[ES Theme] VectorPie (16:9)

rsaurer

Best Theme for me!! Very nice. Just 2 lil probs:

Fix Launching images (when they would fit
it would be really cool)

and my question: above the description, i habe empty space where you have the logos of the game.

How to scrape and add it?

Thanks

Zachariel

@rsaurer Thanks for the kind words! I believe the launch images are brought up and displayed by the system and are a product of the image itself, the aspect ratio/resolution of your system, and the aspect ratio/resolution of your display. The themes should have no effect on them. I would suggest asking the community for help on getting the launching splash screens to look good.

As for the logo above the game description, they're referred to as "marquees". I've only briefly used a couple of scrapers, as I already had all the image assets for my games, but I assume scraping "marquees" would be an option for whatever scraper you're using. Again you might try asking the community about this. Once you have the marquees scraped they should show up in the theme automatically.

Zachariel

@ecto I'm actually not having any luck finding a decent quality picture of a pc98. If anyone comes across one, let me know!

SeraphisCain

@Zachariel Will this do?

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Zachariel

@SeraphisCain That's not bad, I think I can work with that. Thanks for the find! I'll get that category going.

Zachariel

I have added PC-98 and Super Game Boy, as always please let me know if you notice any problems!

SeraphisCain

@Zachariel One small problem with PC-98: The PC-98 logo isn't scaling properly. When it's not the currently selected system, the logo is the size it would normally be when selected. When it IS the currently selected system, the logo is huge and cuts off.

Zachariel

@SeraphisCain Odd... I think I know what's going on. I've attempted to correct it, let me know if it's better.

SeraphisCain

@Zachariel Unfortunately no, that doesn't seem to have fixed it.

Zachariel

@SeraphisCain Hmm, I'll try something else and test it on my desktop EmulationStation. I'll update if I get it working.

Zachariel

@Zachariel PC-98 should look right now.

SeraphisCain

@Zachariel Just checked it out, looks great now. Thanks!

rsaurer

Workaround for LaunchingImages to work:

The LaunchingImages Script looks for a
<fontPath> in the vectorpie.xml
Section (something, detailed, something)
then in a <textlist

For Example i got it to work:

vectorpie.xml:

<view name=„detailed, video“>
<textlist name=„gamelist“>
Add there:
<fontPath>somefont.ttf</fontPath>
</textlist>
</view>

greets

Zachariel

@rsaurer Hmm, alright. That shouldn't be a problem to implement, though I'm not sure why it wouldn't just use the default available. I've added it in to force the default that I used when I designed it. Hope it works now!

Unknown

@zachariel Will you add zx-81 and msx2 to this theme?

ZzackK

Can you prepare version small metadata and no metadata?

Zachariel

@unknown MSX2 is already included in the theme, but I would be happy to add zx-81.

@zzackk I'm not exactly sure what you mean, but it does support "basic view" for no Metadata.

ZzackK

@zachariel Big screenshot

Unknown

@zachariel Thanks

Zachariel

@zzackk Sorry, I don't have any plans to change the layout of the theme, which is what it sounds like you're asking about.

@Unknown Alrighty, zx81 should now be included in the theme. Let me know if there's any problems with it.