May 2025 ThemeBuilder + HyperSpin 2.0.41 Update: New Effects, Fixes, and Faster Themes!

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Hello everyone! We’ve been hard at work through May bringing a slew of updates and improvements to ThemeBuilder, HyperSpin, and HQ. Below is a complete roundup of what’s new, improved, and fixed this month.

 

New Features

• Flipbook Effect – A brand new way to animate your themes with classic flipbook-style visuals.

• Ripple SFX – Ripple effect is now live with adjustable settings.

• New Special Effects – Now available in ThemeBuilder:

  • Circle

  • Reveal Left

  • Reveal Right

  • Reveal Top

  • Reveal Bottom

  • Reveal (center out)

  • Swipe

  • Rays

  • Stripe

• Forum Auto-Posting (Coming Soon) – Publishing on HT will soon automatically post your theme to the forums with a direct link. Sharing made simple!

• User Profile UI Overhaul – Cleaned up and modernized user profiles.

• Log Out Button is Back – Back by popular demand!

• Improved Caching Logic – Moving between themes is now significantly faster.

 

Fixes

• MAME Themes Fix – You’ll need to edit the metadata, reselect the game name, and re-save & publish for fixes to take effect.

• Fixed Stroke Loss on Video Reload

• Fixed Errors in Older Themes

• Fixed Preview Pixelation When Adding SFX

• Fixed Theme Asset Duplication

• Fixed Long Load Times on Large Themes

• Fixed Project Load Errors for Many Older Themes

• Fixed Theme Delete Bug – Deleting a theme now correctly targets the selected project.

• Improved Logging – Better server-side logging helps us squash bugs faster.

Improvements

• Delete Animation Moved – It now appears at the bottom of all effects for better UX.

• Ripple SFX Fully Live – After a preview period, it's now fully integrated.

• HyperSpin v2.0.41 – Now supports all the latest ThemeBuilder features and special effects.

• HQ Now Supports MAME 0.277

 

Thank you to @yaron and his team for some brilliant suggestions and to the community for your continued support and feedback. Let us know what you think of the new features and stay tuned – more great things are on the way!

Don’t forget to edit, re-save, and re-publish your MAME themes to apply the latest fixes!

@rondar and @Roadrunner have been busy too!