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Sentinel Beta - 1
Published: 2002-11-15 13:37:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 415786; Favourites: 300; Downloads: 215682
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Deviants! If you're running one of the previous alphas of Sentinel...here are alternate links to Beta 1 ...Sentinel_B1
If not then I think I'd better introduce it properly. Get ready for a long one
You gotta try it! It may be a bit uncomfortable at first but please give it a day at least, bit of a change is good for you
Some quick mentions...
- It was originally inspired by "The Sentinel" Windows Media Player skin by the The Skins Factory, I trust you all know where that is.
- Big thanks to all those Neowin(.net)ians, HardwareGeeks(.com) and others who've helped and encouraged me!!!
- The wallpaper was HEAVILY inspired by that wicked sphere at [link] and by Hugo Boss (InMotion cologne) (not that I use it
Some Facts:
- I think I've spent the longest time ever on this one!
- Sorry vertical taskbar users, it didn't make it to beta-1. Next release, promise!
- There are 14 color schemes most of them are based on a light color but a few, namely 'Black2', 'Deviant' and 'Graphite' are dark, greta at night but I don't recommend using them for too long...it'll affect your mood
- Some of the color schemes from the MMD3 Winamp3 skin match some of these color schemes really well
- The visual style is just about complete, still need to do vertical taskbar, logonUI cursors, shell32 animations and icons
- All the images have been optimized so don't worry about performance
Installation:
I had to split the .msstyle into two cos my StyleBuilder compiles a max of 10 color schemes per .msstyle file.
You need to first install the 'Bank Gothic Medium BT' font (included)
There are two ways to run it,
1 - You can extract everything to a folder and go double-clicking all the .msstyle files and manually change color schemes and matching wallpapers or you can
2 - Extract all the .theme files and 'Sentinel_A' and 'Sentinel_B' folders to your %WINDIR%\Resources\themes\ folder and select the color schemes from Display Properties, this way is quicker but it takes up a lot of space on your themes list and you'll most probably loose your cursor and the default desktop icon settings
Here are the Commandments to obey when using Sentinel:
- Though shallt use ONLY Normal Size fonts
- Though shallt NOT use large icons in the quick launch area
- Use ClearType font smoothing, otherwise titlebar fonts look blocky
- Disable the 'Address' Toolbar from your taskbar cos it throws it off sync when you're using multiple-line taskbars.
- Disable the 'Language Bar' from the taskbar (ugly)
Thats it!
I really like it and I hope that you will too! Please post your opinions and be sure to let me know if you have any suggestions or bug reports.
ChaNinja
chaninja@yahoo.co.uk
btw
If you're willing and able, any donations would be GREATLY appreciated! - [link] -> "chaninja@yahoo.co.uk"
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why can download? or where i can download for innosetup skin?
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Great Job!
I am a NUT for Orange and black and can tolerate red and yellow.
You have done a great design and offered colors too.
I have enjoyed a lot of your work and hope you continue.
thank you for this one!
Grayhorse Retired
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great visual style but: and this is probably my system: when i reboot my system it comes up without this VS except the colorscheme is set to this style. any idea why this could be?
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dont know how to instal it + only have Sentinel_B1 not Sentinel_A [link]
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I like sentinel (red) very much and use it in XP-32
Now also have XP-64 but doesn't work, but will keep trying.
Sam
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OMG I love this style, like no lie. I had it installed on my older XP computer but I don't use that anymore, is there ANY way you can somehow adapt this to be a Vista theme? If you do, I will worship you forever. This is like the only theme I can find that's even close to my current aspirations for my visual style: Dark with blue accents. And if you can't adapt it, that's fine I'm just saying that a Vista adaptation would be greatly enjoyed.
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great theme dude.
on my XP era, this was the one i used the most.
I even made a wallpaper to match back then, here is the link [link] , yeah i know, kinda late for compliments, but i just bumped on your gallery by pure luck, so i thought i mention it.
Again, very nice...keep up the good work.
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I'm using it right now, great theme! Also very complete.
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Hey chaninja i've been a fan of your work for a long time altho i have never known you could be found on dArt and now when i have found you i just wish that i'd have found a updated Sentinel style but seems i have to use this one for a couple of more years, im glad u did the style and im happy i found ya, keep up the good work
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Im using this theme right now, and it's the best one made! Really professional
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WOW!!! At first glance, this theme is absolutely amazing. However, I do have a few issues:
1. Toolbars in Firefox are HUGE (like unbelievably huge). Is there any way to correct this?
2. I am using an iconized toolbar ([link] ), but the icons look really strange. Why does it do this?
Other than this, I love this theme. I'm using Sentinel_B--Black2 and I just love the gray backgrounds in explorer as well as the amazing taskbar (even though there are a few issues).
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Awesome! Just downloaded it (First custom theme I've ever set up) And I love it.
Thanks
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Wow by far one of the best, I like the fact you not only changed the colors but really changed the look and shape I can see you put tons of work into this KUDOS!
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Hmmm, I've been needing a new Visual Style. Congrats on the DD BTW...
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LITTLE HELP THANKS!
I've downloaded this and put it into my windows/Resource/Theme folder but it doesn't work, does anyone know why?
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I am a big fan of this style, also of espresso brown, and I was wondering if I could see this in the afore mentioned color.
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I love how clean this is... and the color scheme **kisses fingers and does the italian thigie** very good work!!
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NECROPOST!
Yeah, I know. But I really have to tell you...if I had about 10^4 more arms, all of the thumbs would be up; this VS ROCKS!
I really hope that you finish the vertical taskbar (by that, you mean when expand/contract the taskbar vertically, right?) and icons, those are the ones I really think would belong the most.
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I love it, thanks for making it!, its made my desktop alot more cooler
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This may very well be the greatest and most original visual style I've seen on deviantart.. And mind you I've scrolled through every page and seen all the thumbnails of visualstyles there is...
This one simply caught my eye! This is an extraordinary visual style! +fav to you, keep up the terrific work!
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I was just wondering how you went about taking all of your images and making them into an actual theme.
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I love this theme I have been looking for a nice slick black theme and this is great i barely created a new desktop image and can say both blend in well keep up the good work!
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I love that style, but i am too stupid to apply it to my computer
Someone help, please!
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the amount of people using this theme is a testament to the quality!
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man ive dled tons of your stuff it rocks , ive gotten a ton of your stuff on wincustomize.com keep it up u rock
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Very awesome style! It's very neat looking but still functional, a lot of the styles I've tried look neat but they're so big and clunky they're impractical. I can find only one error with this one, sometimes the text following the select boxes is cut off at the end, not really bad though, only a half a character at the most. Not much else to say other than I'll be using this one for a very long time!
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it's great - been a big fan for a long time.
couple of buggy type things i noticed... it seems to truncate the text in pop-up menu options, specifically i noticed it in the options of itunes.
keep up the good work, look forward to the next release!
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i`m using this theme forever *scream like fan girl*
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I know I'm a little late with the comment on this... but to this day, this remains one of my top 5 or so VS's to use. (Also really like Thallos, GuiAir, Reluna, and Watercolor). I'm using it right now, it's so complex but it's not all over the place like other skins that had a lot of work put into them. Good looking + functional = perfect formula.
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i like it sooooooooo much is there is any colors besid that one its soooo cooooooool thanks i download it now
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This theme is so damn nice...umm...the only thing is...i cant seem to get it to install, all i can seem to get it to change is the backround, i know its not the files, its me! im a noob....someone please help me
Thanks in advance
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