98a preview #7: Skin Control!

(st) Rivecoder · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:23 pm

One of the most-requested features for Skulltag is the ability to enable and disable certain skins. Well, in Skulltag 98a, you can do just that! SoulPriestess and HeX_Vulture completely re-organized skulltag.wad, and as a result, the skins and announcers have been split off into their own folders.

Which means that if you don't like a certain skin (*cough* *cough* daisy), you can just delete it! You save yourself annoyance AND disk space! (You can also just move it if you want). Here's what the /skins folder looks like in Skulltag 98a:

Notice something? That's right! NO MORE DAISY! Daisy, Massouth, Hissy, Doomcrate, and all the other non-humanoid skins are NO LONGER included in Skulltag! They're fun on occasion, but we realized they were simply annoying people too much. These skins are now available as an add-on to players who still want them.

Bonus: Lighter Skulltag!

In 98a, skulltag.wad has gone from 47MB to 11MB! We've employed all sorts of compression to make it smaller for you guys. Not only that, but there's now a special "lite" edition of Skulltag without the "announcer" and "skins" directories! It occupies just 16MB of disk space...yet is still fully functional!

Oh, and skulltag.wad is now called skulltag-data.pk3, and the whole thing is now rebuilt from an open-source SVN.

We're getting really close! If all goes well we hope to release 98a this Sunday! :cool:

Seikyo Jack · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:26 pm

Can't wait this is complete! Finally! No more idiots using neutral-colored and hard to see skins like Massmouth and Daisy! Thanks! =D

[R] Ten · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:29 pm

That's pretty cool. Although it's not going to make a difference for the competitive players who have all skins disabled in the first place.

I will miss Daisy, though.

I used to use that skin all the time back in the 95k/96f era.

MK t3h Icy · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:31 pm

I've used Daisy ever since I started.

Ehh, nice feature though.

<MLK> Awesomesauce · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:04 pm

oshi- THIS SUNDAY

*explodes*

[UD] Xenaero · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:05 pm

I swear your OS windows colors change constantly. MAKE UP YOUR MIND MAN

DRZ Hax · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:16 pm

sunday... I won't be here,

, but, The new skulltag looks great, can't wait for it!!!

Farm Fresh DX · **Joined:** Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:59 pm **Posts:** 428

Not only was Daisy hard to see and obnoxious, but I always felt like I had to aim down just out of instinct. Glad to see them gone, though I may hang on to Meepy just to hear the death sound. (Then get annoyed 20 seconds later.)

At first, I read it as the skulltag.wad being 11MB and the lite version being 16. Then I realized the lite version was referring to the whole package, .exe and all.

[UD] HeX9109 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:03 pm

Ten wrote:

Although it's not going to make a difference for the competitive players who have all skins disabled in the first place.

Good reason for them to use Skulltag lite then, saving download time and skins!

Brannigan · **Joined:** Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:19 pm **Posts:** 515

I would like to thank the entire ST development team for their huge efforts and time spent twiking with all the gizmos found within ST; that being said, a HUGE thank you to Hex and SoulPriestess, why? because i despise Daisy

mm, and i wasn't crazy about the eight different versions of Doomguy either, but anyway, hell yeah! can't wait for sunday :cool:

40oz · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:12 pm

Cool stuff man. This organization should make downloading skins more useful.

Alpha · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:17 pm

98a, The Revolution is near.

Obsidian AKA Moti · **Posted:** Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:35 pm

Aww, so, no more nazi skins?

I'm gonna miss that.

Anyway, this Sunday... YES

VGA · **Joined:** Sun Sep 14, 2008 3:19 am **Posts:** 231

Ah, finally no more bullshit skins !

ThaMarine. · **Joined:** Fri Aug 07, 2009 6:08 am **Posts:** 2

Oh my God! This sunday? You're Gods! Glad to see no more Daisy and Massmouth in team based games.

Gez · **Joined:** Wed May 16, 2007 7:42 am **Posts:** 1279

Moti wrote:

Aww, so, no more nazi skins?

I'm gonna miss that.

No, you're not.

Cutman · **Posted:** Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:03 am

Rivecoder wrote:

In 98a, skulltag.wad has gone from 47MB to 11MB! We've employed all sorts of compression to make it smaller for you guys. Not only that, but there's now a special "lite" edition of Skulltag without the "announcer" and "skins" directories! It occupies just 16MB of disk space...yet is still fully functional!

This is great. The "fun" skins and such made Skulltag feel less like a multiplayer port and more of a kiddy WAD, I approve.

Rivecoder wrote:

We're getting really close! If all goes well we hope to release 98a this Sunday! :cool:

Err crap, I need to mop up some testing stuff :wtf:

Bishop · **Posted:** Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:49 am

Disabling skins is one thing. Not having them take up download time and disk space is even better. :-D

Also ... Sunday? (maybe) ... holy crap :wtf:

Spectre · **Posted:** Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:55 am

This is some cool stuff! Wow, this sunday?? Woohoo, I can't wait!

<DRZ> Dr. Thrax · **Posted:** Thu Oct 22, 2009 5:10 am

At least I won't have to play against people with stupid skins now. And yay! This Sunday!

98a preview #7: Skin Control!

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