[Theme] Art Book

[pjft]

I'm not sure if it re-scrapes pre-scraped games, though.

[Sander2506]

Is it possible to change the movies to ingame screenshots?

[duiz]

@sander2506 If you go into gamelist and put the path to a png screenshot rather than a mp4 video it'll show up.

Example:
<video>~/.emulationstation/videos/nes/Super Mario Bros. (USA).png</video>

[Sander2506]

@duiz thnx I will try it.

[alphatoanant]

Updates 8/15/2017:

• added new themes: cdi, gamecom, pc-98, oric, samcoupe, trs-80, ags, astrocade, bbcmicro, channelf, residualvm, steam, stratagus, zmachine

@duiz cdi, gamecom and pc-98 are in place now. Thank you again for supplying the svgs and let me know if those aren't the correct folder names.

Also thank you for the tip on using images in the video tag! I had no idea you could do that and am looking forward to playing with it when I get back. Awesome =)

@Sashby I am away on a business trip and don't have my pi with me to try PS1 scraping. In the meantime have you tried posting in help section (as I gather this is not specific to the theme)? Sorry I can't be of more help right now but when I get back home I'll see what I can work out.

[duiz]

Here is the SVG for Neo Geo CD
https://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/vsrecommendedgames/images/d/da/Neo_Geo_CD_logo.svg

I don't think there is much missing after this one :)

What are your plans for future improvements / inclusions for this theme? I'm excited for what else you can do with it.

[alphatoanant]

@duiz done and done - folder name is neogeocd. Let me know if that works out.

This is my backlog for next things to try...

• adding additional logos (seeing what custom ideas come up)
• testing out layouts for a 4x3 version
• testing out layouts for a TFT screen version (320x240 res)
• seeing what design works for the case of a game on detail/video view not having artwork to display (right now there is an odd blank space)
• trying out theme variables to see if they can trim down things further

Before I dive into 4x3 or TFT versions I am going to take a break so I can come back fresh - which is why I am working on logos here and there =)

By the way I just got to test out your tip for using images in the video tag and it works really well. Its exactly what I was looking for in a low power build I am working on for a friend. Thank you!

[alphatoanant]

I have started on some concepts for a 4x3 version

Video View (NES)

View View (SNES)

Video View (TG16)

Detailed View (NES)

@barrymossel would it be possible to let me know the resolution you typically run your 4:3 setup at? (1024x768, 800x600, 640x480?)

It seems like these layouts could hold up at those various resolutions but I want to test. Going to try to have a release up on github this weekend under its own repo (likely called "Art Book 4:3").

[lilbud]

@alphatoanant The title can't be used as a themable element.

[alphatoanant]

@lilbud what looks like a title in the layouts above is actually the textlist element for the gamelist =)

I am sizing it to match the height of one item in the list so it looks like a title but still allows you to scroll through the list of games.

I was finding it tricky to fit a full size list in the layout I am going for while also keeping the metadata intact so I started experimenting with using the gamelist as more of a title

This is the prototype xml for it:

<textlist name="gamelist">
 <selectedColor>ffffff</selectedColor>
 <size>0.5625 0.070833333333333</size>
 <fontSize>0.058333333333333</fontSize>
 <forceUppercase>1</forceUppercase>
 <lineSpacing>1</lineSpacing>
</textlist>

I am essentially making the size of the element about the same height as the font being used to display the text.

[NoP]

@alphatoanant Wow very nice theme, very clean.

[greekmanx]

Iove this theme only thing I would like that I haven't seem anyone mention is gamelist on right side to he wider so more of the title shows and less scrolling

[alphatoanant]

Update 8/25/17:

• 4x3 version available on github (https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book-4-3)

Finished work on the 4x3 version and uploaded to github. Going to test it for a few more days before submitting it to the official es-themes list.

Only changes are layout to fit 4x3 resolutions best (all systems from the 16x9 version are included)

[duiz]

@greekmanx I would also like to see more character support + a little wider framing for the games list. Not sure how feasable it is though.

[HurricaneFan]

@alphatoanant duiz brings up a good point on the gamelist width. If you don't have any metadata for a system, the gamelist width seems kinda small when games have longer names. I noticed it with some computer roms I'm testing in zspectrum. Their names are super long and the gamelist scrolls for every single game, even though the list could use so much more width of the screen.

[alphatoanant]

@greekmanx, @HurricaneFan and @duiz while working on the 4x3 version I noticed I had missed updating the width of the gamelist on basic view so I just fixed that for the 16x9 version too.

For detail/video view the width is intentional to give the image and metadata more room to display. I'll see what's possible to increase it a bit more.

[HurricaneFan]

@alphatoanant Thank you! I'll update my pi today. Thanks for all of your hard work.

[fynflood]

Love the look of these theme, thanks for all the work!

When I install it (from esthemes or manually from git), mine looks weird... Rather than dark grey system logos, I have a grey bar across the screen with white system logos. Is that something you've seen before? HOpefully I explained it well enough.

[gaavoid]

@fynflood I think it's that way if you have it set to fade. Switch it to instant or slide.

[Sashby]

@fynflood You need to update emulationstation.
In emulationstation, go to Retropie > RetroPie Setup
Once in, select Update RetroPie-Setup script and select yes to update it. Once that's done, you'll be back at the RetroPie Setup menu.
Now select Manage packages, followed by Manage core packages, select emulationstation and finally Update from binary. Once that's done, either go back to the main menu and select Perform reboot or exit the setup script and press start > Reboot System from emulationstation.
You can also choose to update emulationstation from source instead of binary but building from source takes longer and can sometimes come with issues that haven't been worked out yet. Binary install is usually the safe bet.

https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/updating-retropie