BaseballNewsNow and The_Offspring187: Read through these two posts. The game can be finicky about downloading and installing the skin files even if you
are running the game as the administrator. If so, you need to install the Classic Skin files manually, then do the modifications, then delete the skin.bin file.
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Originally Posted by Déjà Bru
Make sure you are starting the game as administrator (right-click the game start icon and choose Properties/Compatibility/Run this program as an administrator). Funny thing, that. If you DON'T run the game as administrator, it seems to download and install the skin files in Add-Ons Central but it actually doesn't do anything. Something about Windows. Don't forget to delete the skin.bin file when you are done.
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Originally Posted by Déjà Bru
When I was going through the process for OOTPB 21, I updated some notes that I had taken awhile back. The first paragraph reveals that I, too, had a problem similar to yours in the past:
Skin Files Notes
For programming reasons, the game may not be able to install skin files from Add-On Central. If that is the case, open the skin_files zip file and manually extract the skins folder to the C:\Program Files (x86)\Out of the Park Developments\OOTP Baseball 1X\data\skins folder.
Also for programming reasons, OOTP may need to be run as administrator for it to recognize when to rebuild the skin.bin file so as to use image customizations in the skin folder. Right-click the OOTP program icon, choose Properties, click the Compatibility tab, and choose "Run this program as an administrator." Click Apply, then OK.
Images in each of the three skin folders can be edited. The game will not reflect the changes unless the following procedures are followed. End the game before proceeding.
The edited image files should be included in all skin folders. In each folder, locate the skin.bin file and change the extension to .old. This is just in case; the old bin file can be reused merely by changing the file extension back to .bin.
Now restart the game. Whatever skin was selected in preferences will now be rebuilt. The game hesitates for about a minute while starting up in order to rebuild the skin. Basically, it is taking a snapshot of the images in the skin folder and the settings are stored in a new skin.bin file.
The game will then start as normal. Check to see that desired image changes have been put into effect.
Note that the rebuilding of the skin.bin file happened only for the current skin selection. To ensure that the other skins will be ready if and when they are ever selected, go to OOTP Preferences and change the Current Skin to the other selections. The game will hesitate for the same minute or so while it is rebuilding each skin.bin file.
Here is a link to the Classic Skins zip file that I successfully downloaded from Add-Ons Central this time; I kept it just in case of emergencies:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_cQ...ew?usp=sharing
The file is clean but you shouldn't take my word for it. Scan it with your own anti-virus program. |
BBN, you clearly don't have the Classic Skin files installed. TO187, you have nothing going on, either. The only mod in that screen that I have done is to replace the cheesy-looking header background with a wood-grain pattern.* The toolbar is in the default Classic Skin. So you, too, probably don't have the Classic Skins installed, or you made a mistake with the modding. Look back through this thread.
*I also took out some overlays that I didn't like in the pre-game lineups screen. Look for instructions on that, earlier in this thread.