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      kbronctjr
      last edited by kbronctjr

      hi, your theme is awesome!. Could you add sega32x and Steam?

      Also, the image displayed for a game is small you still can see the image that is displayed when there is no art for that game. Could you fix that too?

      Thank you very much!

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        ruckage @CodeDrawer
        last edited by ruckage

        @CodeDrawer said in Cardboard Mini NES + Nes mini and Famicom mini themes:

        Hey @ruckage what type of retropie are you using? Is it on the raspberry pi?

        Yes, it's raspberry pi.

        @kbronctjr said in Cardboard Mini NES + Nes mini and Famicom mini themes:

        hi, your theme is awesome!. Could you add sega32x and Steam?

        Thank you very much!

        Hi, those sytems are on the todo list but I can't say exactly when they will be done

        Also, the image displayed for a game is small you still can see the image that is displayed when there is no art for that game. Could you fix that too?

        Well I've already reduced that image in size in this update. What artwork are you using where this is still an issue - can you post an example so that I can see the problem? A screenshot of the problem and the actual boxart/preview image file would be very helpful. Thanks.

        SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

        If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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          kbronctjr @ruckage
          last edited by kbronctjr

          @ruckage Sorry I can't take a picture right now.

          I'm using this scraper
          https://github.com/Universal-Rom-Tools/Universal-XML-Scraper/releases

          and the images that i'm generating are like this:

          https://github.com/Universal-Rom-Tools/Universal-XML-Scraper/raw/master/Images/Presentation/MIX/Super Mario All-Stars (Europe)-image.png

          with that type of image I can see the lower part of the character (for other games the boxart is smaller)

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          • CodeDrawerC
            CodeDrawer
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            @ruckage So you can play DS on the pi?

            N64 emulation is the next step :)

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              A Former User @CodeDrawer
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              @CodeDrawer Yeah, you can using lr-desume. There used to be a version of DraStic for the Pi, but something happened so you can't use it.
              I heard that desume isn't the best on raspberry pis, even overclocked.

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                ruckage @kbronctjr
                last edited by ruckage

                @kbronctjr said in Cardboard Mini NES + Nes mini and Famicom mini themes:

                @ruckage Sorry I can't take a picture right now.

                I'm using this scraper
                https://github.com/Universal-Rom-Tools/Universal-XML-Scraper/releases

                and the images that i'm generating are like this:

                https://github.com/Universal-Rom-Tools/Universal-XML-Scraper/raw/master/Images/Presentation/MIX/Super Mario All-Stars (Europe)-image.png

                with that type of image I can see the lower part of the character (for other games the boxart is smaller)

                Ah, I see. The theme was only really designed for displaying the standard single images that are usually scraped. There isn't really much else I can do about that short of removing the 'mising art' image completely but I personally like to have it. In your case you can just replace the 'missing.png' file found in the layouts folder with a blank image (transparent png) to remove it completelly.

                SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                  jcook84 @ruckage
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                  @ruckage
                  I-It's beautiful! Completely worth the wait! THANK YOU!!!

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                    A Former User
                    last edited by

                    I have updated to the newest Retropie but am still not getting the newest carousel. I updated the RetroPie Install Script(v4.2.3) and told it to update all installed packages and nothing.

                    Anyone have any advice? Am I missing something obvious?

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                      myG0sh
                      last edited by myG0sh

                      Thank you so so much for this beautiful theme!! I even can download it via the retropie-setup so a bunch of non-tech-friends of mine already managed to install it!
                      With the first "thank you for the update, dear programming and designing god", it always comes along an annyoing "but..."

                      so my "but" looks as follows:
                      0_1495396455503_nesminiresolution.png
                      i changed the overscan so the black border is the monitor itself. Im using a Naviskauto CH1004S car monitor with a resolution of 1024x600 so its 16:9
                      I only experience this problem with composite out, hdmi works great. The reason why i ask here is, maybe someone knows what to do in combination with this theme because other themes look the same, no matter composito video out or hdmi out

                      edit:
                      i already tried:
                      • all sdtv_mode, sdtv_aspect and framebuffer_width/height settings in /boot/config.txt
                      • resizing the system_art.png in theme folder
                      nothing helps

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                        myG0sh @A Former User
                        last edited by myG0sh

                        @LiveFastCyYoung said in Cardboard Mini NES + Nes mini and Famicom mini themes:

                        Anyone have any advice? Am I missing something obvious?

                        you need to download the "official" version called nes-mini. You find it under Retropie-setup -> Configuration/tools -> esthemes -> install nes-mini

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                          A Former User @myG0sh
                          last edited by

                          @myG0sh Yeah I did that. Still nothing.

                          Attempting to update RetroPie from sources as opposed to binaries and see if it helps. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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                            ruckage @A Former User
                            last edited by

                            @LiveFastCyYoung said in Cardboard Mini NES + Nes mini and Famicom mini themes:

                            I have updated to the newest Retropie but am still not getting the newest carousel. I updated the RetroPie Install Script(v4.2.3) and told it to update all installed packages and nothing.

                            Anyone have any advice? Am I missing something obvious?

                            Hi, that should work. Probably a silly question but you did update the theme as well?
                            Failing that try uninstalling the theme, restart retropie and then install the theme again.

                            SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                            If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                              ruckage @myG0sh
                              last edited by ruckage

                              @myG0sh said in Cardboard Mini NES + Nes mini and Famicom mini themes:

                              i changed the overscan so the black border is the monitor itself. Im using a Naviskauto CH1004S car monitor with a resolution of 1024x600 so its 16:9
                              I only experience this problem with composite out, hdmi works great. The reason why i ask here is, maybe someone knows what to do in combination with this theme because other themes look the same, no matter composito video out or hdmi out

                              Hi,

                              First, the theme is only really designed to work at 1080p so unfortunately it will never look right at other resolutions.

                              From looking at the picture it looks like that is a 480i 4:3 image that is being displayed, this would make sense as I believe that is the best you can get through composite (no HD resolutions), this would explain why nothing is lining up correctly (you can see the background is hanging of the edge of the screen).

                              I am planning a 4:3 version but I still can't guaratee that it will display correctly on that screen through composite.

                              SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                              If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                                myG0sh @ruckage
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                                @ruckage
                                thanks for the quick reply. So would maybe a HDMI-to-Composite Adapter be my solution for this specific problem?

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                                  A Former User @ruckage
                                  last edited by

                                  @ruckage The theme definitely updated. I have the new, smaller missing box art image.

                                  Still missing the new carousel though.

                                  Also noticed the folder icons for folders starting with # is missing now. Did that change in this version?

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                                    ruckage @myG0sh
                                    last edited by

                                    @myG0sh said in Cardboard Mini NES + Nes mini and Famicom mini themes:

                                    @ruckage
                                    thanks for the quick reply. So would maybe a HDMI-to-Composite Adapter be my solution for this specific problem?

                                    Honestly I'm not sure as I don't know anything about how these adapters work.
                                    If they work by taking a 1080p signal and downscaling it to sd resolution then it should work but I would imagine that would also introduce extra lag which would be unwanted.

                                    SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                                    If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                                      ruckage @A Former User
                                      last edited by ruckage

                                      @LiveFastCyYoung said in Cardboard Mini NES + Nes mini and Famicom mini themes:

                                      @ruckage The theme definitely updated. I have the new, smaller missing box art image.

                                      Still missing the new carousel though.

                                      Also noticed the folder icons for folders starting with # is missing now. Did that change in this version?

                                      Something is obviously not right with your setup for some reason. I tested on my pi by updating retropie and installing the theme using the built in theme installer and It works as expected. Folders haven't changed so as long as you have the # symbol they should work (also tested on my machine to be sure).

                                      Try connecting to the pi with winscp and go to etc/emulationstation/themes and delete the nes-mini theme manually. Restart retropie and then install the theme again.

                                      SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                                      If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                                      • herb_fargusH
                                        herb_fargus administrators
                                        last edited by

                                        i just installed emulationstation from source and installed the theme from the installer and it works as intended for me with the new carousel etc.

                                        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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                                          ruckage @herb_fargus
                                          last edited by

                                          @herb_fargus said in Cardboard Mini NES + Nes mini and Famicom mini themes:

                                          i just installed emulationstation from source and installed the theme from the installer and it works as intended for me with the new carousel etc.

                                          Thanks for verifying that for me. Is the folder icon working as well?

                                          SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                                          If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                                            A Former User
                                            last edited by

                                            Turns out I am getting an error when installing from source.

                                            Taking this to another thread. Thanks!

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