The solution to add the 'template file' key to hook_views_api()hook_views_api()
does not appear to work in Drupal 7 yet. However, this works like a charm:
/**
* Implements hook_theme().
*/
function bigtexas_theme() {
return array(
'views_view_fields__slideshow' => array(
'variables' => array('view' => NULL, 'options' => NULL, 'row' => NULL),
'template' => 'views-view-fields--slideshow',
'base hook' => 'views_view_fields',
'path' => drupal_get_path('module', 'bigtexas') . '/theme',
),
);
}