[Theme] Art Book Next

StonedEdge · 6 Nov 2022, 15:45

@alphatoanant Great themes! I wanted to ask how simple you think it is/if there is a guide to getting started porting themes from other platforms? For example, I really like the Modern-DE theme that is used on EmulationStation desktop, but I'd love to be able to use it for RetroPie. Would love to help add more themes to a repostiory somewhere as well.

I noticed you had ported a few other themes on your GitHub. Keep up the great work! Here's a couple of pictures of running the Art Book next theme and also the NX-Retropie theme. Unfortunately my screen is 5:3 so it doesn't look too good at 16:9, but I still really love it.

https://i.imgur.com/unEJeLu
https://imgur.com/CzPy8A4

esteban.canales · 2 Nov 2022, 19:12

@alphatoanant

I just updated from binary and from source and it remains at V2.10.1RP.

alphatoanant · 6 Nov 2022, 15:45

@StonedEdge I have been looking to create a guide for porting between RetroPie, ES-DE and Batocera. I have a good amount of notes to start with so I just need to make the time to put pen to paper so to speak =).

I will likely start with ES-DE to RetroPie as they are most close in structure. I'll post a link here when I have something up. Setting expectations it will likely be closer to December as work is really busy currently.

@esteban-canales I was able to replicate this but unfortunately have not found a way to address it. I'll continue to dig.

flaviometal · 3 Jan 2023, 12:32

WOW! This is the most gorgeous and perfect theme to use with my crt, thanks! Your themes are very cool, Anthony.

Question: I don't know why, but the "Retropie Settings" on this theme doesn't appears to be working for me (it gives me just a black screen with blue letters and ugly font). I'm using the most recent version of Retropie (4.8), with Emustation 2.10.1RP, 4:3 AR, and Steam-OS color scheme. Anyone knows what's the problem? Thanks!

alphatoanant · 3 Jan 2023, 12:32

@flaviometal hmm i may have the name for that system wrong in the theme itself. i’ll need to look at that.

ExcitedTech · 2 Jan 2023, 04:11

EDIT: I totally messed up and mixed up themes. I went down a rabbit hole lol. I apologize for pinging you!

Gonso · 22 Feb 2023, 16:42

@flaviometal IHI Friend, first of all i want to say that this is the best theme i have ever tried. Im really loving it. Thanks to @alphatoanant for his always awesome themes.

Responding your question, you only have to delete completely the retropie folder that is inside the Art book next theme, and all works like a charm!!!

flaviometal · 27 Feb 2023, 23:16

@Gonso , thanks for the aswer. I'll give it a try, man!

EDIT: THANKS, MAN! It worked like a charm! Just renamed Retropie folder, reboot, and voilá!

fpgamesretro · 10 Mar 2023, 18:46

@alphatoanant Hello,

Your theme is magnificent. Congratulations on your talent! 👏👏👏👏👏

I would like to feel that same joy from you, unfortunately I am having difficulty making my theme available.

I'm limited in using Github, not the slightest idea how to create a fork to make my theme available. Would you be able to clarify my ideas?

Sorry for my communication, I'm Brazilian and I don't speak English so well, I needed the help of Google translator.

alphatoanant · 13 Mar 2023, 14:12

@fpgamesretro, if I can, I am glad to help answer any questions you have. Just let me know.

SP · 21 Mar 2023, 03:01

@alphatoanant Your theme was always my favorite when I used to use the old emulationstation years back.

A couple of days ago I decided to try out ES 2.0 on my pc along with your Art Book Next theme and I really love it. I was wondering if you were planning on adding more colors to it. The Famicom color is my favorite, btw.

Keep up the great work.

alphatoanant · 26 Mar 2023, 20:36

Thank you @SP! I don't have any other colors current planned but I am open to ideas as well.

SP · 26 Apr 2023, 16:36

@alphatoanant Is there a way to remove the darkening filter on the screenshot when using the list (no metadata) variant?

SP · 26 Apr 2023, 16:41

Nevermind. I figured it out.

Remote · 19 Aug 2023, 09:35

@alphatoanant Looks amazing! I'm new to retropie and doing some research on images. Does your theme work with all images?

alphatoanant · 19 Aug 2023, 10:01

@Remote welcome! are you asking about scraped image support for any given game?

Remote · 19 Aug 2023, 14:26

@alphatoanant Thanks for your quick reply!

Let me clarify a bit…

So I was talking to a friend who recommended to download an image with preconfigured games. He mentioned that doing this would be faster and easier than tinkering yourself.

Therefore, I was looking around for these so called images and found a couple. Here’s one that stood out: “Rick Dangerous’ Final Retropie Image”.

Now these images with preconfigured games sound helpful. But, looking around I still gravitate more to the theme you made. Just something about its simplicity makes it look awesome.

So my question then is, if I were to download and install an image such as “Rick Dangerous’ Final Retropie Image”, will I then still be able to use your theme?

Renetrox · 19 Aug 2023, 14:29

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alphatoanant · 19 Aug 2023, 16:31

@Remote thank you for clarifying =). I haven't worked with preconfigured images so I don't know directly but if the image uses retropie as its base then the theme in this post "should" work with it.

pjft · 6 Sept 2023, 22:50

@alphatoanant wow. I had seen this theme in some videos but had no idea it was yours, nor that it was a follow up to ArtBook - which is still the theme I use on my RetroPie instances.

This looks gorgeous. I'll have to take a look at it. I remember having a lot of custom systems already created in the main ArtBook theme, I'll see how hard it might be to create those themes.

Congratulations - it's great to see you around and doing great work!