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    • fluffypillowF
      fluffypillow
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      @halfmanhalfcake you won't have to compile anything for theming; just create the theme put it in the theme directory and Pegasus should pick it up.Unfortunately there's no documentation yet, but you can find a brief guide in the wiki, and following the commits of the Flixnet theme might help. Themes on Windows should be placed under C:\Users\<yourname>\AppData\Roaming\pegasus-frontend\themes\.

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      • fluffypillowF
        fluffypillow
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        As for the weekly changelog,

        • The logo contest has ended, thanks everyone!
        • New loading screen
          • shows loading progress (number of games found so far)
          • featuring the silhouette of the new logo
        • Fixed the launching of Steam games on Windows
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        • halfmanhalfcakeH
          halfmanhalfcake @fluffypillow
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          @fluffypillow great, I don't have a themes folder there at the moment, I assume that's because I haven't loaded any games? (i.e. installed ES or set up a xml file?)

          I'm going to give creating a theme a go, possibly the XBOX ONE Grid look and see how that works out.

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            jayceelectro
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            Hey guys , new to the rpi forum just wanted to give a shout to the guys that are coding these cool projects ....I just took this front end for a drive and its looking sooo nice with my nespi case....just a heads up you guys have seen the steam grid banners people have made for retro games....looks like they would go perfect with the flixnet theme...thanks fluffypillow even tho pfe is still alpha its looking really slick

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            • fluffypillowF
              fluffypillow
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              @halfmanhalfcake the directory is not created automatically yet, will fix that :)
              @jayceelectro yes the Flixnet theme was designed to work well with images from ConsoleGrid/etc. It'd be nice if someone would write a scraper for these sites...

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              • fluffypillowF
                fluffypillow
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                No changes this week due to lack of time, however I've started working on making the theming interface more stable, so I might even start writing the guide for it finally.
                Oh and I've also updated the Flixnet theme to work with the latest alpha.

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                • halfmanhalfcakeH
                  halfmanhalfcake
                  last edited by halfmanhalfcake

                  Hey fluffy, hoping you can help me, i've set up ES and got a gamelist.xml all set up, and added images in the xml, which show up in ES but not in pegasus.

                  I've also tried adding images in the <romspath>/media folder in the format you mentioned earlier in this thread.

                  my log shows:
                  qrc:/themes/pegasus-grid/BackgroundImage.qml:24:5: QML Image: Cannot open: file://C/Frontend/Games/media/Super_Mario_Kart.jpg

                  Any ideas on where I'm going wrong?

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                  • fluffypillowF
                    fluffypillow
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                    @halfmanhalfcake Do the games themselves show up in Pegasus? I assume there is a Super_Mario_Kart.something in C:/Frontend/Games/ right? Does this happen with only that or with all platforms/all games? If you add your gamelist.xml and log to a new issue (eg. using pastebin) or here, I can check them tomorrow.

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                    • halfmanhalfcakeH
                      halfmanhalfcake @fluffypillow
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                      @fluffypillow yes they do, they show up with the metadata, title but no artwork, which is a shame.

                      I've tried removing the media folder from roms directory, and letting it load the downloaded images from ES, or manually point gameslist.xml to a different path for images but pegasus does not load any artwork.

                      Gamelist.xml: https://pastebin.com/TENXG8Fh

                      Thanks for your help

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                      • fluffypillowF
                        fluffypillow
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                        @halfmanhalfcake Could you post the whole log files for both cases (running with a media directory, then running without it)? Does C:/Users/<username>/.emulationstation/downloaded_images/snes/Super Mario Kart-image.jpg exist? Or are you using some kind of portable EmulationStation?

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                        • halfmanhalfcakeH
                          halfmanhalfcake @fluffypillow
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                          @fluffypillow No portable version of ES, and yes there is a Super Mario Kart-image.jpg there.

                          Both logs: https://pastebin.com/mtk444Yy

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                          • fluffypillowF
                            fluffypillow
                            last edited by fluffypillow

                            @halfmanhalfcake thanks, I think I've found the bug; could you check if this build fixes the issue?

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                            • halfmanhalfcakeH
                              halfmanhalfcake @fluffypillow
                              last edited by halfmanhalfcake

                              @fluffypillow Yep, works perfect now. Thanks :)

                              Time to start creating a theme, any tips on what to use to create one?

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                              • fluffypillowF
                                fluffypillow
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                                @halfmanhalfcake great! For the themes, I'm using Qt Creator, but you can use whatever text editor you like. For learning QML you can use this site (~ chapters 4-6), until there's a proper theming guide.

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                                • halfmanhalfcakeH
                                  halfmanhalfcake @fluffypillow
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                                  @fluffypillow I tried to use the flixnet theme, but it failed to load, looked at the log which says:

                                  "file:C:/Users/Me/AppData/Roaming/pegasus-frontend/themes/flixnet/theme.qml:48:5: Details is not a type"

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                                  • fluffypillowF
                                    fluffypillow
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                                    @halfmanhalfcake I can confirm this is a bug on Windows. The issue is probably similar to the case of game images (ie. paths there need some additional love); I'll take a look on this as soon as I can. Thanks for testing!

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                                    • halfmanhalfcakeH
                                      halfmanhalfcake @fluffypillow
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                                      @fluffypillow Thanks, I'll wait for the fix before creating a theme

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                                      • fluffypillowF
                                        fluffypillow
                                        last edited by

                                        @halfmanhalfcake ok, it should be fixed in this build (works for me on Windows). The Flixnet theme seems a bit misaligned though for some reason, I'll check that too.

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                                        • halfmanhalfcakeH
                                          halfmanhalfcake @fluffypillow
                                          last edited by

                                          @fluffypillow works great now, thanks :)

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                                            StephanePare
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                                            Just for the grid view I'd give your front end a try once it's out of alpha/beta :)

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