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    • lostlessL
      lostless @TMNTturtlguy
      last edited by lostless

      @tmntturtlguy actually i deleated all the meta data entries on my PlayStation theme and it's working. I think its an update to the latest ES where it's not needed

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        Syhles @lostless
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        @lostless
        Do you have screenshots or boxart visible though?

        I'm honestly curious, as I follow the GitHub for ES and I don't remember anything going through that would alter that.

        Sorry if this seems rude.

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        • lostlessL
          lostless @Syhles
          last edited by

          @syhles i have artwork and video working just fine.
          My thread for the ps1 theme is here. I also teach someone how to move objects in ES. Check it out here. I'll be doing some updates this weekend and uploading when I feel it's good for release.
          https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/11547/ps1-theme
          I read on some thread about updates to emulation station how about how there is more than just the regular "system, basic, detailed, video". And how you can now create a custom view and don't need to put in meta data fields. Just want you want in the theme.

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          • lostlessL
            lostless
            last edited by

            Actually now that I'm looking into my theme, I can see the meta data shows for a split second before my backround image appears. It's as if the backround image is covering all the meta data. I'll have to look into this.

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            • AndersHPA
              AndersHP
              last edited by AndersHP

              Success! Thanks for the tips. @herb_fargus and @caver01 what do you think regarding an alternative to the Tronkyfran theme, looking like this?

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              My "Bubble Bobble" Themed Bartop Arcade
              My Gameboy

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                Syhles @lostless
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                @lostless
                Sounds like you're having issues with the z-index feature if your text is loading under your background.

                Also the update to themeing to where you can make your own views is currently still under development.

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                  stephan311280
                  last edited by

                  i have also a question
                  when i reboot the pi the boxart is like this
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                  when i have 1 time scrole the art looks fin
                  0_1500751778894_2.jpg

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                    Syhles @stephan311280
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                    @stephan311280
                    I think that's a bug that still exists in ES, it shouldn't be anything that you have done that is causing it.

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                    • HurricaneFanH
                      HurricaneFan @stephan311280
                      last edited by

                      @stephan311280 What version are you using? I thought that bug was fixed.

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                      • AndersHPA
                        AndersHP
                        last edited by

                        How do you edit themes and in which directories?

                        Tried editing the themes in the /etc folder directy on the pi, but the changes didn't correspond with what worked on my pc version (se image in previous post).

                        The changes was done in the simple.xml file in the snes folder, setting metadata place to 1 and size to 0, but the result was a complete blue snes screen with yellow generic text. This confuses me.... Why this result and why the mismatch when it worked on pc?

                        My "Bubble Bobble" Themed Bartop Arcade
                        My Gameboy

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                          stephan311280
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                          i rip the theme out ect/emulationstation/themes
                          and rename it and put it in home/pi/.emulationstation/themes

                          i use winscp and notepad++

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                          • AndersHPA
                            AndersHP @stephan311280
                            last edited by

                            @stephan311280 how exactly? And why? I don't understand why the changes I did didn't correspond with what I did on my pc.

                            My "Bubble Bobble" Themed Bartop Arcade
                            My Gameboy

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                            • ruckageR
                              ruckage @AndersHP
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                              @andershp
                              We can try and help you but you're going to have to give us more to go on, if it works on PC it should work on the raspberry pi exactly the same (providing the version of ES is the same). Paste a copy of the changes you made exactly as they appear in the theme you modified on the raspberry pi, or if possible upload the xml somewhere for us to see - it could just be a simple mistake that we can spot.

                              SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

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