New Comic Book Theme!
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@Zenjiro Manual was great. can you share it?
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@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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@Zenjiro It will be geat job, really, amateur but great. Good luck.
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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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@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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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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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/issuesAlso 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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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:
And while I was finishing it I thought it would be cool to add a "glitch" effect to it:
I think it came out nicely.
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I love the glitch version!
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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:
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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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@Mr-Berlin Neogeo CD is planned, PC-88 and PC-98 are now planned.
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@Zenjiro man you are amazing :D
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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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@Mr-Berlin Satellaview, and Atomiswave are already done, just not uploaded yet.
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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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Hello! Anyone tell me please, where i can download the latest version of this wonderfull theme ?
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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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@mitu thank you very much!
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