EmulationStation Toolkit - Theme Making Helper - Update

FlyingTomahawk · 8 Jun 2017, 22:48

Yeah, unfortunately that 32bit version doesn't run for me. Throwing out some dll error. Didn't had that issue with his previous z-index version.

jdrassa · 8 Jun 2017, 22:56

@FlyingTomahawk The select view option should be available in the z-index version as well. Try this version. It is the latest automated build. I wouldn't expect any dll difference between this and the z-index version.

https://ci.appveyor.com/api/buildjobs/01kygo78h8k8leo0/artifacts/EmulationStation-Win32.zip

FlyingTomahawk · 8 Jun 2017, 23:20

@jdrassa

Thanks. I'll give it a go after work today and report back asap.

mattrixk · 9 Jun 2017, 00:42

@EctoOne: Thanks mate, I got the file. That's some nice work. I have some ideas for how to streamline the whole thing, which I'll start exploring once my lunch break starts in a couple of hours.

@jdrassa: What does that build include? Does it have any of the Kids Mod or Favourites that @Zigurana was working on, or the Genre Filter (I can't remember who made that one)?

jdrassa · 9 Jun 2017, 00:53

@mattrixk That build is the latest from the RetroPie repository. No kids mode or favorites, but it should have the genre filter.

mattrixk · 9 Jun 2017, 05:08

Awesome, thanks @jdrassa. I love the Kids Mod and Fav Filter, but they aren't really essential for testing (unless you want to test Kid Mode icons). I suppose the Genre Filter isn't essential for testing either, but I still love it.

I had a little play with it at lunch, and it does have the ability to swap between views, which is the really important part.

FlyingTomahawk · 9 Jun 2017, 12:31

@jdrassa

Just tested and getting this dll error

MSVCR100.dll missing

I have 13 different C++ packages installed still no luck.
Running Windows 7 (64bit) and that dll file is inside the system32 folder.
All other ES windows versions run just fine.

lilbud · 9 Jun 2017, 12:36

@jdrassa said in EmulationStation Toolkit - Theme Making Helper - Update:

No kids mode or favorites

I really wish this would be added to the offical retropie ES, I have it running on my arcade cabinet and it works really well, especially kiosk mode.

FlyingTomahawk · 17 Jun 2017, 13:05

@jdrassa

Finally got your latest release working. Looks like I was missing a Visual C++ windows update, duh!
Now I wanted to know if I missed something. I have that nice black ES screen at the beginning, I can swap between views (finally!) and I can see videos and all but I don't see any images. Is there a particular piece of code that I need to add to the themes xml file?
I found your z-index topic where you link to the documentation but that link is dead (404).

jdrassa · 18 Jun 2017, 13:36

@FlyingTomahawk Great to hear that you got it working. When you say that you don't see any images, do you mean then image that should be shown before the video loads? If so that was a bug that was recently fixed. I will post a link to an updated build later today.

Here is an updated link to the z-index documentation:
https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation/blob/master/THEMES.md#element-rendering-order-with-z-index

Here is a link to an updated build that fixes the issue I described above:
https://ci.appveyor.com/api/buildjobs/ddhkrfv4ug8wmmmm/artifacts/EmulationStation-Win32.zip

FlyingTomahawk · 18 Jun 2017, 13:59

@jdrassa

Yes, that is the image I meant. But you got it fixed already. Well done!
And thank you for the links, most grateful.

red2blue · 27 Jul 2017, 11:23

how the hell do i use this??? is there a UI for building the theme? all i see that i can run is the rookervik theme helper that just gives me coordinates?? how do i build the theme itself?

herb_fargus · 27 Jul 2017, 12:49

@red2blue you code in the coordinates given to place the different assets. There is a theme guide on the wiki.

red2blue · 30 Jul 2017, 23:48

@herb_fargus ah okay. i prefer the other theme editor imo. is there anything wrong with that one? i havent fully used it yet but looks so much more simpler

EctoOne · 19 Aug 2017, 09:09

Hey @mattrixk do you still have that es_system package around that i uploaded for you a while ago? I accidentally lost mine and I'm to lazy to redo that. So if you still have it, it would be nice if you could reupload it.

mattrixk · 19 Aug 2017, 11:24

@ectoone Sorry mate, my brain is like a sieve and I have pretty bad memory problems, so I don't actually remember what you're talking about. What was different about the es_system file you gave me?

EctoOne · 19 Aug 2017, 11:53

@mattrixk It was modified to reduce the amount files you had in the toolkit. It was set up to use the same 4 gamelists for all systems.

mattrixk · 19 Aug 2017, 14:01

@ectoone I found it and put it in the public folder of my dropbox:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/i9dighvgp5jfye6/emulationstation.zip?dl=0

Let me know if you have troubles.

EctoOne · 19 Aug 2017, 17:05

@mattrixk amazing, thanks. Saved me a lot of work.

saibam · 5 Mar 2018, 13:46

Sorry to resurrect such an old topic but I don't find anything about this anywhere else. I'm having trouble starting the ES bat files. I've placed ES under C:\ but when I try to start any of the bat files I just see a cmd window quickly flashing by and then nothing happens. Any idea why? @mattrixk

I'm total noob with building themes but I want to make a custom one for my office as we are in the making of building our own acade machine, and thought this helper would be great to use.