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    • phrazelleP
      phrazelle
      last edited by

      Negative. I put the following in System view:

            <text name="md_lbl_releasedate, md_lbl_developer, md_developer, md_lbl_publisher, md_publisher, md_lbl_playcount, md_playcount, md_lbl_lastplayed, md_description, md_lbl_rating, md_genre, md_lbl_genre, md_players, md_lbl_players">
      		<pos>1 1</pos>
      	</text>
      
              <datetime name="md_releasedate, md_lastplayed">
      		<pos>1 1</pos>
      	</datetime>
      
      	<rating name="md_rating">
      		<pos>1 1</pos>
      	</rating>
      

      Super weird. What metadata would even be displaying in the System view?

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      • herb_fargusH
        herb_fargus administrators @phrazelle
        last edited by

        @phrazelle could render them as transparent perhaps if they really are ES metadata

        If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

        Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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        • phrazelleP
          phrazelle @herb_fargus
          last edited by

          @herb_fargus How would I render as transparent?

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          • herb_fargusH
            herb_fargus administrators @phrazelle
            last edited by herb_fargus

            @phrazelle http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23201134/transparent-argb-hex-value

            Eg:

            <color>FFFFFF00</color>
            

            If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

            Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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            • phrazelleP
              phrazelle @herb_fargus
              last edited by

              @herb_fargus Nice! Unfortunately, that didn't work. It brought the whole theme to white screens and blue text.

              That has to be metadata elements in the corner there, right? But what would be referencing metadata in the System View?

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              • RookervikR
                Rookervik Global Moderator @phrazelle
                last edited by Rookervik

                @herb_fargus Alpha is the last 2. FFFFFF00

                There is no meta data in the system view. That is really weird. Like a debug menu or something. I've never seen it happen.

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                • RookervikR
                  Rookervik Global Moderator @phrazelle
                  last edited by Rookervik

                  @phrazelle There is one peculiar thing with ES, and that is that it renders the entire interface to a giant picture. And ES will push elements into other "systems" if you aren't careful. It's possible that this information isn't actually on the "system" screen... but the metadata from another screen that was "offset" and ended up here. Check your gamelist themes positioning for metadata... I bet if you adjust those, or reset their positioning and make them transparent color, it will fix this.

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                  • Z
                    Zigurana @Rookervik
                    last edited by

                    @Rookervik that -is- peculiar!
                    Is that like a buffer overflow, but manifested in canvasses?

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

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                    • phrazelleP
                      phrazelle
                      last edited by

                      Idk what the issue was, but I scrapped the theme and started over and now it's fine! I globalized my metadata a little heavier and that might have been it. Either way...

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                      • edmaul69E
                        edmaul69 @herb_fargus
                        last edited by

                        @herb_fargus i used to do this all the time but on my last theme it would crash es to commandline everytime i tried it.

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                        • herb_fargusH
                          herb_fargus administrators @edmaul69
                          last edited by

                          @edmaul69 weird. I think there are still some weird es bugs with rendering of some stuff

                          If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                          Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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