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arximidis:
New version 2.8.2 of the default theme of HTMLFrontEnd
You now have the ability to run a game by directly selecting a carousel item (with parameters if any)
In settings page select: Directly load an executable file for the selected carousel item (emulator)
If no parameters are required, write {none} to "Roms/Games path" and to "Emulator Command line"
If you want to pass a parameter, for example a specific MAME rom
write the full path of the rom : C:/MAME/roms/1941.zip to "Roms/Games path" entry
and write {rom} to "Emulator Command line" entry
Le Chuck:
Bad ass, I'll try it out and let you know how it works!
Le Chuck:
Launching directly from carousel works well - I'm liking where this is heading. If you're taking requests the following features would be great for the next major update:
A layout editor in addition to the carousel controls would be very helpful
Have option to use .png rather than .gif for the icons in carousel (image quality issues)
Be able to choose background from editor or list in cfg (animated gif/swf support would be great)
Be able to set icon size from editor or a cfg
Be able to set sounds, music etc from editor or a cfg
Add sounds for scrolling carousel
Add .lnk and .bat support
Be able to hide the settings icon in carousel (hot key assignable perhaps)
If there's a way to do some of this already I'd really appreciate the help - either way I really like the flexibility of this FE and hope you can accommodate some of these requests. If not, thanks anyway!
arximidis:
--- Quote from: Le Chuck on March 21, 2014, 08:14:49 pm ---Launching directly from carousel works well - I'm liking where this is heading. If you're taking requests the following features would be great for the next major update:
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Hello! Of course, I am taking account the requests. It's the only way to make the FE better. This is one of the reasons I did upload it
--- Quote from: Le Chuck on March 21, 2014, 08:14:49 pm ---A layout editor in addition to the carousel controls would be very helpful
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Not sure what exactly do you mean there
--- Quote from: Le Chuck on March 21, 2014, 08:14:49 pm ---Have option to use .png rather than .gif for the icons in carousel (image quality issues)
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You can modify the code to change this. Go to line 425 at main.html (version 2.8.2) and change the .gif to .png.
Also go to line 1101 and change the .gif to .png
(Of course this means you must also change the pictures to png format)
Then go to settings.html to lines 422 and 423 and do the same
Maybe in a future release I'll change the format
--- Quote from: Le Chuck on March 21, 2014, 08:14:49 pm ---Be able to choose background from editor or list in cfg (animated gif/swf support would be great)
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Yes, I will include that. I am also thinking on using html5 for background animations (eg the stars effect)
--- Quote from: Le Chuck on March 21, 2014, 08:14:49 pm ---Be able to set icon size from editor or a cfg
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This is a good suggestion. You can modify the code (I think same lines as above), but I will include that feature in the next release
--- Quote from: Le Chuck on March 21, 2014, 08:14:49 pm ---Be able to set sounds, music etc from editor or a cfg
Add sounds for scrolling carousel
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I had this effect at the first version of the program, but when I converted it to a multiplatform (using webkit and qt libraries), I removed it
--- Quote from: Le Chuck on March 21, 2014, 08:14:49 pm ---Add .lnk and .bat support
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You mean you want to run a bat file? I think you can do that. It may be possible to run it directly. If it's not working try to add an entry for command promt (cmd.exe) in settings.ini and pass the bat file as a parameter (Of cource when you add the entry in settings.ini don't forget to create a directory with the same name inside emulators directory. After all this is the procedure to add new emulators (=items to carousel) without messing with the code)
--- Quote from: Le Chuck on March 21, 2014, 08:14:49 pm ---Be able to hide the settings icon in carousel (hot key assignable perhaps)
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I will include that in the next version
Le Chuck:
--- Quote from: arximidis on March 22, 2014, 06:40:07 am ---
--- Quote from: Le Chuck on March 21, 2014, 08:14:49 pm ---A layout editor in addition to the carousel controls would be very helpful
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Not sure what exactly do you mean there
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When you go under settings inside the FE the carousel settings are listed under "general" perhaps you could add some layout settings either on the same screen or under a separate tab. That way to make certain adjustments (ie icon size, background, sounds etc) one wouldn't need to manually modify the code. The Carousel settings are awesome, having that level of control over other portions of the FE would really be useful.
Hope that helps explain what I was talking about.
Edit: Made the changes, a few notes:
If you delete "marquee" FE shows a missing img icon, would be nice to have selection to disable marquees so I don't have to have a blank marquee file needlessly.
PNGs work well, will know how well once I can edit the background - during transition there is a slight degradation in the image but again, once we can get off that white background we'll be able to see how noticeable it is. I think it should be okay as is.
An option - not necessary at all - to set music for each carousel item/emulator would be nice, that way music changes as one spins around
Need option to set carousel rotation speed
For the carousel controls, where does the program "grab" the image? At the bottom left (0,0) or center? I put the icon size at 640x480 so the PNGs would fill but they seems to be a bit off size, or I'm not positioning them right. Here are my carousel settings. FE is at 640x480 also FYI.
xRadius: 1000
yRadius: 320
xPosition: 320
yPosition: -400
Reflection height: 0
It seems like it would be center but my PNGs are getting zoomed a bit - could be because a big part of my images are transparent. Will play around with it more. If FE is ignoring alpha channels for positioning it will be hard to correct for. Having an absolute center based on img resolution would be better. If it's already like that then disregard and I'll keep fiddling with my settings.