here is a little tip from Joviex on the beta forums:
to make a bottombar transparent and hide the bags and menu buttons,
create a 1x1 transparent .tga called invisible.tga, and put this in your SkinDefinition.xml:
Code:
<Mapping ArtAssetID="accomplishment_journal_normal" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="accomplishment_journal_pressed" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="accomplishment_journal_rollover" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="bag_inventory" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="bag" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="bag_normal" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="bag_pressed" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="bag_rollover" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="bag1" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="bag1_normal" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="bag1_pressed" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="bag1_rollover" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="bag2" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="bag2_normal" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="bag2_pressed" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="bag2_rollover" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="bag3" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="bag3_normal" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="bag3_pressed" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="bag3_rollover" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="bag4" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="bag4_normal" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="bag4_pressed" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="bag4_rollover" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="crafting_highlight" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="crafting_normal" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="crafting_pressed" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="fellowship_normal" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="fellowship_pressed" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="fellowship_rollover" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="inventory_normal" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="inventory_pressed" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="inventory_rollover" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="journal_normal" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="journal_pressed" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="journal_rollover" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="LetterBoxBottom" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="main_menu_normal" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="main_menu_pressed" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="main_menu_rollover" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="map_normal" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="map_pressed" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="map_rollover" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="quest_normal" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="quest_pressed" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
<Mapping ArtAssetID="quest_rollover" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
to note: if you want to make a skin for the bottom bar, it is that line you have to add/change:
Code:
<Mapping ArtAssetID="LetterBoxBottom" FileName="Invisible.tga"></Mapping>
and the size is 1024x85.
Enjoy!
edit: for those that do not want to bother, I've uploaded a zip file containing the invisible tga file
