Removed font.ttf but it still freezes. Also I'm experiencing a lot of image corruption lately, mostly the sourceflow images. Sometimes they appear partially corrupted, other times they are different images from other small_covers subfolders. Deleting the .wfc in the cache brings the right ones back.
good. i kind of know why that fixed your problem. in other words not really a code fix but a work around for now.
for theme switching try renaming your wiiflow backgrounds folder to backgrounds1. now run wiiflow and switch themes. you won't have your custom backgrounds but if it helps then i know that the custom backgrounds are somehow the problem with theme switching.
of course you can rename backgrounds folder back again.
@fledge68 , I renamed both of my Backgrounds folders to Backgrounds1 and tested theme switching. It still seems to crash to a black screen sometimes.
If I may interject something I found in Beta2, I'm noticing the Copy/Paste function doesn't work in Adjust CoverFlow for the new coverflow types; but still seems to work when adjusting _COVERFLOW and _SMALLFLOW.
I'm also noticing Song titles now have a larger gap between multiple line titles (if the song title is longer and requires multiple lines to write out the title within the confined area). This new gap often makes longer song titles collide/overlap the CoverFlow covers. I can provide a screenshot if a visual will help explain the issue better.
If I may interject something I found in Beta2, I'm noticing the Copy/Paste function doesn't work in Adjust CoverFlow for the new coverflow types; but still seems to work when adjusting _COVERFLOW and _SMALLFLOW.
I'm also noticing Song titles now have a larger gap between multiple line titles (if the song title is longer and requires multiple lines to write out the title within the confined area). This new gap often makes longer song titles collide/overlap the CoverFlow covers. I can provide a screenshot if a visual will help explain the issue better.
Renamed backgrounds to backgrounds1, same freezing issue, no black screen for me. I tried to switch to the Default theme.
ok the music title is your theme ini. under [MAIN/MUSIC] line_height=0 which means it will use the line_height under [GENERAL] unless that is set to 0 in which case it will use wiiflows internal line_height. according to rhapsodii_beta1 line_height=18 is what it should be.
the copy and paste in adjust coverflow is because the flow domains in platform ini are not uppercase. wiiflow config code normally auto makes them uppercase. if you look in your coverflow ini file you will find the domains in lowercase between []. delete them.
i have fixed the code in config.cpp to make them uppercase when copying.
Note: i need to add something so the user can tell the current flow has been copied and also when it has been pasted to update the flow currently showing. also a 'NEW' button to add a flow would be nice to. maybe a options button when clicked shows a drop down menu with choices for copy, paste, new, save, restore.
as for theme switching i haven't figured that out yet. it seems to work for me.
the copy and paste in adjust coverflow is because the flow domains in platform ini are not uppercase. wiiflow config code normally auto makes them uppercase. if you look in your coverflow ini file you will find the domains in lowercase between []. delete them.
i have fixed the code in config.cpp to make them uppercase when copying.
Note: i need to add something so the user can tell the current flow has been copied and also when it has been pasted to update the flow currently showing. also a 'NEW' button to add a flow would be nice to. maybe a options button when clicked shows a drop down menu with choices for copy, paste, new, save, restore.
as for theme switching i haven't figured that out yet. it seems to work for me.
Thanks, Fledge. So the song title spacing was due to my own oversight in theme.ini. 
In Adjust CoverFlow, I usually just "refresh" the CoverFlow by pressing the "X"/"Selected View" button 2 times to see the Paste results show up. Maybe an auto-refresh of sorts after the paste action is made? I really like your idea of a "Add New" button, and possibly including it in a drop-down menu.
In Adjust CoverFlow, I usually just "refresh" the CoverFlow by pressing the "X"/"Selected View" button 2 times to see the Paste results show up. Maybe an auto-refresh of sorts after the paste action is made? I really like your idea of a "Add New" button, and possibly including it in a drop-down menu.
Is there a way to prevent image squishing when switching in 4:3 mode? This affects the backgrounds.
The backgrounds I used needed to be shrunken by 75% to display properly in 16:9 mode.
But if I switch the console to 4:3 mode, they look shrunken horizontally.
The same thing does not happen for sourceflow images or game covers, they look the same with either mode.
I was wondering if it was possible for backgrounds too.
Or maybe with a 'select bg folder' button in Wiiflow, one could easily switch to a 4:3 set of backgrounds for use with a crt?
The backgrounds I used needed to be shrunken by 75% to display properly in 16:9 mode.
But if I switch the console to 4:3 mode, they look shrunken horizontally.
The same thing does not happen for sourceflow images or game covers, they look the same with either mode.
I was wondering if it was possible for backgrounds too.
Or maybe with a 'select bg folder' button in Wiiflow, one could easily switch to a 4:3 set of backgrounds for use with a crt?
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i think you meant you shrunk them by 25% so that in 16:9 mode when they are stretched horizontally they appear correctly.
wiiflow backgrounds are 640x480 which is 4:3 mode. so in 16:9 mode we need to somehow auto shrink the background image by 25% before it is drawn. but i don't know how to do that.
i suppose we can make a 4:3 folder and 16:9 folder and use the appropriate folder based on what the console is set to.
on a side note. have you ever noticed wiiflow screenshots are 640x480 (4:3) so when you view them they appear squished and to make them appear correct you need to stretch them horizontally by 25% to make them appear correctly.
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oh yes 25, sorry I confused the numbers
I first encountered this issue while doing my custom banners set for dos games. they looked horrible in 16:9.
Real banners don't have this issue, but mine were simple static banners and they were stretched. So I had to do 2 separate sets, for each video mode.
One thing that I would love to add to my theme would be a bottom bar in the Main view, to serve as a background for the button icons and that can hide with them. I don't know if it's possible to use a texture behind the buttons, I couldn't find anything that could work.
I first encountered this issue while doing my custom banners set for dos games. they looked horrible in 16:9.
Real banners don't have this issue, but mine were simple static banners and they were stretched. So I had to do 2 separate sets, for each video mode.
One thing that I would love to add to my theme would be a bottom bar in the Main view, to serve as a background for the button icons and that can hide with them. I don't know if it's possible to use a texture behind the buttons, I couldn't find anything that could work.
@Tetsuo Shima , for a texture behind the MAIN/screen icons, you can use [MAIN/USER1] and [MAIN/USER2], similar to your [GAME/USER2] settingsbg.png
btndvdg.png and btnconfigg.png are no longer necessary in WiiFlow.
Edit:
[MAIN/USER1] and [MAIN/USER2] appear by default when defined by the user, following the rules set by "buttons" in [MAIN/ZONES]
[MAIN/USER3] and [MAIN/USER4] appear when the "Source Swap" button is enabled, following rules set by "buttons2" in [MAIN/ZONES]
[MAIN/USER5] and [MAIN/USER6] appear when the Disc is inserted, following rules set by "buttons3" in [MAIN/ZONES]
I have noticed the "Inserted Disc" button always appears on the MAIN/screen now, regardless of the presence of a Disc in the latest 5.2.0 release. So perhaps an inserted disc is no longer necessary for [MAIN/USER5] and [MAIN/USER6].
btndvdg.png and btnconfigg.png are no longer necessary in WiiFlow.
Edit:
[MAIN/USER1] and [MAIN/USER2] appear by default when defined by the user, following the rules set by "buttons" in [MAIN/ZONES]
[MAIN/USER3] and [MAIN/USER4] appear when the "Source Swap" button is enabled, following rules set by "buttons2" in [MAIN/ZONES]
[MAIN/USER5] and [MAIN/USER6] appear when the Disc is inserted, following rules set by "buttons3" in [MAIN/ZONES]
I have noticed the "Inserted Disc" button always appears on the MAIN/screen now, regardless of the presence of a Disc in the latest 5.2.0 release. So perhaps an inserted disc is no longer necessary for [MAIN/USER5] and [MAIN/USER6].
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Thanks Hakaisha. You gave me precious information. I used Main/User1 for my bar and it's working perfectly as I wanted.
Now I'm doing a bit of experimenting with it.
e.g. I increased the active 'zones' to the whole screen area. So if I want the bar to disappear I just point the wiimote out of the screen. This way I find it more confortable, it was hard sometimes to make the bar stay there, while trying to click on the buttons.
Maybe I'll also try to split the bar in 2 bottm bars, one for the left icons and one for the right icons (fav and settings). But I'm struggling with the bar border, if the flow icon is hidden the left bar should be shorter
Now I'm doing a bit of experimenting with it.
e.g. I increased the active 'zones' to the whole screen area. So if I want the bar to disappear I just point the wiimote out of the screen. This way I find it more confortable, it was hard sometimes to make the bar stay there, while trying to click on the buttons.
Maybe I'll also try to split the bar in 2 bottm bars, one for the left icons and one for the right icons (fav and settings). But I'm struggling with the bar border, if the flow icon is hidden the left bar should be shorter
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@Tetsuo Shima @Hakaisha and everyone else.
try beta 3 - https://www.mediafire.com/file/30ptpkn6vvgqjay/wfl5.3.0beta3.dol/file
i think i fixed coverflow (for the most part). It runs much faster and smoother. no skipping wfc's but i do still occasionally see a half cover/scrambled cover but if you scroll off screen out of the buffer zone and then back on it will be fine. i have an idea to fix that to. but for now this should fix tetsuo's sourceflow problem. note that new covers will not auto fill in. you will have to do cache covers or reload cache both on home menu.
try beta 3 - https://www.mediafire.com/file/30ptpkn6vvgqjay/wfl5.3.0beta3.dol/file
i think i fixed coverflow (for the most part). It runs much faster and smoother. no skipping wfc's but i do still occasionally see a half cover/scrambled cover but if you scroll off screen out of the buffer zone and then back on it will be fine. i have an idea to fix that to. but for now this should fix tetsuo's sourceflow problem. note that new covers will not auto fill in. you will have to do cache covers or reload cache both on home menu.
Everything's looking good, @fledge68 ! CoverFlow looks like it loads much smoother now overall.
Call me crazy, but... I've been noticing that I only see corrupted covers when forcing Base 56 cIOS 249 at startup, with HQ Covers turned on.
Forcing Base 57 cIOS250 with HQ Covers turned on seems to never produce any cover corruptions.
Turning off HQ Covers gets rid of the issue entirely, regardless of which cIOS is being utilized at startup.
Just out of curiosity, which cIOS is everyone forcing at startup? And what has been your experience with CoverFlow corruptions?
Call me crazy, but... I've been noticing that I only see corrupted covers when forcing Base 56 cIOS 249 at startup, with HQ Covers turned on.
Forcing Base 57 cIOS250 with HQ Covers turned on seems to never produce any cover corruptions.
Turning off HQ Covers gets rid of the issue entirely, regardless of which cIOS is being utilized at startup.
Just out of curiosity, which cIOS is everyone forcing at startup? And what has been your experience with CoverFlow corruptions?
@fledge68 I tried your beta3 and the issue with corrupted source covers seems gone, Nn problems so far.
If some cover messes up, pressing the + button on the wiimote also fixes it.
However I had an issue on my first try, because I deleted the sourceflow cache before installing the new beta3 (I thought that maybe some corrupted .wfc file could cause problems). Then when I booted WiiFlow b3 it couldn't recreate the cache files (I tried pressing cache cover and reload cache buttons with no result) and all source images were missing from my sourceflow. Instead, all my buttons showed the C64 icon from source menu.
I had to reinstall beta2, let it recreate the cache files, and then install beta3 to make it work.
@Hakaisha I can't confirm your theory, my Force cIOS version in start up options is set to 'Auto' and HQ covers is set to 'no'
If some cover messes up, pressing the + button on the wiimote also fixes it.
However I had an issue on my first try, because I deleted the sourceflow cache before installing the new beta3 (I thought that maybe some corrupted .wfc file could cause problems). Then when I booted WiiFlow b3 it couldn't recreate the cache files (I tried pressing cache cover and reload cache buttons with no result) and all source images were missing from my sourceflow. Instead, all my buttons showed the C64 icon from source menu.
I had to reinstall beta2, let it recreate the cache files, and then install beta3 to make it work.
@Hakaisha I can't confirm your theory, my Force cIOS version in start up options is set to 'Auto' and HQ covers is set to 'no'
Glad you found that issue. Obviously that means i need to fix cache covers so it works with sourceflow.
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