[3.95] [SongManager] and functions

[Mad Matt]

I have recently discovered that SM loads the section colors from [SongManager] when the metrics are loaded. I tried to use a function for "SongGroupColor1" and when I went to ScreenSelectMusic, it used default value of the function, the value of the function when SM first loaded. It did not use the variable values I wanted it to. If I hit F3-r to reload the metrics it takes the new value for the function, but that isn't really a workable option in a theme. Anyone have any ideas for how to get around this? Is there anyway to automate reloading the metrics as a function?

[FSX]

3.95 doesn't have ThemeManager.ReloadMetrics(), which would make this possible. OITG doesn't have it either.

[Mad Matt]

I've come up with a ridiculous and awesome way to accomplish what I want, getting the music wheel text to be a different color based other variables: Make all of the music wheel text a mask, with blend,noeffect + zwrite,1

I can definitely make this work with enough ******* around. One slight hitch is that the masking objects need to be behind what they are masking. It would make my life infinitely easier if I could find some place that would allow me to change the draworder of that text but NOT the music wheel item pictures but I am starting to doubt that is possible. So far the only thing I've found that I can change the draw order of is the entire music wheel. In order to put text behind the normal "background" which I'd be masking without putting the Icons behind that background, I'd need to do some very major work on that screen. Anyone have any ideas?