Draco1962

I had it set to "Do Wait" and changed it to "Do not Wait" and this did slow it down a little but still a bit too fast. I also noticed that it would slow a little more whenever a video preview snap was displayed and speed up when a static snap or no snap displayed.

I just booted up GameeEx and it appears that the scroller (and refresh of the selector bars) are too fast. I have a 22" monitor and I am unable read the scroll because of the speed. It may not be as much of an issue for larger television displays but I can see an issue with smaller sets and PC monitors. If there was an external setting through Setup Wizard to select scroll speeds: Slow - Normal - Fast would be extremely helpful.

I just booted up GameeEx and it appears that the scroller (and refresh of the selector bars) are too fast. I have a 22" monitor and I am unable read the scroll because of the speed. It may not be as much of an issue for larger television displays but I can see an issue with smaller sets and PC monitors. If there was an external setting through Setup Wizard to select scroll speeds: Slow - Normal - Fast would be extremely helpful. Will post in the Feature Requests thread as well.

Hey fReq! Maybe they just like to hear your voice. Do you do bedtime stories as well? LOL!

Thanks Tom & Ben! I can't think of a software package where the updates are more frequent. Always a continuous improvement!

Maybe a speed control?

Adultery is correct, up until this most recent updates mine was loading full screen as well. I am fine with that, since there is still the gameextext.png that flashes at the beginning and it seemed a little redundant.

Thanks, Tom! Updating now and confirming the elements mentioned previously are displaying properly. EDIT - The dialog.png now shows when attempting any updates. The gameexisloading.png no longer displays at all. I confirmed that Show Loading Screen is enabled.

The dialog.png is the media element that is invoked when an update is available prompt occurs. The GameExLogo.png (not .txt) displays after the loading image.

Maybe share the corrections with us? LOL!

Thanks, Tom! Look forward to skinning! I am able to workaround the foreground/text issues for now (just pushing my creativity a bit which isn't a bad thing.. ). I did find a few errors in display that you will probably want to address. I noticed that the gameexis loading.png is and pleasewait.png files load over the foreground image - this is good. GameExLogo.png and dialog.png are popping behind the foreground image - not so good. I will report back with any other issues I come across.

I know that our 48" Samsung LCD TV has picture settings that will force the image to 4:3 ratio.

Actually, Starbuck,, you can have different screens per emulated system, external applications, etc. through the use of Custom Menus and/or within Theme Editor for each system you have installed. Doubtful it would ever occur on a per game basis.

What version are you running? I show that 1.18 was the last release.

Anytime, Matt! I you are doing well for a "n00b" and play it forward once you get your feet under you!

To be honest, Emumovies is the first place I can think of to check for game system artwork. From there, Google is going to be your best friend. I have found some great packs of stuff for various systems at the Hyperspin site among others.

@ Tom - I tried the foreground topmost setting and, so far as the text where there are transparencies, this is awesome! The selector bars appear below the frames which eliminates the overlap that sometimes occurs. The only caveat is that in the current theme I am working on, the text is not showing for the scroller, select1 & 2, or toolbar. I know it will show if I "cut through" the foreground images and apply transparency but this will not be optimal for some themes. Will there possibly be future enhancements that will allow for more layering controls for different image and text elements so that we can have some text appear above the foreground, some behind, etc?

Are you using Project64? I believe that it has a plugin for the game pads on the same site. Also, you may want to check out the Logitech site and download the Logitech Profiler.

+1 on the curiosity, gonna love the foreground tweak! Will make the themes look even more polished (May even go back and republish some of the more recent submissions as this enhancement will deliver better on the effects I was going for). Thanks, Tom!

That is good to know, then. Shame that the site is gone and that there is little to find on the emulator.

Actually you may have something with using the "Run in 640x480 screen resolution" but I think that also needs to be used in conjunction with "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings." to work more effectively. @Hansolo77 - can you try this with the Bliss.exe file and run at fullscreen? RIght click on bliss.exe, Left click on Properties, click on Compatibility tab and click the check blocks for "Run in 640x480 screen resolution" and "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings" and apply, then OK.

Just a quick share for those of you that are designing your own themes and might need a quick reference as to scalability within aspect ratios. I have found this to be quite handy. Generally speaking, when you scale images within the same "family" there is little to no distortion (although sizing up from a smaller image res will degrade the quality and sharpness of the image, pixelization, etc.) Also, a hex table of color codes for those GIMP and PS Pros that I have found to be very useful.

Before throwing Bliss out with the bath water, would it be possible to create a script or batch file that would invoke a program to change screen res, then load Bliss? Would also require an exit script or batch file to run at exit from Bliss to restore screen res before going back to GameEx.

Thanks all! As anyone can tell you that has been in my situation, it is very frustrating, fatiguing, not to mention a blow to the ego to lose a job unexpectedly and be without for any duration. Unemployment pays beans, bills pile up, and while you'd take anything to survive, you also don't want to necessarily take anything that will keep you exhausted and unavailable for a good position elsewhere. The one thing the keeps my hope up are my family and friends. As long as I have the hope and maintain my faith, I know I will find something worthwhile!

I think those with the HTPC rigs that like the HSL enhancements for MAME will also like this as it has a scan line layer in the image fields so this will ensure a similar effect in the demo vids without having to edit them for the effect (same goes for the static snaps), and will look especially good with the H264 480p MP4's available on EmuMovies for those with paid memberships. The 240p MP4's look nice as well, but the more pixels you can throw at a larger display the crisper the image.