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    • caver01C
      caver01 @AndersHP
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      @andershp @tronkyfran Ditto that! I love the theme and I too use a setup with a 4:3 display. Some of the meta data categories are cut off, like DEVELOPER whick is missing the R. Smaller metadata might accommodate a bigger thumbnail.

      My 4-player cocktail style cabinet built as a custom "roadcase"

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      • herb_fargusH
        herb_fargus administrators @caver01
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        @caver01 you can blame me as I maintain the theme. Tronkyfran just makes the pretty art.

        Anyways it's just the simple theme so far as far as the detailed gamelist is concerned so I'm definitely open to other suggestions to improve it as I personally don't like metadata at all, but making it smaller would be a start.

        I'm open to pull requests if someone wants to improve the theme

        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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        • AndersHPA
          AndersHP @herb_fargus
          last edited by AndersHP

          @herb_fargus I don't know how to program unfortunately, but the game-list in the righthand side is fine, maybe the artwork could just fill out the entire top-left side, with the area below getting split between game description on the left, getting a bit less space, with only 4 lines of the metadata on the right, for example: rating, publisher, times played and last played?

          Like this:
          B O X A R T LIST
          B O X A R T LIST
          DESC META LIST

          Maybe the background could reflect the system you're in, like a greyed-out version of the system folder image? Edit: thinking about it, maybe this'll get a little too "busy"?

          If the above will be too cramped, maybe the font could get reduced just by a a size or 2?

          Don't know what's possible, but that's my suggestion :)

          Edit: Here's my suggestion, quickly put together in GIMP. I like the landscape mode, since it'll work great with the Universal XML Scraper images:

          alt text

          My "Bubble Bobble" Themed Bartop Arcade
          My Gameboy

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          • AndersHPA
            AndersHP
            last edited by

            Oh, and sorry if this is the wrong place to talk about the theme. Let me know if this should be moved to a separate thread.

            My "Bubble Bobble" Themed Bartop Arcade
            My Gameboy

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            • herb_fargusH
              herb_fargus administrators @AndersHP
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              @andershp I'm almost just keen to kill the metadata altogether. Keeps it simple that way.

              If I were to keep it I wouldn't want to split the description column with the other attributes, I'd probably have 4 bits of metadata above the description column

              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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              • AndersHPA
                AndersHP @herb_fargus
                last edited by

                @herb_fargus Yeah, metadata isn't really that interesting in my mind either. Could just be the description below the box art :) simple is good and it suits the theme.

                My "Bubble Bobble" Themed Bartop Arcade
                My Gameboy

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                • herb_fargusH
                  herb_fargus administrators @AndersHP
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                  @andershp yeah I'm not oppposed to that

                  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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                  • AndersHPA
                    AndersHP @herb_fargus
                    last edited by

                    @herb_fargus Cool! That'll be brilliant. The theme apparently doesn't support video previews, is that true? Is that easy to switch on as well? If not, then never mind :)

                    My "Bubble Bobble" Themed Bartop Arcade
                    My Gameboy

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                    • AndersHPA
                      AndersHP
                      last edited by

                      Oh, and I just realized that Favourites are now incorporated in ES, having these is something I really looked forward to, so I'm going to abandon the Tronkyfran theme unwillingly, until this is supported. So if this could be supported, I'd really love it!

                      But @herb_fargus do I understand you right, that it's not you who will end up update the theme?

                      My "Bubble Bobble" Themed Bartop Arcade
                      My Gameboy

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                      • herb_fargusH
                        herb_fargus administrators @AndersHP
                        last edited by

                        @andershp anyone can update it, code is available online. If they don't know how, docs are available online to learn how. I might when I find the interest and time but I don't have much time or interest as of recent. Feel free to tinker around and give it a go if you don't want to wait for someone else to do it. We all do this in our free time so things get done as people have the ambition to do them.

                        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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                        • AndersHPA
                          AndersHP @herb_fargus
                          last edited by

                          @herb_fargus Apologies, I totally understand, I wasn't trying to be an impatient smartass.

                          I myself have zero coding experience and wouldn't know where to begin or how to test it, but I guess I could start by searching this forum..

                          My "Bubble Bobble" Themed Bartop Arcade
                          My Gameboy

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                          • herb_fargusH
                            herb_fargus administrators @AndersHP
                            last edited by

                            @andershp im not offended in the least, just saying things matter of factly. honestly with a lot of the recent emulationstation developments I have no idea where to begin either!

                            This is a good guide for building a basic theme from scratch. Really the tronkyfran theme is just the simple theme with diff wallpapers in it's current state. If we kill metadata for it it just becomes that much simpler.

                            https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Creating-Your-Own-EmulationStation-Theme

                            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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                            • AndersHPA
                              AndersHP @herb_fargus
                              last edited by AndersHP

                              @herb_fargus Allright, just making sure :)

                              I will start with making a portable ES, copying the Tronkyfran theme onto there, and then test removing the Metadata and resizing the box art there. Any pitfalls I should know of?

                              And for now; this thread can get back on-topic :)

                              My "Bubble Bobble" Themed Bartop Arcade
                              My Gameboy

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                                tronkyfran
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                                Favorites, a bit rushed, sorry:
                                0_1500618514880_favorites_02_f.jpg

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                                • lilbudL
                                  lilbud @tronkyfran
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                                  @tronkyfran gasp Tronkyfran posted something

                                  Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                                  Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                                    ace428 @tronkyfran
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                                    @tronkyfran Hey tronkyfran, i can't seem to find a way to privately message you, but i wanted to ask if it would be okay for me to use your background images on a theme i am putting together?

                                    They are incredibly sharp.

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                                      tronkyfran
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                                      Sure, you can use and modify them as you want, just crédit to the author anywhere in the post you put the theme and thats it. Go!!! :D

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                                        ace428 @tronkyfran
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                                        @tronkyfran Awesome, will do. Thank you kindly.

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                                          machinehater
                                          last edited by machinehater

                                          @tronkyfran first, THANK YOU so much for this images/your theme!

                                          One image is more beautiful than the other, just awesome. Sometimes i just scroll up and down my systems, just to admire this beauty.

                                          I have a question, maybe a stupid one:
                                          Are these photographs or did you painted/rendered them?? For example the sega mega drive. I can't belive this is rendered, but how can someonoe take such a smooth product photo?

                                          Greetings from Italy

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                                            tronkyfran
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                                            @machinehater Thx a lot for your words, youre too kind!!!!
                                            All the images are 3d renders made by me, Im fond of some of them,mostly the latest. There is some quality gap from one to another but in general Im happy with the results, there is the issue of segacd, virtual boy, and some more missing systems but hey, there are SO many....

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