Aeon Menu Generator (4 Viewers)

[Sambal]

Hi Sambal, how did you get the drop shadow on home menu.. looking good..

Antony

It is looking good but it is a dirty hack

To achieve this effect try the following.

Define two labels, one for the actual text and one for the shadow with the same <label> tag. Make the shadow label a darker color than the actual label, it is a shadow after all .
First position the 'shadow' label with a posX +1 and posY +1 relative to where you want the label. Next position the actual text label at posX and posY on top of the shadow label. Result is a drop shadow effect..

 

[Davio]

...For every item in the menu there are 13 controls at the bottom of the xml-file and almost every time the posX-value has a decrease of 320, except in the red encircled cases, where it's the same. Could this be the cause for the overlapping buttons?...

The posX in combination with the animation results in the final positioning. So this should not be a problem.
Can you please check the error.log for anything out of the ordinary.
Do you have the same problems with the original BasicHome.xml?

Yes, the original basichome.xml also gave me these problems.

I have deleted my logs and started MP again. No error.log, only mediaportal.log and MP-TVSeries.log with basic info.

I'll try to make a simpler basichome.xml and manually edit the buttons.

Kinda lost now.

Can't you just make my a basichome.xml with the items I want (music, movies, tv-series, pictures, weather, news; RSS-Ticker by Sambal), so I can compare it?

 

[Darre]

Applied the drop shadow to the crowding fix to see what it would look like using the Acens font. The menu items should be centered vertically but you get the idea.

I like it , have you updated the Aeon Menu Generator SVN yet ?

PS: Attached some modified/updated gfx to match Aeon Alpha 14 release, works well with Acens and the shadow

Sambal: Ah that basic home is perfect I love everything about it except the black focus gfx.. But one of the files posted by P.Reptile looks awesome! So I guess when they get in the menu generator release I will be a very happy guy =)

 

[Sutekh]

Hi All,

Great generator! Made for a much easy task of making a new home page.

I have one question though. I want to create a button that launches the HD-Starter plugin (MEDIAPORTAL - free MediaCenter HTPC Software - HDStarter - Blu-Ray/HD-DVD Player with PowerDVD) Is this possible? I wasn't sure what to choose/customise from the XML list.

Thanks
Simon

 

[antony]

Hi Sambal, any chance you could pm me the bit of code from basic home for the shadow effect , as i am struggling a bit...

Thank You

Antony

 

[Psycho Reptile]

...or you could add it to the Menu Generator code

I love everything about it except the black focus gfx.. But one of the files posted by P.Reptile looks awesome! So I guess when they get in the menu generator release I will be a very happy guy =)

Just replace your existing menu_item_bg.png with the one I posted, clear the cache and it will work (if you're using the latest AMG)

 

[Sambal]

...Can't you just make my a basichome.xml with the items I want (music, movies, tv-series, pictures, weather, news; RSS-Ticker by Sambal), so I can compare it?

I can generate you a BasicHome with the items you want but it won't do you any good. It will have the same problems.

The Aeon Wide BasicHome relies heavily on animations. It seems that in your configuration there is some issue with this. Not all animations are run and you end up with a messy BasicHome. I don't have the foggiest idea what causes this problem.

What you can do to work around the problem is work with the watchmenu, gamemenu and extramenu ( See monochrome skin ). You can create xml's for these menu's without the scrolling menuband. Just create a static menu so that if you go left and right the menu doesn't scroll, the item selection moves left and right. But this means creating a new type of BasicHome. It would look almost identical to the current one except for the scrolling. I can implement one of the screens for you so you can see how to do it. However i don't have time to provide it before your friends show up, earliest would be tomorrow.

Maybe if someone else understood what i was just trying to explain can fix it for you.

...or you could add it to the Menu Generator code

I will be updating the menu generator to generate the new and improved menu
Should be ready sometime tomorrow.

 

[Davio]

Hey, Sambal, Great News!!! I fixed it!

Of course, it was the smallest thing: Some days ago, I had disabled animations/transitions in MP config to save up RAM/cpu cycles. When I turned it back on, it worked fluently. Big 'Doh!' moment for me.

Anyway, what's weird is: with animations turned off, every button works fine, except for the one button to the right of the middle button and only when scrolling left. Verrrry strange....

Well, time to impress my friends and thank you for trying to help me.
Keep up the good work here at the MP-forums.

I'm going to eat my birthday cake.

 

[Darre]

...or you could add it to the Menu Generator code

I love everything about it except the black focus gfx.. But one of the files posted by P.Reptile looks awesome! So I guess when they get in the menu generator release I will be a very happy guy =)

Just replace your existing menu_item_bg.png with the one I posted, clear the cache and it will work (if you're using the latest AMG)

I was planning on testing that, just didnt know how it would look regarding size and placement.. But anyways im on vacation untill tuesday, so I hope by then its all been taken care of for me

Maybe you finished support for fanart in myvideos as well then? I could implent it myself I guess, but its so much more convenient when others do it for you Besides I loved that layout you created as well!

 

[remcoof]

Thnx for this great program to generate the basichome.xml, but i've some problems with it.
First of all, I get only small menu items. For example, TV Series, Movies etc...are just small text. How can I change that?
The second problem for me is which window I have to select for the Music window. So I see directly my music albums.

Thnx,

Remco