Need help with something

OK I'm modifying Gene's theme for my DDR 2013 AC Sim and i need help



I need to make the text on the bottom bigger and i also need to change the "LOCAL MODE" to the gray color can someone help me with this?

Do you know if that text is a BitmapText actor or a PNG file? Do you know where the code is that causes it to appear on this screen?

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If you're talking about the Credits text, it's almost certainly in BGAnimations/ScreenSystem overlay.lua (or the default.lua for it, if that's a folder style screen), in the function CreditsText. That's how _fallback does it.

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Kyzentun is almost certainly correct on this one, though he nipped my attempt at eliciting a pedagogical moment in the bud.

Feel free to ask questions if you have any about learning to theme.

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Alright i'll check in the LUA file and the fallback theme

I cant find it in the theme and fallback but I can tell you its an font in the fonts folder and i Used the languages for the local mode text

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojfovX3OUfE im trying to do it like in this theme

Hmm. Okay. Let's try to help you find it. What text editor do you use to write code in?

If you're using Windows OS, maybe you're using Notepad++ or SublimeText2?
If you're using Mac OS X, maybe you're using Textmate2 or SublimeText2?

If you aren't using one of those, or some similarly-poweful editor, you should. Something simple like Notepad (Windows) or TextEdit (OS X) aren't enough.

Text editors like the ones I listed above allow you to open up and search through an entire folder all at once. So, you could open the entire Theme folder as a project and search for the text you're looking for (Local Mode).

Having an appropriate text editor, and learning how to use it, is one of the most important first steps to learning theming.

Here is some documentation explaining how to search multiple files in SublimeText2: http://sublime-text-unofficial-documentation.readthedocs.org/en/latest/search_and_replace/search_and_replace_files.html

And here is the same sort of documentation for NotePad++: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-find-and-replace-words-in-multiple-files/

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I use notepad ++

I don't use Notepad++ myself, so I can't provide a hands-on explanation of how to search through multiple files, but this tutorial should help.

When you find the text you are looking for, trying editing the text to say what you want it to say. Then try starting StepMania, or if StepMania is already running, Press F3+F6 to toggle your way into the themer menu, then press F3+2 to refresh the screen to see if the text changes.

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Best way to find a piece of text in files that are somewhere inside a folder hierarchy is to hit Alt+S in emacs.
That gives you a listing like the left side of this image which shows you every place in every file where the string occurs, and what is around it. Clicking on one of the entries or moving the cursor to it and hitting enter opens the file at that point.
(this is why I use Emacs and Linux for everything. People look at me like I'm crazy, but I actually have things worked out well)

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found the system layer lua finally lol

I've decided to remake the whole theme make it more like Jindev's theme and now I'm stuck I made the system layer and need the local mode text to show up thats where im stuck at

Check the file "ScreenTitleMenu NetworkStatus.lua" from the default theme for the network status code.

OK i found it but how do i make just like the DDR 2013 cause it would only show at start screen though :/

Make a text actor and settext "LOCAL MODE" in ScreenSystemLayer overlay/decorations default lua metric

I tried that and made the whole text on the bottom disappear

Just set the correct/proper X-Y coordinate in InitCommand.

I'm trying my best and still disappearing :/

Assuming you have error logging enabled, are you getting any error messages?

Can you share some of the code you're attempting to change? Use a site like http://pastebin.com/, please, as it will retain indentation and make it slightly easier to read.

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I will try that but i dont have error logging enabled

Then you're a terrible person and don't deserve help from anyone.

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well that was rude