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    How do I remove game number belt (the number of games in an emulator)

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    • chipsnblipC
      chipsnblip
      last edited by chipsnblip

      you can't disable it, but can make it disappear. for this you'll have to edit the theme.
      my example is for the carbon theme, but can be adapted to any one.

      copy the theme directory and give it a new name:
      cp -R /etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon ~/.emulationstation/themes/carbon-modified

      check if your theme has a systemInfo node:
      cat ~/.emulationstation/themes/carbon-modified/*.xml | egrep 'systemInfo'

      if it has this node, find which xml it's in (most themes have one or two) and edit it. if not, you'll need to create the node.
      the following stanza goes in carbon.xml after the <view name="system">:

            <text name="systemInfo">
            				<pos>0.00 0.00</pos>
            				<size>0.0 0.00</size>
            			</text>
      

      save the file and change your theme set to carbon-modified in emulationstation's UI settings.
      as a bonus, while you're in there you can even change the default white carousel to something else.

      	<carousel name="systemcarousel">
      			<color>777471BF</color>
      		</carousel>
      

      color is represented in 8-digit hexidecimal notation.

      that's it, hope this was helpful :)

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        Nicky_S14 @chipsnblip
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        @chipsnblip @herb_fargus @EctoOne

        Hi :)

        Please read my previous post on what I did. I believe I did the same thing as you told me, but for good measure, now, I have added <size>0.0 0.0</size> - but it's still showing up.

        My guess here is that the theme isn't allowing it. I'm using Playstation here. I remember long ago when I did it, I just used a tool in Retropie Setup. That was awesome, and super friendly to use. Do you have any idea of this?
        (sorry that I don't know, it's been years).

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        • chipsnblipC
          chipsnblip @Nicky_S14
          last edited by

          @nicky_s14

          i think it's because you don't have privileges to edit the files in /etc/emulationstation. try placing a copy of the directory in ~/.emulationstation/themes

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            Nicky_S14 @chipsnblip
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            @chipsnblip

            Okay, I'll try that. Could you perhaps guide me on how to do that? I've never heard or tried that before, I'm a bit clueless on this one.

            I checked if my edits went through by SSHing into my Pi, and I opened the same file on my computer and it showed a modified file. I think you might be right though...

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            • chipsnblipC
              chipsnblip @Nicky_S14
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              @nicky_s14 see my post above, just change carbon to playstation. the playstation theme already has the systemInfo node (line 41), so just edit it.

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              • mediamogulM
                mediamogul Global Moderator @herb_fargus
                last edited by mediamogul

                @herb_fargus said in How do I remove game number belt (the number of games in an emulator):

                I don't want to tell you you're wrong as I've yet to see you be, but...

                Ha! You're too kind, but it's OK. This isn't nearly as bad as the time I swore that diet Dr. Pepper tasted more like regular Dr. Pepper. A lot of good people were hurt because of that erroneous info. It's good to know that this is an option after-all.

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                • edmaul69E
                  edmaul69 @herb_fargus
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                  @herb_fargus you are correct. Position it off screen is the answer

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                    Nicky_S14 @chipsnblip
                    last edited by

                    @chipsnblip Doing so just gives me an error no such directory. I've already went to the systemInfo tag and edited it, trying to render the belt off the screen - but it didn't happen.

                    I appreciate your help, I will do some more shovelling in this tomorrow. Perhaps I'm just lost.

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                    • chipsnblipC
                      chipsnblip @Nicky_S14
                      last edited by

                      @nicky_s14 said in How do I remove game number belt (the number of games in an emulator):

                      @chipsnblip Doing so just gives me an error no such directory. I've already went to the systemInfo tag and edited it, trying to render the belt off the screen - but it didn't happen.

                      I appreciate your help, I will do some more shovelling in this tomorrow. Perhaps I'm just lost.

                      not sure what the problem could be then, i just tested this on the playstation theme and it works.

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                        Nicky_S14 @chipsnblip
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                        @chipsnblip This is what I'm doing:

                        cp -R /etc/emulationstation/themes/playstation ~/.^emulationstation/themes/carbon-modified and it gives me so:

                        cp: cannot create directory '/home/pi/.emulationstation/themes/carbon-modified': No such file or directory

                        Am I doing something wrong?

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                        • mituM
                          mitu Global Moderator @Nicky_S14
                          last edited by mitu

                          @nicky_s14 You need to create the theme folder first:

                          mkdir -p ~/.emulationstation/themes
                          cp -R /etc/emulationstation/themes/playstation ~/.emulationstation/themes/psx-modified
                          

                          Your personalized theme will be called psx-modified. Make sure you don't add the ^ character again when running the command.

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                            dudleydes @Nicky_S14
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                            @nicky_s14 When it comes to editing custom themes, I find it far more straightforward to use Samba shares. You will need to have your Pi connected to your home network.

                            The direct path to the EmulationStation folder is smb://retropie/configs/all/emulationstation. This folder is symlinked to /home/pi/.emulationstation so any changes made through Samba shares will be reflected in the latter folder.

                            I also prefer to download the theme from relevant Github page. The Playstation theme can be downloaded from here. Unzip the download on your PC and use Samba shares to transfer the es-theme-playstation-master folder to the themes folder, which you may have to create. You can then edit theme.xml in a text editor on your PC to make your changes.

                            In the UI setting in ES, your custom theme will appear as es-theme-playstation-master.

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                              Nicky_S14
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                              @chipsnblip @mitu

                              Guys, you are actually amazing. It finally works. Thank you so so so so much! I've been banging my head on my counter to not being able to do this.

                              It now works with all of my themes, (if someone uses Chicuelo, add <color>ffffff00</color> within the systemInfo tag and then the number of games will be transparent, if it still renders on your screen ( depending on your resolution).

                              Thanks for all the help on this thread <3

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