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    • ande.rochaA
      ande.rocha Banned
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      @alphatoanant

      is it possible to change the background of the system selection menu without changing the background of the game selection menu?

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      • HurricaneFanH
        HurricaneFan @ande.rocha
        last edited by

        @ande-rocha Yeah you could, you just need to tweak the xml.

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        • alphatoanantA
          alphatoanant @ande.rocha
          last edited by

          @ande-rocha yes it is

          Check out these blocks in the XML:

          This one controls the background defaults for all views

          <view name="system,basic,detailed,video">
           ...
           <image name="background" extra="true">
            <tile>true</tile>
            <origin>0 0</origin>
            <pos>0 0</pos>
            <size>1 1</size>
            <path>./_inc/images/space.png</path>
            <color>141414</color>
           </image>
          </view>
          

          And this one sets an override for the detail and video views

          <view name="detailed,video">
           ...
           <image name="background" extra="true">
            <color>cccccc</color>
           </image>
           ...
          </view>
          

          There are a few ways you can approach an update to get what you are looking for I think.

          For example:

          • Change the "<view name="system,basic,detailed,video">" to just "system" and add the image you are looking for there
          • then add a new background definition under "<view name="basic,detailed,video">" and copy the previous background color settings there

          Let me know if that helps

          My RetroPie Themes:
          Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
          Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
          TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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            fastpop72
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            Thanks for this great theme.
            These days i will pass my retropie installation on a bartop with a 4:3 monitor that display a resolution of 1280x1024.
            The 4:3 theme doesn't support well this resolution, the Launch & Favorite for example are truncated.
            Someone could tell me which xml files i have to edit to move some of the blocks?

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            • Thorr69T
              Thorr69 @fastpop72
              last edited by

              @fastpop72 Just to keep it straight, 1280x1024 is a 5:4 aspect ratio which is why the 4:3 doesn't quite work.

              RPi 3b
              Official PSU
              Official RetroPie image
              Pandora's Box 5 controller

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              • rand0mR
                rand0m @alphatoanant
                last edited by

                @alphatoanant Hi, great minimal theme. If you permit I would love to use the gamelist view in an attract-mode theme. I will of-course give proper credit and link to your original work. Thanks

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                • alphatoanantA
                  alphatoanant @rand0m
                  last edited by

                  @rand0m yes of course, thank you for doing a port of this! If there is anything I can help with please let me know.

                  My RetroPie Themes:
                  Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                  Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                  TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                  • rand0mR
                    rand0m @alphatoanant
                    last edited by

                    @alphatoanant said in [Theme] Art Book:

                    @rand0m yes of course, thank you for doing a port of this! If there is anything I can help with please let me know.

                    Thanks a lot!

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                    • agboju_logunA
                      agboju_logun
                      last edited by

                      absolutely loving this theme, less is defo more :D good work alphatoanant

                      would there be any chance of getting an openbor system added please? i have had a go myself... added an openbor folder and converted the logo .svg (which i nabbed from the first post in this thread) into a monochrome .png. it's working, i've got an openbor system with the logo displayed which is cool but the .png is pretty pixelated and doesn't look great compared to your logos. (i tried a few different online .svg converters before resorting to converting the logo to a .png)

                      i've also tweaked the background colour on the system selection on my setup to make the background black (000000) instead of dark grey (141414), looks ace... the system logos really pop out.

                      cheers!

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                      • alphatoanantA
                        alphatoanant @agboju_logun
                        last edited by

                        Thank you @agboju_logun! I'll start looking at editing the openbor logo and will post something in the next few days. I should be able to edit the raw SVG from that thread to convert colors and things.

                        My RetroPie Themes:
                        Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                        Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                        TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                        • agboju_logunA
                          agboju_logun @alphatoanant
                          last edited by

                          @alphatoanant that would be great, mate... thanks very much!

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                          • alphatoanantA
                            alphatoanant @agboju_logun
                            last edited by

                            @agboju_logun I had time on my commute today and committed an initial take of the theme and system logo to github (its in /es-theme-art-book/tree/master/openbor).

                            I edited the raw SVG from the thread you linked, removed colors and cleaned up paths so that it would sit well on a clean dark background. Let me know how it looks on your end and I can make tweaks no problem.

                            As far as theme layout - I kept it at default as I am not sure yet how OpenBOR metadata and images are sized. Default is pretty good from a general perspective so it could be ok but glad to make tweaks too.

                            Thank you @darknior for creating the initial OpenBOR svg - I'll make sure to give you credit in theme readme.

                            My RetroPie Themes:
                            Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                            Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                            TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                            • agboju_logunA
                              agboju_logun @alphatoanant
                              last edited by

                              @alphatoanant brill mate, thank you... i’ll nab a copy next time i get on my pc

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                              • agboju_logunA
                                agboju_logun @alphatoanant
                                last edited by

                                @alphatoanant yup, that is looking swee-eet... good skills sir!

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                                • alphatoanantA
                                  alphatoanant @agboju_logun
                                  last edited by

                                  @agboju_logun awesome! Glad to hear it worked out. I'll update the other artbook versions with it over the weekend.

                                  My RetroPie Themes:
                                  Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                                  Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                                  TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                                  • ande.rochaA
                                    ande.rocha Banned
                                    last edited by ande.rocha

                                    Hello everyone, everything good?
                                    I found some images of consoles and thought about using this theme as a selection of systems, however when I applied, I noticed that there is a certain limitation of width and height for image ... could anyone help me to adjust so that it is possible to use the images in attachment?

                                    Images: https://imgur.com/a/pVs08Nc

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                                    • ande.rochaA
                                      ande.rocha Banned @ande.rocha
                                      last edited by

                                      @alphatoanant could you help me?

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                                        flaviometal @EvilDindon
                                        last edited by

                                        @EvilDindon , where do I go to change this underline color to red? Also, do you know where to go to make that "XXX GAMES AVAILABLE" font bigger? I'm using Retropie on a old CRT TV, and that text its too small to read. Thanks!

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                                          wwsnkneo
                                          last edited by

                                          It's me or sometimes the ratings don't show correctly? I'm using the theme with Retroarch and emulationstation.

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                                          • SpheronautS
                                            Spheronaut
                                            last edited by

                                            @alphatoanant I read how i can change the background for the System view, but I would like to add an individual background for every system. Thanks for your help!

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