Oldroom theme W.I.P. new 1.9 Beta + media packs

mattrixk

@duiz The Theme Helper @Nismo mentioned is here.

mattrixk

If I move down 2d boxes, 3d boxes goes down too, and almost out of the bottom of the screen

You could make <origin>1 1</origin>, so the origin point is the bottom right, that way the the images will grow up and to the left instead of down and to the right. Just a thought.

Nismo

@mattrixk I know, but it doesn't work, take a look at the image above, the origin it's set to my 3d boxes, but that 2d box doesn't grow in the same place that my 3d boxes, it's upper. If i do <origin>1 1</origin> The same thing happens but in reverse. XD

I think it's because not everybody crop their 3d boxes images the same way, and some sets have a big transparent zone (alpha channel) around the 3d box image. The same happens with some logos.

For theming the ideal is to have the images cropped "pixel perfect" but that's not the reality.

It's a lot of hard work for me when doing my system temes just because ES Theme Helper is useless for me for that reason.

And of course I'll don't waste my time cropping thousands of 3d box images. XD

mattrixk

@Nismo That's all fair enough. I get my 3D boxes from screenscrape.fr using UXS, which are probably at least a little different from ones obtained from other sources.

Nismo

@mattrixk Most of my 3d boxes are from there.

duiz

Weird, even with cordinates from theme helper I still just get squished and uncentered artwork.

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Nismo

@duiz It's very strange, with maxSize the image keep the original aspect ratio, so maybe the original image is stretched?

Can you upload the original 2d box image somewhere so I can download it for testing?

I can help you with the coordenates for this system so you can have a reference point for other systems.

@mattrixk I have edited my previous post to explain it better.

mindel

Hi all, I have been using this theme for a while and it is great. Thank you for all the work put here so far.
In my eyes it would be perfect with no meta information. I am toying with the code trying at least to get rid of the rating and last-played indicators without success.
Can anyone please give a hint?
Thank you in advance

Nismo

@mindel I was thinking in remove it for the next release, also metadata doesn't work for me in portable mode so I don't need it.

Replace the file oldroom.xml inside oldroom theme folder with this one:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/ssdccksyr1h8mil/oldroom.xml

Regards.

mattrixk

@duiz Try changing "md_video" from <size> to <maxSize>. Sometimes "md_image" and "md_video" can sort of get "tangled" together (I can't think of another way to explain it).

Nismo

That will ruins the theme, the video must fit inside tv screen.

It's working flawessly for me, but I din't update to the latest version yet.

I waiting for the 2d box image upload to see and test.

mattrixk

@Nismo said:

That will ruins the theme, the video must fit inside tv screen.

Ahh, didn't consider that.

Kischa

@Nismo Hey! Your portable mode means?

Nismo

@Kischa I use windows version, so you have 2 modes, normal and portable mode, but there is a bug that break portable mode.

If you enable saving metadata on exit, emulationstation overwrites the relative paths with absolute paths for video and marquees tags on gamelist, and if you use your portable USB HDD in another computer, all videos and marquees are gone. (I don't remember well but I think image tags still untouched)

Maybe @jdrassa want to take a look at this. It's a known bug.

Kischa

@Nismo Aha, thanks for clearing that up.

Nismo

@duiz Seems that was a bug from the latest builds, I didn't have the latest build so that's because it's working for me.

See this thread: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/9261/bug-box-art-displaying-incorrect-size-the-first-time-i-enter-a-system?page=1

A fix will be released very soon.

JediAviator

Hey there, tried to install the 720p. So far I'm not getting any video snaps on the theme and only gbc actually has a screen to play video in( which is static) Any advise of what I am doing wrong?

Nismo

@JediAviator
Did you update your gamelist.xml files to add video and marquees tags?

JediAviator

@Nismo
Negative, how do I go about doing that? Redownload the gamelist.xml?

JediAviator

@Nismo
In my snes folder, I have a gamelist.xml and a oldgamelist.xml after adding the script from your guide "https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6589/easy-way-to-add-video-and-marquees-tags-in-your-gamelist-for-video-support"