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      salor10 @Zenjiro
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      @Zenjiro said in New Comic Book Theme!:

      "Shaka Pow" font, not the "Upright Shaka Pow"

      Thanks a lot.

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        salor10 @Zenjiro
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        @Zenjiro Manual was great. can you share it?

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          WeirdH @Pi2go
          last edited by WeirdH

          @Pi2go said in New Comic Book Theme!:

          Could someone please explain how or where md_image, md_marquee, and md_video are defined.

          They're defined in theme.xml, which can be found in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/themes and then the appropriate folder for your theme.

          It is what I am trying to achieve - the game logo at the top, the boxart in the small area at the side, and the game preview in the big box area (but a still image, not a video).

          I'm not very well versed in theme.xml files, but have dabbled with some success.

          Most of the themes that show a game logo above the video preview seem to use <marquee> for it. Point your gamelist.xml to a file in that tag (for each game) and they should show up. Personally, I don't scrape those in large quantities, but add them manually (don't have a huge gamelist, just a cherry picked selection). There are multiple sources for good quality png's for logos, like Emumovies.

          There is also a 'logo' tag in my theme.xml, but I believe that's used for system logos, not games.

          If you want to change the behaviour for the video preview / still image, you have to make some changes in theme.xml. Mine has a tag like this:

          <feature supported="video">
          	<view name="video">
          		<video name="md_video">
          			<origin>0.5 0.5</origin>
          			<pos>0.7068 0.3385</pos>
          			<maxSize>0.29 0.292</maxSize>
          			<delay>0.2</delay>
          			<default>./_dades/video/static.mp4</default>
          			<showSnapshotNoVideo>false</showSnapshotNoVideo>
          			<showSnapshotDelay>false</showSnapshotDelay>
          		</video>
          	</view>
          </feature>
          

          It's probably obvious what you would need to edit there to get what you're looking for, although I'm not sure if these options are used in all themes.

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          • ZenjiroZ
            Zenjiro @salor10
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            @salor10 Here is the work-in-progress tutorial PDF. I know it is very amateur-ish but hopefully it helps.

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              salor10 @Zenjiro
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              @Zenjiro It will be geat job, really, amateur but great. Good luck.

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              • Striderx99S
                Striderx99
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                Has a background/logo/menu of games been created for the 3DS, as well as the Naomi and Atomiswave arcade systems? I really love this theme, along with Tronkyfan's and the SNES Mini, to name a few. Please keep up the great work here guys!

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                  Zenjiro @Striderx99
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                  @Striderx99 Yes I have a 3DS and Naomi theme queued up to be pushed to my repo. As well as several others. Progress is slow, and I am waiting for the next major release of RetroPie. I hope it supports ogg or mp3 playback for theme sounds. Right now it only supports wav files and they take up a bunch of space.

                  EmulationStation Developer fabricecaruso has recently added some new auto-themes, arcade being one, which I am also in the works for making sure this theme supports them.

                  I also want to add support for marquee, and wheel art. Just be aware that I am only supporting the 16:9 version of this theme. I don't have the resources, or time to maintain both. But if anyone wants to collaborate and take on the 4:3 I am willing to help.

                  Here are all the current themes that will be added with the next release (more will likely be added):

                  Fixed the Following:
                  - Renamed chrashbandicoot to crashbandicoot
                  
                  Changed the Following:
                  - PC is now MSDOS
                  
                  Added Systems:
                  - C64-Classic
                  - Capcom-Classic
                  - Famicom-Classic
                  - Famicom-Shonen
                  - Mega CD
                  - Mega Drive-Japan
                  - Naomi
                  - Neo-Geo CD
                  - NES-Classic
                  - Nintendo 3DS
                  - Nintendo 64DD
                  - PC
                  - PlayStation-Classic
                  - Pokemon Mini
                  - SFC-Classic
                  - SNES-Classic-US
                  - SNES-Classic-EU
                  
                  Added Themes:
                  - Advance Wars
                  - Blizzard
                  - Darkstalkers
                  - Diablo
                  - Dragon Quest
                  - Halo
                  - JRPG
                  - Kingdom Hearts
                  - Konami
                  - Shining Force
                  - Starcraft
                  - Starfox
                  - Star Ocean
                  - Star Trek
                  - Street Fighter
                  - Warcraft
                  - Wario
                  - Witcher
                  - Yoshi
                  
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                  • Striderx99S
                    Striderx99
                    last edited by

                    Thank you for the response. I created a few of these icons (including one for Wii and the WiiU) this past weekend. They don't include the transparency. I used either a white or black background along with some .png images for each console that I found. I know they a bit different from the others, but for now it works. As for the developers and the year of production on the bottom of the icons, I just cut and pasted from a few of the samples that are already available. When the ones you mentioned become available, I'm sure they will far surpass what I created. I'll just update the theme when the time comes. Thank you for putting effort on this project.

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                    • ZenjiroZ
                      Zenjiro @Striderx99
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                      If anyone has any recommendations for systems or themes, that are not currently added feel free to open a ticket on
                      Github: https://github.com/Zenjir0/es-theme-ComicBook/issues

                      Also feel free to request:

                      • Games, or Screenshots, of what you would like to see in the comic background for said system/collection
                      • Color scheme of the system/collection image
                      • Launch Sound for when you start a game

                      If you can provide the images (with source) and/or the audio file(s) it will also help out.

                      If you find any issues while running the theme such as graphical glitches or clipping of the drop shadow let me know.

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                      • ZenjiroZ
                        Zenjiro
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                        Wanted to share this cool bit of inspiration that hit me. While I was creating the custom theme for the .Hack series I decided to change it up a bit and use a cyber/circuit board pattern for the system image:

                        system.png

                        And while I was finishing it I thought it would be cool to add a "glitch" effect to it:

                        system3.png

                        I think it came out nicely.

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                          mikeydoom @Zenjiro
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                          @Zenjiro

                          I love the glitch version!

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                            Zenjiro
                            last edited by Zenjiro

                            Sometimes I forget to take a step back and get some R&R, and actually use the theme I am working on. So for the last couple of months I have been catching up on some old N64 games, RA Profile.

                            And with Doom and Animal Crossing recently releasing I figured I should make themes for them. Here are the previews:

                            comic.png

                            comic.png

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                            • Mr. BerlinM
                              Mr. Berlin @Zenjiro
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                              @Zenjiro glitch effect turn out so nice , and theme over all so sweet , but is there any planes to add missing systems like neogeo cd , pc-88 and pc-98

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                                Zenjiro @Mr. Berlin
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                                @Mr-Berlin Neogeo CD is planned, PC-88 and PC-98 are now planned.

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                                  Mr. Berlin @Zenjiro
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                                  @Zenjiro man you are amazing :D

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                                  • Mr. BerlinM
                                    Mr. Berlin @Zenjiro
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                                    @Zenjiro if you plane to add more systems there is sharp x1 , sharp x68000 , satellaview, sufami, and atomiswave

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                                      Zenjiro @Mr. Berlin
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                                      @Mr-Berlin Satellaview, and Atomiswave are already done, just not uploaded yet.

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                                        Mr. Berlin @Zenjiro
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                                        @Zenjiro man i know my English is bad but i wanna you to know that you make amazing work and keep one of the most awesome theme alive and that deserve appreciation

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                                          MakPro
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                                          Hello! Anyone tell me please, where i can download the latest version of this wonderfull theme ?

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                                          • mituM
                                            mitu Global Moderator @MakPro
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                                            @MakPro You can install it from the RetroPie's themes menu - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Themes/.

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