How to temporarily switch off track info and art

[JLee]

Is this possible? I'd like to be able to switch it on/off without having to edit the preferences file. The reason? Well sometimes during parties we have a sort of 'guess the intro' quiz, which does not work too well when the answers keep appearing on screen

If it's not possible I guess I could create 2 back up copies of the preferences file (one with track info and one without) and use Girder to switch between them with my remote.

[nuytsia]

Hi JLee

I'v just given this a bash and it worked.

First in the Sprites/Non-Auto folder create a copy of "Track Text.txt" and call it "Answer.txt"
Now enter "Track Text.txt" and edit the line that screens the track details i.e. change
Text="#TITLE#\r#ARTIST#" -- 'Note: Your file might read slightly different'
to
//Text="#TITLE#\r#ARTIST#"

(I guess you'll also have to do this edit step with "Track Text (Bottom Left).txt" to stop revelations for files with art work attached.)

Now create a text file in the scripts folder and call it "CTRL T.txt". Edit this text file and enter the following line
StartSprite( "Answer" );
Now when a track starts no details should be given but by pressing CTRL and T the track details should appear.

There may well be a more elegant way of adressing the problem but this seem to work with Winamp & GForce 2.7.1 on my Win XP machine.
Anyway hope this helps....

Strangely iTunes was not a happy chappy. I hadn't realised this before, but pressing any button with Control pressed caused iTunes to shut down GForce.
Anyone else experiencing this problem or have a solution?

[JLee]

I can't try this just yet but I will. Thanks a lot for your help.

I have been able to get Girder to automatically replace the preferences file but the problem with this is that you can't do it on the fly, i.e. you have to kill GF first.

[ethan_greer]

Respectfully, nuytsia, It doesn't have to be that complicated.

You can edit the Prefs file - where it says TTxt = "1" change the '1' to a zero. This will shut off the automatic tract text. Then, while G-Force is running, you can just hit 'T' and the track text will display; this is a built-in G-Force key command.

Unfortunately, it doesn't solve JLee's dilemma - it's still not an "on the fly" solution.

[JLee]

Yeh, I was kinda hoping there was an easy way to reload a changed prefs file without killing G-Force. Then I could just do it all with Girder.

[nuytsia]

Respectfully, nuytsia, It doesn't have to be that complicated.

Ah!
I knew there had to be a more elegant way...
Thanks

[andy55]

Is this possible? I'd like to be able to switch it on/off without having to edit the preferences file. The reason? Well sometimes during parties we have a sort of 'guess the intro' quiz, which does not work too well when the answers keep appearing on screen

If it's not possible I guess I could create 2 back up copies of the preferences file (one with track info and one without) and use Girder to switch between them with my remote.

Make a new script and simply put in it:


SetPref( PREF_TRACK_TEXT_AUTO, ! GetPref( PREF_TRACK_TEXT_AUTO ) );



andy

P.S. I'll think about adding this as a hotkey got GF 2.7.2.