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    • chicueloC
      chicuelo @msheehan79
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      @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
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        @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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                        EctoOne @chicuelo
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                        @chicuelo said in Chicuelo Theme:

                        @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

                        Have you seen the comment on your pull request? Your edit was faulty, you need to put 4 spaces before your entry, you did a tab or something else. You can close it and send another one or wait till it gets manually added.

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                        • herb_fargusH
                          herb_fargus administrators @EctoOne
                          last edited by

                          @ectoone said in Chicuelo Theme:

                          You can close it and send another one

                          This is not the proper way to modify pull requests. Just needs a commit to fix the formatting/to be squashed.

                          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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                            EctoOne @herb_fargus
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                            @herb_fargus Ok, well that's way easier then. I don't have that much experience with github myself.

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                              jonathandownin @Keigan
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                              @keigan Do you have a download for those two splash screen sets (colored and grey)? I would love to have them for my setup. Thanks, and the theme looks great @chicuelo! Can’t wait to get my hands on it!

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                                Keigan @jonathandownin
                                last edited by

                                @jonathandownin said in Chicuelo Theme:

                                @keigan Do you have a download for those two splash screen sets (colored and grey)? I would love to have them for my setup. Thanks, and the theme looks great @chicuelo! Can’t wait to get my hands on it!

                                I have them for the systems I use. I'm not crazy about having a million systems, which is why I sadly never release themes.

                                So I have them for:

                                NES
                                SNES
                                GB
                                GBA
                                GBC
                                PSX
                                PC
                                Hacks
                                Genesis
                                Master System

                                If you have a list of systems you would like them for I will gladly make them, and if you have a particular colour you'd like for the coloured ones, let me know.

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                                  jonathandownin @Keigan
                                  last edited by jonathandownin

                                  @keigan Thanks, much appreciated. I stay pretty lean systems-wise too, but I guess I would also want Mame, N64, Arcade, and Ports as of now. I’ll take what you have and then if you could just let me know where I can get the main system logos (dark and light) and let me know the font you used for the bottom text I can get them together myself to save you the trouble.

                                  I’ll share back my additions as well if you would like.

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                                  • chicueloC
                                    chicuelo @EctoOne
                                    last edited by

                                    @ectoone said in Chicuelo Theme:

                                    Have you seen the comment on your pull request? Your edit was faulty, you need to put 4 spaces before your entry, you did a tab or something else. You can close it and send another one or wait till it gets manually added.

                                    I got a mail from an admin with this advice, but I have no idea where is the part I have to put 4 spaces. He told he will add manually on next update

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                                      A Former User
                                      last edited by

                                      Wow, this theme looks so clean and minimal! I really love the style you're going for!
                                      I'd use this theme if my Raspberry Pi wasn't busted.

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                                      • KeiganK
                                        Keigan @jonathandownin
                                        last edited by Keigan

                                        @jonathandownin

                                        Loading screens: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1spB3GkRqiOST4Mmv6IrDqEPKgJeKxHMM

                                        Subfolders: colour / grey include the saved png's

                                        There is a PSD in the main folder that is set up you just need to throw the logos in, resize and change the colour. The fonts used are also in the main folder.

                                        For the grey theme the hex values for the colours are

                                        Logo: #F8F8F8
                                        Bottom Text: #A5A5A5
                                        Background: #4D4F5B

                                        Anyone can use this to make the loading screens look how you please

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                                        • herb_fargusH
                                          herb_fargus administrators
                                          last edited by

                                          This is now in the theme installer btw

                                          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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                                          • chicueloC
                                            chicuelo @herb_fargus
                                            last edited by

                                            @herb_fargus said in Chicuelo Theme:

                                            This is now in the theme installer btw

                                            Happy to hear that!
                                            Thanks!

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