TalkingPoker.com PokerStars Theme
 

Okay, I've been playing around with this today and here's what I have so far. Please take a look at it and let me know what you think. I don't know that I'm quite happy with it yet and there's still a lot of little tweaks that need to take place - things like the default image colors, text boxes, etc. I may also change the color of the felt.

I'm open to suggestions! Please - suggest!

colours seem fine, but the extra star in the top left i dont like, also, cant you make the avator boxes contrast more with the table?

Here's a shot of it in action in the league tonight

dude thats pretty sweet, nice job

Yep, that avatar boxes are something I plan on changing.

As for the star, that was one of the things I was sorta hedging about. I may offer a few different version of it...

I think I'd actually like it better without the big star in the background, and with all of the small one visible... probably in the lower right hand corner, where there is the most room.

Don't get me wrong, I think my three armed self down there is pretty cool, but how many people want to look at my ugly mug when playing???

What's the text in the background? I can make out some of it.... but I'm not sure what it's from.

it looks like the names of all the members on the tp.com site

It's definitely not that. The names listed are all "regulars," and there are also other words floating around in there - user titles, thread titles, other poker terms.... all sorts of stuff.

oh i see now....didnt catch that at first

the top portion of the text alternates. the first line is various poker terms. In fact, if you look about 2/3 way across the top row you'll see 'kod' :). Then the next row is regulars from here, then more poker terms, then regulars. About halfway down I switch to just forum regulars from here. I tried to get all the regulars but I'm sure I missed some, and others probably are visible because of the table, but if you open up the bg.jpg picture in the theme itself you would be able to read the whole thing.

Actually, I'll post the "text" image here so everyone can see what it says a lot easier. I'll probably darken the text a bit - it's a little tooo difficult to read.

Hmm...good idea. I'll have to play with that. I'm thinking what I may do is shift the star up the screen so that the bottom half of "Poker.com" isn't showing and you really just see the tips of the star. I really like that background and taking out the star and replacing it with more the background of the star would be a royal pain in the ass!

Here's the text layer moved to the top and more visible:

I see that bunny and shabi ended up next to each other in the text. ;)

yup, and me and Bdawg were called gay lovers, so us being by each other is nice i reckon

LOL!

Nice work Rob!

Good stuff, I may agree with removing the one big star.

I haven't completely removed the star - as I mentioned, if I want to continue to use the rest of the background (which I do), the star sorta needs to stay. I have adjusted the position of the star though so that you don't see any of the "Poker.com" at the bottom. All you pretty much see is some of the points of the star.

I've got a bit more work to do on the background then I'll upload an update. Then I have to start work on the rest of the theme - all the text, avatar bubbles, etc.

Revision 2
 

Okay, here's rev 2. As you can see, the star is still present but not quite AS prominent now.

Any comments on the felt color? Should it be different? Obviously not blue (that would just too much blue)

Now it's time to start on the rest of theme.

i like it. good job Robbie Robb.

and how do i download this theme?

Rookette? Hawt? Who are these "regulars" that you speak of??? :rolleyes:

This is coming along very nicely. I like the position of the Star and the position of the me much better now. What I don't love is the ".com" but that's a logo issue that I've never resolved, and not a Robbie Robb issue.

I like the felt color. I think I'd prefer the seat avatars to be non-blue though. Maybe their "normal" gold (would match the star) or maybe even a shade of red...

Very good work, RR!

It's not ready for download yet. As soon as it's ready, I'll make arrangements for it to be available for download with instructions on how to install it. Until PokerStars finalizes the client and adds in functionality for 3rd party themes, it's necessary to do a "work-around" for these types of themes.

I agree with the ".com" part. I'll have to see if I can work anything better. I have an idea but it just popped into my head so I haven't had a chance to try it out yet.

I too was thinking gold/yellow for the avatars, but I'm gonna play around. Also, if anyone wants any custom felt colors, it shouldn't be TOO difficult to accomplish.

Okay, just went in and tried out my thought. What do you think TP?

Okay, "regulars" and "people-who-have-made-this-forum-"special"-in-their-own-way"! :thumbsup: I think we all agree this forum is better for Hawt's stories, and Rook, well, she left a lasting impression on all of us! :)

I'm not sure, honestly................

I know what you're saying. ".com" is just one of those things that's hard to attach to a logo. Anyone else here have any thoughts on how to attach it? Obviously it's got to flow with the logo even more smooth than the current one does.

EDIT: Since I've got the .com logo in the bottom right corner, what about just leaving the .com off the table logo? Anyone got any objections?

how bout centering "Poker",
putting the ".com" below on the right beneath Poker
and in a different color (aqua green/light blue or something like that).
Maybe in a smaller font too.
In text it would be something like this:
__________
|
| Talking
| _ Poker
|___ .com
|
------------

Underscore is spaces next to Poker and com

I don't think I would like this at all..... I'd probably prefer it gone all together, but I think the original is fine too. The idea was for it to be an afterthought originally, but I've never liked it without the border around it. It looks ok with the star, but without it, it stands out more.

I've tested it out with the '.com' removed fromt the table logo completely and it looks pretty decent.

I just read on 2+2 that Stars IS working on a comprehensive manual for completing themes. I think I'm going to need to wait for this manual to come out to change the fonts in the text boxes and the like. Each button uses some funky mask image for some reason or another. I'm not really sure. They also seem to use black as the transparent color instead of "magic pink" like any other transparency-type program. (this is the reason that one image of the table is surrounded by black).

I've also changed the avatar colors to a dijon-mustard to bright yellow to white fade. It looks okay but I'm afraid it may be too bright. I think this MAY be something that has to wait for the manual to fully completely get working right.

I'm hoping that one of the mod websites (such as artpoker) launches a library where people can upload them so that I can (with TP's permission of course) upload the completed theme for anyone to download and install.

Any progress on this?

Well, I had decided to wait until the software left beta since they kept changing things. Now that the software's left beta I can pick up working on it again. I'm hoping they upgrade their "theme creation manual" as it is REALLY skimpy on certain details that I *KNOW* can be changed (such as icon placement) but they haven't mentioned. I'd also like access to the fonts but I'm not holding my breath. Look for a finalized version sometime before the end of the month. With it being summer, I'm trying to avoid being indoors as much as possible...

You're a very talented man Rob. Nice shit.

First of all, great job! I just skimmed the previous responses so if this has been suggested i apologize in advance, but have you tested blue felt with the tp star & logo in the center of the table?

I think I'm going to offer a variety of colours for the felt. I'm thinking there's also going to be two backgrounds as well (easy to change between) - one with the text (more faded than the most recent image) and one without. I'm thinking it's too busy the way it is right now.

I'm with everyone else here, great job robbie rob. I just wanted to know where I could find my name on that screen.

If you check out the image I posted up before:


I believe your name makes two appearances. The first one is on the left side, immediately to the left of the top of the 'P'. The second is on the right side, a few lines below that, your name partially truncated by the edge of the image.

I know I've missed a few people, and for that I apologize, but it would be rather time consuming to go in and edit the text now.