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    • ZenjiroZ
      Zenjiro @sergio_mikkos
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      @sergio_mikkos It has already been updated. The version naming I am using is subjective. I will typically create a new branch if I am experimenting with new features. The latest is 3.2-Beta2 and small tweaks like the one you pointed out will simply be added whenever I make a push to the repo, and if anyone else finds small graphical errors I will do the same, and make adjustments to the images.

      The reason it is Beta is because I made so many changes/alterations that there might be some small issues here and there, as well as possible compatibility issues with older devices, but overall it is complete in its current form.

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      • ZenjiroZ
        Zenjiro
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        Currently in-between jobs, so I have some more spare time to pump out a few more themes here and there.

        Wish she got a spot in Super Smash Bros Ultimate.

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        • ZenjiroZ
          Zenjiro
          last edited by

          My personal goal is to create one theme per day, until all the tickets I've created for myself have been completed.

          Here is todays:

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          • ZenjiroZ
            Zenjiro
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            Today we have Devil May Cry:

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              smartazz104
              last edited by smartazz104

              These updates are looking great, but has anyone noticed that the border.svg file reduces the fps by about 15 in the main menu?

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              • ZenjiroZ
                Zenjiro @smartazz104
                last edited by Zenjiro

                @smartazz104 Can you give me some more info:

                • System Platform (Windows, RetroPie, Batocera)
                • Resolution of Screen (4K, 1080, 720, 480)
                • Hardware you are running (RaspberryPi, Windows PC, etc)

                From what I understand with SVG files; is that while they are great for auto-upscaling based on the output resolution, they can be taxing on lower end hardware, such as the RaspberryPi. Which is why I converted most of my images to PNG as they have a fixed resource consumption with the trade off of not looking all that good on higher end screens (4k and 1080p).

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                  smartazz104 @Zenjiro
                  last edited by smartazz104

                  @Zenjiro said in New Comic Book Theme!:

                  @smartazz104 Can you give me some more info:

                  I'm running Retropie on a RPi 3B+ @ 1080P. I did find that commenting out the section that displays the border.svg fixes the issue basically.

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                  • ZenjiroZ
                    Zenjiro
                    last edited by

                    F-Zero for today's theme:

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                    • ZenjiroZ
                      Zenjiro
                      last edited by

                      Today I created a theme for Indie Games:

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                        salor10 @Zenjiro
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                        @Zenjiro i love it. Which are the indi games, i'm only know cave story.....🤨🤨🤨

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                        • mituM
                          mitu Global Moderator @salor10
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                          @salor10 Shovel Knight, Hollow Knight, Cuphead, Journey. 3 left that I don't recognize.

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                          • ZenjiroZ
                            Zenjiro
                            last edited by

                            They are as follows from Top Left to Right: Cave Story, Shovel Knight, Undertale, Hollow Knight, Journey, Hyperlight Drifter, and Cuphead.

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                              salor10 @mitu
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                              @mitu said in New Comic Book Theme!:

                              Shovel Knight, Hollow Knight, Cuphead, Journey. 3 left that I d

                              GREAT!!!!

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                              • CrushC
                                Crush
                                last edited by

                                Glad i came over here, cause the version that can be installed from within Retropie has its ratings broken since the Pi4

                                Perhaps it'd be a good idea to include @Zenjiro updated version to the Retropie theme installer.

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                                • ZenjiroZ
                                  Zenjiro
                                  last edited by

                                  I've played around with the idea of adding in background music for each system, or at least offering the ability to do so. The issue is, is that Retropie does not support .ogg natively within their version of EmulationStation. It does support .wav files for making sounds which is why this theme has the cursor ticking noise and launch sounds when launching into a game. But even if I convert files to .wav it will greatly bloat the size of theme. (Example: 40sec music clip is 680KB in .ogg but same clip is 6.82MB as a .wav)

                                  I've been successful in adding background music, but with the caveat that you will need to use the Batocera EmulationStaion, which means not all features will work in Retropie, and possibly break existing sound elements within the theme, but will work completely in Batocera. Does anyone have any knowledge on the subject matter of adding background music natively into themes?

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                                  • ZenjiroZ
                                    Zenjiro
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                                    Just a few small updates:

                                    • I've converted all .WAV to .OGG files and it saves about 20MB of space. I've not tested it on Retropie's ES yet, but it works flawlessly on the Batocera ES port for Windows. My guess is that sounds will not work on Retropie until .OGG is supported.
                                    • I have successfully added a slide sound to the theme so that every time you scroll through your systems/collections it will make an audible "paper page turn" sound.
                                    • I have also came up with the idea for each custom collection theme to have its own unique scroll sound. Like for Kingdom Hearts collection, when you scroll through the collection gamelist it will will play the Kingdom Hearts menu scroll sound as to the current default "tick" noise it currently has.
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                                    • ZenjiroZ
                                      Zenjiro
                                      last edited by

                                      Small update:

                                      I pushed the five themes listed above to the main branch.

                                      • Shantae
                                      • Indie Games
                                      • Double Dragon
                                      • Devil May Cry
                                      • F-Zero
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                                      • ZenjiroZ
                                        Zenjiro
                                        last edited by

                                        Also I got bored so I created a theme for the Philips CD-i:

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                                        • evanmoranE
                                          evanmoran
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                                          I'm blown away by the creativity here. Especially with @Zenjiro and @holy2tack so recently. If I could be so bold as to request more system art, I'm putting together a holiday gift for my nephews and I really want a couple more systems to put it over the top! :)

                                          RPGs
                                          (Inspiration: FF, Chrono, Secret of Mana, Zelda, Phantasy Star, etc)

                                          Platformers
                                          (Inspiration: Donkey Kong Country, Super Mario World, Sonic, etc)

                                          Castlevania
                                          (so many good ones!)

                                          Shooters
                                          (Inspiration: Goldeneye, Perfect dark, quake, doom, turok)

                                          Hope you are all doing well!

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                                          • ZenjiroZ
                                            Zenjiro @evanmoran
                                            last edited by

                                            @evanmoran Most of what you listed is already available in my fork.

                                            I can make a FPS (First-Person-Shooter) one for you.

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