New NotSoEpicNoir-Chiculeo Hybrid Theme

[CCFox]

@hoover900

I am currently working on the theme and I have hit a snag and I was wondering if you could help?

I have moved the system logo and made it larger and I think it looks ok. I have also made the console image larger and I think that is ok too. I have also made the long description wider to match the same width as the logo area. Again looks ok.

Now for the snag.....

The short description (console 8-bit etc.) is a little harder because of the different widths of the texts. Is there a way to create an area and then place the text within it and justify it centrally?

Hope you know what I mean....

Again kind regards

CCFox

[CCFox]

This how far I have got...

KR

CCFox

[bmoxey]

@CCFox Within your text control you can add <alignment>center</alignment> (or left or right) to align the text within the defined text area.

[hoover900]

@CCFox There's a couple of things to take into account. I'm going to assume that you're making this for a standard TV which has an aspect ratio 16:9 and your standard TV dimensions are 1920x1080 px.

So we want to make the text centered at a certain point on the screen. With Emulation Station you can't just pick a pixel as say it's goes there. it's all percentage based, so we want look at your current layout and determine how big it is and then get the percentage change.

The green area is 630x980 px, so 630 + 100 / 2 (Adding 100px for the 50px margins on each side) gives us a horizontal center of 365.
1920 - 365 gives us 1555.
Now we need to remember our algebra and get the percent change.

so you want your horizontal text position to be set to 19.0104%

<text name="Your Text" extra="true">
    <alignment>center</alignment>
    <origin>0.5 0.5</origin>        <!-- Setting the origin to the center of the text node -->
    <pos>0.1901 "Replace with you vertical value"</pos>
    <size>0 0</size>

I hope this helps you out man

[AkiAfroo]

@bmoxey could you be so kind to share your theme . I love it!

[CCFox]

@hoover900 & @bmoxey

Got it!

I copied the size from the long description to the short description and the system info. Worked a treat. Understanding this a tiny bit better with your help. It is appreciated.

Just got to change the colour of the text and reduce the gap between the short description and the long description.

@bmoxey

I am still tweaking at the moment. I still have got the game list screens to do. I will be doing that later. Once I am happy then I will make it available to all if that is allowed. I don't want to tread on anybody's toes.

@hoover900

I will set up my GitHub in a mo so you can send me the game list template.

Again Kind Regards Both

CCFox

[CCFox]

sorry got confused with the request. It wasn't mine that was requested!!!

Apologies

Rgds

CCFox

[CCFox]

@hoover900

I have created a GitHub account.

What do I do now?

Rgds

CCFox

[CCFox]

Think the system screens are finished....!

Example below:

CCF

[hoover900]

@CCFox what's your github username? I need that to send you an invent to the repo.

[CCFox]

@hoover900

CCFox123 matey

[hoover900]

@CCFox invite sent

[CCFox]

@hoover900

Many thanks for that. As suspected Paint Shop Pro X2 doesn't recognise .kra files.

I have downloaded and installed Krita and had a little play. However I try and cut and paste the template over the top and it doesn't give the same effect as your backgrounds . I've also converted the .jpg to .kra and tried that and no joy. Also converted the .kra file to a .png and tried it in PSP X2. Again no joy.

Krita is quite good tho.

Rgds

CCF

[CCFox]

@hoover900

Think I've sussed it....Change the layer opacity to 80%.

Save as a .jpg

Done.

Thank you so very much

KR

CCF

[bmoxey]

@AkiAfroo I will share my theme when I am finished. Still have to work on the games list. Does anyone know if the grid view is working?

[bmoxey]

@CCFox Your theme looks really good now.

[HurricaneFan]

@bmoxey Wow that looks amazing!

[HurricaneFan]

@bmoxey It has one last bug I think, the box art images change size when you move over them as your browse. That hasn't been fixed.

[bmoxey]

I have made more progress with my theme, including centering text on left, using the console image and console logo and changing some of the system logos. I probably should simplify the PC Engine one (or call it TurboGrafx 16).

[AkiAfroo]

@bmoxey you can create a github and we can enjoy it while you are doing some change xD. im in love of your mod.
pd,would be possible to add video preview in the background ? like after 1s or 2s after scroll the platforms display a blurry video in background with same effects backgrounds does.

backgrounds image + ..waiting 1s and platform video autoplay.