Dev mode is broken. So why does that have to stop skinning?

Team XLink Administrator Joined: 28 Nov 2007 Posts: 2157

How to bypass the broken dev mode, the semi easy way!

Requirements:
-Knowledge of how to make a skin
-Winrar (preferably) or some zip archiver

Note: This tutorial was made for windows xp! your folder's might be different

1. Goto C:\Documents and Settings\your_user_name\Application Data\XLink Kai\
2. Create a folder called skins
3. Inside that folder make a folder that is the name of your skin. Ex. myskinname
4. Place your skin's files in there! Your folder path should now be: C:\Documents and Settings\your_user_name\Application Data\XLink Kai\skins\myskinname\
5. Go back to C:\Documents and Settings\your_user_name\Application Data\XLink Kai\
6. Right click on the skins folder and create a zip archive using NORMAL compression. Make sure you name it EXACTLY the same as your skin's folder Ex. myskinname.zip
7. Right click on this newly created zip file and goto properties.
8. Set the file to read only so kai can't delete it.
9. Startup kai
10. Type: /skin myskinname
11. And *POOF* your skin should be applied! Razz

So... how do I make changes to the skin after it's zipped?
1. Delete the current .zip file
2. Repeat steps 2 through 11 above.

Enjoy skinning again Razz

Kai Lover Joined: 14 Aug 2007 Posts: 798

hmm very good crunch....

Team XLink Spanish Moderator Joined: 20 May 2007 Posts: 90

maybe im missing something but its not working for me

EDIT: NVM i got it working thanks

Kai Beginner Joined: 14 Nov 2009 Posts: 2

Hi, I know this is a very old thread but I'm trying to set a skin, have tried various different methods including this one but it just won't work.

Whatever I do kai just ignores me and reloads the default skin!

Please can someone help as it's driving me round the bend!

Thanks

Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:05 am

If your using the latest version which is 7.4.18 make sure in your zip file you have

skins/skin_name/

then inside the skin_name folder you should at least have skin.css