ss2 desktop theme/look scheme combo?

xerxes2044 on 13/7/2007 at 18:58

hello again all. as lovers of ss2 im sure we have all tried to outfit our desktops, media players and pets (or am i the only one?) as a tribute to a game we all love. i was curious to hear of wallpaper/theme combos that anyones thought up of that offer the best ss2 look outside of playing the game.

i currently have this (http://www.sshock2.com/ss2mmdb/themes/ss2_wall7.jpg) wallpaper on my desktop. now im a big fan of winamp as a media player (for music anyway..), but im not too thrilled with the winamp skin on sshock2.com, so ive got this winamp skin as a complement to my desktop wallpaper. (http://www.winamp.com/skins/details/144608)

on top of that ive got my windows "appearence" under Display properties in control panel under Windows Classic and Rainy Day. i sometimes alternate between that and the appearence that the Alien Commemoration Desktop Theme offers - which you can download at (www.thethemedoctor.com)

your thoughts people? hopefully i dont sound like a nut and people will respond in kind :D

rachel on 13/7/2007 at 21:32

I still use my (http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?p=999536#post999536) own little SS2 theme for Blackbox:

(http://www.freylia.net/art/big.png)

Inline Image:

http://www.freylia.net/art/little.png
(click to enlarge)

It's available on my site: (http://downloads.freylia.net/res/digitriop.zip) click! (± 300Kb)

(I can zip and mail BlackBox itself if wanted)

xerxes2044 on 14/7/2007 at 04:06

wow thats pretty cool. you dont have that in a black/dark green combo do you? cause thatd be freakin' awesome

rachel on 14/7/2007 at 12:01

The original 'algae' style that I used as base was more greenish overall, in any case you can fully customize the colours of the theme. It is not apparent on the screenshot since I took it years ago, but there is also a nifty transparency option available, I activated it recently and it's really nice, the menu is slightly translucent and lets you see the wallpaper or window behind without being intrusive at all. ((http://stuff.freylia.net/transparency.png) example)

The combination of Blackbox and the b0seclass windows theme is the best GUI I've ever had, and I don't plan to change it any time soon. :)

xerxes2044 on 15/7/2007 at 03:18

wow thanks buddy. ill try it out when i get home. is everything i need to get started in those links above? (trying to cut this short cause im at a friend's place)

rachel on 15/7/2007 at 09:17

(http://downloads.freylia.net/Blackbox_0090_Full.zip) Blackbox_0090_Full.zip

xerxes2044 on 16/7/2007 at 20:21

thanks a lot, ill check this out when i get a chance