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    • ruckageR
      ruckage @kafka_esq
      last edited by ruckage

      @kafka_esq

      Hi and thanks for the replies. I actually made a start on a boxart set of icons quite a while back (they were actually the first idea I had for the icons on the NES-mini theme before I made the pixel art icons (Link to original post).

      They are essentially the same as the current icons but with the boxart replacing the pixel art. Here's a preview of how they look on the nes-mini theme.

      0_1493833606516_nes-mini new carousel.png

      I'd still like to do a finished set of those but I just haven't had the time to hunt down good quality images of all the boxes. I have several scripts and programs I've written so once I have the assets generating the icons is largely automated now.

      If yourself or anyone else would like to assist with finding good quality photos of boxes for the various systems that would actually be really helpful and would allow me to finish the set. They could be posted in this thread and I can then clean them up and format them ready to create the icon pack.

      Guidelines for the photos are:
      At least 640x480 but higher would be better.
      Needs to be in focus.
      The boxes should preferably have even lighting without reflections etc.
      Photos preferably need to be face on (photos taken at a slight angle can be used and corrected if no other images are available though).
      Try and find photos of boxes in good condition as that minimises the amount of clean-up needed.

      SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

      If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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      • ruckageR
        ruckage @kafka_esq
        last edited by ruckage

        @kafka_esq said in SNES mini theme:

        @ruckage Wow! Looks really good. I can't wait to use it (sent you 10gbp btw, well worth it)

        Are you planning on adding the light blue highlights to the contents of the box as well? Although implementing that properly would probably be more difficult to do I'm sure, since if you're staying close to the official UI you would need to somehow have the highlight appear above the box but below the actual console & information. Probably needing alternate icons for each system.

        Apologies, I missed this post. Thank you for the donation, that's very kind of you 🍺🍺

        Unfortunately there is no way of having a selected and an unselected icon so I'm a bit limited in what I can do. I may add a tinted background image behind the selected icon (I can probably use the carousel bar for that) but I'd need to do some tests to make sure that I don't cause any excessive slowdown.

        SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

        If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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        • Stuart2773S
          Stuart2773 @ruckage
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          @ruckage

          Do you have a list of what system box art scans your missing? i can help you out with that no problem :)

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          • ruckageR
            ruckage @Stuart2773
            last edited by ruckage

            @stuart2773 said in SNES mini theme:

            @ruckage

            Do you have a list of what system box art scans your missing? i can help you out with that no problem :)

            Thanks, that would be helpful.

            The systems I already have are:

            Playstation
            PC engine
            NES
            Famicom
            SNES Europe
            Mega Drive
            Super Famicom
            Nes Classic Mini
            Famicom classic mini
            SNES classic mini USA
            Snes classic mini Europe
            Super Famicom Classic mini

            Here is a list of box photos that are still needed for currently supported systems:

            Amiga
            Atari 2600
            Atari 5200
            Atari 7800
            Atari Lynx
            Commodore 64
            Colecovision
            Dreamcast
            Famicom Disk System
            Game and Watch
            Gamegear
            Gameboy
            Gameboy Color
            Gameboy Advance
            Genesis
            Intellivision
            Master System
            MSX
            MSX2
            N64
            Nintendo DS
            NeoGeo
            NeoGeo Pocket
            NeoGeo Pocket Color
            Odyssey 2
            PC Engine CD
            PSP
            Sega 32X
            Sega CD
            SNES USA
            Turbografx 16
            Vectrex
            Virtualboy
            Wonderswan
            Wonderswan Color
            ZX Spectrum
            *

            SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

            If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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            • Stuart2773S
              Stuart2773 @ruckage
              last edited by Stuart2773

              @ruckage

              Thanks for the list, ive located about 95% of the images, some are a fraction smaller than what you asked for but the quality is amazing at 600x500, and i cant see there being an issue when you make the icons.

              i will upload the zip when i get the remaing few :)

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                fernandoarafat
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                @ruckage, first of all, thanks for your great work.
                Second, I'm currently having an issue with the text boxes of the title not being aligned correctly, it's the same issue as described by @Earendr and his pictures.

                My setup is a 1920x1200 monitor connected by HDMI cable and I'm using the 1920x1080 resolution in the theme config file. I understand that my monitor resolution is not supported, just wanted to make clear that Earendr issue might have been that from the beginning or maybe his adapter.

                By setting the raspi-config video output resolution to 1920x1080, the theme would work correctly, but the picture would be stretched to fill the screen. Is there any workaround for 19:10 displays or do you have plans for adding support to them in the future. Thanks again!

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                • ruckageR
                  ruckage @fernandoarafat
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                  @fernandoarafat said in SNES mini theme:

                  @ruckage, first of all, thanks for your great work.
                  Second, I'm currently having an issue with the text boxes of the title not being aligned correctly, it's the same issue as described by @Earendr and his pictures.

                  My setup is a 1920x1200 monitor connected by HDMI cable and I'm using the 1920x1080 resolution in the theme config file. I understand that my monitor resolution is not supported, just wanted to make clear that Earendr issue might have been that from the beginning or maybe his adapter.

                  By setting the raspi-config video output resolution to 1920x1080, the theme would work correctly, but the picture would be stretched to fill the screen. Is there any workaround for 19:10 displays or do you have plans for adding support to them in the future. Thanks again!

                  Adding support for different aspect ratios isn't a simple task and can be quite time consuming. I've covered 16:9 and 4:3 as I believe the majority of users are using a raspberry pi and will be using it connected to a TV. Currently I don't have any plans to add 16:10 support as I don't think the number of users using that resolution would be high enough to warrant the work needed.

                  As a work around most if not all monitors should have different ways of scaling different aspect ratios. I would set the pi to output in 1920x1080 and set the monitor so that when it scales it adds black bars top and bottom instead of stretching vertically. Out of interest what make/model of monitor are you using?

                  SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                  If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                  • Stuart2773S
                    Stuart2773
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                    @ruckage

                    As promised here are the Box Scans you requested, hope they are of some use :)

                    https://www116.zippyshare.com/v/jmcyyme8/file.html

                    Stuart.

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                      fernandoarafat @ruckage
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                      @ruckage
                      I understand, thanks for the reply. My monitor is a Dell 2408WFPB.

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                      • ruckageR
                        ruckage @Stuart2773
                        last edited by

                        @stuart2773 said in SNES mini theme:

                        @ruckage

                        As promised here are the Box Scans you requested, hope they are of some use :)

                        https://www116.zippyshare.com/v/jmcyyme8/file.html

                        Stuart.

                        Thanks Stuart. I'll have a look through them later today.

                        SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                        If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                        • ruckageR
                          ruckage @fernandoarafat
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                          @fernandoarafat said in SNES mini theme:

                          @ruckage
                          I understand, thanks for the reply. My monitor is a Dell 2408WFPB.

                          I just looked up your monitor and found the manual online :https://downloads.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_electronics/esuprt_display/dell-2408wfp_user%27s%20guide_en-us.pdf

                          On page 23 it says if you go to the display settings menu on the monitor you can change wide mode to either "1:1, Aspect, or Fill". If you change that to Aspect then the image should be scaled while maintaining the aspect ratio so you'll get the black bars top and bottom. Hope that helps.

                          SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                          If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                            Is it possible to include SUPERGRAFX as well?![alt text]

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                              kafka_esq
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                              @ruckage hey I'm not sure if you're still working on the possibility of a blue overlay for the selected system, but I was checking out the Steam Big Picture Mode Theme and it looks like they have something functional that is visually similar to what I was going for with my mockup earlier.

                              I'm not sure if this is how that theme does it, but it might also look good to have the blue outline for the selected system have a translucent glow on the inside that gives the illusion of the whole icon being highlighted without actually overlapping any of your system artwork. I will experiment with this tomorrow to see if I can come up with something that looks nice and post it here for your consideration. :)

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                              • ruckageR
                                ruckage @kafka_esq
                                last edited by

                                @kafka_esq
                                I've experimented with an internal glow effect already, ultimately though it will be done how I feel looks best and only if it doesn't affect performance.

                                SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                                If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                                • ruckageR
                                  ruckage
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                                  Here's how it currently looks if you're interested. As I said though it's not guaranteed yet as I need to make sure performance isn't affected on the pi.

                                  0_1526572065286_selector-glow.jpg )

                                  SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                                  If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                                    Sheyk90 @ruckage
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                                    @ruckage said in SNES mini theme:

                                    Here's how it currently looks if you're interested. As I said though it's not guaranteed yet as I need to make sure performance isn't affected on the pi.

                                    0_1526572065286_selector-glow.jpg )

                                    It will be available the theme for Recalbox? We are waiting for it.. :(

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                                    • ruckageR
                                      ruckage @Sheyk90
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                                      @sheyk90 said in SNES mini theme:

                                      It will be available the theme for Recalbox? We are waiting for it.. :(

                                      Yes, it will be ported.

                                      Actually If anyone could give me hints on how to compile the Recalbox version of EmulationStation for Windows it would speed up porting as it's much quicker and easier for me to make changes on my main pc. I did try compiling it myself but I don't really know what I'm doing and get constant errors. @jdrassa perhaps you have some ideas as I know you compile the retropie version regularly. I followed this guide by @fieldofcows .

                                      SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                                      If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                                        jdrassa @ruckage
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                                        @ruckage That guide is essentially what I follow. I can't say for sure because I haven't tried, but I doubt that the Recalbox version could be compiled for Windows. They have included a lot of system specific stuff into their version like WiFi configuration and system updates that are unlikely to work on Windows.

                                        Get latest build of EmulationStation for Windows here

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                                        • ruckageR
                                          ruckage @jdrassa
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                                          @jdrassa said in SNES mini theme:

                                          @ruckage That guide is essentially what I follow. I can't say for sure because I haven't tried, but I doubt that the Recalbox version could be compiled for Windows. They have included a lot of system specific stuff into their version like WiFi configuration and system updates that are unlikely to work on Windows.

                                          Thanks, that may explain it then. I did manage to get the retropie version to compile after some trial and error but just couldn't figure out why the the recalbox version wouldn't compile.
                                          Guess I'll have to do the work by updating the files on PC over the network and then switching hdmi inputs on my monitor - not as convenient but there doesn't seem to be any other way.

                                          SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                                          If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                                            kafka_esq @ruckage
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                                            @ruckage Wow, looks great!

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