Epic Noir - Dark Mode Theme

cress5

I was wondering if someone could walk me through how to rename the .png files so my indicators show up in order. I have gotten to the file manager page that shows the .pngs I need to change and am pressing F6 but get stumped at that point as to what I should do.

chicuelo

@cress5 You have to rename the files inside the indicators folder from 1st-system.png to 16th-system.png, Eventually, 1-st-system should match the first system you have listed in your es_systems.xml, 2-nd-system with the second and so...
For example: if mame libretro is the first sistem you see, you have to rename "1-st-system.png" to "mame-libretro.png", if your second system is nes, you will have to rename "2-nd-system.png" to "nes.png"

Its very simple, the name of the png indicates the position of the white dot.
NOTICE that if you have more than 16 systems they will lack of indication.

peligwe

So I accidentally stumbled across this theme. WOW!!!

I was in the process of switching over to using this theme when ES started crashing. I have a 4GB RPI4 with 39 systems. I did the GPU split and VRAM adjustments but ES sill keeps crashing.

Any ideas

mitu

@peligwe Try to re-install/update the theme.

peligwe

@mitu Doing the lastest update of retropie and theme finally fixed my issue. Thanks.

My next question is, could the following systems be added?

Philips CDi
PC-FX
Sony PSP Minis
Sharp X1

chicuelo

@peligwe Not plans on adding new systems, but you can manually ad your own by cloning existing ones and changing the artwork!

peligwe

@chicuelo Right after I posted my question I realized I could just add the systems myself :)

Before I start creating my own system themes, could you provide the details of game name in the top right corner of the system view? Font type and size?

chicuelo

@peligwe You will find a xml inside each system folder with all the texts of the theme, also the font and the size

peligwe

The text I am referring to is on the poster in the top right hand corner. (I figured out the other text was in theme.xml)

chicuelo

@peligwe You mean the name of the game? that text is pixel based, directly from the jpg

peligwe

@chicuelo Thanks, much appreciated. Just the info I needed to add systems to my retropie build.

nevsan

Love this Epic Noir theme!

I tried to work out how to ask you directly via PM on the Retropie Forums but couldn’t work it out :(

I have a Pi 400 4Gb and have tried to install your Epic Noir theme via the Theme installation method within Emulationstation AND via Github https://github.com/c64-dev/es-theme-epicnoir
and for some reason this crashes Emulationstation when I change the theme using both ways :(

I'm sure I've done something wrong but wondered if anyone had the time to have a think what could be stopping this beautiful theme from working for me?

Stuffu

@nevsan Hi, not sure about your setup but running it in 4K crashes the theme on startup. Could it be that you are running retropie in 4K? Not recommended to do that so if that’s the case you should change it.

chicuelo

@nevsan Hi nev, I replied you by email, but as stuffu said, check your resolution, that could cause a performance issue and chrash your system

nevsan

@chicuelo Yes thanks I think it may be the resolution because indeed I am using a 4K monitor and didn't think it would make a difference :(

So I gather I need to change the resolution? I've tried from within emulationstation and the menus don't give me the option to change. I understand I need to change the /boot/config.txt file according to which monitor I have?

I want to ideally set it up so that it changes to a non 4K resolution and use a widescreen/16:9 format.. I tried adding/changing what I thought I needed and the results meant I could even boot or see anything on the screen :(

Sorry to ask again but does someone have an easy work-around config.txt file that I can copy and paste over my existing one so that this theme would work?

Wish I wasn't so brain-dead with this stuff...

chicuelo

@nevsan I think you could not just grab a boot.txt file because it has lot of configurations, it may alter your whole build in order to solve one problem.

Try doing this:

Go to retopie menu on ES
Select Raspi Config
Go to display options
Select a specific resolution. Maybe 1920x1080 p 60 hz (16:9) will fit fine for you

Save and reboot
That will force to output that display settings.

nevsan

To be honest I'm right at the start of using the retropie-buster-4.7.1-rpi4_400 image and tried what you suggested many times and when I

1 Display options
D1 Resolution

..the menu just resorts back to the first screen of the Pi Software config tool .. 1 System Options, 2 Display Options etc

I was hoping there would be an easy 'insert this line' and this would make the screen not 4K :(

mitu

@nevsan https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Pi4/#issues-using-a-4k-tv

nevsan

Magic! I added some settings from that link, and tried swapping the mini-HDMI lead over into the other port and YES! success!!!

dobi

Hey @chicuelo not sure if this is the right place to post this question. About two weeks ago I opened a (draft) PR in the GitHub Repo of the theme, providing a first implementation for (a kind of) grid support within EpicNoir. As I did not get any reaction yet I assume you (or @nil06, not sure who maintains the repo) is just not that active on GitHub and here might be a better place to raise attention for it :).

I guess there also might be other people interested in grid support on this forum, you can find my PR here: https://github.com/c64-dev/es-theme-epicnoir/pull/8 (I also provide screenshots there so you get an idea how it looks)

EpicNoir is a really great theme, I like the look it provides on my TV as well as GPD Win 2, so it would be great if we could include grid support in the theme.