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    PokeEngineer @Rookervik
    last edited by 21 Dec 2016, 02:15

    @Rookervik

    Thanks for the awesome splashscreens! Cheers!

    Don't sweat it.
    When in doubt, take a BYTE out of life.

    😎

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      tekn0
      last edited by 31 Dec 2016, 22:38

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        daeks
        last edited by 5 Jan 2017, 10:37

        @Rookervik very nice picture pack! Is there also a version available for the carbon theme?

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          Rookervik Global Moderator @daeks
          last edited by 5 Jan 2017, 15:30

          @daeks No splash pack for the Carbon theme. A splash pack for Carbon would take considerably longer to create and be quite a large file size. I didn't plan on making one. Especially considering there are well over 80 splash screens to create for a "pack" *(-_-)

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            daeks @Rookervik
            last edited by 5 Jan 2017, 19:04

            @Rookervik too bad, but anyhow I have added it to my installation. I really like it.

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              Rookervik Global Moderator @daeks
              last edited by 5 Jan 2017, 21:31

              @daeks Let me know if you run into any systems that won't launch after installing the splash screens. For me, Final Burn stopped launching when I put a splash screen for it. Removing the splash screen allowed it to go back to running again.

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                meleu @Rookervik
                last edited by 5 Jan 2017, 21:50

                @Rookervik let's fix it! I'm using the fba launching screen with no issues!
                Is your RetroPie updated? What version?

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                  herb_fargus administrators @Rookervik
                  last edited by 6 Jan 2017, 01:05

                  @Rookervik idk it may be possible to batch script a launch image for each system based on the assets already available with carbon- perhaps like the ones we did for paradox when we were attempting that great failure...

                  If anyone is feeling ambitious ;)

                  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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                    Rookervik Global Moderator @herb_fargus
                    last edited by 6 Jan 2017, 01:21

                    @herb_fargus It would be hard to find a program that would be able to use SVG, though. I was planning to flatten all the Carbon SVGs down to PNG at some point to increase speed, maybe now is a good time.

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                      Rookervik Global Moderator
                      last edited by 6 Jan 2017, 01:22

                      Oh gawd, I will have to re-do all the pixel run commands now. LOL. That can wait til I edit the consoles. :D

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                        meleu @Rookervik
                        last edited by 6 Jan 2017, 02:44

                        @Rookervik if you did "carbon-friendly" launching screen, what picture would you use? The system logo at the top, the controller at the center and the message at the bottom?

                        Maybe we can find some ImageMagick trick to automate this task...

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                          Rookervik Global Moderator @meleu
                          last edited by 6 Jan 2017, 02:49

                          @meleu Right now just all the controllers and logos need to be converted to PNGs.

                          Then I'd have to spend some time thinking about how it should look. And go over it with buzz since that's his chosen theme.

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                            meleu @Rookervik
                            last edited by 6 Jan 2017, 03:14

                            @Rookervik said in Runcommand System Splashscreens!:

                            Right now just all the controllers and logos need to be converted to PNGs.

                            You can do it from command line on a Linux box (with ImageMagick installed). The command is simple as that:

                            convert controller.svg controller.png
                            

                            Before using this command I had to install librsvg2-bin:

                            sudo apt-get install librsvg2-bin
                            

                            Then I'd have to spend some time thinking about how it should look.

                            As you said you don't plan to make Carbon splashscreens due to the number of systems, I remembered the ImageMagick tools and thought "If the splashscreens are simple enough, maybe we can automate their generation with some ImageMagick wizardry."

                            I'm not an ImageMagick wizard and I'm not really sure if this is possible, but I can do some research on this topic...

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                              Rookervik Global Moderator
                              last edited by 6 Jan 2017, 03:26

                              Well once the images are all converted you can run a Photoshop script to create everything. I'll have to dig out my linux laptop and see about converting all the SVGs that way. Doing them all in Illustrator is a massive bummer.

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                                meleu @Rookervik
                                last edited by meleu 1 Jun 2017, 04:08 6 Jan 2017, 04:04

                                @Rookervik if you're brave enough to believe me :) , the following commands convert all the SVG files below a directory level to PNG. Actually it won't convert but creates a new file with PNG format, and leave the original SVG file untouched.

                                EDIT: don't forget to install librsvg2-bin before!!

                                sudo apt-get install librsvg2-bin
                                

                                And yes! I tested these commands before posting here! ;-)

                                # create a temporary directory in your home dir
                                cd ~; mkdir tmp
                                
                                # copy the theme files to another place
                                cp -R /etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/ ~/tmp/
                                
                                # create PNG files from the SVG files
                                # the -verbose option isn't really necessary, it's used just to let you
                                # see that something is happening
                                for svg_file in $(find ~/tmp/carbon/ -type f -name '*.svg'); do convert -verbose "$svg_file" "${svg_file/%svg/png}"; done
                                

                                Hope it helps! :-)

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                                  meleu
                                  last edited by 6 Jan 2017, 04:21

                                  By the way, here are some examples of what I could get with my initial research on ImageMagick commands and the respective command line (these commands were executed after the conversion from SVG to PNG):

                                  convert -size 800x600 tile:$HOME/tmp/carbon/art/carbon_fiber.png -gravity center ~/tmp/carbon/nes/art/controller.png -composite nes.png
                                  

                                  0_1483675800056_nes.png

                                  convert -size 800x600 tile:$HOME/tmp/carbon/art/carbon_fiber.png -gravity center ~/tmp/carbon/nes/art/system.png -composite nes2.png
                                  

                                  1_1483675800056_nes2.png

                                  convert -size 800x600 tile:$HOME/tmp/carbon/art/carbon_fiber.png -gravity center ~/tmp/carbon/nes/art/system2.png -composite nes3.png
                                  

                                  2_1483675800056_nes3.png

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                                    herb_fargus administrators @meleu
                                    last edited by 6 Jan 2017, 05:00

                                    @meleu I used imagemagick to generate grids of sprites I ripped from Bomberman

                                    I wrote up a bit of a guide here:

                                    https://github.com/HerbFargus/Atomic-Bomberman/wiki/Sprites#create-montage-with-imagemagick

                                    Personally I think the run command launch images should have the carbon background instead of just black ;)

                                    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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                                      Rookervik Global Moderator @meleu
                                      last edited by Rookervik 1 Jun 2017, 05:21 6 Jan 2017, 05:20

                                      @meleu Those look slick already. And use the carbon fiber. Just need some nice text saying to press X or 'any key' to configure run command.

                                      PS, it does seem "X" is the most-correct button to press if you need to get into the run command editor. Any other button seems to be ignored (on a joystick)

                                      Might want to test 1080p versions of these and see how long it takes to load them. I fear it might take long enough to load them that they might just flash on the screen for a split second before the game launches.

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                                        daeks @meleu
                                        last edited by daeks 1 Jun 2017, 17:34 6 Jan 2017, 10:14

                                        @meleu wow, I already love your third image :) I am happy to see that there will be something for carbon as well in the near future.

                                        edit: I played a bit with imagemagick on windows: https://github.com/daeks/retropie-system-splashscreens-carbon
                                        Each folder contains an autogenerated launching.png. The parameters used are stored in convert.bat

                                        alt text

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                                          meleu @herb_fargus
                                          last edited by 6 Jan 2017, 12:18

                                          @herb_fargus

                                          Personally I think the run command launch images should have the carbon background instead of just black ;)

                                          But it's already carbon. Maybe are not seeing because you're on mobile?

                                          @Rookervik

                                          Those look slick already. And use the carbon fiber. Just need some nice text saying to press X or 'any key' to configure run command.

                                          Could you make an image with the text with a transparent background (just like the controller lines)? You can choose a font that pleases you...

                                          With this I can make the launching images for carbon...

                                          it does seem "X" is the most-correct button to press if you need to get into the run command editor. Any other button seems to be ignored (on a joystick)

                                          Actually runcommand gets input from the 0 and 1, and unfortunately the manufacturers don't have a standardization about these numbers. I have several joysticks here and the <ENTER> button (button 0) differs in all of them.

                                          The "a" on the text should be an indefinite article, not the A button of the joystick. :-)

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