I made them large for a reason. There have been a few requests for simple and large designs for people with poor eyes. I'm trying to make something simple but still sleek and fun without going overboard, which is hard for me.  If I can make it scalable. not just for diferent resolutions but for individual users to adjudst no matter what their resolution is, that would be great.

I have spent the last two days trying to make it fade in and out. I wanted a button on the opening screen that would fade the whole thing in, but I'm having no luck.  I'll try these scripts and see what I get. I think...If I get all this right, this is going to be a really unique theme,  yet extremely clean and simple.

THis will be the opening screen. Clicking on the button, it should fade out and the menu fad in. The small button will appear in the lower right corner and when clicked on will clear the screen and put the big button back.

That's my working wallpaper for now. I'm struggling and fighting myself to keep it all simple, high contrast (I switched from the original black and white, what do you think?) and very user friendly and easy to navigate. I have a ways to go with the rest of it, but comments are welcome. I'm using my wife to help. SHe hates all this skinning stuff, gadgets, etc. SO I ask her if something's too much or if I am adding something that is keeping it from being simple.

RomanDA I tried the resizing script. It threw everything all over the place, but I put it back together. I'll have to let you test it when I'm done. I'm worried that different screen reolutions will ave the same effect. This is it scaled at 1.0. My desktop is 1440x900.

Question- Where would I put the fade script?

Po,

 Send me the dxpack, and what you want to fade.  The trick with the scale is that EVERYTHING has to be a "child" object of the main MENU1 item.  I can redo this to work for multiple menu items, etc.  Just send it with what you are looking for.

Just checking in from work.

I'll send it to you when I get it done. I have some stuff to add. This way I won't have to keep sending it back and forth. I'm hoping I can figure it out on my own, though I apreciate the help.  I 'm frustrated because I have another theme I did manage to get the fading right on (It's sitting because of an issue of how I want it to fade) but I can't get it to work onthis one at all. Give me another day or two and maybe I can save you the trouble. I don't wanna keep coming on here cryin cause I can't figure it out myself. lol.

its all good.. im happy to work on it.

Looks awesome! Good luck on this, Po.

This is what I have so far.  I'm unable to get the 'grouped icons' on the top or bottom to 'fade' at all. I'm REAL good at making 'em dissapear, though. Yeah. I have that down to a freakin science. Sometimes, I can make the whole desktop vanish. Sometimes, without even tryin', I can not only make it all vanish but I can make blood come out of my right ear at the same FREAKIN TIME! Yeah. We're having FUN now! Yes sirreedy-doody-doo!

But I digress.   Opinions on what you see so far, folks?

(Does anyone say "dope" anymore?)

only "dopes"

LOL

Po.. ship it on over (email) ill play with it.

You do...lol!  

I'm about ready to. I don't understand.... I tried to use the tutorial script you have for fading. I can't get it to work. So..I created a new desktop, thinking it's what I am naming my objects or something... and I used the script and named all my objects accordingly and it still won't work.  I don't know if I am putting the scripts in the wrong objects (Heaven knows I tried every possible combination) or if it has to with the fact that the 'scripts are designed for 2 seperate drawers'? 

I keep getting an error on the button that would call the script. It's basically saying it can't call the fade in script from the object I have it in, and I even used the object names you use in the tutorial and put the 'fade in and out script' in the object the button script says it will call it from.

I want all the icons to be in one place, invisible. I have them in groups. I want to call the group with the icon from the 'My Menu' object. Example... I scroll to the 'Office' object..click on it..and the office icons group fades in at the bottom. They would then fade out when you clicked on one or closed it with a button. All I have been able to do is make them all invisible. (I apparently have that part of the script down real good)

I can set it up with the OFFICE icon to just be an object controller for the group...but the fade effect would look much nicer.

My suggestion it to only have a script in 1 place, a "master" object.  You can handle all the button actions from inside that one script (like in the example above).  All that would be in the "button" objects is an empty script.

Just reviewing all this brings back the good ol' days - or at least some of what I can remember about them.  Gotta give it to y'all (especially RomanDA) and bow to the Gods Of Scripting!! 

I got it!

It fades. HA! in AND out! HA! (JUst gotta decide if I want them all the groups fading in and out of same place, which would require a script to fade out what may already be there)

BUT...

I freakin got it! I made 'em fade!

HA!

I got it I got it I got it I got it

HA MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Im VERY glad!  Congrats!

Thanks. I still may need your help with fading them so one group fades out when another fades in. Kinda like the menu-bar, but groups instead.

Are there any good scripts for sound? Like 'play once' or 'play on mouse over'?

Look at the Easy Button

be warned.. a LOT of people hate sounds.. give them an on/off at least!

Yes. I'm still debating. If I add any, it would just be in the opening screen.

update-

moving along slowly.