New Theme- Volume Meter

[MikeStanton]

My new theme's volume meter won't work. The images for 10%-40% show up fine, but past the the images disappear. Would anyone happen to know why?

[Yotto]

Likely, you have more images than image memory.  make them smaller, lower color-depth, or fewer.

Or sacrifice other images so you can have them.

[MikeStanton]

...That works. Thanks a bunch. I'll try that, and come back and tell you if it works.

*EDIT* No, that didn't work... Can anyone else think of any other reason?

[Yotto]

Look at the bitmaps themselves, are the 10-40% bitmaps one size, and the 50-100% another size?  I'm talking size as in height x width and also filesize.  It is possible that the 50% + bitmaps are not of the same color depth or are not encoded RGB.  It is also possible (though not likely) that they are not actually bitmaps, but are GIFs or JPGs with a BMP extension.

Alternatively, it could be your code, put it between code tags and I'll take a look (If it's a big wps, just the images and the volume code to make it easier)

[MikeStanton]

Code: [Select]

%X|bg.bmp|
%P|pb.bmp|
%xl|a|battery1.bmp|233|12|
%xl|b|battery2.bmp|226|11|
%xl|c|battery3.bmp|234|16|
%xl|e|play.bmp|118|77|
%xl|f|pause.bmp|118|77|
%xl|i|volume1.bmp|90|130|
%xl|j|volume2.bmp|90|130|
%xl|k|volume3.bmp|90|130|
%xl|l|volume4.bmp|90|130|
%xl|m|volume5.bmp|90|130|
%xl|n|volume6.bmp|90|130|
%xl|o|volume7.bmp|90|130|
%xl|p|volume8.bmp|90|130|
%xl|q|volume9.bmp|90|130|
%xl|r|volume10.bmp|90|130|
%xl|s|shuffleon.bmp|54|194|
%xl|t|repeaton.bmp|18|168|
%xl|u|blank.bmp|0|0|
%wd


%al        %?it<%it|Unknown Title> [%pt]
%al        %?ia<%ia|Unknown Artist>
%al        %?id<%id|Unknown Album>

%?bl<%xda|%xda|%xdb|%xdc|%xdc>



%?pv<%xdi|%xdj|%xdk|%xdl|%xdm|%xdn|%xdo|%xdp|%xdq|%xdr>
%?mp<%xdf|%xde|%xdf|%xde|%xde>
%pb|10|38|284|
%al      %pc %ar%pr      





%ar%?It<%It|Unknown Title>             
%ar%?Ia<%Ia|Unknown Artist>            

%?ps<%xds|%xdu>%?mm<%xdu|%xdt|%xdt|%xdt|%xdt>

That's my entire WPS...

Both the file sizes and HxW are exactly the same for all of them, and they're all BMPs.

...I really don't see anything wrong, and I can't possibly understand why this is happening.

*EDIT* Okay... Now, randomly, up to 60% works... I really have no clue what's going on...

[Yotto]

Well, you're right about one thing, I see nothing wrong as well.

I'd offer you zip up your whole wps and email it to me, but from about 20 minutes from now until Sunday night I'm going to be swamped.  Seriously, it looks fine from here.

[MikeStanton]

Actually I figured it out, and you were right, the files were too big. So I resized some stuff, trimmed up here and there, and I fixed it. The final copy is up on the Wiki now. Thanks for your help.

Here's the final result. I call it Stele.

[bascule]

LOL, very appropriate choice of song in your screenshot

[MikeStanton]

You know, I didn't notice, but you're right.

That just happens to be the song in my sim. S' a good song.

But whatcha think of the theme? Please, feedback.

[lachlan]

Its OK, but I personally wouldn't use it.

[MikeStanton]

Oh... Really? Do you have any suggestions on how to make it better, for next theme I make?

[lachlan]

I'm not quite sure on what exactly is 'wrong' with it... I suppose the most obvious aspect is the background. I like the modern-ish feel of the play button, however it looks out of place because the other elements of the wps (background, repeat/shuffle buttons) dont have the same modern feel. Personally (and this is just my taste), I prefer WPS's of the jclix style, or some of the more recent works by Dan Manners (Bloodstain, BlackBird).

[BigMac]

I think you should round both ends of the progressbar.
Keep ROCKing on!

[MikeStanton]

I actually tried that, and scraped it for being too hard to do... But I'll try again!

*EDIT* Done... Although, while moving, the PB is straight, the ends once uncovered are rounded.

Any more suggestions? PLease, all are welcome.

[L]

Hi, for me, I feel the colour gradient is too weird. There should not be obvious lines as to where the colour changes tones.