Logo image problem

[dplouie]

Hi,

I've been using GameEx for a few weeks now, and I've got to say that it's very cool! I'm converting my cab from Mala (which I like as well). I've been setting up a custom theme, and I've run into a problem with the logo images. I've designed custom logos, sized 350x300 pixels, and I set the "image" size in my layout to the same size (350x300), but when GameEx runs, the logo displays at a noticibly smaller size. Any suggestions? Thanks

[bkenobi]

Is it possible you have the resolution switched? Perhaps it things you are asking for 300x350 for some reason and so it shrinks it to fit. This is a theme editor question, and I don't really use it. HK wrote it, so he would probably be the best to answer...

[headkaze]

Well actually it's not really a Theme Editor question at all. You can position objects with per pixel accuracy in the Theme Editor but GameEx itself doesn't display things exactly how they are created in the Theme Editor. So it's pretty much impossible to get the elements exactly how you want them. This is especially evident when changing resolution to a different aspect ratio. Element positions in the layout can change dramatically. I'm not sure why it's designed that way, but there is nothing that be done in the Theme Editor to compensate for it.

Recently I needed to change the resolution of my arcade cab when I changed to an LCD screen. I went from 1280x1024 to 1280x960. Since my Theme has a background image that surrounds the game list changing the resolution meant this did not match up correctly with the list anymore. So I had to recreate all the background images and videos.

The solution to this of course is to resize elements using the position ratio relative to the resolution they were designed in. That would mean resizing the window to any size would not change their relative position so it would always look right in any resolution. It would solve issues when using themes that are designed in 4:3 on a widescreen display too. I'm not sure why Tom didn't design it that way, but I have a feeling it was because he hard coded too many things before V2 themes came out. Perhaps he will solve this problem in V3 themes, I certainly hope so anyway as it would solve a fundamental flaw in the way themes are currently rendered. It would also solve the need to make themes for different resolutions as the one theme would render the same in all resolutions.

[dplouie]

Thanks, guys. I guess I'll have to live with the logos not displaying exactly how I would like.