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lrdicon2000:

--- Quote from: Ortizimo on October 04, 2010, 01:39:03 pm ---just post the .psd file and tell me what the general idea of this is and for what (loading, game selection, etc). I know PS but i do not know the theme editor in MA. THat i'm learning right now.

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Okay, so I included an image of the cabinet unit that is used in Maximus Arcade. It shows up in the main image but is blocking out a portion of the background when I go to Game Selection. I also just noticed that the P2 joystick is in the main image but the top of it is cut off when in the Game Selection Menu. Should I add a joystick top to the bottom of the Vertical and Horizontal Bezels that Maximus Arcade uses in it's images files?

Ortizimo:
okay, like I said, I am NOT well educated in the theme editor. I can help you on Photoshop though. I'm learning how the theme editor works at this time.Have you opened an already made theme file? That's what i'm doing so I can learn how it works and apply it to mine. Please post the .psd so I can download it if this is what you need done. Thnx!

Check this link out...doesnt have audio but it shows you how to do the theme editor in MA.

lrdicon2000:
Okay, so I got my PSU this past week and finally had some free time to install it this past weekend. I was happy to finally get the computer up and running and get the background image that I needed to mess around in the Maximus Arcade Theme Editor.

BTW: HUGE Thank you to Ortizimo for uploading the video of what kind of options to play around with in the Theme Editor!! I was able to play around with it for a few hours and I was fairly confident that I had come up with a nice clean Theme that matched my Control Panel Overlay. I thought that I was finally done, so I started browsing through MA to see how it looked and I came up with a bug that is A) really annoying and B) has me completely stumped. Let me explain...

Okay, I start up MA and all loads well. I will then select an emulator form the emulator menu and be transferred to the game selection menu. Once in the Game Selection Menu I have it set up so that the Game description matches a snap for the game that is being highlighted.
Game #1 title is highlighted and matches Game #1 Image   =>(click down once)
Game #2 title is highlighted and matches Game #2 Image   =>(click down once)
Game #3 title is highlighted and matches Game #3 Image   =>(click down once)
Game #4 title is highlighted and matches Game #4 Image   =>(click down once) NOW HERE'S THE WEIRD PART...
Game #4 title REMAINS highlighted and Game #5 Image appears   => (click down once)
Game #5 title is highlighted and Game #6 Image appears   =>(click down once)
Game #6 title is highlighted and Game #7 Image appears   =>(click down once) etc. etc. etc...This goes on for the entire game list.

Not only is this happening in MAME, but it is happening with all of the game lists for every single emulator! If anybody has a solution for this problem I would be VERY grateful. (It's frustrating because I was sooo close to being done. oh well.) Oh, and if anybody wants me to take some screenshots of this bug, I would be more than happy to provide them (though it will probably have to wait until I get home because photobucket isn't letting me upload my images right now.) So yes, any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!!

metallimaniac:
Did, by any chance, you change the formatting of the rom list in your theme? I.E. Change the number of visible lines, font size or line spacing?

I messed about with these in my theme and got the exact same problem. I changed it back (I think it's the line spacing that does it) and it works properly again now.

The theme editor can be a little tricky to use at first, but doesn't take too long to get the hang of. Good luck with your theme

Ortizimo:
i for one hate the theme editor. I wonder when MA will get an update specially on the theme editor side. I dont like it when you place an image but cant delete it even from the FIND option box.

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