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    Rookervik Global Moderator @SgtJimmyRustles
    last edited by 20 Oct 2017, 15:21

    @sgtjimmyrustles I have no idea. I don't have a 5:4 monitor. I can try to launch ES in a resolution like that and fix it. That's not a typical aspect ratio, and will require a complete fork of pixel.

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      SgtJimmyRustles @Rookervik
      last edited by 20 Oct 2017, 15:31

      @rookervik said in Pixel Theme:

      idea. I don't have a 5:4 monitor. I can try to launch ES in a resolution like that and fix it. That's not a typical aspect ratio, and will require a complete fork of pixel.

      @Rookervik Yeah, that's not really practical to do just for me. If there were a lot more people, different story. Ah well.

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        ruckage @SgtJimmyRustles
        last edited by 20 Oct 2017, 17:52

        @sgtjimmyrustles said in Pixel Theme:

        @rookervik said in Pixel Theme:

        idea. I don't have a 5:4 monitor. I can try to launch ES in a resolution like that and fix it. That's not a typical aspect ratio, and will require a complete fork of pixel.

        @Rookervik Yeah, that's not really practical to do just for me. If there were a lot more people, different story. Ah well.

        Did you try the suggestion I gave you the other day regarding forcing the pi to output a 4:3 resolution such as 1024x768? Your monitor should be able to display that and will probably have options to either stretch the images or add black bars. 5:4 isn't at all common these days so I think that would be your best option.
        What is the make and model of your monitor?

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          SgtJimmyRustles @ruckage
          last edited by SgtJimmyRustles 20 Oct 2017, 17:59

          @ruckage said in Pixel Theme:

          @Rookervik Yeah, that's not really practical to do just for me. If there were a lot more people, different story. Ah well.

          Did you try the suggestion I gave you the other day regarding forcing the pi to output a 4:3 resolution such as 1024x768? Your monitor should be able to display that and will probably have options to either stretch the images or add black bars. 5:4 isn't at all common these days so I think that would be your best option.
          What is the make and model of your monitor?

          Actually @ruckage I did, and while the HannsG says it supports the 4:3 resolution, it wouldn't even turn on when I had it set after modifying the boot.cfg file. I had to FTP into it and change back the boot.cfg to get it working again. And I followed instructions there to the letter with hdmi group and such. I honestly thought I had responded back to you saying that it hadn't worked. My apologies.

          The one thing about the Pixel Theme is that if I don't really use the metadata, it's fine.

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            Rookervik Global Moderator @SgtJimmyRustles
            last edited by Rookervik 21 Oct 2017, 03:44

            @sgtjimmyrustles It's possible to make some changes to a single file in the theme and get a change that covers all systems. You'd just need to replace the pixel.xml file. I'll look into what would be required to fix that problem.

            Oh, one thing... what resolution is native for your monitor?

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              SgtJimmyRustles @Rookervik
              last edited by SgtJimmyRustles 21 Oct 2017, 18:28

              @rookervik pretty sure it's 1280 x 1024

              Let me know what I'd have to change, and I don't mind tinkering. I'm just terrible with drawing.

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                sergioad @Rookervik
                last edited by 22 Oct 2017, 08:51

                @rookervik check the Luminous one, all done and file uploaded

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                  Rookervik Global Moderator @SgtJimmyRustles
                  last edited by Rookervik 22 Oct 2017, 15:01

                  @sgtjimmyrustles I've re-installed Windows since I got an SSD drive and having trouble getting ES to load right now. Not sure if it's a gamelist issue or what. The portable install that I had set up worked on USB drives... so maybe I'm missing a driver or package of some sort. I'll try to get it working in a few minutes.

                  Update: Found one of the ES's that would run. Setting ES to run in 1280x1024 renders just fine. I am not sure what you are finding that doesn't work?

                  Update 2: Ugh, I also don't have any game lists with meta data -_-

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                    SgtJimmyRustles @Rookervik
                    last edited by SgtJimmyRustles 22 Oct 2017, 21:21

                    @rookervik
                    I'll have to upload a screenshot in a bit. Give me a few minutes.0_1508707985166_20171022_173009-1209x1612.jpg

                    See that there? How would I modify the stuff below? If it's something I can do, then I'll try it on my own. I appreciate you going through the effort to assist. To be fair, it's probably more of an annoyance. I could just go and try to cover that all up with grey.

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                      ruckage @SgtJimmyRustles
                      last edited by ruckage 22 Oct 2017, 21:52

                      @sgtjimmyrustles
                      Are you talking about the help information at the bottom?
                      You can either disable it by going to the UI settings and setting 'on screen help' to off.

                      Or you can alter the font size in the pixel.xml file. There are a few places you will need to do this.

                      Find sections that look like this (there should be 3 of them):

                      		<helpsystem name="help">
                      			<pos>0.012 0.960</pos>
                      			<textColor>ffffff</textColor>
                      			<iconColor>ffffff</iconColor>
                      			<fontPath>./art/font.ttf</fontPath>
                      			<fontSize>0.033</fontSize>
                      		</helpsystem>
                      

                      And find the line in those sections that says:

                      <fontSize>0.033</fontSize>
                      

                      And change it to:

                      <fontSize>0.025</fontSize>
                      

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                        ruckage @SgtJimmyRustles
                        last edited by 22 Oct 2017, 21:58

                        @sgtjimmyrustles
                        Also the number of players is overlapping at this aspect ratio. To fix it find this section:

                        <text name="md_players">
                        	<pos>0.845 0.477</pos>
                        </text>
                        

                        And change it to:

                        <text name="md_players">
                        	<pos>0.875 0.477</pos>
                        </text>
                        

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                          SgtJimmyRustles @ruckage
                          last edited by 22 Oct 2017, 22:05

                          @ruckage

                          Much appreciated. I'll test this in a bit.

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                            SgtJimmyRustles
                            last edited by SgtJimmyRustles 22 Oct 2017, 22:59

                            @ruckage tick

                            Oh man that is so much better.

                            0_1508713142964_20171022_185739-756x1008.jpg

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                              Rookervik Global Moderator
                              last edited by 23 Oct 2017, 00:25

                              Ahh nicely done. Yeah this is a change just for your aspect ratio. That's one of the downfalls of how ES positions things on the screen. Using percentages works fine so long as text is also changed. But ES doesn't squish the fonts the same as it squishes images. So the more portrait your aspect is, the more text will overlap.

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                                SgtJimmyRustles @Rookervik
                                last edited by SgtJimmyRustles 23 Oct 2017, 14:01

                                @rookervik

                                Yeah, I had thought originally that your theme had the text like @ruckage where his was actually all pixels and it would have to be redone to fit.

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                                  Rookervik Global Moderator
                                  last edited by 23 Oct 2017, 22:43

                                  Hmm, I guess Pixel needs to be re-designed to take advantage of the carousel theming...

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                                    Rookervik Global Moderator
                                    last edited by 23 Oct 2017, 22:50

                                    Pixel2 looks way better. LOL. Perhaps some changes to color. Just ganked the FBA theme and copied it over Favorites.

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                                      SuperFromND @Rookervik
                                      last edited by SuperFromND 23 Oct 2017, 23:16

                                      @rookervik
                                      OH MY GOD
                                      This looks incredible!

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                                        Rookervik Global Moderator
                                        last edited by 24 Oct 2017, 01:39

                                        One day I'll finish. Hopefully soon. Off to watch a little anime before bed.

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                                          Hyruleslink @Rookervik
                                          last edited by 24 Oct 2017, 01:41

                                          @rookervik which anime?

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