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    • pjftP
      pjft @alphatoanant
      last edited by

      @alphatoanant I imagine it might end up being "singe" - there is no current RetroPie-Setup script, but I imagine that singe would make sense indeed.

      I think the old Laserdisc logo with Singe lettering - or, honestly, even "Laserdisc" already - would be awesome. These systems did have arcade flyers indeed for the most part, so that is the correct layout indeed.

      Thank you so much, and let me know if I can help as well :)

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      • alphatoanantA
        alphatoanant
        last edited by

        @pjft well that was quick =). Just made a first commit on the singe system theme. Decided to keep it simple out of the gate by just using the laserdisc logo.

        My RetroPie Themes:
        Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
        Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
        TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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        • pjftP
          pjft
          last edited by

          Awesome, that was quick indeed :) I'll set it up during the weekend, thank you!

          Hope you're doing well.

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          • pjftP
            pjft @alphatoanant
            last edited by

            @alphatoanant just saying, looks awesome! Thank you! :)

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              peligwe
              last edited by

              Just added the Sharp X1 to my build and was wondering if logo could also be added to theme?

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              • alphatoanantA
                alphatoanant @peligwe
                last edited by

                @peligwe yes totally will look at it today

                My RetroPie Themes:
                Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                • alphatoanantA
                  alphatoanant @peligwe
                  last edited by alphatoanant

                  @peligwe ok I have added the x1 system theme and it’s up on GitHub. I added 2 options for a logo. One with the sharp logo (system.svg) and one without (system-alt.svg).

                  My RetroPie Themes:
                  Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                  Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                  TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                    peligwe
                    last edited by peligwe

                    Just pulled down the latest version. As always thanks for the quick response and great work.

                    Unfortunately the splashscreen generator didn't like your logo for pc98.

                    launching.png

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                    • alphatoanantA
                      alphatoanant @peligwe
                      last edited by

                      @peligwe thank you I’ll check to see what’s going on with that

                      My RetroPie Themes:
                      Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                      Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                      TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                        PhoenixFlood @alphatoanant
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                        @alphatoanant Happy New Year!

                        I'm tinkering again. Today I got a desire to scrape up a mix image of front and back of boxes, so I started a small sampling with the Virtual Boy (only 27 roms). The scrape mix looks great, but I wish I had more real estate.

                        I'm using the video view.

                        I thought since the NES has a potrait layout for its large boxes, I thought simply adding "<include>./../_inc/templates/portrait.xml</include>
                        " into the virtual boy theme would change the layout. It didn't, it broke it.

                        So I reverted back.

                        What am I not seeing? Can I get some pointers on how to change the layout of the small hand held systems to be similar to the consoles such as NES and MegaDrive?

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                        • alphatoanantA
                          alphatoanant @PhoenixFlood
                          last edited by

                          Hi @phoenixflood! Happy New Year to you too - hope you have been well.

                          What you are trying should have worked so I am not sure but lets step through it...

                          VirtualBoy theme.xml (es-theme-art-book/virtualboy/theme.xml) in the base theme should look like this before any changes...

                          <theme>
                             <formatVersion>4</formatVersion>
                             <include>./../theme.xml</include>
                             <view name="system, basic, detailed, video">
                                <image name="logo">
                                   <path>./_inc/system.svg</path>
                                </image>
                             </view>
                          </theme>
                          

                          Then to get it to use portrait layout it should only need one addition like this...

                          <theme>
                             <formatVersion>4</formatVersion>
                             <include>./../theme.xml</include>
                             <include>./../_inc/templates/portrait.xml</include>
                             <view name="system, basic, detailed, video">
                                <image name="logo">
                                   <path>./_inc/system.svg</path>
                                </image>
                             </view>
                          </theme>
                          

                          Is that what your change looked like when things broke?

                          My RetroPie Themes:
                          Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                          Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                          TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                            PhoenixFlood @alphatoanant
                            last edited by

                            @alphatoanant Yup, I put that line in there exactly like that, and you can see how it changes. It even changes the main menu.

                            Here's the before:
                            IMG_5175.jpg IMG_5176.jpg

                            Then I add the line:
                            IMG_5180.jpg

                            Then here's the result:
                            IMG_5178.jpg IMG_5179.jpg

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                              PhoenixFlood @alphatoanant
                              last edited by

                              @alphatoanant And on emulationstation restart after adding that line, I get this error.

                              IMG_5183.jpg

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                              • alphatoanantA
                                alphatoanant @PhoenixFlood
                                last edited by

                                @phoenixflood this had me stumped 😀. I looked at it with fresh eyes this morning and I think I see the issue - try moving the include line above the view line and see if that fixes it (check my code block above - that’s the main difference between what you and I have)

                                My RetroPie Themes:
                                Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                                Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                                TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                                  PhoenixFlood @alphatoanant
                                  last edited by

                                  @alphatoanant You were right, I'm an id10t. Thank you!

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                                    PhoenixFlood @alphatoanant
                                    last edited by

                                    @alphatoanant IMG_5184.jpg

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                                      peligwe @alphatoanant
                                      last edited by

                                      @alphatoanant Did you ever figure out the splashscreen generator issue for pc98?

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                                      • alphatoanantA
                                        alphatoanant @peligwe
                                        last edited by

                                        @peligwe, no I haven't had a moment to go back to that unfortunately.

                                        My RetroPie Themes:
                                        Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                                        Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                                        TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                                        • REK607R
                                          REK607 @JesseBlue
                                          last edited by

                                          @jesseblue said in [Theme] Art Book:

                                          I love this theme!! :D But i think the main menu is a little bit to clean.

                                          Would something like this be possible with ES? The background image is from the "bichromatic pads" collection of retroarch.

                                          0_1506166970406_artbook_menu.jpg

                                          Hello and thank you for such an ellegant theme.
                                          Is there a way to have this background per system with the joypad activated?
                                          Is there a way to activate a custom splashscreen while launching every different system? I have a custom launching jpg at this moment for my chosen systems.

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                                          • VrilDOXV
                                            VrilDOX
                                            last edited by

                                            Add Atomiswave, please!

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