Thread: OVERLAY [screen loader]

Originally Posted by treetop777

I want to overlay buttons on the GPS screen and also the main menu screen but the overlay buttons for each screen are in different positions..can that be done? if so, how?

to make the png's with the buttons where you want to see them.

this is how i did it for the gps scr in my skin.
you also need to have a seperate cmd line for the other images

"C_OVERLAY","RUN;$rrpath$Plug in's\Overlay\ElcosMenu.exe|overlay2.skin"
"O_OVERLAY","RUN;$rrpath$Plug in's\Overlay\ElcosMenu.exe|overlay.skin"

1st line gps map on overlay png
2nd line gps menu overlay png

hope that helps

Originally Posted by carputer1

to make the png's with the buttons where you want to see them.

this is how i did it for the gps scr in my skin.
you also need to have a seperate cmd line for the other images

"C_OVERLAY","RUN;$rrpath$Plug in's\Overlay\ElcosMenu.exe|overlay2.skin"
"O_OVERLAY","RUN;$rrpath$Plug in's\Overlay\ElcosMenu.exe|overlay.skin"

1st line gps map on overlay png
2nd line gps menu overlay png

hope that helps

Sure does help.

This is the command on the main menu to start visu and an overlay for next prev avs:

"RUN;$SKINPATH$ElcosMenu.exe|overlay.skin||VISU"

So to start and overlay the GPS screen (from a button on the main menu) i could use:

"RUN;$SKINPATH$ElcosMenu.exe|overlayGPS.skin|| GPS"

I get it! Thanks very much.

Thanks El Camino!!
worked great for Ig4...couldn't get it to look good over video, it just flickers, probably just my on-board graphics though...

here's a SS of My IG4 screen with the overlay

for OL , it dose not like video, nor dose it like being over ilists, theses are the only 2 things that i have found with this app so far.


nice Ig Ol skin

This was something I was looking for with my skins. Will DL tonight when I get home and revise my skin... This might be all I needed for my whiteroom skin after all.

Originally Posted by BREWDOG52

Thanks El Camino!!
worked great for Ig4...couldn't get it to look good over video, it just flickers, probably just my on-board graphics though...

here's a SS of My IG4 screen with the overlay

looking good man !!!

This is what I was looking for, but I have a few questions...

Why is it not showing the "on" image, even though it's set up for it?

If I want to move between a set of overlay images (OL1.skin, OL2.skin, etc) would I just need to define a button to go to the other overlay or would I have to close the first overlay, and then load the second one?

I want to use the arrow keys to navigate through the buttons on the overlay, but without the on image, I'm not sure it's doing anything, and is it even supported?

Otherwise, this is an awesome thing you've got here.

it does have the pressed effect, just define your graphics like this.

Code:

overlay_off.png,overlay_off.png,overlay_on.png,overlay_on.png

for now if you want to load another screen, yes you have to exit, and open again. now you give me another idea, load another screen without exiting,will be a bit faster than exit and launch again.

here's my overlay skin:

Code:

MEDIACAR Skin
MEDIACAR overlay Skin
menu1off.png,menu1off.png,menu1on.png,menu1down.png
 
/POSX=0
 
/POSY=300
B01,719,0,81,180,"X_OVERLAY||WAIT;0.2||B_OVERLAY",
B002,41,0,173,180,"AUDIO",
B004,217,0,172,180,"VIDEO",
B003,396,0,184,180,"GPS",
B001,581,0,136,180,"MENU;MAINMENU.skin",

END

and my buttons:

Code:

B01,719,0,81,180,"X_OVERLAY||WAIT;0.2||B_OVERLAY",

Code:

B01,0,0,82,180,"X_OVERLAY||WAIT;0.2||A_OVERLAY",

in exectbl.ini:

Code:

/,to launch the screen.
"A_OVERLAY","RUN;$SKINPATH$ElcosMenu.exe|OLMENU1.skin"
"B_OVERLAY","RUN;$SKINPATH$ElcosMenu.exe|OLMENU2.skin"

/,to close the screen.
"X_OVERLAY","SENDMSG;ElcosMenu;Exit"

This works, but it doesn't transition smoothly between the two (because it has to wait for the first overlay to close and then load the second one. If it could support transition effects as well, that would do exactly what I want to do.


also, what's the minimum transparency percentage level that will leave the area clickable?

I have to click directly on the image rather than a box around the image to click it. But if I can define a 5% white transparency level behind the image that can still be clicked, it would be easier to use with a touch screen.

lastly, I get this error here sometimes:



not sure why though.