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    • ZenjiroZ
      Zenjiro @smartgenes
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      @smartgenes Templates can be found here

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        smartgenes @Zenjiro
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        @Zenjiro No, I mean where are the files located on the Pi which I could edit in a terminal with nano. Thanks loads!

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          smartgenes @smartgenes
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          @smartgenes Maybe it's obvious to others, but it's: cd /etc/emulationstation/themes/ComicBook where you can sudo nano comic_book.xml
          If it's obvious a 10 second answer is still helpful, if not help would be good but anyway, now I can cause damage to the file at my leisure...

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            smartgenes @smartgenes
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            @smartgenes I found out the file for scroll speed is here and would have to be edited in the source code strangely enough:

            https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation/blob/master/escore/src/components/ScrollableContainer.cpp

            (It defines a constant called AUTOSCROLL_SPEED.)
            So, my workaround is just adding the title of game, Some Game (1988) and a blank line in the description ( <desc> in the gamelist.XML) which at least gives more reading time.

            But the text limit is odd, surely an almost infinite space should be available for text in the scroll box?

            For TMNTturtleguy's ComicBook theme, switching the order of <filledPath> and <unfilledPath> didn't work on its own (the file is also in ./art/ rather than /asset/ ). But changing the <pos> value from 0.87 to 0.82 worked.

            Also changing the <pos> value from 0.88 to 0.86 under lbl_playcount fixed the issue of the overlapping text in "last played".

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              Lolonois @smartgenes
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              I implemented a patch a while ago to let the user control the description scroll, because the reading speed depends on many factors (Theme/Font, Displaysize, Lightning, Vocabulary of description text, reading abilities of user, ...)

              What the patch enables in a nutshell:
              Hotkey held/released: Description scrolling stops/continues
              Hotkey held + Up/Down: Scroll description Up respective Down

              https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/31981/control-scrolling-of-game-description-in-emulationstation

              You can upvote there to make it more likely to get it into the mainline of ES.

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              • ClydeC
                Clyde @smartgenes
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                @smartgenes said in New Comic Book Theme!:

                So, my workaround is just adding the title of game, Some Game (1988) and a blank line in the description ( <desc> in the gamelist.XML) which at least gives more reading time.

                I once made a one-liner for RetroPie's command shell that adds x number of lines at the beginning or end of each game's description of a given system.

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                  smartgenes @Clyde
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                  @Clyde Yes, I read your post with the added lines script. I wondered if the scroll box would include those lines as part of its line count? If so, it's not so useful yet to me, as I'm already short of lines for description.

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                    smartgenes @Lolonois
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                    @Lolonois That's a great idea, for sure I would upvote a way to move up and down the text box. Only some clowns downvoted my posts so I need three up votes to be able to vote again.

                    Any idea what is controlling the box's line limit? I can't see why it would need any limit at all.

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                    • ClydeC
                      Clyde @smartgenes
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                      @smartgenes Alas, I don't know if the limit applies to the lines or characters of the description, i.e. if /n counts as only one or two characters or a line.

                      But you can test that easily by just adding 10 /n or so and see where the text stops being displayed compared to no empty lines.

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                        smartgenes @Clyde
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                        @Clyde @Lolonois I've just noticed that if you switch to another console and back, then the scrolling text box doesn't reset - it continues from where it last was. So you can read the rest of the text. So emulationstation is "seeing" all the text but arbitrarily stops it after some count. So it should be changeable somehow.

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                        • LolonoisL
                          Lolonois @smartgenes
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                          @smartgenes said in New Comic Book Theme!:

                          Any idea what is controlling the box's line limit? I can't see why it would need any limit at all.

                          Hmm. No. But you can try Ctrl-t when EmulationStation is started with the --debug flag. Maybe it shows a hint why the bounding text box does not show all of the text.

                          I don't assume it is related to this issue FYI.

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                            Logandros
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                            My contribution, needed this one.

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                            • kcoconnor76K
                              kcoconnor76
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                              Anybody got a "PC-FX" logo?

                              RetroPie 4.8.4 • RetroArch 1.15.0 • Raspian OS • Pi 4B 8GB • WD 2TB SSD • SanDisk 512GB Extreme microSDXC UHS-I • SanDisk 256GB iXpand • Argon ONE M.2 Case • REiiE Keyboard • 8BitDo Pro 2 & Arcade Stick
                              retroachievements.org/user/kcoconnor76

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                                Sweetness
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                                So lately I've been loving this theme and I've been making stuff but I can't make my own text? I know you can use PS but I don't have it so is there any way to make it in Paint.net?

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                                  Sweetness
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                                  I just finished making a switch theme for it I think it came out pretty nice!
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                                  The backround is low res because of the file limit too so.

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                                  • duglorD
                                    duglor
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                                    Hi, I have a Retropie.

                                    1. Can i put in a request for an Apple 2G theme/art?

                                    2. I also have duplicate entries in my menu for sega genesis and the sega megadrive. I know they are the same -usa version and japan, but I'd like just the sega genesis menu and not the other. A way to do this?

                                    Be well.

                                    Doug , age 58, in California

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                                      Sweetness @duglor
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                                      @duglor Are you talking about the apple 2G phone?

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                                        3Draco
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                                        https://retroachievements.org/user/3Draco

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                                        • 3Draco3
                                          3Draco
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                                          https://retroachievements.org/user/3Draco

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                                          • mituM
                                            mitu Global Moderator @Sweetness
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                                            @Sweetness said in New Comic Book Theme!:

                                            @duglor Are you talking about the apple 2G phone?

                                            I think they meant Apple2 GS.

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