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    • InsecureSpikeI
      InsecureSpike @Rookervik
      last edited by InsecureSpike

      @Rookervik said in Carbon Theme Suggestions:

      Hey there. I do most of the updates to the Carbon theme and was wanting to spruce the theme up for RetroPie 4.0+. No graphic updates have been asked for by the developers, but I'd like to give it a visual punch and try submitting it to the developers to see what they think.

      My questions would be:

      1. Do you use Carbon, or do you download another theme?
      2. If you use Carbon, what do you like about it?
      3. If you don't use Carbon, what about it do you dislike or what do you wish was changed?

      I've been editing the theme so you can change the overall color to any HTML color code. I've also made a few mock-ups of possible design changes. But since it's the main theme, I'd like input from as many people as possible.

      Perhaps with some suggestions and ideas I could spruce up the theme to everyone's liking. Keep in mind, in the end, the theme has to be submitted and approved.

      Here are a couple of mock-ups I've made. Small changes to the System Select. And some boxes for the Game Select. And the color themes can change to your taste.

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      mate, do you have a complete set of the above type controller icons/logos/art?
      thanks

      RPi 3 - RetroPie + 500gb HDD [consoles] + Razer Onza Tournament
      RPi 3 - RetroPie + 32gb USB [computers] + Keyboard
      both with AttractMode + FuzzBoxx Layout

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      • RookervikR
        Rookervik Global Moderator @InsecureSpike
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        @InsecureSpike Sorry, Spike. I don't. It took me about 30 minutes to decide which parts of the SNES controller would be clear and which would be solid. I don't think I have the patience to do 76 controllers like that. Can you believe RetroPie supports that many things?!

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        • InsecureSpikeI
          InsecureSpike @Rookervik
          last edited by

          @Rookervik said in Carbon Theme Suggestions:

          @InsecureSpike Sorry, Spike. I don't. It took me about 30 minutes to decide which parts of the SNES controller would be clear and which would be solid. I don't think I have the patience to do 76 controllers like that. Can you believe RetroPie supports that many things?!

          no props i'll see if i can do something alike with the existing line ones.... thanks mate

          RPi 3 - RetroPie + 500gb HDD [consoles] + Razer Onza Tournament
          RPi 3 - RetroPie + 32gb USB [computers] + Keyboard
          both with AttractMode + FuzzBoxx Layout

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          • RookervikR
            Rookervik Global Moderator
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            Jools reminded me that I had originally added a highlight area on the System carousel, and that he liked it. But he also wanted to know what everyone else thought. So, do you like the Carbon theme with a highlight behind the carousel? This is the theme with a teal, Tron-esque, color chosen as the theme color:

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            • caver01C
              caver01 @Rookervik
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              @Rookervik At first glance I didn't even notice what you meant, but I see it now. Subtle. I like it.

              My 4-player cocktail style cabinet built as a custom "roadcase"

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              • edmaul69E
                edmaul69
                last edited by

                I definitely like the teal. It looks good. As far as the carousel, i have no clue what i am looking for.

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                • BuZzB
                  BuZz administrators
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                  the slight glow.

                  To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                  • edmaul69E
                    edmaul69 @BuZz
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                    @BuZz ahh now i see. With my phone its really hard to see if you dont know what you are looking for. I do like the glow.

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                      Concat
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                      Thumbs up for the glow.

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                      • RookervikR
                        Rookervik Global Moderator
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                        Now we just have to figure out what happened to Herb.

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                          challenger2010
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                          Is the "Arcade" folder working on all versions of Carbon now?

                          Thanks

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                          • RookervikR
                            Rookervik Global Moderator @challenger2010
                            last edited by Rookervik

                            @challenger2010

                            To my knowledge, Carbon has supported "Arcade" since Arcade was added. I haven't used it so I am not sure if it is set up. But I do know I've created all the art for Arcade. Same with Pixel.

                            I don't maintain the other two versions of Carbon... 'centered' and 'no-metadata'. So I have no idea how up-to-date those are.

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                              Concat
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                              Just a quick question... if the flipper sound has been removed, how would one edit the XML to get it back? I use a custom wav file right now, which was an easy swap... but I have no clue how to write it back into the code if you've removed the sound effect altogether.

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                              • RookervikR
                                Rookervik Global Moderator @Concat
                                last edited by Rookervik

                                @Concat

                                The sound was actually just commented out and deleted from the art folder. So if you know how to remove the comments "<!-- -->" and copy your sound file to the art folder, then you're just fine. :D

                                Otherwise, I can put the sound back in, but make it a blank wav file. That way you can still copy your wav file over to replace it?

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                                • RookervikR
                                  Rookervik Global Moderator @Rookervik
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                                  @Rookervik

                                  That was the easiest way. I replaced the code to have the scroll.wav sound play, but put in a blank sound. Now when you overwrite the WAV like you used to, your sound will play. :D

                                  Thank you for catching this. I'm sure there are a lot of people that use their own sounds.

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                                  • lilbudL
                                    lilbud @Rookervik
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                                    @Rookervik Did you ever make a splashscreen for Super Mario Bros 3? Or was that someone else?

                                    Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                                    Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                                    • RookervikR
                                      Rookervik Global Moderator @lilbud
                                      last edited by

                                      @lilbud I did SMB2

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                                        Concat @Rookervik
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                                        @Rookervik said in Carbon Theme Suggestions:

                                        @Rookervik

                                        That was the easiest way. I replaced the code to have the scroll.wav sound play, but put in a blank sound. Now when you overwrite the WAV like you used to, your sound will play. :D

                                        Thank you for catching this. I'm sure there are a lot of people that use their own sounds.

                                        Whatever you think is best! Commenting out the sound works too, but what you've described above makes it dead simple. Thanks.

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                                        • RookervikR
                                          Rookervik Global Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          Ok, changes to Carbon are final. Thank you all for your input! You definitely helped me as I couldn't have done it without you! Look forward to the update and enjoy the ability to change the color to your liking. And of course, I'll fix anything that doesn't turn out right.

                                          Thanks again!

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                                            nemo93
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                                            I'm a big fan of the Carbon and made it my default since the beginning :) Clean, simple, fast. Perfect. Yet I have to say that I'm little disappointed by the "new" Carbon revision. For one reason: less metadata and a very small description box. Too bad for me as I love to have plenty of details about games and videogame history in general. I've spent a tremendous amount of time to hand-craft my gamelist.xml's, gathering details and to find images/flyers in good quality all with truckload of details and accurate description. Also I love my playcounts, dev/publisher info. So to me, not having these details or at least making hard to read is a showstopper.

                                            As I don't want to be too much party breaker, is there any chance to separate out the "new" Carbon with the previous "old" Carbon version at least?

                                            On the new Carbon, I'd had in fact switched the game list on the left with bottom-right description window. Or even say screenshots/flyers on the left, description top-left and gamelist bottom-right.

                                            Apparently I can't attach any files here but I'd be more than happy to share both my gamelist's and boxarts with anyone. I've got complete gamelists for NES, MasterSytem, Megadrive/Genesis, PC Engine/SuperGrafx, Neo Geo, 32x, N64. Those are full with complete libraries and all games (including Japan/EU/US versions). Then I got partial gamelists for PSx, Amiga and FBA/MAME. Only with my favorite games in there! If you're interested feel free to ping me.

                                            Side note: seems that my boxarts may be too "big" sometimes as it takes 1-2s when selecting games. If there are some guidelines about the proper resolutions/sizes for boxart do let me know please. I'm a bit extreme when it comes to quality so not too big of an issue for me but I can understand it's annoying!

                                            Thanks for listening and @Rookervik for the amazing and splashcreens, I love them too!!!

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