General DiscussionDota 2 Windows Theme WIP!

SUPPORT LINUX QQ

wow, thats awesome

Sadly I know little about Linux customization.

And thanks!

If could only, my pc be able to support that :(

But it seems so good... god why do I have linux muaaaaaah

should make it an animated mp4/wmv in background.

Thanks guys!

I was thinking about trying to make an animated background much like in the game menu; maybe I'll be able to see it through, but I make no promises on that department.

Freaking awesome! Are you gonna make different themes based on different heroes?

That looks ridiculously epic! Well done!
And thanks, I will be waiting too download it!

Now make a windows XP HUD for dota

Thanks guys!

"Freaking awesome! Are you gonna make different themes based on different heroes?"
I'm planning on releasing this general Dota 2 one for now, not sure if I'll make hero-specific ones later, as there are just way too many heroes.

"Now make a windows XP HUD for dota"
Though I don't usually skin XP visual styles, but Rainmeter should work pretty well with XP.
I've already made a Dota 2 Game HUD Rainmeter skin suite, you can download that here:

http://www.deviantart.com/art/Dota-2-Game-HUD-1-02c-440595937

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Thx :D

Guys, could you tell me if you would prefer the caption buttons (close, minimize, restore) stay as the ones I've posted above, or rather more like this:

Please observe closely.

Your last post Caption Buttons goes well with theme

wow dude, this is great

Yeah the later caption buttons look nicer as they are more defined. Can't wait for this to be finished!

new buttons are better

Thank you guys, I'm keeping the later style then.

Showing some of the most recent progress, selection backgrounds, headers and other hard-to-spot differences.

thats awesome!! cant wait for realease!

Thanks, will be doing my best to finish.

I was wondering if a bit darkened window borders would look better or worse...
Also, I've made a concept for the popup menus; not sure if I made it orange (like the hero suggestions / builds page ingame) would it look good, or should I keep it red.

[IMG]http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2014/158/e/3/d2ds1_by_yorgash-d7len4f.jpg[/IMG]

biggest thing i want to know is how this gets installed.

It will only require a few kilobytes uxtheme patcher (uxstyle / Universal Theme Patcher), and moving the files I'll include to your \windows\resources\themes folder.
Afterwards you will be able to apply it either by double clicking on the .theme file, or from the personalize menu of Windows.

Though I usually make some kind of installer as well for the final versions.

So made a few adjustments to match the suggestions I've gotten; this style might also be recognizable from in-game elements.

[IMG]http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/159/6/b/d2ds2_by_yorgash-d7lhq2o.jpg[/IMG]

Still not sure how the final version will play out, but want you guys to compare this style and the last, and say which one you would like more.
Thank you in advance!

Update showing some of the recent progress, either final or not.

[IMG]http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2014/160/e/6/dota2_windows_theme_progress_by_yorgash-d7l8i9v.jpg[/IMG]

[URL="http://yorgash.deviantart.com/art/Dota2-Windows-theme-progress-458932099"]Again, you can keep updated on DeviantArt.[/URL]

Most of the controls / boxes / buttons have taken form now.

grats in advance...

May you link me to the Steam theme again? I want to use it but can't find it

Thanks!

For the Steam theme:

http://yorgash.deviantart.com/art/Steam-VS-for-Windows-7-449032822

Download is on the right side of the page.

very nice. Do you know, when it will be finished?

I'd say it will take about a week for the final release on Windows 7, not sure how fast I'll be able to get it ported to 8 / 8.1 though.

Today I've made a lot of progress, so I'd say chances are it will be released early next week, or even by the weekend.

GIVE WINXP DOTA HUD! VOLVO ADD PLEASE!

As linked above, I've made a Rainmeter Dota 2 Game HUD skin suite too, that works on XP as well.

http://www.deviantart.com/art/Dota-2-Game-HUD-1-02c-440595937

The last preview before release, that - if all goes well - will happen in a few days.
Showing the alternate (wider) taskbar, task manager, clock and calendar, and thumbnails.
Sadly I can't seem to be able to recolor the clock hands.

We need sticky post for this, this is awesome

Thank you!

do you think you can make a Rubick one? :))

You mean a Rubick specific Windows theme?
Hmm not sure, it'd be a bit hard to find a color scheme and elements / patterns for him

If you mean a wallpaper, I myself don't design wallpapers, just the theme (window borders, taskbar, buttons, etc, etc)

yep, meant the whole windows theme, but no worries, I understand :)

I see, well, I might do one one of these days, though it will probably be a more simple / elegant theme next time.
One of my best friends is a huge Rubick fan.

It has been released!
[URL="http://yorgash.deviantart.com/art/Dota-2-Windows-Desktop-461018746"]Download from Deviantart.[/URL]

[IMG]http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2014/166/a/6/dota_2_windows_desktop_by_yorgash-d7mh8ca.jpg[/IMG]

is it out on windows 8 yet?

No, the porting will probably take a week at least, even if I get lucky.

You might like the Steam theme that's already ported to Windows 8 / 8.1 though, or one of my Dota2 Rainmeter skin suites:
http://redd.it/28a4xc