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Invincer Ultimate GameEx Guru!

Invincer

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Okay, an update about the graphically intense 1024x768 TunnelVision Theme I have been working on. If you haven't read any of my postings in the Themes thread, a short recap...

My first theme attempt, wanted something flashy and avi intense to compare to the flashy front ends out there (best of both worlds this way since no other front end has as many features as GameEx). So also able to learn Premiere Pro while creating TunnelVision. The problem is it is big... huge even. So after some responses and posts with Tom the idea will be to try to split it into sections. The first sections are ready to be tested. Tom is testing section 1, and it would probably be good to have a few people download and test it since it is so large, before it is available to everyone on the whole.

It is not for older machines, I tried it on an older machine and the graphics bogged it down. So will need a strong machine running it at 1024x768. I only have just so much bandwidth available to me, but I have it online (section 1, the basics) and I am looking for about half a dozen volunteers to try it out and give me some feedback. Then will put up the other sections and Tom can host it for all if people want to try it. Please IM me if you are interested in testing it and I will IM you the link. This section 1 is about 270 megs in size. Here is a sample of section 1 Section 1 Small Sample Video (It's an avi file, so may need to right click and save link to download it for viewing)

I am using edited custom menus, and these are my matching files by line so you can see what to use or how to match up your menu items to appropriate graphics and avis.

MY CUSTOM MENU

[ROOT]

Title=Start

Item_1=-1,Games Library,1,gameslibrary.png

Item_2=-1,MultiMedia,2,media.png

Item_3=-1,Applications,3,applications.png

Item_4=-1,Internet,4,internet.png

Item_5=-1,Utilities,5,apps.png

[MENU_3]

Title=Applications

[MENU_4]

Title=Internet

Item_1=14,Online News Feeds,0,news.avi

Item_2=3,Weather,1,weather.avi

[MENU_5]

Title=Utilities

Item_1=6,Edit GameEx Configuration,0,config.avi

Item_2=8,Export to MCE,0,exportMCE.avi

Item_3=5,Start Attract Mode Screensaver,0,attract.avi

Item_4=7,Statistics,0,stats.avi

Item_5=4,Theme Picker,0,themes.avi

Item_6=-1,Change Status Modes,6,status.avi

[MENU_6]

Title=Change Status Modes

Item_1=16,Exit GameEx,0,exit.png

Item_2=19,Hibernate,0,hibernate.png

Item_3=17,Log Off,0,logoff.png

Item_4=21,Restart,0,restart.png

Item_5=18,Shut Down,0,shutdown.png

Item_6=20,Standby,0,standby.png

Brian Hoffman GameEx God (Top Rank)

Brian Hoffman

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Wow! Thats pretty slick. Good job.

Ok so I dropped the download into my themes directory and this is what comes up. Im sure Im screwing something up. Im a little rusty. I haven't played with any of the new features.

11:13:01.1  6/14/2009:  GameEx: Version 10.13: Starting Log
11:13:01.1  6/14/2009:  Operating System Platform: Win32NT
11:13:01.1  6/14/2009:  Operating System Name: Windows Vista
11:13:01.1  6/14/2009:  Operating System Version: 6.0.6000
11:13:01.1  6/14/2009:  Vista Aero NOT running
11:13:01.1  6/14/2009:  Initializing Vista volume control
11:13:01.1  6/14/2009:  Checking for versions of .net Framework installed
11:13:01.1  6/14/2009:  .net Framework 2.0 Installed
11:13:01.1  6/14/2009:  Intel® Core(tm)2 Duo CPU T8300 @ 2.40GHz, 3581MB
11:13:01.1  6/14/2009:  2.39Ghz - 2 Cores or CPU's
11:13:01.1  6/14/2009:  Running Randomize()
11:13:01.1  6/14/2009:  Loading PlugIns
11:13:01.1  6/14/2009:  Checking for applications to Launch On Startup
11:13:01.1  6/14/2009:  Running Misc startup tasks
11:13:01.1  6/14/2009:  Setting Menu types
11:13:01.1  6/14/2009:  Opening Configuration File
11:13:01.1  6/14/2009:  Getting Configuration Values
11:13:01.1  6/14/2009:  Using Theme: Default - Media Center
11:13:01.1  6/14/2009:  Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Media Center
11:13:01.1  6/14/2009:  Using Images from theme: Default - Media Center V1\MEDIA\
11:13:01.1  6/14/2009:  Launching HideOS.exe
11:13:01.1  6/14/2009:  Initialising Video/MNG DLL's
11:13:01.2  6/14/2009:  GameEx will check for media insertion (may affect performance)
11:13:01.2  6/14/2009:  Hiding Taskbar
11:13:01.2  6/14/2009:  Is Media Center running?
11:13:01.2  6/14/2009:  Checking/Creating LCD Registry values
11:13:01.2  6/14/2009:  Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode
11:13:01.2  6/14/2009:  Media Center Mode 2
11:13:01.3  6/14/2009:  Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems
11:13:01.3  6/14/2009:  Snap Delay set to: 2
11:13:01.3  6/14/2009:  Get other settings
11:13:01.3  6/14/2009:  Desktop set to Hide ICONS and set Background to Black
11:13:01.4  6/14/2009:  Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis
11:13:01.4  6/14/2009:  Start work for Form
11:13:01.4  6/14/2009:  Getting Original Screen Size
11:13:01.4  6/14/2009:  Compacting Database
11:13:01.7  6/14/2009:  Opening Database Connection
11:13:01.8  6/14/2009:  Initializing Component
11:13:01.9  6/14/2009:  Retrieving resolution setting
11:13:01.9  6/14/2009:  Initialising Windows Media Player Component
11:13:01.9  6/14/2009:  MAME Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32
11:13:01.9  6/14/2009:  Cannot Find MAME Path: MAME Disabled
11:13:01.9  6/14/2009:  Loading Controls.ini map file
11:13:01.9  6/14/2009:  Loading Custom Emulators
11:13:02.0  6/14/2009:  Loading Emulator 17: PSX2
11:13:02.2  6/14/2009:  Using Version 3 Themes Animations
11:13:02.2  6/14/2009:  Using General Font: Trebuchet MS
11:13:02.2  6/14/2009:  Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS
11:13:02.2  6/14/2009:  Initialising DirectDraw
11:13:02.2  6/14/2009:  Applying GameEx is Loading Image
11:13:02.3  6/14/2009:  Creating DirectDraw Device
11:13:02.3  6/14/2009:  Using Device: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
11:13:02.7  6/14/2009:  1645mb video memory available
11:13:02.7  6/14/2009:  Setting Resolution to 1280x800 32 bit color
11:13:02.7  6/14/2009:  Creating DirectDraw Surfaces
11:13:02.7  6/14/2009:  Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode
11:13:02.7  6/14/2009:  Creating Back Buffer
11:13:02.8  6/14/2009:  Loading graphic Surfaces
11:13:02.8  6/14/2009:  Display is running at: 1280x800 32bit color, 60hz
11:13:02.9  6/14/2009:  Creating Surfaces Flags
11:13:02.9  6/14/2009:  Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs
11:13:02.9  6/14/2009:  Creating Surfaces Volume
11:13:02.9  6/14/2009:  Creating Surfaces Arrows
11:13:02.9  6/14/2009:  Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text
11:13:02.9  6/14/2009:  Creating Surfaces Toolbar
11:13:03.0  6/14/2009:  Creating Surfaces Backgrounds
11:13:03.2  6/14/2009:  Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls
11:13:03.2  6/14/2009:  Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo
11:13:03.2  6/14/2009:  Creating Surface Unselected
11:13:03.2  6/14/2009:  Creating Surfaces Home & Exit
11:13:03.2  6/14/2009:  Creating Surfaces Snaps
11:13:03.2  6/14/2009:  Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars
11:13:03.3  6/14/2009:  Creating Fonts
11:13:03.3  6/14/2009:  Creating Game Font
11:13:03.4  6/14/2009:  Creating Game Font Faded
11:13:03.5  6/14/2009:  Creating Title Font
11:13:03.6  6/14/2009:  Restoring Title Font From Cache
11:13:03.7  6/14/2009:  Creating Font Black
11:13:03.8  6/14/2009:  Creating Font Black Small
11:13:03.9  6/14/2009:  Fonts Created Succesfully
11:13:03.9  6/14/2009:  1571mb video memory left available
11:13:03.9  6/14/2009:  Creating instance of global keyboard hook
11:13:03.9  6/14/2009:  Text/Language: English
11:13:03.9  6/14/2009:  Applying Language/Text
11:13:04.0  6/14/2009:  Initialising Bass Audio Library
11:13:04.2  6/14/2009:  MAME CMD options: -nowindow -joy -skip_gameinfo
11:13:04.2  6/14/2009:  Loading last used Game List
11:13:04.2  6/14/2009:  Loading Start Page
11:13:04.2  6/14/2009:  Setting Music Volume
11:13:04.3  6/14/2009:  Creating DirectSound Device
11:13:04.3  6/14/2009:  Trying: Primary Sound Driver
11:13:04.3  6/14/2009:  Loading Sound Files
11:13:04.3  6/14/2009:  DirectSound Device Created Successfully
11:13:04.3  6/14/2009:  Initialising DirectInput for Gamepad support
11:13:04.4  6/14/2009:  Unable to create a joystick device
11:13:04.4  6/14/2009:  Initializing MCE Remote
11:13:04.4  6/14/2009:  Initialization OK! Starting GameEx!
11:13:04.5  6/14/2009:  Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame
11:13:04.8  6/14/2009:  Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully
11:13:59.8  6/14/2009:  GameEx configuration updated, reinitialising
11:13:59.9  6/14/2009:  Opening Configuration File
11:13:59.9  6/14/2009:  Getting Configuration Values
11:13:59.9  6/14/2009:  Using Theme: TunnelVision
11:13:59.9  6/14/2009:  Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: TunnelVision
11:13:59.9  6/14/2009:  Initialising Video/MNG DLL's
11:13:59.9  6/14/2009:  Hiding Taskbar
11:13:59.9  6/14/2009:  Is Media Center running?
11:13:59.9  6/14/2009:  Checking/Creating LCD Registry values
11:13:59.9  6/14/2009:  Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode
11:13:59.9  6/14/2009:  Media Center Mode 2
11:13:59.9  6/14/2009:  Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems
11:13:59.9  6/14/2009:  Snap Delay set to: 2
11:13:59.9  6/14/2009:  Get other settings
11:13:59.9  6/14/2009:  Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis
11:14:00.0  6/14/2009:  Opening Database Connection
11:14:00.0  6/14/2009:  Retrieving resolution setting
11:14:00.0  6/14/2009:  Initialising Windows Media Player Component
11:14:00.0  6/14/2009:  MAME Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32
11:14:00.0  6/14/2009:  Cannot Find MAME Path: MAME Disabled
11:14:00.0  6/14/2009:  Using Version 3 Themes Animations
11:14:00.0  6/14/2009:  Using General Font: Trebuchet MS
11:14:00.0  6/14/2009:  Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS
11:14:00.1  6/14/2009:  Initialising DirectDraw
11:14:00.1  6/14/2009:  Applying GameEx is Loading Image
11:14:00.1  6/14/2009:  Creating DirectDraw Device
11:14:00.1  6/14/2009:  Using Device: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
11:14:00.5  6/14/2009:  1645mb video memory available
11:14:00.5  6/14/2009:  Setting Resolution to 1280x800 32 bit color
11:14:00.5  6/14/2009:  Creating DirectDraw Surfaces
11:14:00.5  6/14/2009:  Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode
11:14:00.5  6/14/2009:  Creating Back Buffer
11:14:00.5  6/14/2009:  Version 2 Theme being used. Loading.
11:14:00.5  6/14/2009:  Loading Button Data
11:14:00.5  6/14/2009:  Loading Font Data
11:14:00.5  6/14/2009:  Loading Layout Data
11:14:00.5  6/14/2009:  Loading Taskbar Data
11:14:00.6  6/14/2009:  Loading graphic Surfaces
11:14:00.6  6/14/2009:  Display is running at: 1280x800 32bit color, 60hz
11:14:00.6  6/14/2009:  Creating Surfaces Flags
11:14:00.7  6/14/2009:  Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs
11:14:00.7  6/14/2009:  Creating Surfaces Volume
11:14:00.7  6/14/2009:  Creating Surfaces Arrows
11:14:00.8  6/14/2009:  Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text
11:14:00.8  6/14/2009:  Creating Surfaces Toolbar
11:14:00.8  6/14/2009:  Creating Surfaces Backgrounds
11:14:01.6  6/14/2009:  --**--
11:14:01.6  6/14/2009:  ERRORS DETECTED: EXITING
11:14:01.6  6/14/2009:  C:\Program Files\GameEx\themes\TunnelVision\MEDIA\videobak.bmp
11:14:01.8  6/14/2009:     at System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(String filename, Boolean useEmbeddedColorManagement)
11:14:01.8  6/14/2009:     at System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(String filename)
11:14:01.8  6/14/2009:     at t.b(Graphics& A_0, String A_1, Image& A_2, Bitmap& A_3, Surface& A_4)
11:14:01.8  6/14/2009:     at t.c(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, Boolean A_2)
11:14:01.8  6/14/2009:     at t.a(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, Boolean A_2, Boolean A_3, Boolean A_4, Int32 A_5)
11:14:01.8  6/14/2009:     at t.a(Boolean A_0, String A_1, Boolean A_2)
11:14:01.8  6/14/2009:     at t.m()
11:14:01.8  6/14/2009:     at t.ak()

Invincer Ultimate GameEx Guru!

Invincer

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Hmm, it has a videobak.png file in the media folde of the theme; that should work in place of a similar videobak.bmp file. See, THIS is why testers are needed. :) Unfortunately so far, you are the only one to show any interest in trying it out, at least so far.

You could try saving the videobak.png as a bmp file to see if that works (still don't know why the png doesn't work; it works fine on mine). If that is the issue, every one of the *bak.png files will probably need changing to *bak.bmp files (there's like 7). Let me know if that makes any difference.

You also arre trying at a different resolution thann 1024:768; don't know if that could be part of the problem... I am going to try changing resolutions and see if it causes any errrors...

Brian Hoffman GameEx God (Top Rank)

Brian Hoffman

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Ok, I was missing videobak and startbak graphics. Now I get this error and it is a little more vague. Although it may be trying to decode the video file. And I can play the video in mediaplayer. Any thoughts?

22:44:32.5  6/15/2009:  GameEx: Version 10.13: Starting Log
22:44:32.5  6/15/2009:  Operating System Platform: Win32NT
22:44:32.5  6/15/2009:  Operating System Name: Windows Vista
22:44:32.5  6/15/2009:  Operating System Version: 6.0.6000
22:44:32.5  6/15/2009:  Vista Aero NOT running
22:44:32.5  6/15/2009:  Initializing Vista volume control
22:44:32.5  6/15/2009:  Checking for versions of .net Framework installed
22:44:32.5  6/15/2009:  .net Framework 2.0 Installed
22:44:32.5  6/15/2009:  Intel® Core(tm)2 Duo CPU T8300 @ 2.40GHz, 3581MB
22:44:32.5  6/15/2009:  2.39Ghz - 2 Cores or CPU's
22:44:32.6  6/15/2009:  Running Randomize()
22:44:32.6  6/15/2009:  Loading PlugIns
22:44:32.6  6/15/2009:  Checking for applications to Launch On Startup
22:44:32.6  6/15/2009:  Running Misc startup tasks
22:44:32.6  6/15/2009:  Setting Menu types
22:44:32.6  6/15/2009:  Opening Configuration File
22:44:32.6  6/15/2009:  Getting Configuration Values
22:44:32.6  6/15/2009:  Using Theme: TunnelVision
22:44:32.6  6/15/2009:  Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: TunnelVision
22:44:32.6  6/15/2009:  Launching HideOS.exe
22:44:32.6  6/15/2009:  Initialising Video/MNG DLL's
22:44:32.7  6/15/2009:  GameEx will check for media insertion (may affect performance)
22:44:32.7  6/15/2009:  Hiding Taskbar
22:44:32.7  6/15/2009:  Is Media Center running?
22:44:32.7  6/15/2009:  Checking/Creating LCD Registry values
22:44:32.7  6/15/2009:  Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode
22:44:32.7  6/15/2009:  Media Center Mode 2
22:44:32.8  6/15/2009:  Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems
22:44:32.8  6/15/2009:  Snap Delay set to: 2
22:44:32.8  6/15/2009:  Get other settings
22:44:32.8  6/15/2009:  Desktop set to Hide ICONS and set Background to Black
22:44:32.8  6/15/2009:  Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis
22:44:32.8  6/15/2009:  Start work for Form
22:44:32.8  6/15/2009:  Getting Original Screen Size
22:44:32.9  6/15/2009:  Opening Database Connection
22:44:33.0  6/15/2009:  Initializing Component
22:44:33.0  6/15/2009:  Retrieving resolution setting
22:44:33.1  6/15/2009:  Initialising Windows Media Player Component
22:44:33.1  6/15/2009:  MAME Path is: C:\Emulators\Mame32
22:44:33.1  6/15/2009:  Cannot Find MAME Path: MAME Disabled
22:44:33.1  6/15/2009:  Loading Controls.ini map file
22:44:33.1  6/15/2009:  Loading Custom Emulators
22:44:33.2  6/15/2009:  Loading Emulator 17: PSX2
22:44:33.4  6/15/2009:  Using Version 3 Themes Animations
22:44:33.4  6/15/2009:  Using General Font: Trebuchet MS
22:44:33.4  6/15/2009:  Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS
22:44:33.4  6/15/2009:  Initialising DirectDraw
22:44:33.4  6/15/2009:  Applying GameEx is Loading Image
22:44:33.5  6/15/2009:  Creating DirectDraw Device
22:44:33.5  6/15/2009:  Using Device: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
22:44:33.9  6/15/2009:  1645mb video memory available
22:44:33.9  6/15/2009:  Setting Resolution to 1280x800 32 bit color
22:44:33.9  6/15/2009:  Creating DirectDraw Surfaces
22:44:33.9  6/15/2009:  Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode
22:44:34.0  6/15/2009:  Creating Back Buffer
22:44:34.0  6/15/2009:  Version 2 Theme being used. Loading.
22:44:34.0  6/15/2009:  Loading Button Data
22:44:34.0  6/15/2009:  Loading Font Data
22:44:34.0  6/15/2009:  Loading Layout Data
22:44:34.0  6/15/2009:  Loading Taskbar Data
22:44:34.0  6/15/2009:  Loading graphic Surfaces
22:44:34.0  6/15/2009:  Display is running at: 1280x800 32bit color, 60hz
22:44:34.1  6/15/2009:  Creating Surfaces Flags
22:44:34.1  6/15/2009:  Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs
22:44:34.2  6/15/2009:  Creating Surfaces Volume
22:44:34.2  6/15/2009:  Creating Surfaces Arrows
22:44:34.2  6/15/2009:  Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text
22:44:34.2  6/15/2009:  Creating Surfaces Toolbar
22:44:34.2  6/15/2009:  Creating Surfaces Backgrounds
22:44:36.9  6/15/2009:  Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls
22:44:36.9  6/15/2009:  Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo
22:44:36.9  6/15/2009:  Creating Surface Unselected
22:44:36.9  6/15/2009:  Creating Surfaces Snaps
22:44:36.9  6/15/2009:  Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars
22:44:37.0  6/15/2009:  Creating Fonts
22:44:37.0  6/15/2009:  Creating Game Font
22:44:37.4  6/15/2009:  Creating Game Font Faded
22:44:37.8  6/15/2009:  Creating Title Font
22:44:38.8  6/15/2009:  Creating Font Black
22:44:38.9  6/15/2009:  Creating Font Black Small
22:44:39.1  6/15/2009:  Fonts Created Succesfully
22:44:39.1  6/15/2009:  1582mb video memory left available
22:44:39.1  6/15/2009:  Creating instance of global keyboard hook
22:44:39.1  6/15/2009:  Playing Startup Video on thread
22:44:39.1  6/15/2009:  Text/Language: English
22:44:39.1  6/15/2009:  Applying Language/Text
22:44:39.2  6/15/2009:  Initialising Bass Audio Library
22:44:39.5  6/15/2009:  MAME CMD options: -nowindow -joy -skip_gameinfo
22:44:39.5  6/15/2009:  Loading last used Game List
22:44:40.1  6/15/2009:  --**--
22:44:40.1  6/15/2009:  Error: A generic error occurred in GDI+.
22:44:40.1  6/15/2009:     at System.Drawing.Image.Save(String filename, ImageCodecInfo encoder, EncoderParameters encoderParams)
22:44:40.1  6/15/2009:     at System.Drawing.Image.Save(String filename, ImageFormat format)
22:44:40.1  6/15/2009:     at System.Drawing.Image.Save(String filename)
22:44:40.1  6/15/2009:     at t.a(String A_0, String[] A_1)
22:44:40.1  6/15/2009:     at t.eo()
22:44:40.1  6/15/2009:     at t.a(Boolean A_0, String A_1, Boolean A_2)
22:44:40.1  6/15/2009:     at t..ctor()
22:44:40.2  6/15/2009:  Closing database connection
22:44:40.2  6/15/2009:  Disposing Plugins
22:44:40.2  6/15/2009:  GameEx is exiting with errors
22:44:40.2  6/15/2009:  Deleting search cache
22:44:41.8  6/15/2009:  ERRORS DETECTED: EXITING

Invincer Ultimate GameEx Guru!

Invincer

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Not offhand. I made the theme and got it working on my machine and never imagined it may not work on others because of the video not playing correctly. I have it playing on a 1024:768 fine, tried on a 800:600 and works, though sluggish (that was on an older computer though). I tried playing with the resolutions to see if that caused any problems. At 1920:1080 it starts, but then crashes within seconds. I tried changing the advanced config to "not" have gameex change resolutions and it worked, but when playing at a bigger resolution the image placement in the theme is all screwed up, so I would not recommend playing it at over 1024:768 based on that.

These were created in Premier Pro using the Cinepac Codec by Radius; is there another codec I should be using to create these which everyone should have and can use with GameEx? I am no expert by far, maybe Tom or someone else that has played with the theme making with video backgrounds may have an idea. It may end up being something I can only run personally, which would kind of suck; but then again quite frankly there doesn't appear to be much interest in it anyways.

Brian Hoffman GameEx God (Top Rank)

Brian Hoffman

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I redownloaded the zip and reinstallled the theme and it works.

I think it has ALOT of potential. Id like to help out with some of the graphics.

I think the splash screen with all the consoles thumbs is convoluted and doesn't go with the theme. I also think the text on the video should be using a different font and color. It also doesn't seem to match. The gameex logo I think stands out too much and maybe some transparency should be used so it is more subtle. The videos are awesome and I think your off to a really great start. I cannot commit to any type of time frame for testing but I see a really good theme here.

If your interested Id like to get a copy of your PSD's.

Brian Hoffman

gryhnd Ultimate GameEx Guru!

gryhnd

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I can't seem to view the AVI...neither on my Mac or my Windows box. Some special codec required, perhaps?

Invincer Ultimate GameEx Guru!

Invincer

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BRIAN:

I could try rounding up the videos backgrounds, PSD template, and images and zip them up when I get home from work tonight.

GRYHND:

Maybe that is why people aren't interested in trying out the theme if they are unable to see the avi preview. I condensed it as much as I could and maybe the codec isn't a primary one. Will have to look to see what I used. I had made it with Frap, then condensed with Premier to a flv and changed to avi. I think it was the Cinepac codec

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Maybe that is why people aren't interested in trying out the theme if they are unable to see the avi preview. I condensed it as much as I could and maybe the codec isn't a primary one. Will have to look to see what I used. I had made it with Frap, then condensed with Premier to a flv and changed to avi. I think it was the Cinepac codec

Got it. I had tried VLC on my Mac to no avail, but VLC 0.9.4 on my old Win2K box worked. It reports the codec as VP6F, if anyone needs to grab that.

Looks slick :-) I haven't messed with themes at all yet...not enough time in the day!

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It may end up being something I can only run personally, which would kind of suck; but then again quite frankly there doesn't appear to be much interest in it anyways.

I'm interested. I should have posted sooner, as an encouragement, but I didn't. :(

My first impression, was that it wasn't a theme for GameEx, but the best damn advertisement for GameEx that Tom could ever want. (Not to knock it as a theme :P )

I'm probably the only one that feels this way, but the two tunnels are a bit much for me. I think it would be cool if you had one tunnel, and when you selected an item, you zoomed down the tunnel to the next page. It would remind me of a video game I used to play... If I could only remember what it was called... Hmmm Tempest maybe?

Anyway, great job! This is by far the best demonstration that I have seen for the capabilites of GameEx. Don't get discouraged!

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It's cool, but my machine isn't likely up to the task. I'm in the market for a new theme, but don't think I can load this one (and didn't want to take the time to download such a massive one as a test). Basically, I'm saying I'm lazy :P

It looks great though!

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I'm probably the only one that feels this way, but the two tunnels are a bit much for me

You aren't :) After watching the entire AVI (twice), I started to get a little woozy :-) I still think it is cool, so mucho kudos there, but I'm not sure how long I could take the tunnel before I got sea sick :-D

OTOH, how long do we usually spend sifting through menus before picking a game or other app? It might not be as big a deal in actual usage.

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The link to the avi was way back in the first post, repeated here Sample AVI

BRIAN: will pack up avi files and zip for you tonight for the background avi

After I tweak the background based on observations by Brian, I think then I will post just the avi background for everyone. Then if it works fine, post the main theme with stationary graphics, and perhaps all the video menu selections individually so people can pick and choose. With customized menus not everyone may use all the videos I have used anyways.

This way I can do some alternate backgrounds and people can either use the one they want or use a different one for each area background. Can anyone tell me the best codec to use for encoding in Premier Pro? Well not really the best best, I mean the best as in "most common so everyone will have no problems watchng it" best. :)

Damn I can ramble.... this was supposed to be a quick reply when I sat down...

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