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    • ruckageR
      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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          • ruckageR
            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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            • ruckageR
              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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                • ruckageR
                  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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                    • herb_fargusH
                      herb_fargus administrators @ruckage
                      last edited by

                      @ruckage yes adding a # to a folder name adds the folder icon.

                      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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                        beamquaker
                        last edited by

                        Hi I couldn't get it to work until I read what you said about updating the pi. I followed the instructions and I updated my pi I deleted the theme manually restarted my pi copied the theme over again and it works perfect. It looks amazing thanks for all your hard work.

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                        • SystemLogoffSAS
                          SystemLogoffSA
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                          Thank you for this theme, it works great.

                          I had to apply the fix for a smaller tv to get the postions correct for text (someone asked in the thread).

                          I now have the NES-Mini's music in the background with this too. It's nice. :D

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                            BBGUN
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                            Out of curiosity, if we want to downgrade the theme back to the original carousel, or download the older versions of this theme, how could we go about doing that? Thank you for this amazing theme, btw. My family and I absolutely love it!

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                              eatwasabi
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                              The latest update of the theme looks great but I can't use it use since it's missing icons for these 4 systems: pc, 32x, dreamcast, msx. So they show up as blank spaces when I scroll around. Other than that this is probably the best theme for emulationstation so far. Great job.

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                              • CodeDrawerC
                                CodeDrawer
                                last edited by

                                How do I install the theme?

                                N64 emulation is the next step :)

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                                • ?
                                  A Former User
                                  last edited by

                                  @CodeDrawer It's in the EmulationStation Themes tab.

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                                  • CodeDrawerC
                                    CodeDrawer
                                    last edited by

                                    Great!

                                    N64 emulation is the next step :)

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                                      kbronctjr @ruckage
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                                      @ruckage I fixid by modifying the missing.png image offcentering it a bit to the top:

                                      0_1495575334473_missing.png

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                                      • CodeDrawerC
                                        CodeDrawer
                                        last edited by

                                        I find it lags the games a lot...

                                        N64 emulation is the next step :)

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                                        • ?
                                          A Former User
                                          last edited by

                                          @CodeDrawer I'm a little confused, it being what?

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                                          • CodeDrawerC
                                            CodeDrawer
                                            last edited by

                                            What do you mean @itsnitro

                                            N64 emulation is the next step :)

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