Pixel Theme

[Nismo]

@Rookervik Here you have mega cd and sega 32x logos:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3226/es-custom-logo-pack-includes-specific-mame-logos/21

[J.Beau]

@Nismo Thanks!!

[J.Beau]

@Rookervik Awesome!!!

[Rookervik]

@Nismo Thanks, I'll get some pixel logos created for these.

-Edit: Might be easiest to just remove the "genesis" from the 32x logo. LOL.

[Rookervik]

On the topic of European VS American system names... how would you like these packaged? I suppose there are several ways to do it...

• Release a Euro and an American version of the theme. Wouldn't require any effort on your part. Really annoying for me to keep track of.

• Continue to pack the European logos named logo2.png in the theme folders. You would continue to need to break into the theme and rename the files if you want the European logos.

• Add folders in the theme for the European versions of systems. And you can change your es_systems.cfg to point to the correct theme you want to use for your games. So instead of segacd going to the theme 'segacd' it would go to 'mega-cd'

I don't care which of the last 2 options... I do care having a second repository created and having to maintain that one as well. I'd rather not do that.

What are your thoughts?

[Rookervik]

New logos have been added to the segacd and sega32x folders. Update the theme and get to replacing logos. I won't bother updating the main post of the thread right now.

[Nismo]

@Rookervik I think that add folders in the theme for the European versions of systems, and select the theme in es_systems.cfg it's the right way to do it. Also there are more themes that do the same for european names of systems.

Maintain two versions of a theme have no sense when you can simply add the folders.

Of course it's just humble opinion, but it's just the way I do in my theme.

Regards.

[mattrixk]

Which systems have the 2 different versions? The only ones I can think of are:

• PC Engine/Turbo Graphix 16
• MegaDrive/Genesis
• Other sega stuff like the segaCD/megaCD
• SNES/SNES (both US and EU are called the same, but have a different console. Then you have the Famicom in there somewhere too)

There are probably others, but that's all I know of.

I don't mind making a separate folder for each, then the user can change their config file to point to whichever they want to use. I'm just curious how to get around that with the SNES though.

[backstander]

@Rookervik
I think the 3rd option would probably be the best for everyone but like @mattrixk said "I'm just curious how to get around that with the SNES though". I think just for the SNES you could do the "pack the European logos named logo2.png in the theme folders" option.

Thank you @Rookervik for your awesome work and maintaining these themes that you do! We all appreciate it!

[Nismo]

@mattrixk @backstander I don't understand what's the problem for snes, you can have as many folders as you need and with the names you want.

For example Snes, SnesUSA. SnesEU, SnesJAP, Superfamicom, Sfamicom...

[mattrixk]

@Nismo hmm, interesting thought. Could just have 'snes' as the default, then a 'sneseu' folder.

[Nismo]

@mattrixk Yes that's what I mean.

[pauwus]

@mattrixk Thanks for the advice. I'm happy to go in and rename the image - I'm just not sure where to find that image when FTP/SSHing into the Pi. As far as I can tell the themes are located in the etc/emulationstation folder which is inaccessible via FTP? I'm using samba shares via Mac and can't find the themes folders (I might be looking in the wrong place!). I can SSH in but I'm not sure how to find that image file and rename it. Can anyone advise?

[backstander]

@pauwus

As far as I can tell the themes are located in the etc/emulationstation folder

Mine is also located at:
/etc/emulationstation/themes/pixel/

After you have SSH'd into your RPi...
you need to change the working directory to the snes folder inside of the pixel theme folder by typing:
cd /etc/emulationstation/themes/pixel/snes/

Then rename the files:
mv console.png consoleUS.png
mv consoleEU.png console.png

Last restart either ES or your RPi.

[Nismo]

@pauwus said in Pixel Theme:

I'm happy to go in and rename the image.

Renaming the image it's not the right way to do the things, just because for some systems need to do more changes than only the logo (depends on the theme).

Example with snes:

Snes usa.

European Snes.

Offtopic: I think the european snes it's by far more cool than american version.

Snes japan (super famicom).

For example for Super famicom you need to change the logo and the console, that's because the use of different folders, yes you can change images, but it's more easy to select the theme for the suystem in es_systems.cfg.

Also in other themes it's more elements to change, maybe need to change some parameters in xml to resize some elements or change descriptions. That's because the use of folders.

[J.Beau]

@Rookervik Holy S***! That was fast! They look great :) I don't care how these are packaged btw. Just renaming is fine by me.

edit: I need to change the console description too btw, but no problem :)

[Nismo]

@J.Beau said in Pixel Theme:

@Rookervik Holy S***! That was fast! They look great :) I don't care how these are packaged btw. Just renaming is fine by me.

edit: I need to change the console description too btw, but no problem :)

That's what I mean when I say depends on theme replacing images it's not enough ;-).

Regards.

[pauwus]

@backstander Thank you so much dude. It's easy when you know how! Out of interest, as I'm using the pixel-metadata theme, would I go to

/etc/emulationstation/themes/pixel-metadata/?

[pauwus]

@Nismo Hi Nismo, I think I understand what you're saying - I'm guessing in this particular case for me, I only need to change the image because the logo for the SNES is actually correct?

I've actually edited my es_systems.cfg file to change the order of the systems, but I've noticed there is nothing in the theme part. Do I only need to change that if I want to edit logos?

[backstander]

@pauwus

Out of interest, as I'm using the pixel-metadata theme, would I go to /etc/emulationstation/themes/pixel-metadata/?

That is correct. Just substitute as needed ;)