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    • UDb23U
      UDb23 @chicuelo
      last edited by UDb23

      @chicuelo said in Chicuelo Theme:

      pi has some lag.

      Lag on the theme @ 1080p? With a Pi3 ?

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      • chicueloC
        chicuelo @UDb23
        last edited by

        @udb23 said in Chicuelo Theme:

        @chicuelo said in Chicuelo Theme:

        pi has some lag.

        Lag on the theme @ 1080p? With a Pi3 ?

        Yes, changing from one system to another at 1080 it has fraction of a second wen it loads the background where you notice there is no art displaying and the transition is not smooth.

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          EctoOne @chicuelo
          last edited by EctoOne

          @chicuelo One thing you need to change, your svg logos have to be plain white otherwise they will be black. If they are white I can change the color back within the theme.xml.

          Another thing, you can't use svg as indicators. because they also appear just as black dots. Sadly, that's just how the themeengine handles svg images.

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            chicuelo @EctoOne
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            @ectoone said in Chicuelo Theme:

            @chicuelo One thing you need to change, your svg logos have to be plain white otherwise they will be black. If they are white I can change the color back within the theme.xml.

            Another thing, you can't use svg as indicators. because they also appear just as black dots. Sadly, that's just how the themeengine handles svg images.

            Great, no problem with that! I will make the logos white and the dots a png file!

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              EctoOne @chicuelo
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              @chicuelo I've send you a pull request. You should get a message (I assume), when you log in into github in your browser. I actually don't know, I never got one myself. :D
              It has some details in the description about troubles and what you have to do to add systems. I might need to change some things when you add systems, so let me know if you spot anything out of place.

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              • chicueloC
                chicuelo @EctoOne
                last edited by

                @ectoone said in Chicuelo Theme:

                @chicuelo I've send you a pull request. You should get a message (I assume), when you log in into github in your browser. I actually don't know, I never got one myself. :D
                It has some details in the description about troubles and what you have to do to add systems. I might need to change some things when you add systems, so let me know if you spot anything out of place.

                Great I see it! I answer you right there so its not so tedious!

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                  anderocha @chicuelo
                  last edited by

                  @chicuelo

                  This guy does some nice controls too:
                  https://deleket.deviantart.com/art/Gaming-Icons-Full-Preview-44379439

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                  • chicueloC
                    chicuelo @anderocha
                    last edited by

                    @anderocha said in Chicuelo Theme:

                    @chicuelo

                    This guy does some nice controls too:
                    https://deleket.deviantart.com/art/Gaming-Icons-Full-Preview-44379439

                    The arcade stick in my theme is one of icons on that set but modified ;)

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                    • chicueloC
                      chicuelo
                      last edited by

                      Recently updated the theme, now its 1080 fully supported and smooth, with separated sprites so you can edit and replace the content easily. Simplified and optimized code.

                      Lots of logos added but still missing some character and controller assets (will be delivered soon)

                      Special thanks to @EctoOne and @Keigan, you really helped me guys!

                      Hope you enjoy the theme!

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                        msheehan79
                        last edited by

                        @chicuelo

                        Really fantastic looking theme! I'm looking forward to trying it out with your latest updates.
                        Not sure if you are thinking about adding additional systems to this theme, but if so one suggestion I would love to see is a TurboGrafx-16 system with Bonk as the artwork, given he was the "mascot" for the TG16 when it launched here in North America.

                        In any event, both this theme and the arcades you have built are really quite impressive.

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                        • KeiganK
                          Keigan @chicuelo
                          last edited by

                          @chicuelo said in Chicuelo Theme:

                          Recently updated the theme, now its 1080 fully supported and smooth, with separated sprites so you can edit and replace the content easily. Simplified and optimized code.

                          Lots of logos added but still missing some character and controller assets (will be delivered soon)

                          Special thanks to @EctoOne and @Keigan, you really helped me guys!

                          Hope you enjoy the theme!

                          No worries man! Such a great clean look in my opinion.

                          I made launch screens for my theme to sort of match the clean look. I had made these for my previous theme, with accenting colours to the system, but changed them to be dark grey on light grey for this one.

                          og

                          new

                          Now my issue is tweaking a good overlay look.

                          This is what I am currently doing or now, but need to fill the dead space. If anything I'll just center it on a plain BG

                          overlay

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                            chicuelo @msheehan79
                            last edited by

                            @msheehan79 said in Chicuelo Theme:

                            ntastic looking theme! I'm looking forward to trying it out with your latest updates.
                            Not sure if you are thinking about adding additional systems to this theme, but if so one suggestion I would love to see is a TurboGrafx-16 system with Bonk as the artwork, given he was the "mascot" for the TG16 when it launched here in North America.
                            In any event, both this theme and the arcades you have built are really quite impressive.

                            I made the pc engine version, that as far as I know is like turbografx, the difference is I used a bubble bobble character.
                            You can create your own version with the latest update, you only have to put the image in the character folder with the same size and system name, also the controller PNG and you are done with it. Its very simple!

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                            • chicueloC
                              chicuelo @Keigan
                              last edited by

                              @keigan said in Chicuelo Theme:

                              Now my issue is tweaking a good overlay look.
                              This is what I am currently doing or now, but need to fill the dead space. If anything I'll just center it on a plain BG

                              That screens look amazing, can you use one for each system?

                              The one thing I don't get is the last image, do you want to integer with the bg image?

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                                msheehan79 @chicuelo
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                                @chicuelo

                                TurboGrafx-16 and PC Engine are the same technically yes, but the TurboGrafx was very different looking, with a different logo, etc.

                                In terms of creating my own version, you make it sound so easy :) If I had even half the graphics skills to make my own I would indeed! But maybe I'll take a crack at it someday, it might be a fun way to get up to speed on PhotoShop :)

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                                  Newellj79
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                                  I love the look of this theme. Is that any chance of you eventually making a 4:3 version?

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                                  • KeiganK
                                    Keigan @chicuelo
                                    last edited by

                                    @chicuelo said in Chicuelo Theme:

                                    @keigan said in Chicuelo Theme:

                                    Now my issue is tweaking a good overlay look.
                                    This is what I am currently doing or now, but need to fill the dead space. If anything I'll just center it on a plain BG

                                    That screens look amazing, can you use one for each system?

                                    The one thing I don't get is the last image, do you want to integer with the bg image?

                                    Yeah the loading screens can be for every system, just flashes for a few seconds instead of the default blue box, unless that has changed too.

                                    The last image is the screen where the game plays in. I wanted to have the logo implemented somehow, but in the end just may center it on the background colour to keep it clean. With all the different screen sizes it's tough to figure out a design that might work.

                                    I don't like stretching my screen out, I want the pixels to be square, so I just force the game to run at 3x or 4x the actual size. Whichever keeps in smaller than my screen size.

                                    My old theme overlays were like this, but sized at 1920 x 1080:

                                    SNES
                                    Imgur

                                    NES
                                    Imgur

                                    GB
                                    Imgur

                                    GBA
                                    Imgur

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                                    • chicueloC
                                      chicuelo @Newellj79
                                      last edited by

                                      @newellj79 said in Chicuelo Theme:

                                      I love the look of this theme. Is that any chance of you eventually making a 4:3 version?

                                      Not sure now but I tried this theme in a more square aspect ratio than 16:9 and it looks good. Don't know how it looks on a 4:3 screen.

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                                        nevsan
                                        last edited by nevsan

                                        This theme is gorgeous @chicuelo. Are you intending to add this to download and install via emulation station?

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                                        • chicueloC
                                          chicuelo @Keigan
                                          last edited by

                                          @keigan said in Chicuelo Theme:

                                          @chicuelo said in Chicuelo Theme:

                                          @keigan said in Chicuelo Theme:

                                          Now my issue is tweaking a good overlay look.
                                          This is what I am currently doing or now, but need to fill the dead space. If anything I'll just center it on a plain BG

                                          That screens look amazing, can you use one for each system?

                                          The one thing I don't get is the last image, do you want to integer with the bg image?

                                          Yeah the loading screens can be for every system, just flashes for a few seconds instead of the default blue box, unless that has changed too.

                                          The last image is the screen where the game plays in. I wanted to have the logo implemented somehow, but in the end just may center it on the background colour to keep it clean. With all the different screen sizes it's tough to figure out a design that might work.

                                          I don't like stretching my screen out, I want the pixels to be square, so I just force the game to run at 3x or 4x the actual size. Whichever keeps in smaller than my screen size.

                                          My old theme overlays were like this, but sized at 1920 x 1080:

                                          SNES
                                          Imgur

                                          NES
                                          Imgur

                                          GB
                                          Imgur

                                          GBA
                                          Imgur

                                          I get it now, those are the bezels for the game. I do prefer a image stretch, but I like yours because they are well excecuted.
                                          When I launch a game I don't see anything but a black screen until the game is loaded. I think its because I disabled all notifications

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                                          • chicueloC
                                            chicuelo @nevsan
                                            last edited by

                                            @nevsan said in Chicuelo Theme:

                                            This theme is gorgeous @chicuelo. Are you intending to add this to download and install via emulation station?

                                            Thank you @nevsan ! Yes, I am actually trying to make it available on ES theme menu manager. I have the repo working and I am waiting for a pull request. Hope it will be soon

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