered. I also added a "deu" flag to the language flags. Thanks to KenTucky for reporting the bug!
  
• I fixed a problem with the rating stars in View Type-17 not displaying in the correct position when the rating info was missing. Thanks to Shredder_guitar for reporting the bug!
  

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UPDATE #40 - This will update the skin to v1.8.0

Bug fix

• The default fanart was not displaying after the last update. Thanks to Dom61 for reporting the bug!
  

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UPDATE #41 - This will update the skin to v1.8.1

Additions

• I added a "RANDOM" option to the themes. When enabled, a different theme (minus the holidays) will be displayed. I used a random number generator to decide the next theme instead of just moving down the list in order like MQ 8. Thanks to hna71 for the request!
  
• I added two new buttons to the top menu..."SHOW CHARACTERART IF MISSING" and "SHOW ACTRESS ART IF MISSING". If "EXTRA ART" is set to "CHARACTERART" and the video is missing characterart, you can display actress art by enabling "SHOW ACTRESS ART IF MISSING". Same thing for missing actress art by enabling "SHOW CHARACTERART IF MISSING". These two buttons are disabled by default. Thanks to martinsvision for the request!
  
• I added KHZ, Kbps and BPM info to the media flags for songs in all views except View Type-01 and 18.
  
• I added a "PLAY ALBUM" button to the music info screen for Albums.
  
• I added the "SHOW DIFFUSE" setting in Litebox Settings to the default music fanart and the music info screen.
  

Bug fixes

• The diffuse settings for Litebox were not working in the two Video Info screens.
  
• The discart for layout 3D in music viz was positioned too low.
  

Maintenance

• The back of the jewel box will no longer display for Songs in List 3D and List 3D v2 unless the back image is present.
  
• I made some tweaks to the code for List 3D and List 3D v2 for music...adjusting the position of images, removing extraneous code, etc.
  

I asked @henryjfry to add limit settings to clearart and clearlogo in the Artwork Beef add-on. You can download the new version (v0.28.8) by installing the henryjfry repo. Thanks to @henryjfry for the update!

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UPDATE #42 - This will update the skin to v1.8.2

Additions

• I added code to support the vertical Main Menu. There is a new button in SKIN SETTINGS ► MAIN MENU named "MAIN MENU STYLE". Switching between "HORIZONTAL" and "VERTICAL" will run a script that overwrites MainMenu.xml and refreshes the skin. When in vertical mode, the "WIDGETS - ITEMS EXHIBITED AT THE SAME TIME" button will be disabled and your video widgets will only display 6 items. Also in vertical mode, your Weather widgets will be disabled and you will only see a six day forecast. Right now there are only two main menu options available in vertical mode, and the font is the only thing in the preview that will change. I will add more as I have time.
  

Bug fixes

• The default background image was not displaying for the Main Menu or Movies if "ENABLE LITEBOX EFFECTS" was enabled in the Top Menu.
  
• The addon icon was being displayed both with and without a case for add-ons in View Type-07. Thanks to Shredder_guitar for reporting the bug!
  

*This update will require another skin reset for new settings to be forced to settings.xml. To keep from losing your current settings, make sure you export your skin settings (SKIN SETTINGS > RESTORE SETTINGS > EXPORT SKIN SETTINGS) before you install the update. After installing the update you will need to reset the skin and then import the latest settings export.

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@latts9923

Thanks for the updates, but just a quick question... 

With these updates do you ever change/add to the Textures.xbt file?

The reason I ask is I have modified it to have my own star wars pics/icons (using the original filenames so I don't have to change any code) and was wondering if I need to create a new custom Textures.xbt with each update or if I can keep a copy of my custom version and just use that to replace the original each time I update.