Pixel Theme

sergioad

@Rookervik sadly I have minus one hundred percent skills for GIMP 😢

sergioad

@Rookervik I said that your pixel splashscreen is allready in the splashscreen repos, I hope my ideas for the minilumi splashscreen result usefull for you 😀

Rookervik

@sergioad They are good suggestions. I just didn't have any plans to make a splash screen that looked like Luminous. I've got a couple other projects going right now. And I fiddled with one idea. Didn't like how it turned out. alt text I'll think of something better after I finish editing the modern theme... and get the pixel2 theme finished up.

edmaul69

@Rookervik i think if you darkened up the sides of the letter blocks it would be perfect. I really like this one. Its just a little hard to read the word. But i do like it. Im a little partial to honeycomb though.... :)

sergioad

@Rookervik Oh man, looks grear 😁

hiulit

@Rookervik said in Pixel Theme:

I haven't re-uploaded anything since the site change. You can get the Theme Helper in my dropbox: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/60872572/EmulationStation/ES Theme Helper3.rar

It's windows-only. If more than 2 or 3 people used it, I might use Construct 2 and make an HTML5 version of it that would work in a web browser on any system. But I think there are.... exactly 3 people that use it. LOL.

I would like to use it! How's this HTML5 versions coming? :P

hiulit

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to change de default Retropie Settings icons with the ones that come with the Pixel Theme, and so far, no luck :(

I've tried changing the location of the icons in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/gamelists/retropie/gamelist.xml but it doesn't seem to work.
Am I looking at the right file?

I'm trying to change the icons path from

<game>
    <path>./audiosettings.rp</path>
    <name>Audio</name>
    <desc>Configure audio settings. Choose default of 'auto', 3.5mm jack, or HDMI. Mixer controls, and apply default settings.</desc>
    <image>./icons/audiosettings.png</image>
    <playcount>6</playcount>
    <lastplayed>20161123T202849</lastplayed>
</game>

to

<game>
    <path>./audiosettings.rp</path>
    <name>Audio</name>
    <desc>Configure audio settings. Choose default of 'auto', 3.5mm jack, or HDMI. Mixer controls, and apply default settings.</desc>
    <image>~/etc/emulationstation/themes/pixel/retropie/icons/audiosettings.png</image>
    <playcount>6</playcount>
    <lastplayed>20161123T202849</lastplayed>
</game>

(I'm not sure if the ~ is right, but it'¡s not working anyway)

And is it possible that this file resets itself every time the system starts? Because I tried changing

<name>Audio</name>

to

<name>Whatever</name>

I restarted the system and the title was <name>Audio</name>back again.

Thanks.

herb_fargus

@hiulit you can't make edits while es is running.

sergioad

And why not create a fork of Pixel with 8 bit NES like selection / cursor movement sounds? Pixel sounds maybe?

Rookervik

@sergioad Editing it with sounds is fine. But most users complain about whatever sound you choose. So I chose not to have sounds in the theme. It's better than getting 150 comments saying "This sound is annoying. Change it." lol.

sergioad

Well... That is true, pardon me 😁

hiulit

@herb_fargus Oh, ok! I'll try again then. :)
Can you tell if I'm editing the right file /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/gamelists/retropie/gamelist.xml
Thanks!

a7mag3ddon

Hi, ive seen a version of this on your tube that when you select a game, the screen zooms into the box art or screenshot thats being shown top right.

how did they do that?

markyh444

@a7mag3ddon Change the Emulation Station setting from fade to zoom under the UI section.

a7mag3ddon

hah really? that simple :-)

thanks!

felleg

Some guy on youtube seems to have managed to run this theme in a 4:3 aspect ratio. Any idea how he did this? Is this related to the theme, or is this a Raspberry Pi setting?

Rookervik

All themes will run in whatever resolution your system is set to. Since his is set to a CRT Television, it's 4:3 and the themes are displayed at 4:3.

felleg

@Rookervik Ok, but do you know how to set the resolution to 4:3, then? There's three of us trying to find a solution in this thread: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/5856/component-out-to-4-3-crt-via-3-5mm-jack

Rookervik

@felleg The Pi automatically sets itself to 4:3 when it boots and a TV is hooked up to the RCA cables. If you're on a HDMI TV trying to get into a 4:3 resolution you can do it by messing with the config.txt. But it's kind of silly to do that on a widescreen TV.

config.txt video modes: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/config-txt.md

felleg

@Rookervik Maybe it would be best to continue in the thread I linked instead of derailing this theme thread, but I'm not so sure the Pi boots in 4:3 when using the 3.5mm AV cables. I sadly don't have my monitor around to take a picture, but just to give an idea, it feels like emulationstation is displayed in 16:9 (even on the CRT) and the games are in 4:3.

That means the games look fine, but the menu gets cutoff
I can try to mess around with the overscan so that I can see the whole menu, but then the picture of the games get squeezed horizontally.