Thread: RR 08-02-05... SIRIUS Support ...

Originally Posted by CdRsKuLL

Just wondering if I'm doing this right, or if infact its not possible. I am trying to create a startmenu for my skin. I have created some bmp images, and sent the bits I want transparent in pink, now when I load this as a menu it doesnt show transparent.. I'm I trying to do something thats not coded in ?

possible that the transparency color is set to something non-default?

The transparent color will work to draw OVER existing images.. it doesn't mean that it will make the window transparent.. the only way to do that is really to clip the area off the window (inwhich case it doesn't need to be pink)...

Now say you wanted to make wierd shape buttons tha go over some other stuff on the screen (like other buttons).. you could make the ON/OFF/DOWN images with the Pink transparency area to define where it should not draw (the area not belonging to the button -- not to be drawn). The benefit is really on the drawing area, basically should allow you to make buttons with weird DRAWING shapes without messing with what's around it.

The menu you want to make can be done with the LOAD or MENU commands, as long as you clip off the areas you don't want in it (use as many clippings as necessary to make it look the way you want).

Now, if your EMPTY image was Green and your OFF image was the above, RR would only draw the button areas where the color is not Pink, and would leave the rest Green. The EMPTY image is always drawn directly, but it could be a nice feature to allow it to define the clipping area of the window.

cheers for that :-) yep I used the clipping option last night and got it working fine. Just need to find time to do some more on it now.

cheers

CdR

Does ANYONE have the drivers for Mitchjs's sirius interface? I'm going f'in crazy...it's the only thing I'm missing...

Dan

Hi

Is there an FAQ on Sirius? How would one go about installing it into RR excatly?

Originally Posted by kebab

Hi
Is there an FAQ on Sirius? How would one go about installing it into RR excatly?

You need an interface board (limited availability), then just download the latest RR+skin from my site, edit menu.skin to change the button code to "SIRIUS", set the COM port on RRConfig and you're done.

Im not even too sure what Sirius is I was just being curious, am I right in thinking its Internet radio which you have to subscribe to?

Originally Posted by kebab

Im not even too sure what Sirius is I was just being curious, am I right in thinking its Internet radio which you have to subscribe to?

You CAN NOT BE sirius.







sorry coudn't resist.

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