Start Menu Animation

February 11, 2004 4:29 AM from

I've made a animation for a WB in the start menuuser pane. But, nothing happens. It works with the start button, and the christmas time one works in the User Pane, but not mine. I set all the settings like Mormegils, for a default but still nothing. All the frames are present. Any ideas? Thanks.

skinning

2,311 views 9 replies

Reply #1 February 11, 2004 12:59 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

What is the size of your graphic? The only way to get it to animate is have the overall height of your graphic set to 70 or less. 71 or above will not work, at least for me. Example 3800x70. Ten frames 70 px high

Reply #2 February 11, 2004 3:12 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

Yeah, I checked the height and mine is 69, the same as christmas time. It has 14 frames which is less than christmas time(21). It is just strange why it won't work.

Reply #3 February 11, 2004 3:42 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

Did you include an extra frame at the end your animation? Settings go as:
Frame count: 15
Animation Rate: whatever ms
FF on mouse enter: 1
FF on mouse over: 1
LF on mouse over: 14
LF on mouse leave: 14
Mouse exit mode: Finish
Delay btween animation loops: whatever ms
Only works for me when you have the extra frame at the end

Reply #4 February 12, 2004 2:35 AM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

Yeah, I noticed that with the start menu button and it works. The settings I used were 14 for the frame count, and 13 for the last frame. I wonder if the transparency is causing the problem. Only a portion is actually animated.

Reply #5 February 12, 2004 2:41 AM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

Do I need to do anything special to turn it on?

Reply #6 February 12, 2004 5:31 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

In the painting options/right tree, transparent and translucency set to transparent, and set draw method to tile horiz. and stretch vert. Try that and see what you get

pardon my spelling

[Message Edited]

Reply #7 February 12, 2004 6:35 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

I got it. Mormegil had the answer. The width needs to be set one size larger in SS than the actual pane width. Thanks.

Reply #8 February 12, 2004 6:58 PM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

With me it was the height that had to be different than the actual graphic size...this tip was in the tips thread,hehe.

Reply #9 February 14, 2004 1:11 AM from

WinCustomize Forums Top

No prob, it was the height issue for me 2

Welcome Guest! Please take the time to register with us.

Richer content, access to many features that are disabled for guests like commenting and posting on the forums.
Access to a great community, with a massive database of many, many areas of interest.
Access to contests & subscription offers like exclusive emails.
It's simple, and FREE!