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    • chubstaC
      chubsta
      last edited by

      Thanks very much - i wont be doing anything to change it as i think it all looks great, really appreciate you adding it.

      Raspberry Pi 400 - overclocked to 2.3GHz
      Theme - Comic book
      Emulators: All of them...
      Roms: Pretty much all of them...
      Favourite games: Circus Charlie, Gorf, Gauntlet Legends
      Controllers: Mayflash F101

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      • chubstaC
        chubsta
        last edited by

        @FlyingTomahawk

        Sorry to be a pain, but need a little help!

        I have added Vectrex and Sinclair ZX Spectrum, neither of which is currently supported in the theme - no problem, i thought, i will just add them!

        The adding went fine and i have robbed a couple of system.svg from another theme to save me making my own but i am getting stuck when it comes to making the 3 images that go at the top of the screen for each system. I have the images i want, and i have the template files you provide in the theme but i cannot for the life of me work out a workflow in photoshop that will enable me to basically 'cut' my images to shape! I know i am not very bright, particularly when it comes to this stuff, but any chance you could quickly explain the relevant action in PS to get the right shape images, it would be much appreciated!

        Raspberry Pi 400 - overclocked to 2.3GHz
        Theme - Comic book
        Emulators: All of them...
        Roms: Pretty much all of them...
        Favourite games: Circus Charlie, Gorf, Gauntlet Legends
        Controllers: Mayflash F101

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        • FlyingTomahawkF
          FlyingTomahawk
          last edited by

          No problem. Here is what I do. Lets take the center screenshot as example.
          Open the center screenshot layout psd file in photoshop.
          Then open the image you want to use as center screenshot in photoshop and make sure it is set as RGB mode.
          Then drag the image over to the screenshot layout.
          Adjust it by to fit the layout area.
          Then select on the right the screenshot layout layer and use the magic tool. Once the area is selected right click on it and choose "select inverse".
          Now select the image layer and hit the delete button on the keyboard.
          Then choose "save for web", save it as png24 file and name it screenshot_center.png

          Done!

          Do the same for the left and right screenshot.

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          • chubstaC
            chubsta @FlyingTomahawk
            last edited by

            @FlyingTomahawk
            thanks for the fast reply - like so many things in life it is simple when you know how, not sure i would have got there on my own though!

            cheers

            Raspberry Pi 400 - overclocked to 2.3GHz
            Theme - Comic book
            Emulators: All of them...
            Roms: Pretty much all of them...
            Favourite games: Circus Charlie, Gorf, Gauntlet Legends
            Controllers: Mayflash F101

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            • FlyingTomahawkF
              FlyingTomahawk
              last edited by FlyingTomahawk

              Futura v1.3.5 now available!

              Change log

              v1.3.5 - 2017-04-04
              Added Game & Watch system

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              • FlyingTomahawkF
                FlyingTomahawk
                last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                lol
                There was a typo in the change log.
                It should say Game & Watch not Daphne.
                Fixed it.

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                • FlyingTomahawkF
                  FlyingTomahawk
                  last edited by

                  UPDATE

                  New Futura video themes available. (beta versions)
                  See first post for download links and screenshots.
                  Please report any bugs here.

                  Enjoy!

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                    Arcanjohack
                    last edited by Arcanjohack

                    I have saw that if you enter a system and press select to go straight to a letter, after leaving and continue navigating between systems, the theme collapses, no longer displaying the logos of the systems, nor the videos.

                    Pi 3, retropie 4.2 - theme future big video

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                    • herb_fargusH
                      herb_fargus administrators @Arcanjohack
                      last edited by

                      @Arcanjohack check if it happens with other themes too. Could possibly be a bug with es if it happens with others.

                      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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                        Arcanjohack @herb_fargus
                        last edited by

                        @herb_fargus I just tested with a theme without video, and the theme that also uses vice. "Crt-theme". no problem

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                          jfick13
                          last edited by

                          it's working great looks amazing. thanks for all of your hard work

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                          • FlyingTomahawkF
                            FlyingTomahawk @Arcanjohack
                            last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                            @Arcanjohack

                            I just tested this on my RPi3 with all Futura theme versions (video and non-video) and I am not able to recreate that error.
                            I can see on your last picture this error message?

                            glGetError 0x505

                            I am no coder and I have no idea what that error exactly means. Video memory issue?
                            How many systems do you run?
                            How many roms do you use?
                            Not sure if this has anything to do with it but what is your vram setting in ES?

                            @jfick13

                            Thank you. :)

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                              Arcanjohack @FlyingTomahawk
                              last edited by

                              @FlyingTomahawk said in Futura Theme:

                              I am no coder and I have no idea what that error exactly means. Video memory issue?
                              How many systems do you run?
                              How many roms do you use?
                              Not sure if this has anything to do with it but what is your vram setting in ES?
                              @jfick13
                              Thank you. :)

                              I am no coder and I have no idea what that error exactly means. Video memory issue?
                              I hope not
                              How many systems do you run?
                              15
                              How many roms do you use?

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                                  Not sure if this has anything to do with it but what is your vram setting in ES?
                                  I set to 300mb

                              This theme is the most beautiful I have ever seen, I hope to find the cause.

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                              • FlyingTomahawkF
                                FlyingTomahawk @Arcanjohack
                                last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                                @Arcanjohack

                                I google searched that error message and looks like to be a gpu memory issue.
                                The Futura theme using 1920x1080 images is heavy on the resources.
                                Read here

                                https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=60024

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                                  cylum @Arcanjohack
                                  last edited by

                                  You need to increase the VRAM, the option is available in one of the menus. I had the same issues when using the default value, I increased it to around 800-1000 and haven't had any issues since. You can probably use a lower value, just have to mess around with it to see what works.

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                                    Arcanjohack
                                    last edited by Arcanjohack

                                    Finally I solved my problem. I replaced ES.
                                    This compilation is softest.

                                    The videos runs very well with all tested themes
                                    https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/8734/please-test-random-game-selection-launch-via-video-screensaver

                                    The Dev include OMXplayer, and you can change in options menu.

                                    I appreciate for all help received

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                                      chrisdodgen
                                      last edited by

                                      Great theme!

                                      I've been working on building my image with particular interest in many old and obscure systems. Through trial and very little error, I've managed to create a couple of The menu pages that don't exist, and I'll be adding more to my setup as I continue building. So far I have added a page for ZX Spectrum and Infocom (z-machine). I would be happy to share them (and any others I make) if you are interested.

                                      For some reason I can't get my phone to post pictures, but I'll drop them as soon as I'm back by a computer...

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                                        chrisdodgen
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                                          chrisdodgen
                                          last edited by

                                          It's weird but I can't get anything to display in the forum. Here are links to pics:

                                          Infocom panel

                                          ZX Spectrum Panel

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                                            backstander @chrisdodgen
                                            last edited by

                                            @chrisdodgen

                                            It's weird but I can't get anything to display in the forum.

                                            You drag n drop the pictures into your reply while you're typing it and wait for it to upload. Depending on the size of the files and your internet speed, it might take some time so be patient ;-)
                                            Also sometimes you have to put an extra carriage return after where your cursor is for it to work.

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