Hey everyone, so there's 4 days left before the official v1.0.0 release of Pressure! It's been a great year with you guys along for the ride!


I've also added an option in the config.ini to disable the green background you see on the overlay/game details view/game grid view. So if you don't like it you can disable it :)


Lastly, please have a look at my patreon and consider pledging to Pressure's continued development and other great projects, countless hours have gone into Pressure and I'd really appreciate it. You can pledge as little as $1. Just $1. That's less than a McDonald's Hash Brown (Where I am at least)!

https://www.patreon.com/dirtdiglett

You guys rock! I'll post another announcement on the 4th when we hit 1.0.0!

May the 4th be with you...

I've managed to get all the milestones completed well before I had expected, which means the skin is all but complete!

That's right. Pressure is pretty much done.

Now that I'm preparing a v1.0.0 release there has been a lot going on in the group and around the place:

• A Patreon has been set up. You may have seen Patreon pledges from other skins like Metro and Air. I'm joining this party.
  This is entirely optional. You do NOT have to pledge anything but it's something I'd appreciate. I have big plans to build a highly unique TF2 Community and need startup capital for this to help hire map artists, texture artists and modellers. Your pledges help to build this community sooner and free for users (If you're interested, look at http://hydra.tf ). Please pledge what you can (Even $1 is helpful) Pledge here[www.patreon.com]
  
  
• All Steam Group Discussions have been removed. This is to provide a clean slate going in to version 1.0.0 so that all discussions are truly relevant going forward.
  
  
• A Pressure-specific website has been created to help new and old users get the latest updates & learn about Pressure. I won't reveal the URL as it will be launched alongside v1.0.0
  
  
• A config file has been included with the skin, letting users choose from various options that have been requested.
  
  
• An FAQ is available to assist with most common issues, as well as using the new config: http://gtm.you1.cn/groups/pressureskin/discussions/0/611703709829730219/

What I'd like to do in the meantime is focus on cleanup, polishing everything and making little tweaks to improve the skin. For this reason I need as many of you as possible to send me every little bit of unpolished skin you find and any suggestions send them to me. I want this skin to be perfect for you guys so rip it apart over the next two weeks.

I've been smashing through a lot of the re-style since the announcement and most of it is already done. So if you want to see it head over to the Git repo and download a copy ( https://github.com/DirtDiglett/Pressure-for-Steam ).

This move was done to standardize the skin across OSX/Linux/Windows so the same styling works across all three, it has a fantastic language support so it should look perfect on every language as well as the fact that is a beautifully simple font that suits the skin perfectly.

Inside the skin is a fonts folder, simply install all the fonts in this folder to have a seamless transition to the new style.


What do you guys think of the new style? It's not as dramatic as it probably sounded but it certainly is a change. The overall style is much more muted with less extreme highlighting but it's still all there. It should feel more sleek. There has also been a lot of sizing changes, with things like chat getting a boost in font sizing.


NEXT UP: Downloads Page re-do.

It's true. Sorry.








Just kidding. April Fool's!


Hi everyone,

There have been a huge amount of bugs fixed both major and minor, Git currently has 3 open issues and 188 closed. It's getting closer and closer to a full release and I can say that I am proud of what has been accomplished.

Having said that, I am growing to dislike how extreme I took the original design. There is an extreme amount of harsh highlights and strong gradients that I am sick of. To this end I'm doing a slight re-do of these and I am after your opinions on this:

http://i.imgur.com/kBaFfmE.png

I'm about a third of the way through adjusting everything to be less harsh and more fluid but let me know what you guys think.

I'm also switching the main font from Segoe UI (Windows)/Helvetica (OSX)/Arial (Nix) to using Google's Noto font. Noto has a huge amount of language support and looks fantastic across every platform, so over the coming week if you update regularly you'll notice the change which will be quite dramatic, but first I need to ensure it is the right size everywhere.

Here are the new milestones to achieve soon:

8th April: Finish re-work of Downloads Page.
15th April: Have Noto Sans fully implemented.
22nd April: Finish re-work of style as mentioned above.
29th April: Have Music dialogs fully themed.
3rd May: Have options.ini completed for user choice.
4th May: FULL 1.0 RELEASE!


Thoughts?


Also, just a reminder to everyone: Please post any issues you have on GitHub rather than in a discussion on this group, it's easier to track and fix via Git.


Thanks again for all your support. You guys are awesome!



EDIT: Turns out I am living in the past. MAY Not March! oops!

Hi everyone,

It's been a while since we've spoken so I thought it time I posted an announcement and get you guys fully up to date with what's going on.

• The overlay has been refined and is just about perfect in my opinion. It is still lacking the "Players" dialog, but when Valve either A: Fix the Dialog or B: Replace it with a link to the website version, it will return.
  
  
• Broadcasting should be fully supported now, the chat works fully as do all the options from what I could tet. Valve aren't letting skins change the "LIVE" bit in the corner during streaming, but I've included the replacement images for when this is available.
  
  
• Game Details header has been changed and refined, this was done to fix a number of long standing bugs with multiple languages.
  
  
• Friends List has been changed so that it can be made much smaller (Which was a common complaint). The search bar and tabs are now on seperate lines to facilitate this.

For the most part, all the major parts of Steam are fully themed now, and all of Steam should be at least partially themed by now. Almost every issue on the Git repo has been fixed (8 open, 156 closed as of writing) and the skin is feeling very solid now. I am sorry it's taken so long, there was a three month period over the holidays where I just had no enthusiasm for the project and separated myself to get 'back in the groove' and boy am I back into the groove! I want this skin released ASAP and am going to start getting it ready for a full 1.0 release.

The skin started as a mockup posted to Reddit on May 4th 2014 so I think it would be fitting to aim for a May 4th release this year. 1 year of development seems like a good goal to me. All the ground work has been done, almost all theming is done, now it's mainly cleanup and fidgeting to get it perfect.

My question to you all with the release, what would you want to have as "changeable" within reason. IE: Ability to choose a condensed small font for the main navigation and a large one like the original mockups. This is because I will include an options.ini that will permit choosing from certain big changes like some other skins have done in the past.



I want to take this opportunity to publically thank those of you who have submitted issues to the Git Repo, this makes it infinitely easier to fix problems and provides an open forum of discussion for issues.
For those of you who aren't aware, the issue tracker can be found here: https://github.com/DirtDiglett/Pressure-for-Steam/issues
You'll need to create a free GitHub account to post an issue but it only takes 30 seconds. Just be sure to search through the issues first to make sure it's not already been posted.

I also want to give a HUGE thankyou to those of you who provided a few fixes for these issues as well! I can't work on the skin all the time and you guys have pulled through for me when I couldn't do the fix myself. FlaminSarge[github.com], CaptainMagma[github.com] and Js41637[github.com]



Unfortunately, Asphira has kind of disappeared off the face of the planet, he popped back and was super pumped to do a bunch of changes he promised but has since faded away :( I hope he comes back soon because he was my partner in crime for a while on this skin and helped fix bugs I couldn't sort out...



Thanks for all your support! Your support has helped me continue working on this skin and will continue to help me see it through to completion and beyond!