[Theme] CRT

retronerd

@KillerQ said in [New Theme] 'CRT' with support for Video Preview:

Put the unzipped theme folder that you download into /home/pi/.emulationstation/themes.
Create the 'themes' folder if it isn't already there.

I have done exactly that but it doesnt show up?

KillerQ

@retronerd

Have you restarted emulationstation

retronerd

@KillerQ said in [New Theme] 'CRT' with support for Video Preview:

Have you restarted emulationstation
ofcourse, here is my path !

KillerQ

@retronerd
Does mini master show up? Try renaming the theme folder To just CRT

mattrixk

@retronerd is there another folder called "crt" within the folder?

KillerQ

Also, triple check that the them folder isn't accidentally empty.

pjft

@retronerd the folder you copied it to isn't the one you're being told to.

You seem to have copied it to /opt/RetroPie/configs/...

And it's being suggested to copy it to

/home/pi/.emulationstation/themes

Different folder.

If not,

/etc/emulationstation/themes

May also work.

KillerQ

@pjft said in [New Theme] 'CRT' with support for Video Preview:

@retronerd the folder you copied it to isn't the one you're being told to.

You seem to have copied it to /opt/RetroPie/configs/...

And it's being suggested to copy it to

/home/pi/.emulationstation/themes

Different folder.

If not,

/etc/emulationstation/themes

May also work.

That was the first thing I told him. He insisted it was in the correct place as you and I stated.

Nismo

I don't have rpi, but i'm 95% sure it's /home/pi/.emulationstation/themes

herb_fargus

@pjft fun fact. /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/themes is symlinked to /home/pi/.emulationstation/themes so it really doesn't matter which you add it to because both are valid.

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/EmulationStation/#themes

pjft

@herb_fargus huh. Always learning. I stand corrected! Thanks for keeping us honest.

What about the etc/emulationstation/themes folder?

Is it used in addition to that, it supersedes it? Mine are in this last folder, I believe.

herb_fargus

@pjft https://retropie.org.uk/docs/EmulationStation/#editing-es-configs explains the reasoning for the methods behind manual edits and why it is important to put them in specific places.

Generally if two files are named the same then preference will be given to the home location before the etc location (if its named differently, I believe themes from both locations show). The etc location requires root to be updated and is overridden by the setup script anytime the theme is installed or updated, whereas themes in the home folder don't get mucked about with the setup script and therefore is the recommended place for any custom edits that you don't want to be ovewritten.

KillerQ

@herb_fargus said in [New Theme] 'CRT' with support for Video Preview:

@pjft fun fact. /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/themes is symlinked to /home/pi/.emulationstation/themes so it really doesn't matter which you add it to because both are valid.

https://retropie.org.uk/docs/EmulationStation/#themes

Yep. One is MUCH easier to access. Lol

KillerQ

@herb_fargus said in [New Theme] 'CRT' with support for Video Preview:

@pjft https://retropie.org.uk/docs/EmulationStation/#editing-es-configs explains the reasoning for the methods behind manual edits and why it is important to put them in specific places.

Generally if two files are named the same then preference will be given to the home location before the etc location (if its named differently, I believe themes from both locations show). The etc location requires root to be updated and is overridden by the setup script anytime the theme is installed or updated, whereas themes in the home folder don't get mucked about with the setup script and therefore is the recommended place for any custom edits that you don't want to be ovewritten.

Exactly. I was just gonna type this. Thanks for saving me the time, lol.

retronerd

I cant find that just that i showed.... in this video they also used that path !

KillerQ

So, did you get it working yet? This thread is getting off track , lol

retronerd

@KillerQ Sorry! im at work havent tried more, will test tomorrow

KillerQ

@retronerd

No problem, lol. Just curious.

Dominus

@alphatoanant

Any news on a fix for the box art? I don't understand why it only does it with this theme?

alphatoanant

@KillerQ said in [New Theme] 'CRT' with support for Video Preview:

@alphatoanant,
Outstanding. Do you mind if i showcase this theme and share it in some other groups?

That's awesome @KillerQ, thank you! I don't mind at all. If there is any info I can help with please let me know.

Other updates:

I am planning to get back into the theme soon (life caught up the last few months) to clean up things further and start looking into things like grid view and system view. I have a commit almost ready with backward compatibility added and I have started also working on a 4x3 version using the theme nesting idea from @mattrixk in the Io theme.

Trying to get a theming flow set up in Windows using @mattrixk ES Toolkit which will help streamline building going forward.

If you have any additional recommendations to try or need help please don't hesitate to let me know. Thank you!