Thread: Digital FX 2.0 Transparent Released

Originally Posted by kbreeden

Yes, it happens to me as well. If I go into scan mode in XM and go back to music before turning XM scan off (the scan button is a toggle) the music will also be in scan mode. It's then necessary to go back into XM and turn off scan to stop the music from scanning. I reported it to John a couple of weeks ago, but it may have fallen through the cracks due to all the other things he's got going. I never use scan in XM so it's not a big deal to me.

Wow, I have been out of the forums a few days, and the questions certainly back up

The XM scan bleeding over to MP3 is an internal RR thing the way it handles the scanning. There is not much I can do about it skin wise.

Originally Posted by toones

JohnWPB,
It turned out wonderful. The most versatile skin I have tried thus far.

I have noticed a few things that may be bugs, or problems on my end. I am not sure. All of these are using the BM scheme.

1 - The AM/FM button doesn't seem to do anything (HQCT)
2 - The Left Seek (or decrease channels) doesn't seem to do anything (HQCT)
3 - Importing routes bombs the program. When pushing import routes, it ends up back at the desktop with a black bar down the middle of the screen (MapPoint 2006)
4 - Saving a route doesn't seem to save anything (MapPoint 2006)

I realize I am probably one of three people using MapPoint, but...

All in all it is great and I will continue to use it!!

All of the buttons on the Radio Skin are set according to the SkinCommands.txt file. They should be standard for any radio that Road Runner supports.

As for Map Point, I will have to dig the disks out here somewhere and install it and see what is going on, and get it fixed.

Originally Posted by spiike

anyone else having this issue?
mute your microphone in windows
change volume in digitalfx
go back to your sound and microphone is unmuted.
it's like rr/digital fx wants to unmute the mic whenever you change the volume in the skin.

my mic pics up the sub which makes it sound like there is a lot of bass. very annoying.

This is a windows issue. I have had it happen to me in the past using other programs besides Road Runner. Update to the latest sound card drivers. One way I have fixed it is to mute the mic, and reboot the system. Sounds crazy but somehow, for some systems, it helps Windows "remember where the setting should be.

Originally Posted by blk02si

wow john, really nice work! Had this skin up and running in about half an hour. Perfect combination of design, layout and functionality. It looks like a lot of hard work went unto this skin and all of the extra features, but its very integrated and well built. My only suggestion is to make all your script files have relative paths instead of absolute paths. I never have a default RR install and it was a bit tricky to get all the functions working. If your scripts are located in the Digital_FX folder and reference say ../scriptfile.exe - instead of c:/program files/road runner/skin/Digital_FX/scriptfile.exe

This may or may not make sense but if its possible i think it would be easier to get your masterpiece up and running for the newbs.

Lastly is it possible to change the font color? I was thinking a green skin would be nice and match my interior lights but I think the dark brushed skin (what im using now) would look really hot with green lettering. Any chance this is do-able?.

Other than that, thank you for sharing your leading edge work. Excellent software.

I am in the process of changing all of the scripts to have relevant paths, and anything Internal to Road runner will use it's $RRPATH$ and $SKINPATH$ variables.

As for changing the font color, you can actually load the .skin files into notepad and do that. The RR text that is, not the buttons and such. I decided to go with white text on the buttons and such, as it works with any of the colors released.

Originally Posted by mcguirestick

Hi, I am having problemswith Freedrive and your skin. I have read the help file but the link to the freedrive skin does not work.
Any help appreciated.
Also any chance of supporting MapMonkey?
Thanks:

I skinned FreeDrive quite some time ago for the Blue Devil skin. It will not be a perfect match, but will be close tot he DigitalFX Blue. You can Download the freedrive skin HERE

Originally Posted by Toe

Hey, I just wanted to thank you for the work you've put into this and make a few comments.

The skin is great. I'm using the brushed metal version and I love the the way it looks and the over all feel. Only trouble I've had with the install is the spectrum analyzer plug-in (doesn't actually start the analyzer, just uses the typical AVS displays over the album art), but I'm not overly concerned with that.

I do have one suggestion. On almost every screen the buttons are in a different place. It seems that since there's almost always a bar on the bottom that it would be ideal to have volume, play, next, prev, close/back always on the bottom bar. That way I wouldn't have to remember which screen I left it at and go hunting for the volume button or skip button. I can probably make this change myself, but I figured I'd mention it any way.

Thanks again, and keep up the great work!

Thanks for the comments! There is a detailed section in the help file that explains how to set up the spectrum analyzer. It is not the easiest thing to get working for sure, but is worth it when it does

As for the button locations, 90% of the mars on the bottom are the same on all screens. I have done my best to keep the buttons in the same place, but on some screens it is just not feasible. For instance on the weather screen, other buttons are needed, Same with the Satellite Radio skins, there is no need for a next and previous track buttons.