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    • meleuM
      meleu @Rookervik
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      @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_fargusH
        herb_fargus administrators @Rookervik
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        @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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        • RookervikR
          Rookervik Global Moderator @herb_fargus
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          @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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          • RookervikR
            Rookervik Global Moderator
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            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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            • meleuM
              meleu @Rookervik
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              @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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              • RookervikR
                Rookervik Global Moderator @meleu
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                @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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                • meleuM
                  meleu @Rookervik
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                  @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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                  • RookervikR
                    Rookervik Global Moderator
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                    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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                    • meleuM
                      meleu @Rookervik
                      last edited by meleu

                      @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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                      • meleuM
                        meleu
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                        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_fargusH
                          herb_fargus administrators @meleu
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                          @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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                          • RookervikR
                            Rookervik Global Moderator @meleu
                            last edited by Rookervik

                            @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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                            • daeksD
                              daeks @meleu
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                              @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

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                              • meleuM
                                meleu @herb_fargus
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                                @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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                                • meleuM
                                  meleu @daeks
                                  last edited by meleu

                                  @daeks said in Runcommand System Splashscreens!:

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

                                  Wow! It's exactly what I would do!! I think I don't need to spend more time with it! LOL :-)

                                  Thanks for sharing!

                                  EDIT: And you used the command line to add the text. Good catch!! :-)

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                                  • daeksD
                                    daeks @meleu
                                    last edited by daeks

                                    @meleu glad to hear that you like it :) anyhow it is not final as it still struggles about some issues:

                                    • logos which are too big (edit: fixed)
                                    • logos which are black or transparent (like game&watch or gamecube) are just shown as black image
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                                    • herb_fargusH
                                      herb_fargus administrators @meleu
                                      last edited by herb_fargus

                                      @meleu ah my mistake yes I was on mobile. I see it now.

                                      @daeks there is a pull request for game and watch:https://github.com/RetroPie/es-theme-carbon/pull/19 I haven't gotten to testing it yet

                                      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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                                      • daeksD
                                        daeks @herb_fargus
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                                        @herb_fargus thanks for your hint. As I have seen the PR will merge a new system3.png to the repo. Is there a way to rename it to system.png? Currently there is no further logic in my batch to create the launching.png. It just takes the system.png as @meleu has done it.

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                                        • meleuM
                                          meleu @daeks
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                                          @daeks C'mon dude! Rename it on your end! ;-)

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                                          • daeksD
                                            daeks @meleu
                                            last edited by daeks

                                            @meleu I'm lazy :P - Renaming is not really a problem, but in case of any updates, it has to be renamed all the time. Just designed the script to be adoptable easily for other themes as well.

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