Custom graphic in main GE interface

[stigzler]

Mornin.

So - I have a custom graphic that shows my cab control panel with the functions of each button. Wanting to display this whilst users are navigating around the main GE screen. However, can't find a way to do this. Running two monitors and have GameExtender running too. Have custom graphics selected in GExt and each emulator setup pointing towards the relevant graphic for those. But can't find any equivalent for the main GE interface.

Any ideas?

[DazzleHP]

Mornin. *tips hat*

I'm assuming setting the Controls Path in Advanced Emulator Settings is not desirable as it will only show when launching and you explicitly want it to be viewable while browsing correct? You could use the Custom Art Path and it will be shown on the game info page. You can specify the Name of it too like "View Controls" for example. If you wanted it to show while you're browsing the game list, you could always incorporate the "Image2" box somewhere in your theme, and in the Title Snap Path put the location of your control pics instead. It's a cheap trick but it works

PS i'm sure there is a way to get it to display on your second monitor too, but i only have one monitor myself so no experience in that field. Hopefully some helpfull chap with multi-monitor exp will chime in on that front.

[Adultery]

I'll do something about this with GI, the code is already there, I just gotta add support for it.

[stigzler]

* doffs cap at dazzle - many thanks squire.

*lifts his Bowler at Adultery - that'd be the ticket, old boy.

[Adultery]

I'm sorry I haven't already, I've been busy IRL. I was gonna pull the beta out as a stable release, but I'll add that in first. Thanks for your patience.

Just to clarify, you want to set a specific control panel that displays on the GameEx menu screens and stays there, right?

[stigzler]

No worries Adultery - I always appreciate yer plugins.

Yeah that, or the same Shift+Space functionality that shows/hides the CPs in emulators + Mame

Cheers, chap.