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[SeanDyer87]

this looks good mate will grab them and try them on my setup later thanks for the great work

[SeanDyer87]

Hi mate i have these setup now and they look great imo, but i do notice some systems missing but ill be happy to help in my spare time fill in some of the gaps (think @goofers told me hell try help aswell) also note the link to pain.net in your ReadMe.txt does not work seems like a simple typo what should that link be?

 

But before i got around to setting this up i got a message from another hyperspinner (@goofers) enquiring to see if i managed to get weather working as he couldnt get it working so i decided to set it up on my system and see if i could help him out to my surprise i could not get weather to work either.

 

so after a few hours trying to figure it out and repeatedly reading @dark13's original thread i realised it wont work as your main menu special art is specifically setup to look for the ninja2bceen.xml inside the dark13 folder inside your hyperspin folder on your f drive so its specific to your own setup and the problem was i cant change code in your main menu special art as its .swf you can only edit code in the original source .fla file.

 

so anyway i werent giving up i decided to make my own special art (exactly same as yours) using an .fla from dark13's original thread and adding your main menu art but so its matched to my drive letter so now i can get weather on my setup (i also changed it so it looks for Weather.xml in Weather folder in my HyperSpin folder instead of the original ninja2bceen.xml inside the dark13 folder inside hyperspin folder) just thaught it looked more organised like that.

 

i also messed with a few bits of code and made my self a few options  with 12hr or 24hr clock and also with or without seconds.

 

Since @goofers messaged me about this and i fixed it for my self I have sent him he's own custom files to get weather working on he's setup and id be happy to help anyone else that want's to get weather working on their own setup and create/provide them with their own custom files to get weather working on their setup.

 

P.S sorry for the long post but i had alot to say lol please forgive me i tried to break it down a bit to make it easier to read for you anyways thanks again mate for creating these and thanks to @dark13 for he's original weather/clock widget thread helped alot.

[Capa]

Is there a way to add just the ps or xbox control options without anything else? 

[SeanDyer87]

Is there a way to add just the ps or xbox control options without anything else? 

I dont see why it wouldnt be possible id assume its a case of following ninjas readme instructions but just add the specialt art you wanted to use instead of adding all of them but ive not tested this although in theory it would work

[Capa]

I'll have to read over em again. I must if tried something wrong.

[SeanDyer87]

I'll have to read over em again. I must if tried something wrong.

He's instructions dont mention speciffically just using the xbox or ps buttons artwork on their own but im sure you could decipher how to do it from he's instructions

[ninja2bceen]

Hi mate i have these setup now and they look great imo, but i do notice some systems missing but ill be happy to help in my spare time fill in some of the gaps (think @goofers told me hell try help aswell) also note the link to pain.net in your ReadMe.txt does not work seems like a simple typo what should that link be?

But before i got around to setting this up i got a message from another hyperspinner (@goofers) enquiring to see if i managed to get weather working as he couldnt get it working so i decided to set it up on my system and see if i could help him out to my surprise i could not get weather to work either.

so after a few hours trying to figure it out and repeatedly reading @dark13's original thread i realised it wont work as your main menu special art is specifically setup to look for the ninja2bceen.xml inside the dark13 folder inside your hyperspin folder on your f drive so its specific to your own setup and the problem was i cant change code in your main menu special art as its .swf you can only edit code in the original source .fla file.

so anyway i werent giving up i decided to make my own special art (exactly same as yours) using an .fla from dark13's original thread and adding your main menu art but so its matched to my drive letter so now i can get weather on my setup (i also changed it so it looks for Weather.xml in Weather folder in my HyperSpin folder instead of the original ninja2bceen.xml inside the dark13 folder inside hyperspin folder) just thaught it looked more organised like that.

i also messed with a few bits of code and made my self a few options with 12hr or 24hr clock and also with or without seconds.

Since @goofers messaged me about this and i fixed it for my self I have sent him he's own custom files to get weather working on he's setup and id be happy to help anyone else that want's to get weather working on their own setup and create/provide them with their own custom files to get weather working on their setup.

P.S sorry for the long post but i had alot to say lol please forgive me i tried to break it down a bit to make it easier to read for you anyways thanks again mate for creating these and thanks to @dark13 for he's original weather/clock widget thread helped alot.

thanks. Could u send me the file and instructions too and I'll be sure to post. Yes dark just added the weather for me. Don't know what he did

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[ninja2bceen]

Yes just drop b1 artwork in each special folder. Youmay have to change the b artwork settings in each ini file in ur root settings folder

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[Dilated18]

Do you have just the 2 button option for the main menu

[ninja2bceen]

No the one I have posted is y favorites, X genre, b back, a enter

[ninja2bceen]

I think there is a two button option in the forums, I get what it's called but it's a whole new layout

[Dilated18]

Yea I think I checked thru all the options available. I like the font you used better. All the other options i have seen on the forum use a different font and is tiny on a tv. Tx for the response

[astrothug]

hi all so testing this out before i install on my arcade machine and I was able to install a theme and it was fine,  i tried to install the main menu theme and it does not go the to the top it's in the middle the other thing it does is fades and the special art previous system shows then go aways and then the special art shows in the middle of the screen. 

[astrothug]

ok i got to top but now press start and previous system is in the middle and the theme is gone i want it to be on all the time, it cycles through the A1 A2 A3 A4 theme.

[Dilated18]

You need to adjust your x,y coordinates in HQ. You can also adjust whether it fades in and out there too. Look under special art in HQ

[astrothug]

yes got that thanks again.   but why does the artwork, still show up in the middle? and cycles through the A1 A2 A3 A4 theme.

 

[astrothug]

ok so once i delete A2 B1 and B2 the A1 file does not rotate its stays in a fix location... is there a way to have A2 and A1 not rotate thanks..

 

 

[Dilated18]

looks like youre using special art A as your main menu art and it looks like the press start text is special art A also. So im guessing when u adjusted your main menu coordinates it also moved your press start text. if u delete the extras a2,a3 ect they will not cycle

[Bungles]

When you say rotate do you mean between the two? 

The "numbers" 2 and 1 of A1 and A2 or B1, B2 etc mean they will cycle between them if possible I am pretty sure.

The Letters define them into the three possible elements A B C.

 

From there you can either use HyperHQ or edit the .ini files in the Settings folder for each menu.

I would just modify the ones in the Main Menu/Images/Special and have the rest of the menu's just use the default. (Unless you want all the wheels to be independent)

 

 

 

[astrothug]

16 minutes ago, Bain408 said:

looks like youre using special art A as your main menu art and it looks like the press start text is special art A also. So im guessing when u adjusted your main menu coordinates it also moved your press start text. if u delete the extras a2,a3 ect they will not cycle

yes Im using the default A1 for the Main Menu   so if i want my arcade controller to show up do i rename them to B1? thanks

[astrothug]

ok i just changed to B1 but the B1 artwork still in the middle lol..getting somewhere now. 

[astrothug]

ok i figured it out just had to change the Y settings to 700 in hyperHQ, woot woot

[astrothug]

ok so when i go into a system i get to arcade sticks. two steps forward one step back words. haha

[Dilated18]

Changing the settings for special art in the main menu should not of changed any system art unless u changed it

[Bungles]

Sounds like you have multiple copies somewhere.

To make it easier on yourself and if you want the same Special Art throughout your setup I would.

1. Just delete all files throughout your setup called SpecialA1.swf or B1,B2 etc. (Or remove all other Special Folders except the Main Menu one.)

2. Extract the special art you want to Hyperspin/Media/Main Menu/Artwork/Special/.. 

3. Modify the properties of the Main Menu.ini in Hyperspin/Settings or Use HyperHQ to modify to match the posters. (I think he just changes the start location, fade and the y coords.)

4. Specify all of your other wheels to Use "Default" in the Special options for each A and B.

 

Then ..