Material Theme

lilbud

@herb_fargus
Github repository has been updated, ready for testing. It works on my end, try it now.

herb_fargus

@lilbud out of town for a couple more days but I'll give it a test once I get back and have access to my pi again

herb_fargus

@lilbud I tested it with ~30 systems and it didnt blackscreen this time so that was good, its much improved. The icons on the retropie menu could probably be improved so they are full size at 512 px by 512 px as they are currently stretched vertically.

I've also added it to the main retropie setup script as an option.

lilbud

@herb_fargus I saw that in my testing, but just thought I was seeing things

lilbud

@herb_fargus Icon size has been fixed. They should be at the proper size now.

lilbud

The theme is now available via the theme installer.

PokeEngineer

@lilbud

Can you add Famicom Disk System, Löve, Kodi, and ResidualVM art to the theme? :)

caver01

@lilbud Looks like Arcade is still missing, yet it's not listed on the repository as a missing system. I know others have mentioned it. We really need more support in themes for Arcade, as it conveniently allows us to group games regardless of the emulator it takes to run them.

lilbud

@RetroPieNerd @caver01

Will work on those now,

Like a single theme for arcade systems?

PokeEngineer

@lilbud

Thanks!

PokeEngineer

@lilbud @caver01

I think that is what he means....

caver01

@lilbud Take a look at your RetroPie configs folders, roms folders, etc. You will find one called Arcade. It's part of RetroPie, but theme builders overlook it because it's not a specific emulator. If I put mame roms into the Arcade folder, I can use runcommand to choose whether I want them to launch with any version of mame or FBA. The problem is this: If I do this using your theme, I get no theme graphics. It's like you are forgetting an emulator, and it looks all generic and horrible.

If you happen to use FBA and multiple versions of MAME for a complicated set of ROMs, using Arcade is a godsend because it unites all of these under one generic SYSTEM called Arcade.

lilbud

@RetroPieNerd @caver01

Theme has been updated with requested systems

caver01

@lilbud Awesome! Yours will be one of just a few that will support the use of Arcade. Gives folks like me more options. I appreciate it!

lilbud

@caver01 I thought more supported it. I must have overlooked it when I was making the theme

PokeEngineer

@lilbud Awesome! Thanks!

herb_fargus

@caver01 all of them have the potential to support it and more or less aren't that difficult to update, sources are all available so pull requests are welcome

caver01

@herb_fargus That's a good point. My comments weren't intended as criticism. Rather, I appreciate the scope of such a project. I also respect consistent artwork and design intentions. However, given the source availability, perhaps my approach should have been more in the spirit of collaboration than calling out deficiencies. Sorry, @lilbud !

herb_fargus

@caver01 no criticism intended, I'm just as guilty ;) generally I'm happy to suggest improvements when themes are actively maintained but for the themes that aren't (I.e. all the ones that lack the arcade folder currently among others) then those are more or less up to the community to fill in the gaps, I don't want to have to maintain a bunch of abandoned themes but I'm happy to merge any valid contributions :)

caver01

@herb_fargus Ok, so this might be a good way for me to make a contribution. I do a little reading about how to contribute to a repository. I am probably not going to be coding a libretro core any time soon, but I have skills I might be able to apply to themes. Any suggestions for starting out?