Carbon Light

[InsecureSpike]

yup, i see what you mean, but the other idea would be better.......
but as you said the positioning would be the challenge, unless you created a "sub-menu" background with the areas added to it
thats what I've done in the past, and since your images are so small, it should be ok to use a "main-menu" and a "sub-menu"

[lilbud]

@Rookervik Make a full game list background, with the darker area.

[Rookervik]

@lilbud What is a "full-gamelist background?"

@InsecureSpike What is a 'sub-menu' in relation to an ES theme?

Using a shaded hexagon background for the border is nice... but I still don't like it. It would need a shadow. And still be impossible to position over the background hexagon. They'd have to line up perfectly no matter the resolution the user is in. Also, this background would take 2 images... a grey square, and then a tile image of hexagons that I would have to line up in 4 directions, perfectly. I don't really get paid enough to mess with that. :D

[Rookervik]

I like this, bit I know a lot of people don't like the vertical lines separating stuff.

[lilbud]

@Rookervik Like This, Use 1 image for the gamelist instead of 4

[Rookervik]

@lilbud Ah yeah, I have a screenshot of that above. Looks like it was just thrown on top of the background without any thought. Kinda clashes a little with the hexagons.

[lilbud]

@Rookervik Sometimes, you have to put other peoples likes in front of your own.

[Rookervik]

@lilbud Yeah, when it's the default theme. But when I do a theme of my own, I can kinda do what I want. :D Feedback is wonderful, though.

[Zigurana]

@Rookervik
Regarding hovering boxes, did you know you can set the opacity by using a four-element Hex? So 808080 would translate to 50% grey (at full opacity, which is the default), but 80808080 would translate to 50% grey at only 50% the opacity (source).
This works for all theme elements that have a color of some kind assigned:

• image
• text
• textlist
• datetime
• helpsystem

(source)

I have not tried this, but I assume you would be able to stretch a 1x1 pixel png into any dimension you want, and then set the color to whatever opacity you please. Maybe something to make the boxes less abrupt?

[Rookervik]

@Zigurana
Yep! I've used the Alpha hex code in all of my themes. For pixel, the alpha is used on the gamelist bar on the un-scraped systems. It does, in fact, work great! Carbon uses it for the bottom bar to make it a little transparent. And you can use a 2px by 2px white box image and stretch it to any size you want. Give it a <color> and make it transparent. Works wonders.

Ah, you meant to try some transparent boxes? They still look doofy, too :( I'm not happy with them.

[Zigurana]

@Rookervik
Ahh well it was worth a try.
Nonetheless, I really like where this theme is going, keep it up!

[Rookervik]

Okay, took a nice long break and made dinner. Working on Game Selection view. Think I got "Basic" view finished. So, getting there. :D

PS, anyone that knows what game the Aegis Shield is from gets bonus points.

[lilbud]

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[lilbud]

@lilbud I hear that some fanatical members of the Cult of Rookervik insist on spelling Rookervik's name with Cs instead of Ks. That just seems silly to me. Roo's Roo. He's still the same villain, no matter how you spell his name.

[Rookervik]

@lilbud LMAO, WTF are you talking about? Hahahaha

[Rookervik]

Theme works fine on 128Mb RAM split. So, yay! :D At least with the 25 systems I have running. Now... why am I getting rainbow power cube the last couple days? I didn't change anything... hmm.

[herb_fargus]

@Rookervik looks real nice

[Rookervik]

@herb_fargus

Just wait til I start throwing blue lines all over the place to chop it up. Hahahahaha. I just haven't made it that far. Wanted to test it on the Pi

[Rookervik]

After a game of Cards Against Humanity and a shower, I got the Gamelist (detailed) section looking like the mock-up. I think it looks good. shrugs

Not sure if I'll put the white hexagon design on the bottom bar like it is in the top bar.

And like the new Carbon, you can change the color of the blue bars to what ever color you like.

Need to try the fancy hexagons like @cyperghost suggested.

[Rookervik]

Awesome idea, but I think I like the less detailed plain hexagons better. Just to make things less complicated-looking.