New Comic Book Theme!

[Sano]

@tmntturtlguy
I had the same Issue about posts notifications.
I think a forum update disabled it, you have to re-enable it via your account settings (notify "When a new reply is posted in a topic you are watching ", and be sure you watch "topic you create" and "topics you reply to") .

[BlockABoots]

So if i download the comicbook theme from within Emulation Station it will download the latest release?, the only reason i ask is i have just done this yet im not getting the Loading screens when i load a game for each system??

Also as the built in scrapper only seems to download boxart what method are you guys using to get videos, marquees and 3d box art please?

Also how do you enable music for each of the system menus?

[TMNTturtlguy]

@blockaboots wow, lots of questions here. The download through emulationstation is the current release. Loading screens are a separate download and not part of the theme. The splash/loading screens should be available through rpie-art, or you can see posts and a link to them here: post 785 as far as scraper, there are several methods to do that and tons of posts. Just search the forum and you will find a method that meets your needs. There is no music for the system menus. Music would come from and video snaps that are used for the games.

[retroprogrammer]

@TMNTturtlguy I am not sure if this is the correct place to ask but could you make me custom art for my Bartop arcade? I read from here that you can do it. and if u can how do I print it, do I take it to my local sticker/printing company?

[holy2tack]

I decided to take a stab at this. My first time even attempting graphic design, but I followed the instructions and used the templates. The Zelda logo is a little bigger than i wanted, but I think i have the method down. I can tweak it.

Oh and I made a dirty trick to use the launching images based on the title of a game. You have to edit the runcommand.sh file and add that to where it chooses a launching image.

    # look for custom launching images
    if [[ "$IS_SYS" -eq 1 ]]; then
	# look for name match
        if [[ "$ROM_BN" =~ "Mario" ]]; then 
            images+=("$CONFIGDIR/mario/launching")
    	elif [[ "$ROM_BN" =~ "Sonic" ]]; then
            images+=("$CONFIGDIR/sonic/launching")
        elif [[ "$ROM_BN" =~ "Mega Man" ]]; then
            images+=("$CONFIGDIR/megaman/launching")
        elif [[ "$ROM_BN" =~ "Star Wars" ]]; then
            images+=("$CONFIGDIR/starwars/launching")
        elif [[ "$ROM_BN" =~ "Turtles" ]]; then
            images+=("$CONFIGDIR/TMNT/launching")
        elif [[ "$ROM_BN" =~ "Zelda" ]]; then
	    images+=("$CONFIGDIR/zelda/launching")
        else
            images+=(
                "$HOME/RetroPie/roms/$SYSTEM/images/${ROM_BN}-launching"
                "$CONF_ROOT/launching"
            )
        fi
    fi

EDIT:
Well I felt a lot more comfortable with Photoshop and the process to create logos that fit this theme this morning. So I redid the logo.

[holy2tack]

Just did up some Metroid stuff!

)

[holy2tack]

Grr. Getting marked as spam lol.

Here's an updated comic.png for Zelda.

[PittStone]

@holy2tack I like the new Stuff's. Whats the Difference between holy2tack and yours?

[holy2tack]

@pittstone I'm not sure what you mean? I am me. lol

[holy2tack]

Donkey Kong up and ready to break some barrels!

[holy2tack]

Someone's hungry to get in on this action.

[Alturis]

@holy2tack Good shite!

[Alturis]

Each one gets better and better. Nice job. Did you add that comic dot matrix to kirby too?

[holy2tack]

Probably my last for the day. I really wanted to get this one done though.

I took some liberties with this logo so it would not only match the comic book theme but stay true to the heart of what makes these logos iconic. I made a few different ones because I couldn't decide what color would be best.

[holy2tack]

@alturis

Yes I messed with the color channels on the PSD red layer to get the dark pink that I wanted. I do realize I forgot to shadow the logo so here is the updated logo.

Edit: Oh you meant the Kirby i used for the break out art. No that one came with it. Thought it matched up nicely with the style so I used it.

[holy2tack]

Okay I did one more because I was on a roll. Gotta make em all!

I used the ACTUAL logo for this one and it turned out pretty nice! I also had a little fun with the breakout image.

[cosmo0]

@holy2tack very nice!

Will you make a pull request so that @TMNTturtlguy can integrate it into the main theme? :)

[holy2tack]

@cosmo0 Sure. I have a few more I want to do first. Harvest Moon, Tales of, Breath of Fire, Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, and I'm sure I'll think of more. I also want to do a jRPG genre one as well. I'll wait till I wrap those up. Should be next week. My cousin gets married this weekend so I"m out of town.

[cosmo0]

@holy2tack Awesome :)

[holy2tack]

I use Launchbox/Big Box for my main PC set up. I wonder how easy it would be to port this over and incorporate videos. Anyone here have experience making themes for BigBox? If not looks like I'll be teaching myself something else.