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    • AkiAfrooA
      AkiAfroo
      last edited by AkiAfroo

      i was trying 2 ES version for windows and i cant really make this works.
      https://i.postimg.cc/sfmjk20f/screenshot-9.png
      https://i.postimg.cc/qvhp6xBg/screenshot-10.png

      with jrassa ES version , ES crash .
      those screenshots are from this build
      https://github.com/fabricecaruso/batocera-emulationstation
      the weird is sometimes the theme load without problems por couple of seconds.
      i know this amazing theme is for retropie .. just want to report the "isue" in windows with those builds.
      pd, how i said sometimes load with minor issues.
      https://i.postimg.cc/5NXhs9hR/screenshot-11.png

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator @AkiAfroo
        last edited by

        @AkiAfroo said in Epic Noir - Dark Mode Theme:

        i was trying 2 ES version for windows and i cant really make this works.

        Looks like an issue with the theme installation or the theme's files.

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        • chicueloC
          chicuelo @AkiAfroo
          last edited by

          @AkiAfroo I had those two problems, the font one was caused by the size, which is already solved, and the other due the low vram dedicated to emulation station, also I had to split the memory up to 512 mb on my pi

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          • AkiAfrooA
            AkiAfroo @chicuelo
            last edited by

            @chicuelo @mitu thanks for the quick response,
            I discovered that the problem apart from the low ram was the size of my monitor (27 "2k res) but... if i add this parameters at the end of the shortcut ...\emulationstation.exe
            for 720p---> perfect!
            --resolution 1280 720

            for 1080p --> perfect!
            --resolution 1920 1080
            https://i.postimg.cc/HsXn3vZG/screenshot-12.png

            for 2k (2560 × 1440) with and without this parameters
            appears the glitches that i posted before

            in my second 24" (1920x1080) monitor works out-the-box - without those parameters.

            my question is... , the theme need to be rebuild to works to this res or i just need to change some parameters to make it works in my 2560 × 1440 monitor ?

            and thanks to all of you guys.

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            • S
              SchwarzBrot @chicuelo
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              @chicuelo aA1zxFr.jpg
              A 16:9 for example has 1920x1080 while 16:10 has 1920:1200. 16:10 is more compatible with 4:3 Games because the distortion is lesser.

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              • chicueloC
                chicuelo @AkiAfroo
                last edited by

                @AkiAfroo Its designed in 1920x1080!

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                • chicueloC
                  chicuelo @SchwarzBrot
                  last edited by

                  @SchwarzBrot I understand, but it is easier to stretch the conntent than adapting the whole theme again just to reach that similar ratio

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                  • AkiAfrooA
                    AkiAfroo @chicuelo
                    last edited by

                    @chicuelo ok, i will add the --resolution 1920 1080 to my shortcut.

                    gracias chicuelo!

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                    • GeekOBG
                      GeekOB @gomisensei
                      last edited by

                      @gomisensei you were totally right. Thanks for pointing that out!
                      @chicuelo and @nil06 are you planning on expanding support for additional systems and collections?

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                      • chicueloC
                        chicuelo @GeekOB
                        last edited by

                        @GeekOB Yes, we actually support 88 systems and most collections, wich ones would you love to have?

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                        • GeekOBG
                          GeekOB @chicuelo
                          last edited by

                          How about:

                          • amigacd32
                          • snescd

                          Do you plan on making arts for specific theme-oriented collections like starwars, disney, etc?
                          Thanks!

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                          • nil06N
                            nil06 @Sheyk90
                            last edited by

                            @Sheyk90 I had a look at the Recalbox project and from what I can tell it is just a remix of the retropie/emulationstation distribution.
                            Basically on all such systems (Retropie, batocera, Recalbox etc) it goes a bit like this:

                            • OS --> Linux, Windows, MacOS
                            • Emulator engine --> Retroarch
                            • EmulationStation --> Graphical UI front end
                            • Retropie, Batocera, Recalbox --> Collections of readymade config scripts for easy installation of the emulator engines & ES front end.

                            As such, Epic Noir is a theme for the EmulationStation and not for retropie, batocera or recalbox. Since Recalbox is using Emulationstation as a frontend, this theme should work just fine on Recalbox too.

                            You need to find the location of EmulationStation's theme folder on your computer (eg /etc/emulationstation/themes) and drop the Epic Noir folder in there. Then the new theme should appear on the options menu inside ES.

                            If it doesn't work, you can send me the default theme of Recalbox to see if there are differences and we can adapt it as needed.

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                            • mituM
                              mitu Global Moderator
                              last edited by mitu

                              @nil06 said in Epic Noir - Dark Mode Theme:

                              As such, Epic Noir is a theme for the EmulationStation and not for retropie, batocera or recalbox. Since Recalbox is using Emulationstation as a frontend, this theme should work just fine on Recalbox too.

                              Not necessarily - the front-end (EmulationStation) has different versions in Recalbox/RetroPie (or Batocera). Each project has its own fork of the original codebase, to which new features have been added.
                              I remember that some of the themes for RetroPie's version would not work on Recalbox's fork of EmulationStation.

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                              • nil06N
                                nil06 @mitu
                                last edited by

                                @mitu True, but unless I missed something, on Recalbox's current wiki they specifically mention using Aloshi's ES which happens to be the master branch of ES. https://github.com/Aloshi/EmulationStation

                                Frontend based on the great EmulationStation2 by Aloshi
                                
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                                • mituM
                                  mitu Global Moderator @nil06
                                  last edited by

                                  @nil06 Both projects forked that version - which is unmaintained now for several years - and added new features, including new theme elements and views.

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                                  • nil06N
                                    nil06 @mitu
                                    last edited by nil06

                                    @mitu You are right. I just now noticed the last updates done on the ES branch.
                                    Even like this though, the forked codes seem to be very similar to one another. Especially when it comes to the themes, they are pretty much interchangeable.

                                    I had a quick look at Recalbox theme's main xml code and the elements and structure are the same. With a few adjustments the current theme should work OOB. @Sheyk90 how about you give it a try and report back?

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                                    • mituM
                                      mitu Global Moderator @nil06
                                      last edited by

                                      @nil06 One thing that it might not be supported by Recalbox is theme variables, which I think your theme uses (i.e. ${system.theme}).

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                                      • cyperghostC
                                        cyperghost @mitu
                                        last edited by cyperghost

                                        @mitu No batocera.linux forked the RetroPie branch. Don't know what RB did...
                                        @nil06 The version you point to is a decrepated one RB codes are now on gitlab

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                                          poke-1_0 @chicuelo
                                          last edited by

                                          @chicuelo HI! Would be possible to create a version following the RA convention?
                                          B -> Select/Enter
                                          A -> Back/Return
                                          Y -> Favorite
                                          Thanks for the amazing theme!

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                                          • nil06N
                                            nil06 @mitu
                                            last edited by

                                            @mitu said in Epic Noir - Dark Mode Theme:

                                            @nil06 One thing that it might not be supported by Recalbox is theme variables, which I think your theme uses (i.e. ${system.theme}).

                                            The available themes on their repository don't seem to use variables, but unless we tried we wouldn't know for sure if they work or not.

                                            It appears that their themes get the system logo (or text label) directly from each system's xml with the following code:

                                            <image name="logo">
                                            <path>./data/logo.svg</path>
                                            </image> 
                                            

                                            Since this label is standardized, it would be trivial to add it to all the systems' xml files and make logos out of the text labels.

                                            The real issue is that I am running RP emulationstation and I can't really be bothered to build the recalbox ES just for checking out the code.

                                            @cyperghost said in Epic Noir - Dark Mode Theme:

                                            @mitu No batocera.linux forked the RetroPie branch. Don't know what RB did...
                                            @nil06 The version you point to is a decrepated one RB codes are now on gitlab

                                            I know. I had already seen their new repository in gitlab, but the theme code in the updated repo is still identical to the old one.

                                            Gitlab xml
                                            https://gitlab.com/recalbox/recalbox-themes/-/raw/master/themes/recalbox/main.xml

                                            Github xml
                                            https://raw.githubusercontent.com/recalbox/recalbox-themes/master/themes/recalbox/main.xml

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