Draco1962

Strange... thought I heard my wife say the same thing...

I am looking forward to giving it a thorough try! From what I have seen it looks pretty sweet and I know you put a lot of thought into it.

I think that I would much prefer that method of rendering if at all possible. It is a bugger to have to try to compensate for the distortion created and, say I compensate for an image rendered within a 1920x1200, it is not going to look right when scaling down to a different resolution that is not within the same aspect ratio.

That's it! We want ALL the toys! The images displayed are relative to the location with the menus, . If you are on the Start menu, images displayed in Image1 of a theme usually consist of Logo files assigned to emulators, MAME, Multimedia, and the like. Image2 may show a game marquee, a 3D Cab, or a video snap of a game from an emulator, or nothing at all. Within an emulator, Image1 generally displays a still or video snap (vids if you have them, if not found, then defaults to still snaps). Image2 may show a game marquee, a 3D Cab, etc. The foreground image is the overlay image. Just because there is a path in the Setup Wizard for an emulator, it doesn't mean you have to have still or video snaps. You can put family vacation photos to represent the ROMS in your collection and they will display for that specific ROM so long as they are named the same as the ROM. Not sure where you are going here or maybe I have confuzzled things a little with my earlier response (damned brevity!). The only thing that will likely get stretched are images representing the selector bars, be it a bar or your Pac-Man example. I have actually put in an Enhancement Request to address this issue as I think it would open up some additional creative elements to make the themes pop. The theme editor produces the theme.ini file and saves all settings within. If a feature is enabled via Setup Wizard, but is not in the theme.ini file (Weather Icon or Pop-up descriptions, for example) then the theme.ini will override the setting within gameex.ini. I hope that helps some!

Based on his original post, while there was considerable detail, he did not provide enough information with regards to a frame of reference, if he was working on a theme, or noting an observation with regards to a specific theme. I know that you have asked about Theme Editor and some very specific questions within other threads and I as well as others will be glad to address them. If you have similar concerns, let's discuss them. If you have an issue with how I responded, I will be glad to take that up with you via PM. We are here to help, but we are not perfect and some times things do not come out quite as intended.

Probably wouldn't hurt to delete temporary internet files several times a week (or change the setting under Tools>Internet Options>Advanced Tab to Delete temporary internet files when browser is closed).

I was going to say we are running the same versions of IE and Win 7. I am not having a problem so it isn't a Win 7 or IE 9 issue.

First, what version of Internet Explorer are you using?

Not yet - not sure it is possible. For Win 7 (and likely VIsta) it installs as a Gadget.

You can find out more about Bluestacks here!

Could we be butting heads with a driver issue? Is the latest driver installed for the monitor?

I think that there have been several discussions about this functionality and I would have to say that if it wasn't part of the original ROM functionality (such as blinking Player 1 and 2 buttons, Coin Slot lights, etc), then it would require hacking the ROM for each and every game. That would be a significantly tall order. In re-reading your post, are you saying that it works outside of GameEx but does not when you run MAME through GameEx?

"Layers? Parfaits have layers. Everyone loves a parfait!"

You may be right - I just let it run with the ROMs because it reminds me more of that Arcade feel.

+1 to that. Seems like it should be doable if we can have the same level of control that we do with the scrolling RSS feeds (placement, size of box). Independent color/font/size selection of all text elements would also be a nice feature.

Actually, while in attract mode, the screensaver is loading ROMs and not playing videos.

Glad to see you back! The latest release may work better for you now - please give it a try and let us know how it works out for you. There are not many touchscreen users that frequent the forum actively so any feedback you can provide helps us to help others going forward.

Cool deal! Can only be a plus for all!

NEW FEATURE REQUESTS: A - Create speed settings for Selector Bar Animations. Currently set to one speed which is too fast for some animations. Allowing one to tailor the speed setting would open up some more creative effects in user created themes and appear more polished. Speed Scale of 1-10 increments preferable, similar to a mouse speed slider control from 1 - slowest to 10 - fastest. B - Enable/disable GameEx scaling of Selector Bar image elements would further enhance the Selector Bar animation options available to themes. This will allow for the placement of objects, say a ball for example, that could appear to bounce back and forth across the length of the selector bar. With current setting, said ball appears in the List as a vertically squashed, flattened ovoid. Depending on length of the word(s) in the Menu bar, ball would appear as a horizontally squished ovoid.

I assume you mean this page of HK's Plugin LCD site. I see buttons to "Save" and "Exit." I will take a leap and assume once again that you meant Exit instead of Cancel. Again, please provide us with your log files and any configuration files related to the plugin. I am not familiar with it, however, we need to start somewhere to troubleshoot your issue. Thanks!

Can you post your log, please and someone will review it and try to help. Thanks!

"The path to your DVD movies. For ISO support ensure you install ISO Support when installing GameEx." When you installed GameEx did you select ISO Mounting Support?

I think we need to get this setup down to the basics. First, I want to recommend starting with the Shark007 codecs Vista pack. It has FFDSHOW included. Second, I am beginning to think that we may be butting heads against a possible driver issue. With that being said, I think we need to know if you are running a special keyboard and/or mouse. If so, do you have the latest drivers installed? It is possible that reinstalling them might help, even if they are the latest. If you have a spare video card about, you might try installing it and disabling the integrated video. As Adultery said, if you cannot get a DVD running in Windows through Windows Media Player outside of GameEx, then why would it be expected to run through GameEx? You may want to review this article and follow the troubleshooting steps it provides.

Just out of curiosity, are you running an Nlite version or similarly stripped down version of XP? Also, would like to know if you are running through onboard video vs. a separate video card.

Also, I believe that Use VMR9/EVR should be set to Yes.