Input needed: ES theming improvements

lilbud

@Zigurana I'm stealing that idea.

robertybob

Could someone give me a working example of the code? There's quite a few different examples in this thread and I haven't gotten one to work yet :(

jdrassa

@robertybob

The theme documentation on github has been updated with the details.

https://github.com/jrassa/EmulationStation/blob/master/THEMES.md#carousel

Here is working example:

<feature supported="carousel">
  
  <view name="system">

    <carousel name="systemcarousel">
      <type>horizontal</type>
      <pos>0 0.42</pos>
      <size>1 0.2325</size>
      <color>ffffff</color>
      <logoScale>1.5</logoScale>
      <logoSize>0.125 0.155</logoSize>
      <maxLogoCount>5</maxLogoCount>
    </carousel>

    <text name="systemInfo">
      <backgroundColor>dddddd00</backgroundColor>
      <color>000000ff</color>
      <fontPath></fontPath>
      <fontSize>0.035</fontSize>
    </text>

  </view>

  </feature>

I also just released an updated build for windows to GitHub.

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/9094/updated-emulationstation-for-windows/

Zigurana

@robertybob This file i've been using in a theme called dev. This was basically pixel, but with all references to pixel.xml changed into dev.xml. (You could also rename this one file into pixel.xml).

Inside you'll find two variations (one commented out) of the horizontal and vertical carousel respectively.

Let me know how you fare!

dankcushions

@Zigurana pixel has a non-modifying clause: https://github.com/ehettervik/es-theme-pixel

i think releasing even an example might be unfair really.

jdrassa

@dankcushions I can't speak for @Rookervik, but I believe that he was mostly concerned with derivative themes using his artwork. Since this is only an xml file and intended as an example of how to modify a theme to use this new feature, I would like to think that he would be OK with it.

TMNTturtlguy

@jdrassa sorry for the question, I haven't been following the threads for the carousel modifications and just came across it now. I tried to scroll through related threads and there is a lot of info, but I am unclear on this update. Is there an ES update for raspberry pi that is coming out that allows the carousel settings to be applied to the theme .xml? Or will it work on my current install? I see there is an update of ES for windows. Thanks

jdrassa

@TMNTturtlguy The carousel modifications just landed today in the RetroPie repository. You can use RetroPie-Setup to update your pi. You may need to use the "update from source" option, I am not sure how often they update the binary. I pushed out the updated Windows build and posted about it since many of the theme developers use it while working on their themes.

robertybob

Thanks guys, works great!!

TMNTturtlguy

@jdrassa great! Thanks

robertybob

Probably a dumb question, but is it possible to have a transparent carousel?

jdrassa

@robertybob it is. The color field works like other color fields where the first 6 digits are the color and the last 2 are the transparency. Just set the last 2 digits to 00.

<carousel name="systemcarousel">
      <color>ffffff00</color>
</carousel>

robertybob

@jdrassa Thank you! This is great news, I'll definitely implement this in a future theme :)

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masteryoer

Anyone have a screenshot or demo of what this looks like?

robertybob

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masteryoer

@robertybob

Isn't this how emulationstation looks now?

Syhles

@masteryoer
Look at the bottom of the screen he moved the games available text.

mattrixk

@masteryoer
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images from the [ES Toolkit] (https://github.com/mattrixk/es-toolkit/blob/master/emulationstation/themes/basevid/).

masteryoer

@mattrixk

Wow extremely helpful. Awesome on the new features

FlyingTomahawk

@Zigurana @jdrassa

Guys this is absolute FANTASTIC!
Job well done!
I think this is something many theme makers wanted to change and now it can be finally done. And it works very well.
This gives us so many new possibilities to (re)design themes.

Again, well done guys.