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    When Did ES Switch To Black Loading Screen?

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    • FlyingTomahawkF
      FlyingTomahawk
      last edited by

      Did you take a look at the UI settings?
      Someone added a view setting. That person is a genius! Very helpful when creating/maintaining themes.

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      • meleuM
        meleu
        last edited by

        I loved the black background!

        Did you notice you can choose the omx video player? Now I have video preview playable on my raspi1. :-)

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        • fluffypillowF
          fluffypillow
          last edited by

          It was changed two weeks ago to fix the loading fade-in, apparently. (Source: #52, #129)

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          • B
            backstander
            last edited by

            I noticed this two the other day when doing an update. I like it as well! Maybe it will help save a little bit of power when booting on battery powered handhelds ;-)

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            • edmaul69E
              edmaul69
              last edited by

              What else makes it better with the black is it solves the video splashscreen overlapping issue for most people as its usually just a cosmetic issue of the white bars on the top and bottom.

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              • ExarKunIvE
                ExarKunIv
                last edited by

                oooooo
                nice, guess im going to have to update mine soon.
                been on vacation so have not had a chance to do much with mine

                RPi3B+ / 200GB/ RetroPie v4.5.14, RPi4 Model B 4gb / 256gb / RetroPie 4.8.2
                RPi5 4gb / 512gb / RetroPie 4.8.9 -Basic
                Maintainer of RetroPie-Extra .

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                • obsidianspiderO
                  obsidianspider
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                  For those who have no idea what I'm talking about, here's the new splash screen.

                  0_1496252902533_bes.jpg

                  📷 @obsidianspider

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                    backstander @obsidianspider
                    last edited by

                    @obsidianspider
                    ...and I see that Mega @meleu likes it as well!

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                    • obsidianspiderO
                      obsidianspider @backstander
                      last edited by

                      @backstander He sits on my desk and keeps me in line ;)

                      📷 @obsidianspider

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                      • mediamogulM
                        mediamogul Global Moderator @obsidianspider
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                        @obsidianspider

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                        • herb_fargusH
                          herb_fargus administrators
                          last edited by

                          We have @Rookervik to thank for the newly improved splash. It was my longest standing pull request. And it was only once @pjft fixed the black background.

                          I think it looks swell. Sucks for all the people who hacked their video splashes to end in a white screen but eh. Looks better regardless. Less blinding when I play games at 2AM

                          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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                            backstander @herb_fargus
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                            @herb_fargus

                            Less blinding when I play games at 2AM

                            Amen to that!

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                            • meleuM
                              meleu @backstander
                              last edited by

                              @backstander said in When Did ES Switch To Black Loading Screen?:

                              Maybe it will help save a little bit of power when booting on battery powered handhelds ;-)

                              Following the same reasoning, I think that the @mattrixk 's IO theme can help in this point as well. ;-)

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                              • mattrixkM
                                mattrixk @meleu
                                last edited by

                                @meleu I'm not used to people remembering Io exists. I'm halfway though making it work with Video Previews, but I got distracted.

                                My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                                • meleuM
                                  meleu @mattrixk
                                  last edited by

                                  @mattrixk said in When Did ES Switch To Black Loading Screen?:

                                  making it work with Video Previews

                                  Well, I think people willing to save battery won't use this feature... :)

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                                  • mattrixkM
                                    mattrixk @meleu
                                    last edited by

                                    @meleu That is a valid point.

                                    My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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