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done.

you're welcome.... that one was a doozy, literally tried about 50 different things. funny how something that looks that simple was the answer. ahk is about as complex as they come and there is usually about a dozen different ways to accomplish the same thing but not always the same result depending on the situation.

Sorry if I seemed a little pushy, didn't mean for it to come out that way. I appreciate everyone's help up to this point. Regarding this thread, I attempted several different things built into GameEX but nothing did what I wanted. I just recently figured out an ahk script that accomplishes what I set out to do. In case anyone reading this is curious, here's the script.... SetTitleMatchMode 2 ;CASE SENSITIVE #IfWinActive Visual Pinball Player ]::Send {Escape} #IfWinActive DAPHNE ]::Send {Escape} I then added this script to the startup folder so it's always running when you log in.

Well, I've never really spent time trying to figure that line out in the config although I've been using the Vpinball 6 setting all this time thinking it was normal for virtual pinball. I've just glazed over the many similar looking files in that folder and have that feeling "here we go again" trying to figure the next thing out. Okay, so bottom line all I need to do is when in vpinball or in daphne I need the "]" key to equate to the escape key..... that's it. Can someone just tell me what the line should look like and where it should go? thanks.

Tried several different links on his site and none of them work. I'm really not interested in all the other stuff he lists anyway and would prefer a more simpler solution...... anyone else please?

Wow, that's a pretty impressive looking prize list. Unfortunately my current theme is a mod of someone elses so I would need to start from scratch in order to qualify.

I have been experimenting with creating an ahk script to remap the escape key so that when i hit the normal button on my cabinet that quits a mame game will do the same thing for a visual pinball game. I have yet to come up with a good solution. The best I've come up with is a simple remapping script that's always on but unfortunately makes closing out of mame games not work but will work with the pinball games. I've tried to include lines in the script that only make the remap enabled if it detects visual pinball is running but not having any luck. Can someone out there tell me what the prefered method of doing this is? I'm hoping it's much simpler than what i'm making it and i can just add something into the gameex.ini file.

see attached, thanks to all that helped!

I'm done, what's the best way to take a snap of the finished product?

will do... almost done.

yes, you are correct, thank you.... don't know how i missed it the first 38 times I looked at it.

How do you turn it on in the ini file? what does this line look like?

Yes, i've done that many times but again the original problem is the description/rating window that used to show up while hovering over a game is no longer there after converting and I see no option that allows me to turn this feature back on.

The problem is that if i try to open just about any theme it tells me i can only open v2 or v4 themes and says i need to create a new one and copy that theme into it.

thank you sir.... next question. i like the description info that appears on many themes after a slight delay when selecting a game with rating info and so forth. have noticed if i attempt to modify any theme i first have to create new and copy, then for whatever reason this description fuctionality is gone. Any ideas on this one?

Thanks for the reply as always. Moving things around is the first thing i figured out how to do, that's not a problem. Creating images or understanding how to swap out my own images with the existing ones is not a problem. I'm just going to list out some basic things that I would have thought would have been basic and see if someone has an answer, hopefully with any luck a light bulb will go off. 1. How do you delete or add something in the editor? as an example lets say i wanted to delete weather, i can't delete from the gui, if i delete it from the ini file it shows up in a different spot when i reopen the gui and is still there. also, let's say i wanted to add image2 to an existing layout... how do you do that?.... i tried adding the line in the ini but doesn't show up in the gui. 2. seems like all the themes but the default-default have a different start page rather than the "home page"... how do i change this? 3. how do you delete the top menu that many themes have? More specifically the menu that scrolls from left to right that has things in it like change view, home, etc.? 4. never seen this one but curious to know how you could use the marquee of a game next to the name rather than the icon associated with mame game. 5. is there a way to add a third image block? Hopefully this will clear up any confusion as to what it is I'm having trouble with understanding. Thanks!

I can save you the trouble. Just noticed for whatever reason the Random menu pick in my custom start page was causing this. Well, I'm waiving the white flag on this custom theme project, really frustrating cause I'm usually able to figure things out when it comes to new programs and manipulating things. Just to put this into persepctive, I am not someone who lacks computer skills, quite the contrary. However, when it comes to creating a theme for this software I'm stumped. It's beyond me how anyone can create their own theme... moreover, I can't find a single theme that doesn't have some type of "issue". Worse, the "change view" thing is a joke. It is nearly impossible to get what you want and if you happen to be in a screen with a long list you're hosed cause there is no way i can see to get to the "change view" menu again without scrolling through thousands of games. I've followed every link or suggestion on info on this subject of themes and don't see anything in there worth 2 cents.... even watched the video from the zipped executables.... didn't help. Okay... I'm done with my rant.

please find attached. GameEx.ini

default - brokeh 1024x768 is the one i'm looking at the moment but have seen this behavior with many others as well. I did see the video line in the ini file and removed it but didn't stop the behavior. if i use the default theme with gameex it doesn't have the problem.

Okay, well i guess i will just adress each of my issues one by one. First question... Have noticed some themes will start playing a random game at startup, how do i disable this?

Have noticed some themes will start playing a random game at startup, how do i disable this? Duplicate: The answers to all this (and more!) can be found here.

tried your ini file, lots different from the one i was attempting to edit and again no idea how to get things the way i want it. also got some errors trying to run then it worked but so many differences no idea how to begin changing. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE SHOW ME THE DOCUMENT IF ONE EXISTS HOW TO PROPERLY CHANGE A THEME?

I have no idea how to edit a theme, period. No idea, can't find documentation on this topic, but sense i'm here would just like some common steps outlined that would make sense to someone who has no idea how to edit a theme. ok, see you posted the change already, i'll take a look, thanks. Stil would like to know how you did it.

created a copy of Default - Alpha Olive and then spent an hour trying to figure out how to use the theme editor.... worse than the vi editor.

can someone please explain how to modify a theme? have tried everything and i do not get it what so ever. have been trying to add the image2 block in the layout for the last hour and have got no where. I have updated the theme to v2 btw.