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    When Did ES Switch To Black Loading Screen?

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    • obsidianspiderO
      obsidianspider
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      I hadn't updated my Pis with the latest RetroPie in a few weeks, but today when I updated to 4.2.4 and rebooted I saw that the EmulationStation loading screen had a black background instead of the familiar white one. When did that change? Does it mean something other than an aesthetic choice?

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      • space cadetS
        space cadet
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        I like it!

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        • obsidianspiderO
          obsidianspider
          last edited by

          I do too, but at first I thought my TV was inverting colors or something was broken.

          📷 @obsidianspider

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

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                  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.

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                          backstander @obsidianspider
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                          @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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                              • 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
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                                          @meleu That is a valid point.

                                          My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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