FoFiX 4.0.0 Development Thread

[akedrou]

In the new lobby code is there a way for you to use images for the difficulty level, or is there any images that are usable for the new lobby? im just wondering

There are - in fact any image put in the [theme]/setlist/parts folder will be loaded for that screen - but none are displayed yet beyond 'background.png' and 'selected.png'

is there going to be a new ini like the rockmeter.ini for positioning of images or what? or i

All of this will be controlled in CustomTheme.py - check the new theme sticky for basic details. It's still preliminary at this point, but that's the general plan.

[acrox999]

Oh yeah, I noticed that if you use CustomTheme.py to turn on graphical submenus, it will give you an error.

[maxruto345]

i need some recap here, since apperently i can't get video song stages workng right, im trying to make a video my default theme video background, where do put the "default.avi" on the theme for it to work (i did the new way to instal gstreamer for windows

[death_au]

you put it in the stages folder. And make sure video stages are on in your settings.

[maxruto345]

nope didn't work, im gonna try the old way

[death_au]

It might be that gstreamer doesn't like the file you're using, not that gstreamer is set up incorrectly.
We need to get a little pool of videos that are known to work for people to download and test with. That was my problem for a little while. The only video I've ever gotten to work was an mp4 I had of an Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney trailer. I haven't tried that many videos though.

[maxruto345]

its a renamed flv to avi

[death_au]

What I've learned is that file extension isn't everything. There's still many different formats your flv file could be in. Try some files of different types.

[maxruto345]

i will try that, btw, i have tried this before with a different computer and it worked with bright colors, the old way before even the new way came out so i don't understand why its not working, all the environmental variables are set as they should, python detects gstreamer, but when im in-game and i want to switch my stage to i.e default.avi, it doesn't work, something's just not right lets see if changing it to mp4 or something will do

[death_au]

I got to play around with the new lobby last night. Looking good for multiplayer
I'm not 100% sure on single player though, it's a bit... hard to figure out what's going on at first. Not to mention that in megalight at least there was no way of telling which instrument I was selecting a player for.
It's good and all, and once you've worked out what's going on it's okay, but I think it's a little user unfriendly at the moment and may trip up a lot of people.

Also, on an unrelated note, I was playing multiplayer with Jurgen on megalight and I noticed that our overdrive bars were swapped. Player 1 had Player 2's bar and vice-versa. I'm not sure if it's a problem with the rockmeter code itself or the rockmeter.ini of megalight, but I thought I'd mention it here anyway.
If I get a chance to look at it more and find it's a code problem and not an ini problem, then I'll make an issue for it.

[blazingamer]

Also, on an unrelated note, I was playing multiplayer with Jurgen on megalight and I noticed that our overdrive bars were swapped. Player 1 had Player 2's bar and vice-versa. I'm not sure if it's a problem with the rockmeter code itself or the rockmeter.ini of megalight, but I thought I'd mention it here anyway.
If I get a chance to look at it more and find it's a code problem and not an ini problem, then I'll make an issue for it.

Sorry, that's my bad. I said there were still quite a few things messed up with the rockmeter code for 2 player. It's functional as in it works without crashing but it's not picture perfect.

[death_au]

Sorry, that's my bad. I said there were still quite a few things messed up with the rockmeter code for 2 player. It's functional as in it works without crashing but it's not picture perfect.

I was fully aware of that, hence my reluctance to make an issue of it. Something important to be made aware of though. It could be easy to miss in testing. In fact, I didn't even notice it straight away... I was trying to figure out why my overdrive wasn't draining... And then why I couldn't use it when it was full. I eventually put two and two together

[caramba2654]

I dunno if this was already posted on the topic (I don't want to read 28 pages...), but FoFiX 4.000 could have the bass hitlame between the yellow and blue removed, besides having the multiplier to stop when it reaches the number 4. Currently, you get to four, it spins one more time and then it stops. It should stop when you just completed 4.

[akedrou]

r2011 does some Lobby work.

Theme mechanics:
In your theme folder, any images that you place in a "lobby" subfolder will be loaded. The following files are supported in the default theme render - NONE are required:

• background.png - background image
• panel.png - the background of each character's panel
• keyboard_panel.png - the background of the character panel currently being controlled by the keyboard; left and right to change
• keyboard.png - image shown on the panel of the character controlled by the keyboard; left and right to change
• selected.png - highlight behind selected characters
• newchar_av.png - avatar image shown when "Create New Character" is selected
• default_av.png - avatar image shown when selected character has no avatar
• save_char.png - if present, shows this image instead of "Saved Characters" in the character select menu

Exciting, isn't it? There are additionally a fair number of theme vars to add to a custom theme - the 4.0 theme faq will explain how the system will work soon.

[death_au]

r2011 does some Lobby work.

Sounds awesome