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    • Stuart2773S
      Stuart2773 @paffley
      last edited by Stuart2773

      @paffley

      i cant wait to test this theme, i just love the look and simplicity of it.

      great work :)

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      • paffleyP
        paffley @Stuart2773
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        @stuart2773 said in logoText help in theme:

        @paffley

        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.

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        • paffleyP
          paffley
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          @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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          • paffleyP
            paffley
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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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            • Stuart2773S
              Stuart2773 @paffley
              last edited by

              @paffley

              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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              • paffleyP
                paffley @Stuart2773
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                @stuart2773 said in logoText help in theme:

                @paffley

                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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                • Stuart2773S
                  Stuart2773 @paffley
                  last edited by Stuart2773

                  @paffley said in logoText help in theme:

                  @stuart2773 said in logoText help in theme:

                  @paffley

                  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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                  • paffleyP
                    paffley
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                    lol thanks @Stuart2773

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                    • Stuart2773S
                      Stuart2773
                      last edited by

                      @paffley

                      try this font:-
                      https://mega.nz/#!QCR3wD6S!SAvLO4gx2n7ucOql_iPu7i9wyPVpfcpZySZvpZTnMTQ

                      looks identical to this :-
                      alt text

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                        EctoOne @paffley
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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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                          jdrassa @EctoOne
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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.

                          Get latest build of EmulationStation for Windows here

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                            jdrassa @paffley
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                            @paffley the PR has been merged.

                            Get latest build of EmulationStation for Windows here

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                            • paffleyP
                              paffley @EctoOne
                              last edited by

                              @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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                              • paffleyP
                                paffley @jdrassa
                                last edited by

                                @jdrassa said in logoText help in theme:

                                @paffley the PR has been merged.

                                @jdrassa Thanks! :)

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                                • paffleyP
                                  paffley
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                                  Thanks for the font @Stuart2773 I'll have a play...

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                                  • paffleyP
                                    paffley
                                    last edited by

                                    @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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                                      EctoOne @jdrassa
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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" without extra="true=".

                                      @paffley Ah I thought you wanted the controller images on system view as well.

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                                      • paffleyP
                                        paffley
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                                        @ectoone said in logoText help in theme:

                                        <text>${system.fullName}</text>

                                        @jdrassa <text>${system.fullName}</text> works perfect on pi, thanks!

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                                          skj
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                                          @paffley

                                          How is the progress going and Any idea when this theme will be released? Looks really amazing

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                                          • paffleyP
                                            paffley @skj
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                                            @skj said in logoText help in theme:

                                            @paffley

                                            How is the progress going and Any idea when this theme will be released? Looks really amazing

                                            Thanks @skj …..I'm still working on it, got a few tweaks to make on it until i'm satisfied with it, I don't want to release something then make a thousand adjustments on it + it will only work with emu-dev installed at the moment until its been merged to the public ver. I'll create a separate post for it when its released as I work most days and doing this in my spare time. Keep popping back :)

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