New Theme: "Future Retro"

[Stu1983]

  amos_82 said:

[EDIT] Sorry guys, its not possible to convert the theme to 680 x 480. I've tried for the last hour or so, and i cant get the layout to work, in fact, i cant even get the menu/database at the bottom of the screen without errors!

Thanks for trying anyway

[Stu1983]

[EDIT] Sorry guys, its not possible to convert the theme to 680 x 480. I've tried for the last hour or so, and i cant get the layout to work, in fact, i cant even get the menu/database at the bottom of the screen without errors!

I just noticed that the version 8.10's changelog says:

"Much better display quality of themes when shown at different resolutions "

Is there any chance this would help let this theme work at 640x480?

I know I'm jsut clutching at straws but I'm still really wanting this theme in my cab

Stu

[amos_82]

  PimpDaddyStu said:

Is there any chance this would help let this theme work at 640x480?

I know I'm jsut clutching at straws but I'm still really wanting this theme in my cab

Stu

Sorry Stu, still no joy

[LucasBarton]

I just came across this cool looking theme and decided to give a try. Unfortunately, it crashes when I try to use it. The error log says something about Alien League not being found. Is that a font or something that I need to download to get it to work? Any info would be great.

[Brian Hoffman]

  LucasBarton said:

I just came across this cool looking theme and decided to give a try. Unfortunately, it crashes when I try to use it. The error log says something about Alien League not being found. Is that a font or something that I need to download to get it to work? Any info would be great.

Please post the whole error log...

Alien league could be a game for all we know.... (I think it is actually)

Anyways it will tell us where it is looking fot it.....

[lingpanda]

  LucasBarton said:

I just came across this cool looking theme and decided to give a try. Unfortunately, it crashes when I try to use it. The error log says something about Alien League not being found. Is that a font or something that I need to download to get it to work? Any info would be great.

Taken from the readme file.

# IMPORTANT - You must install the 'ALIEN5.TTF' font for the theme to work. #

# Or you can change the theme's font (see further down) #

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To install the font follow these steps:

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1. Click the start menu

2. Select 'My Computer'

3. Control panel

4. Double click on the 'fonts' icon.

(if cannot see this, you need to click 'switch to classic view' on the left of the window)

5. Finally drag the 'ALIEN5.TTF' file into the 'fonts window'. The font should now be working.

If you want to check its working before using Gameex; then look for it in microsoft word.

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TROUBLESHOOTING & ALTERATIONS

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THE MOVIE:

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This video is meant to be played after Gameex had finished initialising,

it is enabled by default, if it isn't showing, or you want to disable it;

then open the 'theme.ini', and check the path to the video (the first line), it should look like this:

StartupVideo=C:\Program Files\GameEx\THEMES\Default - Future Retro\Intro Movie

(I have diabled the loading screen, because i think it looks better without it

in this case, you can enable it by following the instruction below)

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Disabling parts of the theme

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I've added some extra information into the theme.ini to make make sure the theme's displayed

at its best, if you want to stop some of these choices loading then you need to alter some

lines in the 'theme.ini'

- Disabling the theme's mediacontrols

Delete this line from the 'theme.ini': EnableMediaControls=True

- Show the normal loading screen before the intro video:

change "ShowLoadingScreen=False" to True

- Disbaling the startup video;delete this line:

StartupVideo=C:\Program Files\GameEx\THEMES\Default - Future Retro\Intro Movie

- Make the now playing media text black:

change: "MakeToolbarTextWhite=True" to false

[LucasBarton]

Thanks. I guess I should've read the readme file. It's working great now, and it's a very nice looking theme.

[Stu1983]

  LucasBarton said:

Thanks. I guess I should've read the readme file. It's working great now, and it's a very nice looking theme.

I still live in hope this theme might some day work at 640 by 480 so I can you'se it in my cab

Stu

[amos_82]

  PimpDaddyStu said:

I still live in hope this theme might some day work at 640 by 480 so I can you'se it in my cab

Stu

Hi Stu,

you're not alone, people have requested that resolution before... i've tried to make it work a few times but it's a pretty tall order to cut a theme's resolution almost in half.

Unfortunately errors are really common, the only way gameex can handle it is if i mess up the layout. The menu area looks something like this:

sorry bud, but i cant see a way to make it work

If it becomes possible it the future i'll have another go.