Pixel Theme

Rookervik

@killerq You look like you had added a ton of custom systems that aren't supported "out-of-the-box" like say, SNES is. For each system that you created a custom system for, you will have to add that system folder to the new pixel theme. Adding the console.png, logo.png, and then a theme.xml from whichever color system you like will give you a custom theme.

For whatever reason, you have 2 MegaDrive systems. So the first Megadrive shows up correct. I don't know what your es_systems.cfg asks for... you'll have to check.

<system>
 <name>md_custom</name>
    <fullname>MegaDrive Rom Hacks or Something</fullname>
    <path>%HOME%\roms\md2</path>
    <extension>.iso .ISO</extension>
    <command>%HOME%\.emulationstation\...etc</command>
    <platform>md2</platform>
    <theme>md2</theme>
</system>

In this case, md2 is the folder of the theme you are calling for.

So make sure you copy logo.png, console.png, and a theme.xml from another system that uses a color you like.

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Basically you'll have to re-build all the modifications you made. Or keep using the old version you were using. The new version has far simplified code that makes changes far easier in the future. I won't have to go back and edit every xml like I had to before.

Rookervik

@killerq And to skip the box art, open the pixel.xml and set the delay to zero. And possibly turn off showSnapshotNoVideo. Some of these options I haven't played with since I have and will never add videos to my system.

		<video name="md_video">
			<pos>0.766 0.322</pos>
			<origin>0.5 0.5</origin>
			<size>0.366 0.480</size>
			<delay>0.0</delay> 
			<showSnapshotNoVideo>true</showSnapshotNoVideo>
			<showSnapshotDelay>false</showSnapshotDelay>
		</video>

KillerQ

@rookervik
Thank you so much, your answer makes perfect sense. I just wanted to check that it wasn't missing something quick before I made the manual edits.

Also, the second Mega Drive is for Mega Drive Japan titles.

johnodon

I was trying to search the thread to see if anyone else bought this up but couldn't find a way to do so...

If I enable 'Use OMX Player' in Other Settings, video snaps are placed on top of the game title. If OMX player is turned off, video is under the game title but videos are awful looking.

Can others confirm they see the same? Is this an easy config change ore require updated code?

TIA!

John

ruckage

@johnodon
OMX player is hardware accelerated but the downside is that it has to be rendered on top of everything else, nothing you can do about it I'm afraid.

razielleonhart

Just wanted to say I love this theme it's now my go to theme when building my retropie

SgtJimmyRustles

@Rookervik

Welp, now I've got a 1080p monitor (spare) that I can use so I can kick that 5:4 monitor to the curb if needed. I wanted to know if I could use that pixelated background from one of your desktop backgrounds as a header image for this subreddit I've made. I wanted to ask permission, and if you say no, then I'll do something else. I just thought it looked cool.

movisman

@rookervik said in Pixel Theme:

Updated the Pixel Metadata repo with fixes for "box art behind videos" and "too much metadata on Retropie screen". Give yours an update and tell me if it all works.

As far as gifts... I should set up a donation page. LOL.

Hi there,

This is a really great theme and is so polished, thanks a lot for creating it!

Just wondering, would you be able to apply the 'box art behind videos' fix to the regular Pixel theme (non-metadata)? I guess similar to this commit:
https://github.com/ehettervik/es-theme-pixel-metadata/commit/77f0c418794839a6823d57255ede05772f279a97

I noticed when using both themes, that the metadata one works really well with videos (boxart disappears when video plays), but the regular one still shows the box art behind the videos and doesn't disappear.

Thanks!

hiulit

@movisman @Rookervik That'd be great!

movisman

@hiulit

I just created a fork of the Pixel theme on GitHub (my first time doing this but seems ok!) and I made the necessary changes to the pixel.xml file in order to fix the issue with the image appearing beneath the video. I based it on the metadata commit I mentioned above, by changing md_image to be in detailed view only.

When I get home, I will test it, and if it works I will create a pull request to merge my changes into the master. Once @Rookervik has approved it you will be able to update the theme via RetroPie-Setup to get the fix.

Cheers

hiulit

@movisman Nice!

movisman

@hiulit

Hello,

I tested my changes and it works absolutely fine - now when you have an image and a video available, it displays the image for a moment, fades, and plays the video, instead of keeping the image behind. So it now works in the same way as the metadata variant of the theme does.

@Rookervik hope you don't mind me fixing this - I will open a pull request shortly for my changes and perhaps you can check it out when you have a free moment. And if you are happy would you merge the changes into the main repository so others can update?

Thanks!

movisman

Pull request completed, as follows:
https://github.com/ehettervik/es-theme-pixel/pull/5

Also noticed the readme for that particular theme doesn't have the right title, so put another request in to correct this too:
https://github.com/ehettervik/es-theme-pixel/pull/6

Hopefully these can be merged across at some point.

Thanks!

madmodder123

@rookervik Have you been working on system icons/text for custom collections or are you busy?
I grabbed some pictures from this thread for the "favorites" collection, and I also edited the joystick selection icon you made and paired it with some "Multiplayer" text in a Minecraft font.
~~See here: https://imgur.com/a/vxOs3~~
Better screenshots here: https://imgur.com/a/yLWOt

I'm pretty satisfied with how they both turned out, I was just curious if you were still working on them.
If anyone wants the files, hit me up.

r0ckarong

I started using the pixel-tft theme on my Freeplaytech CM3 and noticed that there was no theme support for the automatic game collections (all, recent, favorites). I created some logos and graphics for those and created a pull request on the repository but it seems the guy was last active 2 years ago.

https://github.com/djbriane/es-theme-pixel-tft/pull/3

All Games
Favorites
Recent

Is this the right place to let people know? I've installed this manually onto my device. Looking forward to what you guys say.

EDIT: I realized the regular pixel theme didn't have these either so I created a pull there too. Not sure if I should create another one for the other variant.

madmodder123

@r0ckarong those look good,except the recent system image is fucked up, it is blurry and not fully pixelized

r0ckarong

@madmodder123 I'll rework that one. It looks fine on my 3.2" handheld but now that I see it larger I agree it's not good enough.

razielleonhart

Is there or is anyone working on adding custom images for the NES, Famicom, SNES, SFC classics and maybe a msu1 menus for the snes and super famicom?

madmodder123

@r0ckarong Did you get a chance to fix the image yet?

EDIT: I was bored/impatient so I just did it myself...

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PNG + Photoshop file:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/imf2nctnsjkdxjd/recent_image.zip?dl=1

hiulit

This is my favorite theme. It's the only one in my cabinet. It fits perfectly :D
But it doesn't seem to be updated by its main developer, @Rookervik , lately :( Speaking of Pull Request, at least.

I've took the liberty to fork Pixel theme and fix all the open Pull Requests.

Remove -Metadata from title (readme.md) from @movisman
Fix for image remaining under video during playback from @movisman
Missing Angle Bracket causing XML parse to fail. from @Zenjiro
Fixed comment tags. from @meleu
using "x" rather than " × " from @meleu
Use '&' rather than '&' from @meleu

Actually some of them were actually in the main repository.

I've also formatted all the xml, removed pixel - copia.xml and fixed a couple typos.

If you'd like to use it, here's the repo: https://github.com/hiulit/es-theme-pixel

Installation

First of all, backup the Pixel theme.

Go to /etc/emulationstation/themes and copy the pixel folder to another folder, for example.

Now, open the terminal and enter:

cd /etc/emulationstation/themes
sudo rm -rf pixel 
git clone https://github.com/hiulit/es-theme-pixel pixel

And... you're good to go!

A part from that, and a little off-topic, I saw that in the README.md it says:

Do not modify this theme or use graphics in other projects.

and in the readme.txt:

License
=======
DO NOT modify this theme or use any assets in other themes or projects.

Does this mean that I'm not able to do what I've just done?

Because I also saw in the pixel.xml:

license: creative commons CC-BY-NC-SA

Isn't that contradictory?
I mean, I'm not against @Rookervik not wanting anybody to modify the theme, but this type of Creative Commons license permits it, right?

Anyway, I want to say that I really love this theme and that I really appreciate the time @Rookervik spent on it! :D