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    • mattrixkM
      mattrixk @herb_fargus
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      @herb_fargus Okay, cool. I figured it was just a different image (but adding a rotate feature would be cool). Hopefully I'll have a chance to try the Grid build this weekend. I have a spare SD card, so I'll just set up a fresh install so I don't fudge my current setup.

      My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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      • EkstremeE
        Ekstreme
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        Looks great. A view like this would certainly encourage people to not just dump full rom sets onto their PI, but be more deliberate and selective to avoid chaos

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        • mattrixkM
          mattrixk @Ekstreme
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          @Ekstreme said in Grid View Theme Ideas:

          A view like this would certainly encourage people to not just dump full rom sets onto their PI, but be more deliberate and selective to avoid chaos

          Heh, I tried that... still ended up with a few hundred SNES roms.

          My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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          • D
            deathr0w
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            This looks wonderful can't wait to fire it up on my Pie it's even making me hungry looking at it :)

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            • mattrixkM
              mattrixk
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              @herb_fargus
              Are you able to change how many rows and columns of games are shown? I notice in your screenshots that Carbon has a 5x3 grid, but Material has a 5x4 grid.

              Landscape covers and screenshots are fine 5 across, but portrait covers could maybe go 6 across. Also, are you able to change the size of the images with the <size> property like a normal image?

              My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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              • herb_fargusH
                herb_fargus administrators @mattrixk
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                @mattrixk the grid layout is defined in the selector. You essentially define the area the grid will be in in the theme and then in the emulationstation menu you can change the scales roughly so diff numbers of images show up depending on the scale you choose

                If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                • lilbudL
                  lilbud
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                  Vertical view in ES. This will be the default grid view

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

                  Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                  • herb_fargusH
                    herb_fargus administrators @lilbud
                    last edited by herb_fargus

                    @lilbud heres my attempt at it:

                    latest-grid

                    I do like the simplicity of your version. did you do away with titles altogether or is the first one just not loaded yet?

                    If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                    Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                    • lilbudL
                      lilbud @herb_fargus
                      last edited by lilbud

                      @herb_fargus I merged your pull request. The first one is not loaded yet.

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

                      Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                      • mattrixkM
                        mattrixk
                        last edited by

                        @herb_fargus, @lilbud Those both look great. I can't wait to get my virtual machine running so I can play with Grid View too.

                        My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                        • lilbudL
                          lilbud @herb_fargus
                          last edited by

                          @herb_fargus I did have an idea. Put all of the metadata in the sidebar. I tried it and soon realized some logos would be too big to fit.

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

                          Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                          • herb_fargusH
                            herb_fargus administrators @lilbud
                            last edited by

                            @lilbud logos like publishers? I have another idea that I'm trying out, just getting a screenshot ready to post

                            If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                            Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                            • herb_fargusH
                              herb_fargus administrators @lilbud
                              last edited by

                              @lilbud even more minimalist:

                              leftside

                              If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                              Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                              • lilbudL
                                lilbud @herb_fargus
                                last edited by

                                @herb_fargus I think the logo should be smaller

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

                                Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                                • herb_fargusH
                                  herb_fargus administrators @lilbud
                                  last edited by

                                  @lilbud yeah I was thinking so too, was trying to centre it proper.

                                  If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                                  Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                  • herb_fargusH
                                    herb_fargus administrators @lilbud
                                    last edited by herb_fargus

                                    @lilbud something more like this?

                                    smaller logo

                                    Personally this is my favourite rendition thus far. There are really only two issues with this version:

                                    • if your game name is too big it goes a bit off the screen because I don't believe the text values have an origin setting

                                    • it is very clashy if you leave on the on screen help, so just turn it off (who uses it anyways?)

                                    gists with xmls:

                                    https://gist.github.com/HerbFargus/6c041c9793202d03930b49b7e4bc721a

                                    https://gist.github.com/HerbFargus/1d861addd335da50e2bfc2ecb29a1d18

                                    tbh for my personal build I think I'll just take out titles altogether. thats what boxart is for anyways

                                    If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                                    Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                    • mattrixkM
                                      mattrixk
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                                      @herb_fargus Where did you get the title screens for your games? Did you replace each of your box art images with title screens for every game you have, or just select ones? Is there a repository or website I can go to get them, are they all on thegamesdb, or do I have to do some google-fu for each title, one at time?

                                      My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                                      • herb_fargusH
                                        herb_fargus administrators @mattrixk
                                        last edited by herb_fargus

                                        @mattrixk I made them myself with my swanky script see here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3353/take-and-scrape-your-own-screenshots

                                        If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                                        Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                        • herb_fargusH
                                          herb_fargus administrators
                                          last edited by

                                          I also kinda like removing the title altogether - as long as you have a complete scraped list.

                                          update

                                          If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                                          Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                          • A
                                            Arcuza @herb_fargus
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                                            @herb_fargus This is of course a fabulous idea. However, I think we miss a lot if we group our roms up by system. It's of course the first thing you would think about, but I would really like to push the idea that genre, developer, year or number of players are equally "important" groupings. Of course Console should be one as well.

                                            What if that vertical bar said "Racing", "Konami", "1985" or "4 players". That would be awesome.

                                            Shouldn't we be working on that directly? Then, we could skip two kind of menues (the side scrolling and the game select list) and just have one big grid view with all roms filtered by what you prefer at the moment.

                                            The Retropie menu would of course be accessible from the ES options menu.

                                            Simplify and make it better in my opinion.

                                            (We would also have to find graphics as the developer logos)

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