Help getting this little guy to dance! (iPod 4G greyscale)

[Devante]

I modified the boxes theme a little and wanted to add the little guy from the Dancing Puffs Duo theme.

However, I just can't seem to get the little guy to dance.
He just sits there in the last frame of "animation".

Can anyone shed a little advice on what I may be doing wrong?

The filenames for the 4 frames of animation are puff1.bmp to puff4.bmp.
The very last line of the following code/wps should display and animate him.

Here's the theme if anyone wants to see what's actually happening: link

Thanks for any advice!

%X|background.bmp|
%xl|a|x.bmp|0|0|
%xl|b|x.bmp|0|0|
%xl|c|x.bmp|0|0|
%xl|d|x.bmp|0|0|
%xl|e|x.bmp|0|0|
%xl|f|x.bmp|0|0|
%xl|g|x.bmp|0|0|
%xl|h|x.bmp|0|0|
%xl|i|x.bmp|0|0|
%xl|j|x.bmp|0|0|
%xl|k|x.bmp|0|0|
%xl|l|disk_active.bmp|146|12|
%xl|m|rpt-all.bmp|129|1|
%xl|n|rpt-one.bmp|129|1|
%xl|o|rpt-shf.bmp|129|1|
%xl|p|nav-stop.bmp|68|3|
%xl|q|nav-play.bmp|68|3|
%xl|r|nav-pause.bmp|68|3|
%xl|s|nav-ffwd.bmp|68|3|
%xl|t|nav-rwnd.bmp|68|3|
%xl|u|shf.bmp|129|16|
%xl|v|lock-m.bmp|87|0|
%xl|w|x.bmp|0|0|
%xl|x|lock-r.bmp|87|12|
%xl|y|x.bmp|0|0|
%xl|z|x.bmp|0|0|
%xl|A|x.bmp|0|0|
%xl|B|vol-0.bmp|12|4|
%xl|C|vol-1.bmp|12|4|
%xl|D|vol-2.bmp|12|4|
%xl|E|vol-3.bmp|12|4|
%xl|F|vol-4.bmp|12|4|
%xl|G|vol-5.bmp|12|4|
%xl|H|vol-6.bmp|12|4|
%xl|I|vol-7.bmp|12|4|
%xl|J|vol-8.bmp|12|4|
%xl|K|vol-9.bmp|12|4|
%xl|L|vol-10.bmp|12|4|
%xl|M|x.bmp|0|0|
%xl|N|x.bmp|0|0|
%xl|O|bat-0.bmp|142|1|
%xl|P|bat-1.bmp|142|1|
%xl|Q|bat-2.bmp|142|1|
%xl|R|bat-3.bmp|142|1|
%xl|S|bat-4.bmp|142|1|
%xl|T|pwr.bmp|149|1|
%xl|U|x.bmp|0|0|
%xl|V|x.bmp|0|0|
%xl|W|puff1.bmp|93|1|
%xl|X|puff2.bmp|93|1|
%xl|Y|puff3.bmp|93|1|
%xl|Z|puff4.bmp|93|1|
%wd




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%ac%s%?id<%id|%?d1<%d1|(unknown album)>>

%ac%s%?it<%it|%fn>

 %pp of %pe
%ar-%pr / %pt
%pb


%ac%t5%s%?It<%It|%Fn>;%ac%t5%s%?Ia<%Ia|%D2>

%?pv<%xdB|%xdC|%xdD|%xdE|%xdF|%xdG|%xdH|%xdI|%xdJ|%xdK|%xdL>
%?bp<%xdT|%?bl<%xdO|%xdP|%xdQ|%xdR|%xdS>>
%?mm<|%xdm|%xdn|%xdo>
%?mp<%xdp|%xdq|%xdr|%xds|%xdt>
%?ps<%xdu|>
%?mh<%xdv|>
%?mr<%xdx|>
%?lh<%xdl|>
%t0.2%xdW;%t0.2%xdX;%t0.2%xdY;%t0.2%xdZ

[JustJohnny]

Hi,

See this link: http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/CustomWPS#Alternating_Sublines

I think you need to use the alternating sublines (%s) tag to create an animation effect.

[pixelma]

I think you need to use the alternating sublines (%s) tag to create an animation effect.

The "%s" tag is not for alternating sublines - it defines whether a line should scroll or not.

The code already contains the necessary tag ("%t0.2" for example) and marks the end of that subline (";") - I've also experienced that it doesn't always work correctly. One thing that helped was adding a character after every %xd.. tag in the relevant wps-line. I don't know why but maybe it helps clearing the screen so that a new bmp can be drawn or whatever.

What happens when you change the last line to the following for example?

Code: [Select]

%t0.2%xdWz;%t0.2%xdXz;%t0.2%xdYz;%t0.2%xdZz

[Genre9mp3]

Code: [Select]

%t0.2 %xdW;%t0.2 %xdX;%t0.2 %xdY;%t0.2 %xdZ

This should make it work. Just add spaces between "%t0.2" and "%xd..."

[Devante]

The spacing trick worked perfect.

Thanks so much. :>

[Devante]

One last question. This isn't directly related to the topic, but it's not important enough to create a new thread:

My battery icon line will show the battery level fine, but will not show the icon for when it is charging.
Am I "coding" it incorrectly?

Here is the line with the battery info:

Code: [Select]

%?bp<%xdT|%?bl<%xdO|%xdP|%xdQ|%xdR|%xdS>>

[bascule]

You want the charging conditional %bc rather than charger connected %bp:

%?bc< Charging|%?bl<%xdO|%xdP|%xdQ|%xdR|%xdS > >

[Job Van Dam]

You want the charging conditional %bc rather than charger connected %bp:

%?bc< Charging|%?bl<%xdO|%xdP|%xdQ|%xdR|%xdS > >

The way I do it is have seperate lines for each conditional:

%?bc< Charging|>
%?bl<%xdO|%xdP|%xdQ|%xdR|%xdS >

Which way is more efficient? One line or two lines? I'm thinking the one line one... one decsion has to be made, less code for it to run through. I realize it's miniscule but still which one is better? Thanks.

[Devante]

I tried both what bascule said and Job Van Dam's method and both ways simply don't show the charging icon for me.

I'm using the latest daily build of the version that disables frequency scaling.

Does it work with that version?

[linuxstb]

I don't think the charging indicator is implemented on the 4G Greyscale yet.

Does the standard Rockbox status bar show it?

[Devante]

Yes. The default status bar shows a little plug next to the battery as soon as I plug it in.