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    Input needed: ES theming improvements

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      gomisensei @Zigurana
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      @Zigurana not sure if it's there, just delving into it now, but could the metadata lnclude "times played", "time played", the rom file name?

      Also, would it be possible to have multiple types of image folders, i.e. Boxart, Title, ingame, cabinet, flyer, and then switch between which of them is displayed while browsing a game by press left/right trigger?

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        Zigurana
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        Ok, so its been a while, but because @fieldofcows has been so nice to write down how to compile and build on Windows, I thought it would be nice to give you guys a small peek-preview on what I am working on currently:
        0_1479763407783_SneakPreview.png

        I am splitting out the carousel bar as a separate theming element, so we can move it around and change the color, location, height etc.
        What do you guys think?

        NB: WIP, not done yet, universe might explode before completion.

        If tetris has thought me anything, it's that errors pile up and that accomplishments dissappear.

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        • lilbudL
          lilbud @Zigurana
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          @Zigurana 0_1479767057201_upload-630d5edb-5a91-4ec0-9bd0-a5aa41f0e328

          Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

          Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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          • mattrixkM
            mattrixk @Zigurana
            last edited by mattrixk

            @Zigurana I love you.

            Edit: Too forward?

            My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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            • lilbudL
              lilbud @mattrixk
              last edited by lilbud

              @mattrixk No, this is how you would say it...

              0_1479768932534_upload-232cd61a-2558-4bdb-8f16-b999f78c520f

              Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

              Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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              • mattrixkM
                mattrixk @lilbud
                last edited by

                @lilbud: Like this?

                Gir I Love You

                My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                • RookervikR
                  Rookervik Global Moderator
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                  Yep, theming that bar would be about the greatest thing to ever happen to ES. That and having a separate "Chosen Game Title" element we could put in. So under the screenshot/gameart could be the name of the game in big letters. But eh, it's all a dream. LOL.

                  There's another group working on grid. Would any of this stuff make it to RetroPie? Like, if this carousel bar change could be added to default RetroPie that would be flipping amazing. Otherwise I probably wouldn't install a fork of ES. I'd be too scared to screw something up.

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                    tronkyfran
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                    Can we have opacity on that????? OMG!! its christmas right now!

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                    • fieldofcowsF
                      fieldofcows @Zigurana
                      last edited by

                      Hey @Zigurana - if there's anything I can do to help then let me know :) I'd be happy to pull your changes into my fork if you want.

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                        robertybob @Rookervik
                        last edited by robertybob

                        @Rookervik said in Input needed: ES theming improvements:

                        Would any of this stuff make it to RetroPie?

                        That's the decision of the powers that be ;)
                        Keeping my fingers crossed!

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                        • lilbudL
                          lilbud @Rookervik
                          last edited by

                          @Rookervik Now Now, one miracle at a time.

                          Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                          Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                          • BuZzB
                            BuZz administrators
                            last edited by

                            Well tested, clean PRs are welcome on the Retropie ES fork.

                            To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                              Zigurana
                              last edited by Zigurana

                              Update Time!

                              So, I'm looking for people who want to do some testing, because I have a beta version available!
                              Download a pre-compiled windows debug version here.
                              Please run using emulationstation.exe --debug --windowed --resolution 1024 768 (or whatever resolution you fancy). This will give you another screen with (hopefully) useful error messages if/when things go awry.

                              Note that I have not rebased yet, so no video screenshots in the game-lists yet.

                              If you want to build on the pi, you can get the sources here.

                              For this to work, you will need to add some new tags:
                              <systemcarousel name = "carousel">
                              Obligatory tag, should be this verbatim.

                              <ypos>
                              Vertical location of the carousel, measured from the top of the screen to the top of the element.
                              Type: Float,
                              optional,
                              default value: 0.5 (= 50% of vertical size of the screen)

                              <height>
                              Height of the systemcarousel element.
                              Type: Float,
                              optional,
                              default value: 0.2 (=20% of vertical size of the screen)

                              <color>
                              The color and opacity of the carousel.
                              4 hexadecimal numbers
                              Default value: ffffff90

                              <infobarcolor>
                              The color and opacity of the infobar element.
                              4 hexadecimal numbers
                              Default value: 909090ff

                              <infobarfontpath>
                              The path to the font used for the infobar element.
                              Default value: default font used by ES

                              <infobarfontsize>
                              The fontsize to be used for the infobar element, expressed as a fraction of the screen-height.
                              Default value: 0.035 (=3.5% of the vertical screen size).

                              <infobarfontcolor>
                              The color and opacity of the infobar text.
                              4 hexadecimal numbers
                              Default value: 000000ff

                              <logosizex>
                              Maximum horizontal size of the system logos
                              Type: float
                              Default value: 0.15 (=15% of the horizontal screen size)

                              <logosizey>
                              Maximum vertical size of the system logos
                              Type: FLoat.0.20</logosizey>
                              Default value: 0.2 (=20% of the vertical screen size)

                              <logoscale>
                              Relative scale of the selected (middle) logo, with respect to the default logo size.
                              Type: float
                              Default value: 1.2 (+20% wrt logosizex / logosizey)

                              <maxlogocount>
                              Maximum number of logos to be shown on the system select screen.
                              Even numbers will result in two logo's being shown half (i.e. the outer left and right ones)
                              Type: int
                              Default value: 3

                              Do not forget to close all tags!

                              So for example, if you would put the following under your <view name="system"> tag:

                              <systemcarousel name = "carousel">
                                <ypos>0.42</ypos>
                                <height>0.16</height>
                                <color>f0f0f0ff</color>
                                <infobarcolor>90909099</infobarcolor>
                                <infobarfontcolor>000000ff</infobarfontcolor>
                                <logoscale>1.2</logoscale>
                                <logosizex>0.25</logosizex>
                                <logosizey>0.25</logosizey>
                                <maxlogocount>3</maxlogocount>
                              </systemcarousel>
                              

                              You would get exactly what you have now in the vanilla ES (more or less). But no one wants that anymore, so it's up to you to come up with new and exiting ways to create new themes with this!

                              For example, if you would use this instead:

                                      <systemcarousel name = "carousel">
                                        <ypos>0.80</ypos>
                                        <height>0.1</height>
                                        <color>f0f0f000</color>
                                        <infobarcolor>90909060</infobarcolor>
                                        <infobarfontpath>./art/font.ttf</infobarfontpath>
                                        <infobarfontsize>0.033</infobarfontsize>
                                        <infobarfontcolor>ffffffff</infobarfontcolor>
                                        <logoscale>1.2</logoscale>
                                        <logosizex>0.22</logosizex>
                                        <logosizey>0.25</logosizey>
                                        <maxlogocount>5</maxlogocount>
                                      </systemcarousel>
                              

                              The result would be this:
                              alt text

                              In addition to testing the crap out of this, I would also like to invite people who are so inclined to take a look at the source code, and give me feedback.

                              Known issues

                              • There is a small delay (~0.5sec) before the outer right logo is shown.

                              Todo

                              • Vertical carousel?
                              • creating a separate carousel component in the code?

                              If tetris has thought me anything, it's that errors pile up and that accomplishments dissappear.

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                              • mattrixkM
                                mattrixk @Zigurana
                                last edited by

                                @Zigurana This looks awesome, great work.

                                Just a small thing: your result image doesn't work for me.

                                Also a question: How would this interact with a normal version of ES? If I added this to a theme and it works on your ES mod, would a normal ES just ignore it all, or would it break?

                                My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                                  fieldofcows @Zigurana
                                  last edited by

                                  Hey @Zigurana, I had a look at the source code in your github but I can't find the code for the systemcarousel.

                                  Where should I be looking? The "SystemViewCarousel" branch includes code for kid mode, kiosk mode, favorites, etc. but 'grep'ing for "systemcarousel" yields no results.

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                                  • lilbudL
                                    lilbud
                                    last edited by

                                    is this windows only?

                                    Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                                    Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                                      Zigurana @fieldofcows
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                                      @fieldofcows Sorry, I thought I pushed the commits to my repo, but apparently not. (It was late). They should be there now: https://github.com/zigurana/EmulationStation/tree/SystemCaroussel

                                      If tetris has thought me anything, it's that errors pile up and that accomplishments dissappear.

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                                        Zigurana @mattrixk
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                                        @mattrixk : It should not break, (but please try it!). The way this works in ES, is by polling for the existence of a certain xml tag. The default ES expect a bunch of things to be there, otherwise it will fail miserably. With this we are adding to this collection, so no problem there.
                                        In addition, I've set some default values for the new ones, so even if you do not specify one (or even most) of them, ES will just use the default values. Which is an improvement over dying completely.

                                        If tetris has thought me anything, it's that errors pile up and that accomplishments dissappear.

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                                          Zigurana @lilbud
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                                          @lilbud : For now the pre-compiled binaries are for windows, but it should compile on the Pi just fine. I just havnt found the time yet, to actually try that.

                                          If tetris has thought me anything, it's that errors pile up and that accomplishments dissappear.

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                                          • lilbudL
                                            lilbud @Zigurana
                                            last edited by

                                            @Zigurana should I grab the fire extinguisher

                                            Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                                            Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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