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    • alphatoanantA
      alphatoanant
      last edited by

      So here is what I have been working on for system view:
      alt text

      My aim for this theme is keep the views simple and understated and I feel good about how this approach balances that with something a bit "extra" (and this change only applies to system view). After using this for the last few days I do like it quite a bit but wanted to see what you thought too.

      Before any of that though I do need to check with @herb_fargus as I am using controller graphics from carbon for this initial testing. They helped me get the layout set up quickly and I ended up really liking how they look but since they were created by someone else I want to make sure to give proper credit and see if its ok if I can use them. @herb_fargus would it be possible for me to use the controller graphics as long as I give you credit in the theme xml and on my github readme? I totally understand if not - just let me know either way what works best.

      Thank you for taking a look and for any feedback


      @fastpop72 re: developer and publisher I'll try to write up how to modify the theme xml to add those values in as @HurricaneFan had suggested. I currently rely on rating and last played for an arcade setup I built for my team so we leverage those frequently for scanning purposes. I can see your side though where you might want to scan based on developer instead. I don't plan on adding them to the base theme for now just because I don't have an idea yet how to add them in while keeping rating, last played and having the spacing I am looking for. But I'll keep it on my list to see if there is a way.

      My RetroPie Themes:
      Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
      Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
      TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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      • herb_fargusH
        herb_fargus administrators @alphatoanant
        last edited by

        @alphatoanant @Rookervik is the one who did all the art, I just modified bits of code so I'd ask him. As far as I'm aware the carbon licence doesn't forbid their use but attribution I'm sure would be appreciated either way.

        If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

        Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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        • alphatoanantA
          alphatoanant @herb_fargus
          last edited by alphatoanant

          Thank you @herb_fargus. Makes sense on the license. Just always like to ask just in case as well as to give a heads up.

          @Rookervik in prototyping the system view for this theme I used the controller images you had created for Carbon and really liked how they ended up looking (an example is 2 posts above this one). Would it be ok for me to use your controller graphics as long as I give you credit (in both the theme xml and github readme)? Something like "All controller images created by @Rookervik and originally from the Carbon theme"

          My RetroPie Themes:
          Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
          Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
          TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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          • qraygQ
            qrayg
            last edited by qrayg

            This is hands down the best theme for ES so far. Thanks for all your hard work.


            http://qrayg.com

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            • RookervikR
              Rookervik Global Moderator @alphatoanant
              last edited by

              @alphatoanant I don't think there's anything you can't use from Carbon. I spent weeks on the artwork, but feel free to use it.

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              • alphatoanantA
                alphatoanant @Rookervik
                last edited by

                Thank you @rookervik for your response and your skill/time in creating the controllers to being with. Much respect and thanks.

                My RetroPie Themes:
                Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                  snirre @alphatoanant
                  last edited by snirre

                  I got this working on Windows with the help of this.

                  https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/9094/updated-emulationstation-for-windows

                  thank you so much for this beautiful theme!

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                  • alphatoanantA
                    alphatoanant
                    last edited by alphatoanant

                    Updates 11/3/2017:

                    • added controller artwork by Eric Hettervik from Carbon theme to system view
                    • added artwork to custom zelda theme on system view (starting to work on other custom theme artwork next)

                    I have been testing this for the past few weeks and I think I have sorted out the performance issues from the previous implementation while still keeping them as SVGs. Looking for feedback though so please update when you get a moment and let me know what you think.

                    Thank you

                    My RetroPie Themes:
                    Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                    Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                    TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                      nikiran
                      last edited by nikiran

                      hello! Great theme!
                      a Question, in which file can I change background color for each system?
                      Example. For nes,psx grey color is perfect, but for sega genesis and master system i'like to change it in dark grey. Thank you

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                      • alphatoanantA
                        alphatoanant @nikiran
                        last edited by

                        Hi @nikiran

                        As an example if you wanted to change the background color for sega genesis you would edit this file:

                        /genesis/theme.xml
                        

                        and add the following before the closing </theme>:

                        <view name="detailed,video">
                         <image name="background" extra="true">
                          <color>cccccc</color>
                         </image>
                        </view>
                        

                        Changing the "cccccc" value in the <color> node to the color you are looking for

                        That should do the trick. Hope that helps and thank you for checking out the theme.

                        My RetroPie Themes:
                        Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                        Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                        TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                          nikiran @alphatoanant
                          last edited by

                          @alphatoanant said in [Theme] Art Book:

                          Hi @nikiran

                          As an example if you wanted to change the background color for sega genesis you would edit this file:

                          /genesis/theme.xml
                          

                          and add the following before the closing </theme>:

                          <view name="detailed,video">
                           <image name="background" extra="true">
                            <color>cccccc</color>
                           </image>
                          </view>
                          

                          Changing the "cccccc" value in the <color> node to the color you are looking for

                          That should do the trick. Hope that helps and thank you for checking out the theme.

                          thank you!
                          if I want change background with image file? it's the same? thank you

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                            nikiran
                            last edited by

                            last question ( hihi )
                            I'd like to change color also on fade, between systems in menu, or add an image.
                            How can I do?

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                            • JesseBlueJ
                              JesseBlue @alphatoanant
                              last edited by

                              @alphatoanant

                              Did you remove the system view art again?

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                                Chalamannn
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                                @alphatoanant Theres any way to port this to Recalbox? Thanks!

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                                • alphatoanantA
                                  alphatoanant @JesseBlue
                                  last edited by

                                  @jesseblue yeah unfortunately I had to remove them again - I found after further testing that I was getting the same error "glGetError 0x505" after extended use on my 1080p screen. I think I know what I need to do to resolve it but its going to take some time (converting the controller images to pngs and making sure the sizes look good for each system). I don't yet have a timeline but hoping with the holidays coming up I can spend time getting it sorted out when I have some time off.

                                  I am sorry for the back and forth on it.

                                  That said I have left the code in place for it so if you do want to run it in the meantime you can download the theme direct from github and uncomment these lines in the root theme.xml

                                  <!--<image name="artwork" extra="true">
                                  <origin>0.5 0.5</origin>
                                  <pos>0.5 0.5</pos>
                                  <maxSize>0.4 0.6</maxSize>
                                  <path>./${system.theme}/_inc/art.svg</path>
                                  </image>-->
                                  

                                  That should do the trick for now. Though fair warning you might experience slowdowns if you have a lot of systems (the "glGetError 0x505" from above).

                                  Hope that helps and sorry again

                                  My RetroPie Themes:
                                  Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                                  Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                                  TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                                  • alphatoanantA
                                    alphatoanant @Chalamannn
                                    last edited by

                                    @chalamannn I gather that might be possible - Recalbox uses EmulationStation right? Some things might need to be tweaked/removed as the EmulationStation fork for Recalbox is different I believe.

                                    Its not something I have considered (as my main go to has always been RetroPie) but am open to helping out with a port if that works.

                                    My RetroPie Themes:
                                    Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                                    Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                                    TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                                    • alphatoanantA
                                      alphatoanant
                                      last edited by alphatoanant

                                      And now for something a bit different...

                                      In the time between working out the system view changes and digging deeper on @moosepr's work with very tiny screens I have started to play with a variant of this theme that works well at 128x128 resolutions.

                                      I know its not a large use case - it just interested me and its been a fun side project to see how close I could get a theme to be useable at that scale.

                                      Here is where I am at so far:

                                      Preview
                                      (shows system and detailed view)

                                      Animated Preview

                                      Mockup of how it might look on say... a VMU =)

                                      System View

                                      Its for sure not something a lot of people will end up using. Its been fun to create though and I am interested in building a smaller device of my own soon to try it for real. The cool side effect of the way ES themes scale is it sizes up well to other resolutions too. So if you are looking for a really really really simple theme this could work for those cases as well.

                                      Download - https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book-micro

                                      My RetroPie Themes:
                                      Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                                      Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                                      TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                                      • mooseprM
                                        moosepr @alphatoanant
                                        last edited by

                                        @alphatoanant said in [Theme] Art Book:

                                        And now for something a bit different...

                                        In the time between working out the system view changes and digging deeper on @moosepr's work with very tiny screens I have started to play with a variant of this theme that works well at 128x128 resolutions.

                                        I know its not a large use case - it just interested me and its been a fun side project to see how close I could get a theme to be useable at that scale.

                                        Here is where I am at so far:

                                        Preview
                                        (shows system and detailed view)

                                        Animated Preview

                                        Mockup of how it might look on say... a VMU =)

                                        System View

                                        Its for sure not something a lot of people will end up using. Its been fun to create though and I am interested in building a smaller device of my own soon to try it for real. The cool side effect of the way ES themes scale is it sizes up well to other resolutions too. So if you are looking for a really really really simple theme this could work for those cases as well.

                                        Download - https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book-micro

                                        oooh very nice!! I might need to test this!!

                                        want to get a tft into your project, look no further than here https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/7464/ili9341-tft-screen-guide

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                                        • alphatoanantA
                                          alphatoanant @moosepr
                                          last edited by

                                          Awesome =). Looking forward to hearing what you think.

                                          My RetroPie Themes:
                                          Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                                          Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                                          TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                                            alexkiddd
                                            last edited by

                                            Hi there, I love this theme, it's so polished! Thanks for your hard work! Are you planning of doing a version with the buttons swapped?

                                            Thanks!

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