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      KillerQ @Rookervik
      last edited by KillerQ

      @Rookervik said in Carbon Theme Suggestions:

      @mattrixk

      Correct. Once an image is loaded into VRAM, that's all it will take. The images in the background on Pixel are what, 480x270? They get stretched to full screen.

      You can find the same thing on the Simple theme. The wallpapers are 720p. If you reduce them in size, by a power of 2, you can actually avoid the white screen of no-ramminess. But you see the pixels since the image is stretched. In Pixel's case, that's perfect. :D

      Rook,

      Thanks so much for our hard work. I'm going to utilize your carbon centered theme in my portrait mode cabinet in order to allow the text to flow better.

      I'll have to test after I scrape with screenshots and metadata to see if and how it shows in your theme.

      Thanks again!

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        KillerQ @Rookervik
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        @Rookervik said in Carbon Theme Suggestions:

        @lilbud

        Well, RetroPie isn't a job. No one gets paid for working on the project. I do this art because I enjoy it. =^_^=

        Are there some cases in which lowering the font size won't take affect? The joystix font won't seem to scale down for me with the carbon centered theme.

        Also, I have successfully scaled the image size down, in hopes of buying more real estate and having the text list area increase to allow more games to populate on screen. The top limit of the game list didn't raise when the image shrunk - just a blank buffer exists now where the Larger image edges used to reside. Is that list able to be raised so that more can be listed?

        I ask because, when used in portrait mode, the long list of games is nice.

        Thanks again for everything.

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          Rookervik Global Moderator @KillerQ
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          @KillerQ Check both your carbon.xml and your individual theme.xmls. Theme.xmls will overwrite carbon.xml.

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            KillerQ @Rookervik
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            @Rookervik said in Carbon Theme Suggestions:

            @KillerQ Check both your carbon.xml and your individual theme.xmls. Theme.xmls will overwrite carbon.xml.

            thanks.

            I'm completing my image that's dedicated to vertical/portrait MAME only. I plan I using tie carbon centered theme or your pixel theme. I just have to see if I can figure out how to manipulate your pixel theme so that it is centered with a medium-ish photo bear the top, and then a list of games beneath. Similar to your cArbon centered - just with pixels!

            I'll keep you posted.

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              Rookervik Global Moderator @KillerQ
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              @KillerQ You should check this link, KillerQ. Mattrixk made a great tutorial on how to theme. Also be sure to check any graphical assets to see if you are allowed to use them in your own work.

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                KillerQ @Rookervik
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                @Rookervik said in Carbon Theme Suggestions:

                @KillerQ You should check this link, KillerQ. Mattrixk made a great tutorial on how to theme. Also be sure to check any graphical assets to see if you are allowed to use them in your own work.

                will do, thanks!!

                https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Creating-Your-Own-EmulationStation-Theme

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                  mattrixk
                  last edited by mattrixk

                  I saw the tutorial linked in a Lifehacker article yesterday. Feels good.

                  My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                    KillerQ @mattrixk
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                    @mattrixk

                    Awesome, and great tutorial. Very concise step-by-step.

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                      mattrixk @KillerQ
                      last edited by

                      @KillerQ Cheers. I'm glad people can make use of it. It took me weeks to put that thing together (basically lunch times at work, and late at night when everyone else was asleep were the only times I had to work on it).

                      My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                        KillerQ @mattrixk
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                        @mattrixk said in Carbon Theme Suggestions:

                        @KillerQ Cheers. I'm glad people can make use of it. It took me weeks to put that thing together (basically lunch times at work, and late at night when everyone else was asleep were the only times I had to work on it).

                        I'm in the same boat!! Much appreciated.

                        Peace!

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                          backstander
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                          I would love to see a PC-FX theme for Carbon!
                          https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/PC-FX

                          I don't know who did the controller graphics and top banner logo for all the systems on the Wiki but it would also be nice to have them made for the PC-FX entry. I suck at graphic design!

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                            Rookervik Global Moderator @backstander
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                            @backstander Nice catch Backstander. I'll work on creating the PC-FX logo and controller in SVG tomorrow. Too sleepy tonight.

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                              Rookervik Global Moderator
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                              Finished PC-FX. Had to add a white box around the logo since the logo text is flat-black. Looks good. Controller is beautiful. PC-FX has such a sexy controller. It's Street Fighter-ready! :D

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                              Sending a pull request to Herb (if I can figure out how to do it) so it can be added to the repo. Want to let him know before I go slap him with a pull request. So give it a little bit to be updated in the Repository.

                              (PS: I use SNES and Genesis as my default testing systems. I just change the theme to whichever system I'm theming so it shows the logo and controller)

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                                Rookervik Global Moderator
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                                Ok, I don't know how to work Github so I can't push a request in. So you'll just have to wait til tomorrow when I can get some help for it. :P

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                                  Moerin
                                  last edited by Moerin

                                  Hi guys.

                                  Sorry to necro-bump this thread, but what is the status of the PC-FX theme adding to Carbon?
                                  I didn't find something an entry in the repository.

                                  It is planned to add it?

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                                    raven1280
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                                    I'd love to have Commodore CDTV added. I made my own Amiga CD32 controller but would love to add CDTV and PC-FX.

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                                      Rookervik Global Moderator @raven1280
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                                      @raven1280

                                      If those systems are supported by RetroPie, I think we should add them. I wish I had more time to dedicate. I really need some people to have my facebook or my cell phone number so you can remind me to do things. LOL

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                                        sergioad @Rookervik
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                                        @Rookervik why do you not update Carbon without the carrousel ribbon and replacing the logos with flat red versions of the same?

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