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    EctoOne @thelostsoul
    last edited by EctoOne 14 Aug 2018, 16:35

    @thelostsoul said in Switch Theme 3.0 (UPDATED 08/12/18):

    A suggestion here, if it is possible. I use subfolders in systems for specific reason, like Mods. I wish these folders could get same information on the right like custom collections have. In example the description of them are "This collection contains 51 games, includiding...". Would it be possible to add these information to subfolders itself?

    Are you talking about subfolders in your rom folders or custom collections?
    If it's for the rom folders you can add this in your gamelist.xml:

    	<folder>
    		<path>./subfolderpath</path>
    		<name>Sub Folder Name</name>
    		<desc>A Folder With More Games</desc>
    	</folder>
    

    You need to add this for every folder you have, then the description will show up at the same location as a game description does (when a theme supports it).

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      thelostsoul @lilbud
      last edited by 14 Aug 2018, 16:45

      @lilbud I don't believe the text issue have something to do with my CRT (still probably could), because on the old theme there is no such text error. The text is a bit thicker, so maybe it just overlaps the error? I don't know too.

      The image entry for a game will not show up, before the video playback starts. In the older theme the image was showing up right away, when i scroll down through the list. If i wait a second, the video starts playing. The entry for it is in this format: "<image>/home/pi/.emulationstation/downloaded_images/nes/Alter Ego-image.jpg</image>"

      @EctoOne Ah yes, I was talking about subfolders in rom folder. My suggestion was adding the same dynamic description like it is available in custom collections. It will create a list of some examples in the description, plus the count of how many games are there, plus playing a video from a game in this collection. I was just hoping the same could be done for subfolders in rom folder.

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        lilbud @thelostsoul
        last edited by 14 Aug 2018, 17:00

        @thelostsoul I'll look in to it when I get home

        Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

        Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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          EctoOne @thelostsoul
          last edited by 14 Aug 2018, 17:55

          @thelostsoul said in Switch Theme 3.0 (UPDATED 08/12/18):

          @EctoOne Ah yes, I was talking about subfolders in rom folder. My suggestion was adding the same dynamic description like it is available in custom collections. It will create a list of some examples in the description, plus the count of how many games are there, plus playing a video from a game in this collection. I was just hoping the same could be done for subfolders in rom folder.

          Well dynamic content is definitely not a thing. You can add an image to a folder (same way as it is done to a game entry. I did that for my scummvm subfolders where i used company logos). Maybe you can add videos as well, never tested it though and if it works it would be always be the same.

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            lilbud @thelostsoul
            last edited by 15 Aug 2018, 01:21

            @thelostsoul said in Switch Theme 3.0 (UPDATED 08/12/18):

            The image entry for a game will not show up, before the video playback starts. In the older theme the image was showing up right away, when i scroll down through the list. If i wait a second, the video starts playing. The entry for it is in this format: "<image>/home/pi/.emulationstation/downloaded_images/nes/Alter Ego-image.jpg</image>"

            I updated the theme to have a 1.5 second delay before the video starts playing. It'll show the image while scrolling and if you stay on the game for a sec, the video will play.

            I also enabled the ability to show the image if there is no video.

            Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

            Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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              thelostsoul @lilbud
              last edited by thelostsoul 15 Aug 2018, 01:31

              @lilbud Huge thanks! I am going to sleep now and will test it tomorrow (in other words later).

              EDIT: @lilbud Just tried it out now. It works perfectly, with those 1.5s even better than all the other themes regarding this. Huge thank you for this quick fix. (I didn't feel to double post.)

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                thelostsoul @lilbud
                last edited by 16 Aug 2018, 23:54

                @lilbud Now 2 days after usage, everything works fine. I have just changed the 1.5s delay to 1.0s. It is just very small effect, but I feel like 1.5s takes an eternity until video starts. Its just my personal preference. Another note, I also tried different (free) fonts from my Ubuntu installation. I found the "Ubuntu-R.ttf" (from usr/share/fonts/truetype/Ubuntu/ from desktop Ubuntu) is much better readable on my 640*480p screen, more clear. It could be just on my specific setup, but why not telling it here?!

                A lot of game descriptions at the right side have characters like """, which aren't transformed into the characters they represent. Is this theme dependent or should I look elsewhere?

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                  lilbud @thelostsoul
                  last edited by 17 Aug 2018, 00:24

                  @thelostsoul said in Switch Theme 3.0 (UPDATED 08/12/18):

                  A lot of game descriptions at the right side have characters like """, which aren't transformed into the characters they represent. Is this theme dependent or should I look elsewhere?

                  The only thing that could be is characters that don't have a matching glyph in the font file.

                  Not gonna lie, that Ubuntu font looks pretty sharp in the theme. I might add it and have it switchable in the theme.xml

                  Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                  Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                    thelostsoul @lilbud
                    last edited by 17 Aug 2018, 00:27

                    @lilbud Oh, above I meant "& quot ;" will not be translated to "

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                      lilbud @thelostsoul
                      last edited by 17 Aug 2018, 00:32

                      @thelostsoul That might be a problem with the scraper. Or the gamelist files, I dunno.

                      Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                      Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                        hooperre
                        last edited by hooperre 27 Aug 2018, 13:43

                        @lilbud Is this puppy on the theme downloader yet? :) Can't wait!

                        4B ~ RPi PSU 5.1V / 3.0A ~ 32GB SanDisk microSD ~ 128GB USB

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                          lilbud @hooperre
                          last edited by 27 Aug 2018, 13:59

                          @hooperre Yep

                          Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                          Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                            Wolverine1977 @lilbud
                            last edited by 1 Jan 2019, 22:30

                            @lilbud Is it possible to get a "no Meta" option added to the theme so it just shows the Games list and Box art without the developer, released and description data?

                            Thanks :)

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                              lilbud @Wolverine1977
                              last edited by 2 Jan 2019, 00:01

                              @Wolverine1977 It is possible, I haven't done it though. Was never in the plans, but i'll look into it.

                              Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                              Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                                goobatroopa @lilbud
                                last edited by 2 Jan 2019, 14:45

                                @lilbud this is just what I've been looking for. Thanks I'll download tonight.

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                                  WylieCoyote
                                  last edited by WylieCoyote 29 Jan 2019, 21:19

                                  Apologies for the stupid question but how do you toggle between showing the Xbox and PS controller help buttons? I can't seem to figure it out.

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                                    lilbud @WylieCoyote
                                    last edited by 29 Jan 2019, 23:28

                                    @WylieCoyote In the 'config.xml' file. Change letters.xml to symbols.xml

                                    Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                                    Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                                      WylieCoyote @lilbud
                                      last edited by 30 Jan 2019, 16:54

                                      @lilbud Many thanks for the prompt response. I've searched the entire image using WinSCP and I have no config.xml file to edit??

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                                        lilbud @WylieCoyote
                                        last edited by 30 Jan 2019, 17:41

                                        @WylieCoyote

                                        /etc/emulationstation/themes/es-theme-switch/config.xml

                                        Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                                        Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                                          WylieCoyote @lilbud
                                          last edited by 30 Jan 2019, 17:49

                                          @lilbud Well, there's my problem. In /etc/emulatationstation/themes I have 'darkswitch' and 'lightswitch' and no es-theme-switch. Apologies, I suspect I'm referring to a completely different theme. Noted github link at the top of the thread, will download try again.

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