Epic Noir - Dark Mode Theme
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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)
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@peligwe You mean the name of the game? that text is pixel based, directly from the jpg
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@chicuelo Thanks, much appreciated. Just the info I needed to add systems to my retropie build.
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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?
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@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.
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@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
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@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...
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@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
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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 :(
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Magic! I added some settings from that link, and tried swapping the mini-HDMI lead over into the other port and YES! success!!!
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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.
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@dobi said in Epic Noir - Dark Mode Theme:
Noir is a really great theme, I like t
Great approach @dobi I really like it!
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Hi All, would it be possible to add the game year and publisher tags to the theme? On the game selection, we have genre, players and rating so It would be nice to have the other two…The Epic Noir is the nicest theme I’ve ever seen!
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@fs1986 I am working on a reversion of the theme, just some enhancements. Maybe we could add that info to the new version.
I am looking for some help with the coding of the theme.
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@chicuelo amazing news! Thanks for replying.
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@chicuelo said in Epic Noir - Dark Mode Theme:
@peligwe You mean the name of the game? that text is pixel based, directly from the jpg
Hey Chicuelo, great work! Could you elaborate on this text on the top right? What font settings did you use? What is the offset in pixels from the top and right edge for the text and how did you create the line? I'm asking because I'd really like to make an AmigaCD32 system page, its the only one I'm missing and it really bugs me it doesn't look as nice as the rest. I've added a little summary and the controller for the AmigaCD32 and I'd love to upload it once its done for everyone else to use!
Also, what settings did you use for the black to transparent gradient on the background so it blends into the left like the other system backgrounds? Thanks and amazing job!
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@lolkthxbai The font used is Acre medium (white - 20 pt. - 60% layer opacity), you can use this image as reference to set the padding from the borders. The line is a regular line with the pen tool. For the fading it depends on the image, I adjust based on the image I will use, the only thing to have in mind is that the left border has to be solid black
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@chicuelo
good afternoon, sorry the epic noir theme is only for raspberry pi 3b+ or it can also be used for rpb 4. i tried to install it but i get an error or crash message. and sorry for the inconvenience. I really like the theme -
@darkray007 it's for Retropie, and if you can run retropie on a raspberry 4 you should be able to run this theme too. Try downloading from the github link and install manually
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