Skyrim Rainmeter How-to

[squadcar2525]

So, I have one problem. Not major but why is your HDD bar red and mine is like an experience bar. I want a health bar too! lol, help if you can.

[greeckoroman]

I'm having a little problem.. the Launcher, when I change the name and the path, which all should be correct, decides not to launch the application for some reason. It just sits there. Is there anything I can do? Web pages work with it, but not applications like Steam.

[Axerron]

Hey man, nice tut and everything, but I would appreciate if you at least credited me in the description. This skin is originally from DeviantArt, there is also an updated version 2 with new stuff. I spent quite a lot time working on this skin, so please, put a link to description. Thanks.

[HBHound123]

@Axerron yeah that would make it better

[luker0000]

how would i put Widows media player on the way u did i have tried but cant get it to work

[sage542]

Dude this is amazing. Thanks alot bro!

[exjabber]

So hang on. . how do you change the date to show Skyrim time? o.o

[Galarron]

Thanks buddy.

[HKK91]

Checks for the help! So far everything is going well. Only problem I'm having is figuring out how to use the music player. Otherwise, everything's good.

[MJP626262]

Put up a Skyrim theme, and the first app you link is Halo:CE... Interesting...

[Shadownian]

this is axerron's theme...or atleast thats what he says...lol. I did my own version as well...even added a skyrim dragon weather reader. I have my video about it on my page...and i also have my version on deviantart...its a nice skin...even if you dont like skyrim....

[SLAWTERX]

How do you get the Health Bar to only show how much of your Hard Drive is Free, cause mine tells me what my hard drive name is and how much space it's taking up right now but I only want how much is free like yours.

[stefono62]

how do you change the transparency for the horizontal bar?

[SLAWTERX]

@stefono62 Right click the horizontal bar then go to Settings, then Transparency then set it to about 50% or however much you wan it to be.

[nikodious]

How do I change my Date/Time to the Skyrim Calendar?

[leblarh]

hey, my HDD bar is light blue how do i change it to red?

[firestarter989]

@leblarh Check the comments, I posted how to do it in there.

[rockstarownage]

sorry if youve answered this a million times, but i was just wondering, on the cpu bars and hdd bars, how do you get it to be the health/stamina/magicka bar? i tried to suggestion below but it still stays as a greenish color.

also is there any way to change what it says?

[firestarter989]

@rockstarownage Read my comment below, it says how to do it. Make sure you're changing the right line, there should be a header that says "rewrite filename here for change of color." Make sure you only rewrite the end of the file path. Also, I forgot to mention it earlier (and this may be your problem...) But you have to right click the bar and hit refresh skin afterwards, otherwise it won't change.

[dilder95]

how do you change the color of the bar, my used GB bar that is red in the video is light blue, i want it red (cause that's the coolest color).

[TheBradguydude]

You, sir, are a god among mortals. Really easy tutorial! Thanks alot!

[dofus1224]

hi..... so my HDD bar is kind of blue-ish instead of red. how do i fix that?

[firestarter989]

@dofus1224 right click the bar and go to edit skin. Near the beginning of the text you should see a variables section. There's a part that says rewrite to change bar color or something like that. Change the file path so that the end reads health.png instead of level.png. I did the same thing to mine, red looks better :P

[dofus1224]

@firestarter989 thank you very much. it does indeed look a lot better.

[fanbid]

Can someone tell me what that clicking in the background is?

[SirReginald100]

When ever i right click on rainmeter i dont see the "skins" option. and rainmeter wont open when i click on it. What do i do?

[nitrousoxide009]

@SirReginald100 If you have windows 7, then rainmeter should be in the bottom right corner of your screen, either somewhere next to your date/time, or else you click the arrow thats pointing up, and you should see the rainmeter icon (rain drop). Right click it and then you can go to skins and add the stuff from there.

[SirReginald100]

@nitrousoxide009 thank you its working now :D

[nitrousoxide009]

@SirReginald100 Of course, no problem

[Red7Panda7]

How do I get programs onto the vertical sidebar?

[nitrousoxide009]

@Red7Panda7 You have to go to the same place that you did to get the sidebar up, as in right click on the rainmeter, go to skins, TESV Skyrim, and enable the Launcher tab. Took me awhile to figure that one out.

[itsbruce112]

how can i edit this,if i do not have a mouse? (im on a laptop)

[zeppelinous]

Hi, i have problem with my ram bar, it show i that i have 11.9 gb ram but i have only 4. No mater what i do it is showing the number of using ram for 4 gb to 4,4 gb and i don't know how to calibrate that bar... plz help me...

[zeppelinous]

@zeppelinous Problems solved.

[thathenryguy]

I actually figured it out on my own. The computer science I took in high school actually paid off. Good vid by the way!

[thathenryguy]

Is there a way to put the text on the left side of the magicka bar as opposed to the right?

On the health and stamina bar, the text is on the right and it's sort of annoying :/

For example: it says "CPU usage #%" on the right of the magicka bar, where as the health and stamina bar it says "Free $ GB" and "Used Memory #GB/#GB" on the left side, respectively.

[thathenryguy]

@thathenryguy On the health and stamina bar, the text is on the LEFT*and it's sort of annoying

[ShadowSnipe316]

@thathenryguy You can simply click and drag the text anywhere you want to...

[thathenryguy]

@ShadowSnipe316 Nah you misunderstood me. I figured out what I was trying to do anyway

[firestarter989]

@thathenryguy How did you do it? I'm having the same problem.

[thathenryguy]

@firestarter989 it's kind of difficult but it involves the "x= y=" of the text strings

[firestarter989]

@thathenryguy I don't suppose you could give me details? I'd appreciate it :D.

[thathenryguy]

@firestarter989 sure. but instead of putting the text on the left, it's all on the right. it won't work on the left.

[SLAWTERX]

@thathenryguy How did you do it?

[firestarter989]

@ShadowSnipe316 I'm having the same problem, and I don't think you understood what he meant (no offense). Basically, for the HDD Bar and the Used Memory Bar the test is on the left and the actual bar on the right, while for the CPU usage bar the text is on the right and the actual bar is on the left. What we want to do is switch it so that the text for all of them is on one side with the meters lined up on the other side, to make it look pretty. Is there any way to do this?

[CapnKristo]

@firestarter989 it has to do with what order the stuff is listed in the coding. I'm no computer person so I don't exactly know how to explain it well but i did figure it out by comparing all the scripts side by side. Hope that helps a little bit.

[danocide]

what is your mouse wheel set to?

[ShadowSnipe316]

@danocide If you middle click the mouse wheel on the quick bar, it opens up the app path directory to change the programs that you can have on said bar. :-)

[xxxDec90xxx]

Sorry about sending two messages but had no characters left

On the other comment I meant, I didn't want to change it without your help, I'm sorry I forgot that when I wrote the comment.

If I put the code next to the "Format=%B" it ruins it, but if I put under the format it simple doesn't have effect.

I know a lot of people already asked this but I guess isn't never too much ask for it.

Thank you for the tutorial, it is really, really good.

[colinengels]

@xxxDec90xxx hey bro, to fix this you have to make sure the month comparisons are all in a single long line right under "%B," much like the days comparison.

[shnish96]

google axerron deviantart skyrim and click the second link then click "download" for the skin.

[RonnieB5555]

How did you add the year to the date and on my RAM bar it says I have 21gb of RAM when I only have 8gb?

[ShadowSnipe316]

@RonnieB5555 That is an error in the code; It account all of your virtual memory as well not just the hard RAM. ;-)

[xKIBBLES]

How do you code the "Bar 2" to be red in stead of the level up colour?

[ShadowSnipe316]

@xKIBBLES If you would like to change the colour of the bar to make it blue you need to click edit skin and find where it says in caps "rewrite file name here for change of colour" and enter this into the script: BarColor=#SKINSPATH#TESV Skyrim\Resources\skyrim_bar_ma­­gicka.png

[TMLsince1994]

@xKIBBLES Can you make me a skyrim background for my computer????

[Zamakazi]

yeah uh, can you give us a link to the site please ^.^ or am i just blind?

[ShadowSnipe316]

@Zamakazi links up bud :-)

[speedhacked]

Gief link dude.

[TheMisfitSmurf]

How did you get the date and time to be like the game?

[ShadowSnipe316]

@TheMisfitSmurf Added how to do that to the description :-)

[and1rams]

How do you resize the bar? Like as in the mana bar for cpu? I got the outer part resized but the blue part that flashes left and right won't resize.

[ShadowSnipe316]

@and1rams If you would like to change the colour of the bar to make it blue you need to click edit skin and find where it says in caps "rewrite file name here for change of colour" and enter this into the script: BarColor=#SKINSPATH#TESV Skyrim\Resources\skyrim_bar_ma­gicka.png

[and1rams]

@ShadowSnipe316 I said resize.... not change the color. -_-

[johannart2]

Yeah you didn't put the second link. Soo, who's technologically impaired now?

[ShadowSnipe316]

@johannart2 The link went down, I am uploading a new one.

[crunk8219]

@ShadowSnipe316 gogogo do it nao.



[relacley]

@ShadowSnipe316

Any chance you could post the link here, now?

[nv4der88]

@ShadowSnipe316 Is a new one up yet?

[ShredManFretShredder]

also note: that clicking is louder then your voice. whats up with that. and i have the link to the skin. googled "skyrim rainmeter skin" and there was one on deviant art

[ShredManFretShredder]

apparently the link is dead :/ lame.

[ShredManFretShredder]

yeah you forgot the links to the skyrim skin..

[pipp124]

hey do you mind putting the links in the description somewhere? other then that great video. i have no idea how to use rainmeter