[Touch HD Themes and Apps] Dredd67:
Ever dreamed of playing those good old SNES and Genesis games with your Touch HD ? Your dream comes true !

Let me present to you my new skin:

WVGA-MT-Dredd67 v0.3

What you need:

- Morphgear 2.4.0.9. you can get it from here : http://www.spicypixel.com/web/page/morphgear/Download.aspx

- Some Morphgear modules (each emulator has to be bought separately)

- Some Roms (google for them, no roms here).

- My skin :D

Installation:

1) Extract the files in the zip and copy them directly into:

\Program files\Games\Morphgear\Skin[B]s[/B]

2) In Morphgear's global settings be sure to have:

* uncheked "Disable Full Screen"

* checked "Use Virtual Pad"

3) In Morphgear's SNES (exemple) settings be sure to select:

*Skin: Name: WVGA MT Pad v0.2 by Dredd67

Troubleshooting:

-If the skin doesn't appear is the skin list, removed all others skins that could have been placed there.

-If you start a rom and the Pad doesn't show, be sure to go full screen by pressing the center of the screen.

-I won't do the support specific to Morphgear, I assume you know how to use it or you are able to read the guides on Morphgear's website.

Advises:

This skin provides fake multi-touch support (See the release notes for details). To got it to work you need to press simultaneously two virtual buttons. And you need to be quite precise even if I have tried my best to build this skin as finger-friendly as possible. So for best game experience here is what I suggest:

- Lay down your HD on flat surface (I put it on my pouch on my desktop), the device is easier to manipulate this way.

- Unprecise pressing is OK as long as you don't expect multi-touch.

- For multi-touch to work, you need to position your fingers properly, use your indexes or even better, the tip of your indexes.

- Some games use unusual combinations which are probably not mapped (see release notes). I can't map them because of the calculated multi-touch principle and the space I have to layout the buttons.

- This skin is mainly designed for SNES games. You will have to edit the .txt file to make it work properly with other modules.

- Don't press between the DPAD and the buttons, this is the place where the hidden buttons are. Expect some unexpected moves if pressing there :D

Release notes:

03.03.2009 : First version.

04.03.2009 : v0.2 : New layout for better multi-touch support.

Buttons that are mapped:

A, B, X, Y, N, S, E, W, NE, NW, SE, SW.

Combinations that are mapped:

A+N, A+E, A+S, A+W, B+N, B+E, B+S, B+W

Advised settings for Morphgear for best performance

Global Settings:

- Driver: Auto

- Frame Rate statistics: Unchecked

- Disable Full screen: Unchecked

- Orientation: North

- Enable Sound: Unchecked

- Use Virtual Pad: Checked

SNES9x Settings:

- Screen Size: Autoscale

- Image smoothing: Unchecked

-Sound: Everything Unchecked

-Frame Skip: 2 (or 3 if the game really needs it)

-Auto Sync: Uncheked

With these settings you should get roughly between 55-60/60 fps :D

Additional information

You may be interested in reading this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=486268

This is where everything started, this skin is just a first result of our investigations. Now the principle should be generalized to any application if some devs want to give us a hand.

Just a mirror for those having trouble downloading:

http://rapidshare.com/files/211370608/Morphgear_Gamepad_fo_Touch_HD.zip