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    When Did ES Switch To Black Loading Screen?

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    • obsidianspiderO
      obsidianspider
      last edited by

      I do too, but at first I thought my TV was inverting colors or something was broken.

      📷 @obsidianspider

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      • FlyingTomahawkF
        FlyingTomahawk
        last edited by

        Did you take a look at the UI settings?
        Someone added a view setting. That person is a genius! Very helpful when creating/maintaining themes.

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        • meleuM
          meleu
          last edited by

          I loved the black background!

          Did you notice you can choose the omx video player? Now I have video preview playable on my raspi1. :-)

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          • fluffypillowF
            fluffypillow
            last edited by

            It was changed two weeks ago to fix the loading fade-in, apparently. (Source: #52, #129)

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            • B
              backstander
              last edited by

              I noticed this two the other day when doing an update. I like it as well! Maybe it will help save a little bit of power when booting on battery powered handhelds ;-)

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              • edmaul69E
                edmaul69
                last edited by

                What else makes it better with the black is it solves the video splashscreen overlapping issue for most people as its usually just a cosmetic issue of the white bars on the top and bottom.

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                • ExarKunIvE
                  ExarKunIv
                  last edited by

                  oooooo
                  nice, guess im going to have to update mine soon.
                  been on vacation so have not had a chance to do much with mine

                  RPi3B+ / 200GB/ RetroPie v4.5.14, RPi4 Model B 4gb / 256gb / RetroPie 4.8.2
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                  Maintainer of RetroPie-Extra .

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                  • obsidianspiderO
                    obsidianspider
                    last edited by

                    For those who have no idea what I'm talking about, here's the new splash screen.

                    0_1496252902533_bes.jpg

                    📷 @obsidianspider

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                      backstander @obsidianspider
                      last edited by

                      @obsidianspider
                      ...and I see that Mega @meleu likes it as well!

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                      • obsidianspiderO
                        obsidianspider @backstander
                        last edited by

                        @backstander He sits on my desk and keeps me in line ;)

                        📷 @obsidianspider

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                        • mediamogulM
                          mediamogul Global Moderator @obsidianspider
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                          @obsidianspider

                          Careful, he fights dirty.

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                          • herb_fargusH
                            herb_fargus administrators
                            last edited by

                            We have @Rookervik to thank for the newly improved splash. It was my longest standing pull request. And it was only once @pjft fixed the black background.

                            I think it looks swell. Sucks for all the people who hacked their video splashes to end in a white screen but eh. Looks better regardless. Less blinding when I play games at 2AM

                            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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                              backstander @herb_fargus
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                              @herb_fargus

                              Less blinding when I play games at 2AM

                              Amen to that!

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                              • meleuM
                                meleu @backstander
                                last edited by

                                @backstander said in When Did ES Switch To Black Loading Screen?:

                                Maybe it will help save a little bit of power when booting on battery powered handhelds ;-)

                                Following the same reasoning, I think that the @mattrixk 's IO theme can help in this point as well. ;-)

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                                • mattrixkM
                                  mattrixk @meleu
                                  last edited by

                                  @meleu I'm not used to people remembering Io exists. I'm halfway though making it work with Video Previews, but I got distracted.

                                  My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                                  • meleuM
                                    meleu @mattrixk
                                    last edited by

                                    @mattrixk said in When Did ES Switch To Black Loading Screen?:

                                    making it work with Video Previews

                                    Well, I think people willing to save battery won't use this feature... :)

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                                    • mattrixkM
                                      mattrixk @meleu
                                      last edited by

                                      @meleu That is a valid point.

                                      My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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