Carbon Light

Rookervik · 17 Jul 2016, 21:13

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

lilbud · 17 Jul 2016, 21:14

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

Rookervik · 17 Jul 2016, 21:15

@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 · 17 Jul 2016, 21:17

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

Rookervik · 17 Jul 2016, 21:19

@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 · 17 Jul 2016, 21:28

@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 · 17 Jul 2016, 21:32

@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 · 17 Jul 2016, 21:36

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

Rookervik · 18 Jul 2016, 00:33

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 · 18 Jul 2016, 00:37

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lilbud · 18 Jul 2016, 00:39

@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 · 18 Jul 2016, 00:42

@lilbud LMAO, WTF are you talking about? Hahahaha

Rookervik · 18 Jul 2016, 00:51

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 · 18 Jul 2016, 00:51

@Rookervik looks real nice

Rookervik · 18 Jul 2016, 00:54

@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 · 18 Jul 2016, 03:31

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 · 18 Jul 2016, 03:46

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

nemo93 · 18 Jul 2016, 08:56

Wow this one looks gorgeous too!! You're a machine @Rookervik :) you never sleep. You know I'll always complain regarding the small space for the description but all in all it's fantastic Perhaps you could reduce somehow the box-art size and / or move the developer item below the Players item? I can leave without Publisher even if this item will be missed :)))

Rookervik · 18 Jul 2016, 13:43

@nemo93

Well, at least you are here to ask for it before the theme is finalized and added to the distribution :P I do plan to make the screenshot smaller in this one. Right now the gamelist is still 100% CarbonV2. I didn't change any of the placement.

Ooh, and speaking of RetroPie menu... that one needs to have all the meta data removed, completely. Just leave the description. /nods nods/

cyperghost · 18 Jul 2016, 17:28

Really looks good :)