SNES mini theme

[PokeEngineer]

@ruckage

Holy crap! The PC-Engine was that small!? That's like Classic Edition size, which coincidentally is the theme of this thread. ;)

[ruckage]

I've been working on getting 4x3 support added, it's quite time consuming tweaking everything but I have it working for a few resolutions now. I plan to add ntsc and pal support as well but I can't guarantee that they will be in the next release as they require even more modifications. I've also adjusted the US border slightly so the purple buttons are slightly further apart as it looked a bit cramped previously.

So the plans for the next update are:

New option to choose between large or small gamelist font.
Choice of various resolutions including 4:3 resolutions.

Here's how 4x3 mode looks:

[lostless]

@ruckage I like that 4x3 look. I’ve never been a fan of game info metadata. Maybe make a 16:9 version of that look?

[ruckage]

@lostless said in SNES mini theme:

@ruckage I like that 4x3 look. I’ve never been a fan of game info metadata. Maybe make a 16:9 version of that look?

Maybe, no guarantees though. I wouldn't do it with the nes-mini theme as it required too many changes but it's more feasible with this theme as all the elements are separate.

edit: Screw it, sure I'll commit to adding that too. The more options the merrier.

[greekmanx]

@ruckage ruckage you are awesome your themes are amazing and you go way out of your way to make the theme work for each and everyone of us thanks for all your hard work man!!!

[ruckage]

@greekmanx said in SNES mini theme:

@ruckage ruckage you are awesome your themes are amazing and you go way out of your way to make the theme work for each and everyone of us thanks for all your hard work man!!!

Thanks, you're welcome :).

[ruckage]

@lostless
I have a widescreen minimal-meta layout working, it should be in the next update. I'll also add an option so you can choose how the text is aligned in the list (left, center, or right). I just need to test it on the pi to double check that it works correctly.

[lilbud]

@ruckage This is the only picture that can describe my reaction

[ruckage]

@lilbud
I'm hoping that's a good reaction - it's difficult to tell :D

[lilbud]

@ruckage It is, its a face of excitement. Can't remember where I found it though

[ruckage]

@lilbud
Not sure I've ever seen excitement expressed quite like that before :D, I'm still trying to decide if it's photoshopped or not.

[FlyingTomahawk]

That new minimal layout should also take care of the long name issue. There is plenty of space.

[ruckage]

@flyingtomahawk said in SNES mini theme:

That new minimal layout should also take care of the long name issue. There is plenty of space.

I recently moved my setup to a 15 inch 1024x768 monitor and I like all the 4x3 layouts for your themes. The carousel icons are larger and the game list shows what is necessary and it matches the retro feeling.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing regarding long names. I think it should please a few people, @nj180grados being one of them I suspect.
Good to hear that you've used 4:3 mode on my other themes, it's sometimes difficult to know which features are popular. Still a bit of work to do but I should have the new update ready for this theme soon.

[RedBatman]

So will the update be available to download through ES themes or do we have to do it manually again?

[PokeEngineer]

@redbatman said in SNES mini theme:

So will the update be available to download through ES themes or do we have to do it manually again?

Yeah, it will be. You don't need to worry about that stuff, as updates to a theme doesn't affect the availability of the theme on the ES theme downloader. (Wow, I used the word "theme" a lot in this post.)

[Stuart2773]

@ruckage said in SNES mini theme:

@flyingtomahawk said in SNES mini theme:

That new minimal layout should also take care of the long name issue. There is plenty of space.

I recently moved my setup to a 15 inch 1024x768 monitor and I like all the 4x3 layouts for your themes. The carousel icons are larger and the game list shows what is necessary and it matches the retro feeling.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing regarding long names. I think it should please a few people, @nj180grados being one of them I suspect.

looks really neat as im not a big fan of metadata in themes, personally id reduce the selector bar by about 4 letters/characters just so it does not overwhelm the theme, as for the long file names you do have the option to choose between large or small gamelist fonts.

[ruckage]

I've now added a choice of 6 different no-meta layouts which gives the choice of 3 different gamelist widths as well as the choice of having the list on the left or right side of the screen.
Hopefully there should be something to suit everyone now :)

GIF preview of the layouts below:

[Stuart2773]

@ruckage

thats really cool having a choice of 6 different no-meta layouts,

i was wandering seen as there is no meta data now, would we be able to customise the box art so that no "published" or "played" meta data is displayed too?

[Nico]

Please make a 4:3-compatible of this beautiful theme. It's fantastic.

[ruckage]

@stuart2773 said in SNES mini theme:

@ruckage

thats really cool having a choice of 6 different no-meta layouts,

i was wandering seen as there is no meta data now, would we be able to customise the box art so that no "published" or "played" meta data is displayed too?

So much for me thinking that there would be something to suit everyone now :D ......

For now the layouts posted will be the ones available. I'm assuming everyone using retropie scrapes their roms so it's not like the published etc. will be blank. I think I have to draw the line somewhere as I've learned that I'll never be able to 100% suit everyone's preference. I may change my mind at a later date but for now you'll have to settle for what I've provided.