Epic Noir - Dark Mode Theme

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.

nil06

@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

mitu

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

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?

mitu

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

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

poke-1_0

@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!

nil06

@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

mitu

@nil06 said in Epic Noir - Dark Mode Theme:

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.

Sure, I wasn't the one requesting a Recalbox compatible version. If someone using it wants to port, I guess they can submit a PR to add the specific RB theme version to your repository.

cyperghost

@mitu said in Epic Noir - Dark Mode Theme:

@nil06 said in Epic Noir - Dark Mode Theme:

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.

Sure, I wasn't the one requesting a Recalbox compatible version. If someone using it wants to port, I guess they can submit a PR to add the specific RB theme version to your repository.

Me neither :) There is no "Call of Duty" if someone wants a new feature ;)

GeekOB

@chicuelo happy to help with any arts you may need by the way! :)

rand0m

@chicuelo @nil06 Amazing job guys!

chicuelo

@rand0m Thanks! we are glad you enjoy the theme!

chicuelo

The theme is now available via Es menu!

GeekOB

@chicuelo ES menu?
As in Retropie setup menu you mean?

chicuelo

@GeekOB yes, RP setup

svera

@chicuelo As far as I know, theme is not yet available from RP setup as PR is still open:

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/pull/3104

chicuelo

@svera Ohh, we will have to wait a while so, meanwhile its available to download manually!

tpo1990

Awesome theme. This theme is just what I have been looking for so long. It works but has some minor flaws. This is from my Raspberry Pi 3B and I pulled from the git repository as the instructions told me to.

First on FinalBurn Alpha. the font or image is not rendered correctly. see picture

Second. After I have added Wonderswan and Wonderswan Color as systems, the Wonderswan Color text shows up as ghosting on some of the other systems pages. See the pictures and notice the ghosting in Virtual Boy and Wonderswan.

chicuelo

@tpo1990 Final burn alpha is a type size issue, the ALPHA word is rendered like that due a size support. I will check it, wonderswan and virtual boy I have no idea whats going on, are the only two who happen this? or other one line name do this too?