Use mameinfo/history in theme when show game info is off

[rabidpuppy]

Hi,

I'm building this little cocktail cabinet and am going for a fairly basic retro layout. "Show game info" is off so a game is launched immediately without showing the sub-menu with flyers, suggested games, mameinfo / history etc. (I have a full size cabinet that is a bit more full on and uses that structure).

I'm using the awesome Space Invaders HD theme but wanted to remove the rss scroller and time/date as that was a bit modern and this won't be connected to the internet.

Now I could not actually figure out how to delete an object in the theme editor (never used it before) so just made the height and width zero. (shrug?)

This has left me with an area perfect for some game info, so I tried the "description" object:

This okay but am not a fan of the star ratings (as they are not my ratings). I was hoping for something from mameinfo.dat or history.dat.

Any ideas how to do this, or other suggestions if this is not possible?

[u-man]

Hi rabidpuppy,

Sorry to tell you, that you can not get rid of the star-ratings, but on the other side, if you make the description field a little bit bigger, you will get descriptions based on mameinfo.dat / history.dat, assuming you have setup your mameinfo.dat correctly in the setup-wizard of GameEx.

Judging by your screenshot posted, i would say you did not setup it properly, as there would be a description for Baseball 2020. Check if your paths are setup correctly and if you do any changes, dont forget to update your MAME list, to see your changes.

Hope that helps and good luck

[rabidpuppy]

Yes! I did just need to make the field a little bigger. There is now a full description.

It does fade away after a bit but I believe I read elsewhere you cannot edit the timings. So be it.

I would also love to get rid of the "sort by" menu at the top, but not sure how to do this. The theme went bonkers when I tried simple mode. Will play around some more. (I'm trying to get it so the user can scroll through the top of the list to get to the bottom, instead of jumping up to that horizontal menu).

Thanks again.

[Draco1962]

Hi,

I'm building this little cocktail cabinet and am going for a fairly basic retro layout. "Show game info" is off so a game is launched immediately without showing the sub-menu with flyers, suggested games, mameinfo / history etc. (I have a full size cabinet that is a bit more full on and uses that structure).

I'm using the awesome Space Invaders HD theme but wanted to remove the rss scroller and time/date as that was a bit modern and this won't be connected to the internet.

Now I could not actually figure out how to delete an object in the theme editor (never used it before) so just made the height and width zero. (shrug?)

This has left me with an area perfect for some game info, so I tried the "description" object:

menu example.PNG

This okay but am not a fan of the star ratings (as they are not my ratings). I was hoping for something from mameinfo.dat or history.dat.

Any ideas how to do this, or other suggestions if this is not possible?

Keep in mind that the RSS scroller is not just for RSS feeds from the internet. You can also create text of your choice that can be scrolled (and modified as you see fit whenever). So if you are creating a cab for a friend, you could create a scrolling text entry that read "Welcome to Misty's Cocktail Cab - all others will be served shots on sight!" and it would continually scroll that message.

[rabidpuppy]

Just to show anyone visiting this thread after a search this is what I did:

I only made that Description box a little bit bigger, but it fixed the issue. The result:

5 years using GameEx and first time using the theme editor, ha!

Cheers!