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    • DD-IndeedD
      DD-Indeed
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      What about that font on the game list btw ? Nothing wrong with it, but have you been thinking about other fonts ?

      My soul rests, when I hear the PS1 boot music

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      • lostlessL
        lostless @DD-Indeed
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        @dd-indeed I have. Looking to switch to the skinny font used in the memory card menu for the game names for the info on the bottom. Trying to find that font. For the game list I used a font that's supposed to look like a PlayStation font, but doesn't look as good in all caps. It's not bad. Any suggestions?

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        • DD-IndeedD
          DD-Indeed @lostless
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          @lostless

          The font could be slighly more blocky, but it could have smoothed edges thou. Currently, that font on the last picture looks perhaps too modern to my eyes at least. So yea, you're on the right tracks.

          My soul rests, when I hear the PS1 boot music

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          • lostlessL
            lostless @DD-Indeed
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            @dd-indeed i don't know if I want more blocky. The ps1 menu fonts were blocky because of the low res. But at the same time the backgrounds looked smooth. So the pixelation look is not exactly what I'm going for as I'm trying to make it what it would look like if the ps1 put out a high def signal. I've found a few skinny fonts online that may work. The font is quite basic, but the original font was just a pixel thin in the ps1. Ill experiment when I get off work.

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            • DD-IndeedD
              DD-Indeed @lostless
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              @lostless

              Allright, let's see what you come up then. This project nevertheless is great, because I would wanna have this as my UI as well.

              My soul rests, when I hear the PS1 boot music

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              • lostlessL
                lostless
                last edited by lostless

                All right, I am putting out a test build that only supports, NES, SNES, GENESIS/MEGA DRIVE, GAMEBOY AND GBA. (ironically not PS1 yet, LOL) This is for all of you to try and give feed back. The system select icons are done at a 720P resolution and i m debating if i need to make them 1080P so the text doesn't pixelate. Opinions? These are pain to build to get the look just right.
                This theme is also made to work at any resolution, 4:3 or 16:9. NO video support as of yet. Have fun
                link here
                Removed link bugs oops

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                • DD-IndeedD
                  DD-Indeed @lostless
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                  @lostless

                  Allright, I put it to the themes-folder on the SD and this is how I see it right now:

                  0_1500237580926_WP_20170716_23_37_57_Pro.jpg

                  My soul rests, when I hear the PS1 boot music

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                  • lostlessL
                    lostless @DD-Indeed
                    last edited by lostless

                    @dd-indeed I'll have to check on that. Somwere there's an oops. I'll reupload a new file in a tad after I test

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                    • DD-IndeedD
                      DD-Indeed @lostless
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                      @lostless

                      I unpacked the package and moved the folder into the Raspi. There was two subfolders, one was named Mac-something and the other one was ps1_beta. I'll delete that Mac-folder first, maybe that's the reason.

                      My soul rests, when I hear the PS1 boot music

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                      • edmaul69E
                        edmaul69 @DD-Indeed
                        last edited by edmaul69

                        @dd-indeed you should have put the subfolder on. Not the folder with both folders.

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                        • DD-IndeedD
                          DD-Indeed @edmaul69
                          last edited by DD-Indeed

                          @edmaul69

                          Allright, I'll move the main subfolder up in folder structure, next to the other theme folders.

                          Edit: Got it, now it works:

                          0_1500238768078_WP_20170716_23_58_21_Pro.jpg

                          My soul rests, when I hear the PS1 boot music

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                          • DD-IndeedD
                            DD-Indeed
                            last edited by

                            Quick feedback:

                            The images makes it slow down a bit, when you move between the working console images. But when going into the PS1/PSP/RetroPie icons, they move smoothly due the lacking photos and finish. Otherwise, I love it!

                            My soul rests, when I hear the PS1 boot music

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                            • edmaul69E
                              edmaul69 @lostless
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                              @lostless looks good so far. Still could use some more systems of course. I only need the splash logos myself. I am going to remove the consoles to use on mine. I really prefer the simplicity with no photos. Thanks for making this sweet theme. Cant wait for more.

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                              • lostlessL
                                lostless @DD-Indeed
                                last edited by

                                @dd-indeed I've only tested on a pi3 and noticed no slow down. What are you using?

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                                • DD-IndeedD
                                  DD-Indeed @lostless
                                  last edited by DD-Indeed

                                  @lostless

                                  Pi3 too. But, it seems that the carousel-effect does that. I now disabled it and it's much more smoother. But with carousel, it looks even better. I lifted up the RAM limit for EmulationStation up to 300 MB, but that didn't do any difference.

                                  My soul rests, when I hear the PS1 boot music

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                                  • lostlessL
                                    lostless @DD-Indeed
                                    last edited by

                                    @dd-indeed I've seen slowdowns other themes with a lot of separate assets. To make mine work at different resolutions and ratios, I had to separate out all the different elements and not just make them all part of the backeound image.

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                                    • DD-IndeedD
                                      DD-Indeed @lostless
                                      last edited by DD-Indeed

                                      @lostless

                                      Okay, cool. I'm not worried about it, it's great theme, just what I had wanted. And this is still in beta nevertheless, so surely you will optimize and polish it more.

                                      Edit: Btw, when we were talking about the fonts, I think that this is the true PS1-style font:
                                      (http://www.dafont.com/zrnic.font)

                                      My soul rests, when I hear the PS1 boot music

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                                      • lostlessL
                                        lostless @DD-Indeed
                                        last edited by lostless

                                        @dd-indeed lol that's the font I originally used that someone said that looked too modern.

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                                        • DD-IndeedD
                                          DD-Indeed @lostless
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                                          @lostless

                                          For real haha ? They used the same font on PS2 stuff, so maybe that's why some people think it as too modern. But it's up to you, I like the looks nevertheless, but of course, I wanna help you to polish this into something it truly should be. You could create some variations of the theme with different fonts, if that's not too much asked.

                                          My soul rests, when I hear the PS1 boot music

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                                          • lostlessL
                                            lostless @DD-Indeed
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                                            @dd-indeed 0_1500241018729_IMG_0727.JPG
                                            Look at this and the only 2 fonts. I'm trying to recreate this as close as possible. The thin plain font for the game name and the big bold for the paint splatters. If you want to add your own font, by all means make it your own.

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