logoText help in theme
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@jdrassa sweet thanks! :)
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Looks like a really nice theme, personally i would change the font for something a bit more solid
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@stuart2773 said in logoText help in theme:
Looks like a really nice theme, personally i would change the font for something a bit more solid
Hi @Stuart2773 yeh, ive had the same thoughts regarding the font type, on the original pandoras box the font has a stroke/ouline round the text, this cannot be achieved as yet in ES.
I'm basically trying to replicate the pandoras box 4s theme then after i've done that, I'm gonna put my own spin on it and make it 'Pandoras Box Pi' or something along those lines. I had to re-create the joystick and button in PS and use a different 'FREEPLAY' 'SELECT GAME' font as there is no where to find the exact font or artwork for Pandoras box, ive searched high and low. I've created the blue version which I prefer.
I also had to mod the background image to make it more 16.9 and modify the logo. if you look at the pandoras box on a 16.9 screen it stretches the logo, so ive made it look more crisp with the correct aspect ratio.
I've got some great ideas to put my spin on it like....in place of the '000' at the beginning of a title, place the consoles relevant gamepad there in the same yellow/orange gradient. got some more great ideas also.
I also love the fact you can place an image behind the game title now therefore re-creating the same effect as in pandoras box when you move up and down.
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@stuart2773 said in logoText help in theme:
i cant wait to test this theme, i just love the look and simplicity of it.
great work :)
Thanks @Stuart2773 , ill keep updating it until my OCD stops haha :)
I never liked the pandoras box previously but I believe we can make it look more 'arcade' like and a bit more fun. -
@Stuart2773 on the original pandoras box, for some reason they use a green select bar on the blue version and a blue select bar on the green version, i personally think the green on green and blue on blue looks a lot better, that may be one of my spins i put on it. When I get round to releasing it I'll have a poll or maybe options to have vice versa etc.
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@jdrassa thanks for submitting the pr, as i dont use the windows version please could you let me know when its been added the the emu-dev on the pi. Thanks in advance.
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i like both green & blue versions, you could make it optional or create 2 versions,
have you looked on the "hyperspin" forums, theres a few files on there that may help you.
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@stuart2773 said in logoText help in theme:
i like both green & blue versions, you could make it optional or create 2 versions,
have you looked on the "hyperspin" forums, theres a few files on there that may help you.
Thanks @Stuart2773 I've had a brief look on there but could not see anything, have you seen something on there?
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@paffley said in logoText help in theme:
@stuart2773 said in logoText help in theme:
i like both green & blue versions, you could make it optional or create 2 versions,
have you looked on the "hyperspin" forums, theres a few files on there that may help you.
Thanks @Stuart2773 I've had a brief look on there but could not see anything, have you seen something on there?
if theres something in particular that you looking for, let me know, im pretty good at tracking things down lol
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lol thanks @Stuart2773
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try this font:-
https://mega.nz/#!QCR3wD6S!SAvLO4gx2n7ucOql_iPu7i9wyPVpfcpZySZvpZTnMTQlooks identical to this :-
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@paffley said in logoText help in theme:
I've got some great ideas to put my spin on it like....in place of the '000' at the beginning of a title, place the consoles relevant gamepad there in the same yellow/orange gradient.
Since you want to use plain text as carousel, you can't have images.
If you want to place the images separately or directly on the background image, they will probably be out of order because you can't detect what system someone is using. Like it was with the indicator images on chicuelo's theme. So it would only be viable for your personal setup. Or you have to create images with the controller and text and use those as carousel.Edit: The only other option is to have the controller image appear only for the selected system.
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@ectoone said in logoText help in theme:
Edit: One last question for today: Why is image name="background" not available in system view? Seems weird to define an extra background image if I want to change it all views simultaneously.
Not entirely sure, but I would guess that it was done this way to allow for system specific backgrounds and allow them to use animated transitions.
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@paffley the PR has been merged.
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@ectoone said in logoText help in theme:
Since you want to use plain text as carousel, you can't have images.
If you want to place the images separately or directly on the background image, they will probably be out of order because you can't detect what system someone is using. Like it was with the indicator images on chicuelo's theme. So it would only be viable for your personal setup. Or you have to create images with the controller and text and use those as carousel.Edit: The only other option is to have the controller image appear only for the selected system.
Hi @EctoOne , yeh I was meaning more for the basic/detailed/video view and not the system view.
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Thanks for the font @Stuart2773 I'll have a play...
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@jdrassa not for now but one for the future - how easy/hard would it be to add a stroke/outline to the text tag and possibly a gradient? I'm currently looking at how its done in attract mode.
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@jdrassa said in logoText help in theme:
@ectoone said in logoText help in theme:
Edit: One last question for today: Why is image name="background" not available in system view? Seems weird to define an extra background image if I want to change it all views simultaneously.
Not entirely sure, but I would guess that it was done this way to allow for system specific backgrounds and allow them to use animated transitions.
Hmm ok, to me I would make more sense if it was the other was around. Have one global background and every system gets an extra one. Especially since system specific backgrounds had to be set in system/theme.xml originally and not by using variables. But whatever, I was just courious and confused when my system background wasn't changing when I only had
image="background"withoutextra="true=".@paffley Ah I thought you wanted the controller images on system view as well.
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