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    • S
      serotonin
      last edited by

      also i think i missed it before but whats the difference between
      comicbook
      and
      comicbook - SE wheel art?
      what does the SE wheel art actually add>?

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      • TMNTturtlguyT
        TMNTturtlguy @serotonin
        last edited by

        @serotonin SE stands for special edition. It is only for users that have wheel art or marquees scraped in their game lists for all games. It removes the classic system logo that appears over the top of the video preview in the gamelist view and instead shoes the wheel art.

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          serotonin
          last edited by

          ah its that for attract mode?

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          • HurricaneFanH
            HurricaneFan @serotonin
            last edited by

            @serotonin No, its for EmulationStation. Its a slightly different Comic Book theme as TMNTturtlguy has stated. It displays Marquees/Game Logos where as the original Comic Book theme did not.

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            • TMNTturtlguyT
              TMNTturtlguy
              last edited by

              @serotonin Here is a graphic example, these are of the 4:3 version, but it is basically the same for the 16:9

              Standard ComicBook Theme Nintendo Logo over image/video
              0_1501504306717_bat1.png

              ComicBook SE Wheel Art Batman Wheel Art over image/video
              0_1501504374155_nes2.png

              16:9 version of ComicBook SE Wheel Art over image/video
              0_1501504443423_gb.png

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              • beastmodeB
                beastmode
                last edited by

                @tmntturtlguy The 16:9 version of ComicBook SE looks freakin awesome with the Wheel Art. Is Steven Selph's Scraper capable of adding those images to the gamelist file, or do I have to add them manually? I have the Wheel Art images already.

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                • TMNTturtlguyT
                  TMNTturtlguy @beastmode
                  last edited by

                  @beastmode thanks, i don't know if the scraper can add them in. I did them all manually, unfortunately. I don't have a huge game collection so it wasn't so bad.

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                  • beastmodeB
                    beastmode @TMNTturtlguy
                    last edited by

                    @tmntturtlguy I'm in for quite a bit of editing then, dude lol.

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                    • beastmodeB
                      beastmode @TMNTturtlguy
                      last edited by beastmode

                      @tmntturtlguy Is this the proper text to use in the gamelist file for your theme? If so, then it seems Steven Selph's Scraper is capable of adding the information to the file.

                      <marquee>/location/filename.extension</marquee>
                      
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                      • TMNTturtlguyT
                        TMNTturtlguy @beastmode
                        last edited by

                        @beastmode sorry for the delayed response on this, for some reason it didn't show up in my notifications. Yes that is the proper line for the "Wheelart" in the SE version of the theme.

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                        • TMNTturtlguyT
                          TMNTturtlguy
                          last edited by

                          @serotonin i have just updated the theme to include amigacd32 per your request. The system background is the same as the regular amiga, but the comic logo is updated. Hope it works for you. I took the colors from the original console logo colors.

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                          • TMNTturtlguyT
                            TMNTturtlguy
                            last edited by

                            All, I have added amigacd32 system and I have changed the TMNT folder to now be tmnt. If you created a custom system using @meleu's script you will need to modify your es_systems.cfg to be lowercase. If you are using @pjft new build no modifications will be required after you update. This change was made to be inline with the new custom systems naming convention per @dmmarti thread here: themes custom collection standardized naming

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                            • GreenHawk84G
                              GreenHawk84
                              last edited by

                              This is great stuff! I haven't dabbled into custom theming yet. I am still using the standard Retropie Menus. I don't know how to get video previews and all that stuff yet, it doesn't seem very intuitive to acquire. Again, nice work!

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                                serotonin
                                last edited by

                                Thanks so much. Ill download the update on my pi when I'm back home again ! Now everything will be in the awesome comic book font :)

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                                • PittStoneP
                                  PittStone @TMNTturtlguy
                                  last edited by

                                  @tmntturtlguy Cool Themes! Can i have the .PSD for the comic effect to make a wallpaper too?

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                                  • TMNTturtlguyT
                                    TMNTturtlguy @PittStone
                                    last edited by

                                    @pittstone doesn't exist, the image is made up of 2 files one from photoshop and one from indesign along with filtering from Inkscape and compression from riot.

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                                    • PittStoneP
                                      PittStone @TMNTturtlguy
                                      last edited by

                                      @tmntturtlguy Oh, O.k. Can i ask you, to make a Wallpaper for me?
                                      0_1502079992190_msu.jpg

                                      I have made a Folder for SNES MSU-1 Games and it works great. Only a nice Wallpaper is Missing. I have a Logo, too!

                                      0_1502079913596_system.png

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                                        GIGA @PittStone
                                        last edited by

                                        @TMNTturtlguy

                                        How do I get NINTENDO HACKS and SUPER NES HACKS to show up in the theme?

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                                        • TMNTturtlguyT
                                          TMNTturtlguy @GIGA
                                          last edited by

                                          @giga you need to add them to your es_systems.cfg

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                                          • TMNTturtlguyT
                                            TMNTturtlguy @PittStone
                                            last edited by

                                            @pittstone it looks like you already have everything you need??? The black border is a seperate image file that will automatically be added by the theme. The dither comic effect can be added to the images in photoshop by using the pixel filter or in Inkscape using the newsprint filter. I used Inkscape and duplicate the image layer and place the newsprint filter with all angles at 15 degrees. You can play around until you get the desired effects.

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