theme editing...

[katuuuz]

hey everyone,

decided i liked the mame "tangerine" bootskin so much i'm making a custom theme to match it.. everything's going smoothly and it should be done tonight/tomorrow, just one thing. I can't get the box that displays "by category, by year, by manufacturer, etc" to move from where it is. I'm guessing it's the "info" box in the editor, but no matter where i move it in the editor, or even in the theme config file, it stays put. please help on this one.

[katuuuz]

also, the font size won't change. i wonder why this is happening.

[katuuuz]

also, the font size won't change. i wonder why this is happening.

will someone please try and tell me what to do??? i'd like to think all the time spent on my new theme wasn't for nothing. i can't move the "by category, by year, by manufacturer" box from behind my games list, and i can't get the text to go any bigger than regular which can't be read on my 27" tv!! WTF!

[Adultery]

Not sure about the font size, but you can move the info box by clicking the little padlock icon on the theme editor. Many layers are locked and you will need to do this to move them.

My Theme Editor skills haven't been called upon in a while, so if you need additional assistance you may want to try to ask Headkaze or Amos82. Either one would be better suited to help than I am at the present time.

Hope that helps!

[katuuuz]

Not sure about the font size, but you can move the info box by clicking the little padlock icon on the theme editor. Many layers are locked and you will need to do this to move them.

My Theme Editor skills haven't been called upon in a while, so if you need additional assistance you may want to try to ask Headkaze or Amos82. Either one would be better suited to help than I am at the present time.

Hope that helps!

i actually thought that was going to work, but it didn't... SH*T

[Adultery]

Katuuz:

Are you using a version 1 theme or a version 2 theme to start with?

[amos_82]

Hi katuuz,

to change the font size you need to change the value of this line in the theme.ini:

FontSize=-2

Looking at the 'Menu=' line of the theme.ini may help you solve the menu problem, try using values from a different theme to see if changes can be made that way.

p.s. i would have tried to help sooner, but i have been away for the last week

[katuuuz]

Hi katuuz,

to change the font size you need to change the value of this line in the theme.ini:

FontSize=-2

Looking at the 'Menu=' line of the theme.ini may help you solve the menu problem, try using values from a different theme to see if changes can be made that way.

p.s. i would have tried to help sooner, but i have been away for the last week

SWEET amos thanks for coming through. i got the menu box where i wanted it (i thought it was the "info" line of code). now for the font. i've got it working in +2, but it'd be nice if the font can be a hair bigger. I try +3 and it works, but when i go to say nintendo games, i get this error message:

12:22:09.5 6/18/2007: 21 Consecutive Exceptions Occured: Exiting

12:22:09.6 6/18/2007: Closing database connection

12:22:09.6 6/18/2007: First Exception:

12:22:09.6 6/18/2007: Error in the application.

12:22:09.8 6/18/2007: at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface.DrawInternal(tagRECT* destRectangle, Surface sourceSurface, tagRECT* srcRectangle, DrawFlags flags, DrawEffects& bltEffects)

12:22:09.8 6/18/2007: at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface.Draw(Rectangle destRectangle, Surface sourceSurface, Rectangle srcRectangle, DrawFlags flags)

12:22:09.8 6/18/2007: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.DrawMenuImages(Boolean over)

12:22:09.8 6/18/2007: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.DisplayFrame()

12:22:09.8 6/18/2007: Last Exception:

12:22:09.8 6/18/2007: Error in the application.

12:22:09.8 6/18/2007: at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface.DrawInternal(tagRECT* destRectangle, Surface sourceSurface, tagRECT* srcRectangle, DrawFlags flags, DrawEffects& bltEffects)

12:22:09.8 6/18/2007: at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface.Draw(Rectangle destRectangle, Surface sourceSurface, Rectangle srcRectangle, DrawFlags flags)

12:22:09.8 6/18/2007: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.DrawMenuImages(Boolean over)

12:22:09.8 6/18/2007: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.DisplayFrame()

my guess is the menu box isn't big enough to house the text at that size... but i'm hoping you know exactly what the problem is. attatched is my theme.ini.

theme.txt

[amos_82]

my guess is the menu box isn't big enough to house the text at that size...

I think your right, +4 is very large for 800x600.

You could try adding this line to see if it helps:

MenuFontSameSize=true

If that doesn't help, you may have to use a smaller font

[katuuuz]

I think your right, +4 is very large for 800x600.

You could try adding this line to see if it helps:

MenuFontSameSize=true

If that doesn't help, you may have to use a smaller font

i will try this now (other pc). I think i'd be able to read it size wise, but maybe it's because of the color. what number is black?