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    bmoxey
    last edited by 22 May 2020, 18:57

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

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      hoover900 @CCFox
      last edited by hoover900 22 May 2020, 20:26

      @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.

      alt text
      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.

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      alt text

      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

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        AkiAfroo @hoover900
        last edited by 22 May 2020, 20:28

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

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          CCFox
          last edited by 22 May 2020, 20:46

          @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.

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          @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

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            CCFox
            last edited by 22 May 2020, 20:48

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

            Apologies

            Rgds

            CCFox

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              CCFox
              last edited by 22 May 2020, 20:52

              @hoover900

              I have created a GitHub account.

              What do I do now?

              Rgds

              CCFox

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                CCFox
                last edited by 22 May 2020, 21:27

                Think the system screens are finished....!

                Example below:

                capture.jpg

                CCF

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                  hoover900 @CCFox
                  last edited by 22 May 2020, 23:33

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

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                    CCFox
                    last edited by 22 May 2020, 23:36

                    @hoover900

                    CCFox123 matey

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                      hoover900 @CCFox
                      last edited by 23 May 2020, 00:06

                      @CCFox invite sent

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                        CCFox
                        last edited by 23 May 2020, 00:53

                        @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

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                          CCFox
                          last edited by 23 May 2020, 01:06

                          @hoover900

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

                          Save as a .jpg

                          Done.

                          Thank you so very much

                          KR

                          CCF

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                            bmoxey
                            last edited by 23 May 2020, 04:17

                            @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?

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                              bmoxey
                              last edited by 23 May 2020, 04:22

                              @CCFox Your theme looks really good now.

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                                HurricaneFan @bmoxey
                                last edited by 23 May 2020, 04:28

                                @bmoxey Wow that looks amazing!

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                                  HurricaneFan @bmoxey
                                  last edited by 23 May 2020, 04:29

                                  @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.

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                                    bmoxey
                                    last edited by 23 May 2020, 10:31

                                    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).

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                                      AkiAfroo @bmoxey
                                      last edited by AkiAfroo 23 May 2020, 12:14

                                      @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.

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                                        CCFox
                                        last edited by 23 May 2020, 20:35

                                        Update:

                                        I have completed the majority of the game list screens. A choice of three....

                                        Screen with one up and down arrows:
                                        1 Arrow.jpg

                                        Screen with two up and down arrows:

                                        2 Arrows.jpg

                                        Screen with no up and down arrows:
                                        No Arrows.jpg

                                        All three are in each system folder. There are 3 theme.xml files named theme1.xml, theme2.xml and theme3.xml. You pick the screen you want and rename the filename to theme.xml.

                                        With the screen with no arrows I would like to have the system logo centralised if possible. I've tried a few different ways on the script to achieve this without success. Any pointers would be appreciated.

                                        The back images are a mix from Tronkyfran theme and @hoover900 's images. @hoover900 kindly let me have a copy his image to work with and guide me on who to use them and credit should go to him for it.

                                        I will now start digging around the net for the missing console images.

                                        Comments good or bad always welcome....

                                        Kind Regards

                                        CCFox

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                                          SP @CCFox
                                          last edited by 23 May 2020, 20:48

                                          @CCFox Thank you. I really think the theme looks better without the arrows.

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