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    • SonPluckS
      SonPluck
      last edited by

      MAME year is missing, can I add myself?

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      • ruckageR
        ruckage @SonPluck
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        @SonPluck
        Is it just the year and is it only affecting mame? If so then it must be that the scraped data you have for mame is missing that information. Try scraping again using a different source.

        Here is a link to UXS scraper if that helps: UXS

        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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        • DigitalMonkeyD
          DigitalMonkey Banned @ruckage
          last edited by

          @ruckage I think he means the year on the icon ("????").

          I think it was '97 MAME released?

          I presumed it was left at "????" because MAME isnt a console.

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          • ruckageR
            ruckage @DigitalMonkey
            last edited by ruckage

            @DigitalMonkey
            You could be right. If that's what he means then yes that is deliberate as there is no set release date for arcades as it covers so many systems.

            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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            • SonPluckS
              SonPluck
              last edited by

              Downloaded thru the retropie script, now I tried to change layout but nothing worked,
              I tried to overwrite the original - didn't work
              I tried to delete the original and change it with a backup - didn't work
              I tried to overwrite the whole file without deleting anything - didn't work
              Any help? Here is a screeny
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              • ?
                A Former User @SonPluck
                last edited by

                @SonPluck /etc/emulationstation/themes/nes-mini/ is a root directory so make sure you are using sudo in your command.

                The other thing you could do is edit the file on your computer, move it to a non-root directory and us sudo mv to put it in the /etc/emulationstation/themes/nes-mini directory.

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                • sergioadS
                  sergioad
                  last edited by

                  Why do you not add system changing and selection sounds @ruckage ? I think that could work 😀

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                  • ruckageR
                    ruckage @sergioad
                    last edited by

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

                    Why do you not add system changing and selection sounds @ruckage ? I think that could work 😀

                    I would have but EmulationStation doesn't currently support playing sound effects for those events. It currently only supports sounds for the scrolling gamelist and game launching. The ability to be able to play other sounds has been requested I believe and I have all the sound effects ready if that happens.

                    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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                    • KneeTieK
                      KneeTie
                      last edited by KneeTie

                      Hello, is there a way to make the theme only show the game names and no other info? Maybe something that I could change "a la basic" option from themes, thanks & awesome job with the theme!

                      PS: I specifically mean when i choose for example NDS, the rom list only showing that and no other info.0_1497105868670_unnamed.jpg

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                      • ruckageR
                        ruckage @KneeTie
                        last edited by

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

                        Hello, is there a way to make the theme only show the game names and no other info? Maybe something that I could change "a la basic" option from themes, thanks & awesome job with the theme!

                        PS: I specifically mean when i choose for example NDS, the rom list only showing that and no other info.

                        Not completely sure what you mean.

                        If you mean you want to show the gamelist alone without any of the metadata (the info displayed either side of the list such as genre, release date, developer, rating etc.) then no, you can't easily remove that.

                        If you mean that the names in your list show for example:

                        'Super Mario Bros. 3 (USA) (Rev A)'

                        and you just want to see:

                        'Super Mario Bros. 3'

                        Then that's nothing to do with the theme itself, it's down to the scraped information in your gamelist.xml. You could try scraping from a different source or edit the gamelist.xml yourself using search and replace in something like notepad++ .

                        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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                        • KneeTieK
                          KneeTie
                          last edited by

                          What I meant was scenario 1, removing metadata and only having the game list visible, thanks.

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                          • ruckageR
                            ruckage @KneeTie
                            last edited by ruckage

                            @KneeTie
                            Then no, it's not possible. The theme is designed specifically as a detailed theme and if you removed everything but the gamelist you would just have a big empty space either side (not sure why you'd want it to look like that).

                            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

                              Speaking of which, can you make a no-metadata version of this theme?

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                              • SonPluckS
                                SonPluck @A Former User
                                last edited by

                                @LiveFastCyYoung sorry but what should I exactly put in the command line? i'm confused.

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                                • ?
                                  A Former User @SonPluck
                                  last edited by

                                  @SonPluck If you just want to edit the layout.xml file, do this...

                                  Quit Emulation Station. This should take you to the prompt.

                                  Type...
                                  sudo nano /etc/emulationstation/themes/nes-mini/layout.xml

                                  Make whatever changes you are trying to make to the file.

                                  When you are finished push Ctrl+X, then push Y to confirm your save and then press enter.

                                  Then type exit and you'll boot back to Emulation Station.

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                                  • ruckageR
                                    ruckage @A Former User
                                    last edited by

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

                                    Speaking of which, can you make a no-metadata version of this theme?

                                    I don't really have any desire to make a metadata free version, I already have plenty enough to work on as it is. On top of that I don't really see the need, the whole theme was designed with the metadata boxes in mind and it would look pretty empty without them.
                                    I would need some very convincing reasons why a metadata free version is a good idea to even consider it.

                                    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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                                    • sergioadS
                                      sergioad @ruckage
                                      last edited by

                                      @ruckage I see

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                                      • ?
                                        A Former User
                                        last edited by

                                        I personally love the metadata. The only reason I could see a metadata-less version is because of how incorrect the metadata is most of the time, which is obviously not the themes fault whatsoever. Ratings are pointless(who is rating, most of them are missing ratings) and the number of players is almost never correct.

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                                        • TMNTturtlguyT
                                          TMNTturtlguy @A Former User
                                          last edited by

                                          @LiveFastCyYoung true story, but that info is easily corrected and you can do it right from the rom selection menu. Select on the rom selection screen and choose to edit meta data. Simple easy and fast!

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                                          • ruckageR
                                            ruckage @A Former User
                                            last edited by

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

                                            I personally love the metadata. The only reason I could see a metadata-less version is because of how incorrect the metadata is most of the time, which is obviously not the themes fault whatsoever. Ratings are pointless(who is rating, most of them are missing ratings) and the number of players is almost never correct.

                                            It probably depends on the system/scraping source but I found the metadata to be accurate more than not. I personally quite like the ratings, I don't necessarily agree with the rating that is scraped but it's a great way to rate the games yourself. You could actually edit the gamelist.xml to begin with so all ratings are set to zero and then just rate the games as you play them.

                                            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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