@AdamBeGood Hey old topic I know, but if you've still got those Naomi and PC-98 artworks I'd be very interested please

Please add more info about your system - as detailed in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first, including what Pi model you're using and what image/installation method you used.

Oops, never mind - I was trying to edit the wrong version of the file. The one in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/themes/carbon was the one I wanted.

@Crispy The only change that would affect this should be the changes in Emulationstation. The desktop - I assume - is only started on-demand.
You can take a look at the theme - it's in /etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon. If you wish to modify it, copy the folder to $HOME/.emulationstation/themes/carbon-mine and make your modifications there.

Looks like you found the EmulationStation config file. You want configs/all/retroarch-core-options.cfg
you are looking for the line that reads
mgba_gb_model = "Autodetect"
Change Autodetect to SuperGameBoy

Looks pretty good man.

@pockketz yes its possible, make sure you create a new folder for your combination and not overwriting existing files. Copy the file "simple.xml", the "art" folder, and any other lose file in the Tronkyfran folder to the new folder, then copy all the folders (except art folder) from carbon to the new theme folder.

It looks like the paths for those two themes are the same, but expect many parameters to be off, such as text and images being misaligned. So you will likely need to read up on themes here https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Creating-Your-Own-EmulationStation-Theme

@dudleydes Thanks, I've already made the two new systems by making custom collections. but I need to remove the old ones. It looks like Emulation Station doesn't allow you to remove a system from the carousel. If I remove them in the es_systems.cfg, the roms they are attached to also disappear from the collection.

It used to be that you could do this - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/10849/create-a-custom-es-system-able-to-launch-games-for-many-systems -
but collections are the new hotness.

@spudsmctoole said in How to make a quick and simple theme?:

If it's the link in home/pi that leads to /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation, there's no themes folder in there.

Yes, that's th folder. By default there is no themes folder, but you can create it and then copy the theme's folder in there.

You can, but only if you use the default video player. OMX does not support layers and will be always the top most element.

Hey all -

I opened an issue in GitHub when I narrowed down the issue further:

https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation/issues/349

@capninja Thanks! Glad you like it :D

@cjax08 It is updated now.

@darknior That was just a joke :)

Yes the method from meleu and me needs heavy handwork. I hope that pjft and Zigurana can do an integreated system. For myself I'm happy with my coding - I often did not challenged in the mame rows because I forgot the week winner title :(

In the moment there is only a pull request in es-theme-carbon.
You must wait until it will be merged.

If you want to try it you can copy the folder "x68000" from https://github.com/RetroPie/es-theme-carbon/tree/3ff4d1f136a8e2eacc44fb71aa0abaa36ed94865 to "/etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon".

I haven't tried it until now.

@TMNTturtlguy btw most of the platforms are listed here:

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/blob/e03a7f5f857f3bbe5bc216baf990a3bc57e6725a/platforms.cfg

some may not be but they'll be in their individual modules.

I've updated carbon accordingly, sorry for missing that in the first place.