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@tropez I have ghost inputs from time to time. But mine are a little more tame, a random scroll to the right or left. If I power down and back on, that usually does the trick.

Here are some more detailed pictures of the project.
I wanted to keep the original controllers so first thing I did was remove those from the N64 print plate:

Together with the adapter from usb to N64 controller I made the controls.

Then some modifications to the case:

To make it look a bit cooler a nice paint job:

This is how the inside looks like:

I think so right .

@lipebello Understood, thanks.

@wombat said in Coffee Table Book Theme..:

Wow, that's an awesome theme! Great work so far! :)

@chelochelini2014 said in Coffee Table Book Theme..:

looks great, well done

Thanks everyone!! Your support means a lot!! It's definitely giving me the kick in the ass I need to get more done on it!!

It started as an idea, and now it's becoming more and more real as I go! The fun part is figuring out what each book would look like if they existed, and trying not to make it look stupid or silly.

I'm still not happy with the PSX pages, so when inspiration hits me, I'll try to redo them.

@herb_fargus Yes this is/was my intention. Just update with 3 auto systems and a collection entry, maybe CPS1-3 and that's it. But there is no roadmap ... and surly nothing for the next week maybe end of september.

@mediamogul Can I optain some of your created pictures for the new systems from here

This is very nice. Love it.

@stephan311280 Thank you mate.

@pacdude Any update on your new theme?

@MrPrecise There are several forks from the orignal repo. But I can not advise which of the forks is the best maintained (as I do not use it actively), maybe someone else of the community here can provide a hint which fork works the best with a current RetroPie/ES.

@ectoone these are all good ideas and I will look into them.

@cyperghost I'll have a look into it when I get the chance. It depends how much new artwork I'll need to do.

@herb_fargus yep, that is the one! Still in transit, so no experience yet. I will do a review once I get a chance!

@ohmycommodore Not a bad idea! My Photoshop skills are piss poor unfortunately.

@meleu I'll try and I'll give a feedback ;-)
Thanks

@lilbud @Jste84 the comic book theme has the launching code in it as well. All you need to do is add that line to the themes and a path to the sound file. The tricky thing is finding sound files that are compatible. If you search the ComicBook theme thread there are several posts within that give directions on how to change or remove the sounds. I think i may also have a readme file that is included in the theme download that has instructions in it.

I updated the repo with a restructured version that i figured out while trying to make some themes modular that @lilbud has created.
Now a theme is split into THEMENAME-carousel.xml(Systemview) and THEMENAME-main.xml(Basic-/Detailed-/Videoview).
All theme assets are in their own folder (inside the _assetsfolder named assets-THEMENAME, Logos can be changed globally (if a theme supports it) by creating a logo-LOGOSETNAME within the _assetsfolder. The included examples also make use of an colorscheme.xml inside the theme assets folder, so it is possible to change colors. Due to some restrictions, i have not found a way yet to change colors from the config.xml in a way that i like.
The config.xml is used to change what modules you want to use.

In the next few days I'm going to try to create more detailed designs, just to see where the limit of variables is. Although i already know that some things won't work or are to complicated to set up compared to a normal theme.

Maybe @jdrassa can be convinced to loosen some of the restrictions i came across. ;) Especially when he adds the option to change elements from the ES menu, but no hurry.

Edit: Had to remove the colorscheme.xmlfor now. Need to find a better way to enable colorsets. Using variables would require to create a new one for each color in each view file. Otherwise, since they are set globally, the colorset from the systemview would also be used in the mainview.
I must check if my old code will not do that, where i had completely moved all color tags into a separate file; but ,if i remember correctly, there was also a limitation where at least one element couldn't be split up and i had to use variables.