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Monochrome (Version 1 theme) Link to Night's Theme Site Download: Monochrome.zip

That was fast , thanks Night

Hi people, scene as i couldn't upload the world up theme, i converted it to an old fashioned version 1 theme instead. Plus there's lots of new high-res icons for those of you using big-ass tv's (lucky buggers). Here's some screens: I wanted to be able to see the equaliser & song names without having to look at the rest of the toolbar, so i've hidden the others buttons, they appear when you hover over them (the 'theme.ini' automatically shows the toolbar). Ive also packed up some more selection bars, blue and red. they both suit nicely because there are no colours in the theme itself. There is a snap for each colour; so if you wanted to copy the folder a couple of times you could get 3 themes out of the download nice huh? The theme uses a font which most of wont have, so ive packed it in with the download. The font needs to be installed, or else the theme won't work. There's instructions on how to install or use a different font, & how to change the colour bars in a readme.txt if people arent sure what to do. Q - Tom or Night, would you mind hosting it?

I think you misunderstood. There are no simple ways to disable the relaunch of mce, because the command is built into the game's exe file which is uneditable. You could try using a batch file to launch the game, once its over have a timed interval of a few seconds (call another batch file with the ping information) before sending the command: taskkill.exe /F /IM eshell.exe.

I had a look at this when i bought the game some time ago. I wanted to figure out where the command to close/restart mce came from, so i could use it for other games. So i searched everywhere, even used software to read all the dll files. The best i can figure out is that its coded into the games .exe, which means we cant stop mce from loading. Unless we are missing something blaitantly obvious like an extra menu. By the way if you havent installed the Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones Media Center Patch, you can get it here at Gamespot it does the following: - Registers the game with the Media Center shell - Places a new icon in the More Programs section of Media Center - Allows for the use of 3rd-party Media Center shells

try these settings, it works for me, only recieve emails when i have a pm

Your probably right Night, only a few people have asked for it so far, so its probably not worth the risk anyway.

Lol, yeah i get around Mostly talking about how to launch games from mce, but thats all sorted now.

Hi people, i put together a basic theme for the world cup, i didnt spend too much time on it, because its over in a couple of weeks I dont think i can upload it because i dont think fifa would like it. But if anyone wants it they can send me a pm. Its about 5mb, so should email ok. EDIT: - The theme is best viewed with the toolbar set to 'always hidden' or 'show when mouse over' - The 'Home & exit' buttons & also the 'date/time' are disabled by default; to enable them open the theme with the theme editor; and select edit, options to enable them. (they are positioned ok, but i prefered the theme without them) - Also if you dont like the loading bar with all the flags, there is also a gold one included too.

You Lucky People! It took me two days to add all my favourites, man was it a headache! Thanks to Tom you can do it in 2 seconds! I was feeling so smug about my setup til now On a sidenote; I've got a couple of quick tips for people from what i learnt along the way: You can control MCE with your gamepad, so you dont have to keep on picking up the remote. Just use 'joytokey' to scroll, select etc. Also you can map the green mce button to either one button on your gamepad, or a combination. (the green button is: Windows Key+ALT+ENTER on the keyboard) so you can exit roms easily. There's a full list of MCE Keyboard shortcuts here You can download joytokey here: jtk379en.zip (Free software 307 kb) Ive attachted my joytokey profile (for a ps2 pad) to give an example of how to copy the way the remote moves around mce. MCE_Navi.txt (it needs to be renamed from .txt to .cfg) (I couldnt upload a cfg file) The other tip is more of a warning, i heard of one guy who added all of his mame games to mce (1000's) it really slowed the loading time. So only add the ones you like Thanks again Tom...great stuff!

Glad its working ok, fraid i cant do anything with the video; i made it with 'windows movie maker' i dont think there is a way to change the output resolution. Its currently at 720x576 in wmv format. Ive tried converting it to an 800x600 avi, with winavi converter but it always freezes at around 45%, plus sometimes there is no sound depending on the codec. If you manage to convert it would you let me know how you did it I really want it at 800x600.

Hi Hans, things not going smoothly I've got one suggestion; you can try adding some timed intervals between your commands in the batch file. save this code as 'WAIT.bat' and place it in the same folder as the bat file your are using. To add timed intervals in the batch file simply type: for a nine second delay, (no need to press any buttons to resume or anything). You can use any number up to nine i think. So if you need more time just repeat the 'call wait line'. Hope it helps, but i'll admit i havent tried it with gameex

I think thats a good one too. Also I've got another request. Would it be possible to have an option for registered users to export their favourite games to the 'more programs' section of MCE? Ive got all my favourites setup to launch from there already, but it took forever to setup properly. I think it would make a nice feature. Thanks a82

You could be right, try setting the desktop to show, also change the debug mode so you can see whats going on, other than that im all out of ideas. Also you might need to add quotation marks to this: AlsoLaunch=D:\_SEGACDROMS\1\JoyToKey.exe

Try starting it from 'also launch'in the gameex confg Heres what the help text says about the function: Full path and file name to a file to launch synchronously with the Emulator. This is usually something like an AutoIT script. This runs at the same time as emulator. See my vp.aut script for Visual PinMame. Maybe also possibly a Trainer It might do the trick

Gameex launches your games through batch files, me thinks. The launch before/after functions just add commands at the start & end of the batch file. So go to the Gameex/Data folder & open the 'runitgame.bat' with notepad. It'll show you the commands gameex used to launch your last game; hopefully this will help you figure out whats going on. edit: I think i might know why the black screen is coming up; here's a working batch file: @echo off start "" "N:\mega drive\JoyToKey.exe" N: CD "N:\mega drive" gens.exe "N:\mega drive\Games\Addams Family, The (Beta).bin" taskkill.exe /F /IM JoyToKey.exe & here's the one from gameex: N: CD "N:\mega drive\" "n:\mega drive\joytokey.exe" gens.exe "N:\mega drive\Games\Addams Family, The (Beta).bin" taskkill.exe /f /im joytokey.exe I think the gameex batch file might be waiting for joytokey to finish, before loading the rom

Hows it going Shiek, any luck getting the theme to work yet? If not whats actually happening when you load gameex, any errors?

Im confused now aswell If you want to launch joytokey in a batch file then use this code: @echo off start "" "C:\Emulators\Sega32\JoyToKey.exe" Joytokey will allow you to exit with a gamepad, but not the mce remote. I'll shut up now, because i havent used sega32 before & i could be way off the mark

Im not sure how a batch file will help, you can try using JoyToKey. Pick a button you want to use to exit & map whatever the emulator uses to exit, probably Alt-F4. Then use the AlsoLaunch option in emu config, and then kill it after the game is over using taskkill. AlsoLaunch=C:\Emulators\Sega32\JoyToKey.exe LaunchAfter=taskkill.exe /F /IM JoyToKey.exe Headkaze deserves the credit on this one. (Its best to just have one cfg file in the same folder as joytokey, so you can be sure the right one loads up) Also set it to 'dont show window at startup time'. Link to download JoytoKey 3.79 (jtk379en.zip) (307 kb)

JoyToKey is good. Its free & extremely light on resources, maps keys & has analogue/digital support, can also emulate a mouse. Link to download JoytoKey 3.79(jtk379en.zip) (307 kb) Another program you can use for key mapping is 'Total Game Control', its not free though, and the trial wont let you save profiles..tightwads! The best thing about this program is that you can map multiple key combinations to one button (stuff like alt+f4, that sort of thing), not many programs can do that. Also you specify a profile for a game, select the games shortcut, & it automatically loads up your key definitions. Their website: http://www.digitaltransforms.com/ Hope this helps (total game control is probably best for pc games)

Just a quick post to let people know that the themes have been converted to 640 x 480. Heres the 'Theme.ini' plus instructions for noobies: Alpha Themes 640 x 480.zip Note: Theme.ini updated to change font size automatically

No problem, Theres a new post with a link to the theme.ini. I know what you mean about the errors I tried to convert it when you posted before, but gave up! Just about managed to squeeze it all in though.

Alpha Themes for 640 x 480 resolution: The file contains a 'theme.ini' & instructions on how to change the themes to suit the resolution if your not sure what to do. Alpha_Themes_640_x_480.zip Note: Theme.ini updated to change font size automatically

I'll try to convert it, hopefully, i will only have to post a 'theme ini' for that resolution. I'll let you know how i get on.

Hi Tom; just a quick request; Do you thinks it would be possible to have an option to change the colour of the 'now playing' text on the toolbar? I'd love to have the to have a completely black toolbar; so only the text & equalizer are visible, the only problem is the 'now playing text is black, so it doesnt show up on dark backgrounds. People could maybe use Headkaze's colourcode.exe to enter the desired colour into the config app. Thanks amos