Epic Noir - Dark Mode Theme

[cobragra]

This is a really pretty theme, well done! My only request would be how can I make the game list fit better on 4:3? The longer game names don't fit. Can I make the font smaller or give the list more horizontal space? Thanks!

[chicuelo]

@cobragra its a 16:9 theme, so it wont be well displayed on 4:3 screens. Maybe in a future we make a 4:3 version

[nil06]

Let's see if I can help out a bit here. :)

First of all, one important note to @Mr-Berlin and everyone: @lilbud had nothing to do with this theme. I don't know why he keeps being credited for creating the theme, but the theme was built by me, based on Nico's @chicuelo amazing original idea and with him supplying the artwork and testing the various versions and it would be nice to have proper credit for one's work.

Ok, moving on to the various questions:

• @SP the theme works on ALL systems. Pis, PCs, etc. I developed the theme on a laptop running Linux and Nico has been using it on his Pi without issues.

• If the theme is not running properly, then the likely problem would either be resolution (the theme is meant for 16:9 screens), or a low memory issue.
  (Simply go in RetroPie settings menu and increase the VRAM to 150-160 MB)
  As I mentioned earlier, this theme has been significantly improved from the past with extensive optimization of images etc, so in theory it should run quite fast without needed much VRAM.

• @cobragra everything on the theme is customizable. If you want to change a long system name (eg Sony Playstation 2) simply go into the relevant folder (eg ps2) and open the theme.xml file. Simply change the system name on sys_line1 and sys_line2 to whatever you like and it will appear when you reload your Retropie. Also, fonts etc can all be made smaller by changing the main theme.xml.

• The theme can be modified to run on a 4:3 screen. If there is enough demand I can work on it.

• @Mr-Berlin the proper theme size should be around 17 MB zipped and 19 MB unzipped. I just checked my GitHub page and the sizes are correct. Where did you see that 44.5 MB figure?

• About the dots panel on the left, as Nico already said if you want the dots to move in sequence you simply go into the indicator folder and rename the dots you want to use for your particular systems.
  (The theme has been set up for the dots to move in sequence if you have ALL the available systems installed)

Thanks for the good words guys and keep the comments and ideas coming! :)

[mitu]

@Mr-Berlin the proper theme size should be around 17 MB zipped and 19 MB unzipped. I just checked my GitHub page and the sizes are correct. Where did you see that 44.5 MB figure?

44.56 Mb is the download size for the repository's whole history + files:

git clone https://github.com/c64-dev/es-epicnoir
Cloning into 'es-epicnoir'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 865, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (865/865), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (404/404), done.
remote: Total 865 (delta 252), reused 853 (delta 240), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (865/865), 44.56 MiB | 1.61 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (252/252), done.

That's not an issue if you're downloading just the latest version:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/c64-dev/es-epicnoir
Cloning into 'es-epicnoir'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 382, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (382/382), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (288/288), done.
remote: Total 382 (delta 91), reused 289 (delta 7), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (382/382), 14.80 MiB | 1.66 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (91/91), done.

The latter method is used by the RetroPie scripts.

[Geier97332]

Hi, thanks for your work! The theme is amazing!

Please make a 4:3 version!

Thank you very much!

[nil06]

@Geier97332 As I had some free time this morning (being stuck @ home like the rest of the planet :P ) I worked on the 4:3 version and I got it ready.

Update:
The 4:3 version that people have been asking for is ready.
You can download it here: https://github.com/c64-dev/es-epicnoir/tree/43-version

As always, all comments and suggestions are very welcome. :)

[Thorr69]

@nil06 said in EPIC Theme! Noir - [Dark Mode Theme]:

The 4:3 version that people have been asking for is ready.

Best thing I have heard all day! Thanks!

[SP]

@chicuelo I want to thank you for pointing me in the right direction. I was able to get it to work by changing the font size to 0.180 in the sys_line2 section in each of the system's xml file. Pic below:

Thank you.

[nil06]

@sp, the reason behind the 3 digit font decimal was to try and get the font size as close as possible to Nico's original templates. However, RetroPie rounds up/down such numbers when rendering fonts, so there is no need for such decimals.
I only left them because they didn't seem to affect anything on my build.

However, since you seemed to have issues with them I'll go through all the xmls and fix them accordingly.

[lilbud]

@nil06 said in EPIC Theme! Noir - [Dark Mode Theme]:

@lilbud had nothing to do with this theme. I don't know why he keeps being credited for creating the theme, but the theme was built by me

I was only credited because chicuelo put my name in the OP by accident. But apparently it was up long enough for people to be mistaken.

[nil06]

@lilbud I figured as much; no worries! It's all good. :)

[chicuelo]

Hi guys, we are fixing some issues with font sizes and it will be updated soon.
We also are sharing from now a 4:3 version (link on top)

[chicuelo]

@lilbud Sorry was my fault!

[chicuelo]

@SP @Mr-Berlin
The theme is updated and now it should be displayed fine. Please share your screens!

[rajbhalsod]

Hi, could this theme work on the pi4?

[SP]

@chicuelo Hey, I re-downloaded it and it is working. Thank you.

Also, since I use an Xbox One controller, is there a way I can change the enter button to display the B Button instead? I was able to do it in the game selection screen, but I can't seem to find a way to change it here. Pic below:

If it's not possible, then no worries.

[chicuelo]

@rajbhalsod Currently there are not official versions of Retropie for the Pi4. But of course it will work when they relase it.

[chicuelo]

@SP That Button is a svg file, if you have Illustrator you can do it!

[Wildfire]

Looks incredible! well done @chicuelo & @nil06.

Really like the rating, player count and genre in the lower bar! Very smart use of the screen space

[arnaldchaves]

Perfect congratulations !