Neo Geo X Build

ballboff

Hi, I wondered if I could have some advice. I've copied your theme @ruckage and I've adapted it for my arcade build. I've changed it to show the box art when you scroll through each game, and then a fraction of a second later it loads up the video preview. However, for some reason my box art is maximised, so it fills the preview window. I'm not very good with themes, so I don't know where in the neo.xml file I have to change to get it not to maximise my artwork. For arcade classics I'm not too bothered, as it shows a screenshot and then a video preview, as I wasn't able to scrape every single game poster so I dropped the idea.

Also on a side note for some reason, all my wheel art seems to be really huge and some of them fill the entire width of my screen. My resolution is set to 1024 by 600, which is the max on my set up, i'm only using a 7 inch display. I did find some really nice looking marquees which I was going to use, but I had the same issue.

ruckage

@ballboff
This is a very specific theme, it's only designed for landscape neogeo and Capcom arcade games using screenshots or video previews which are scaled to fill the window, it was never designed to show boxart. The whole look really relies on that preview window being filled.

Regarding the wheel art/logos, did you use the wheel-art that I provided a link to? The theme is designed to work only with the wheel-art I provided which are all scaled to a set size to work with this theme- it's unlikely to work with scraped marquees.

ballboff

@ruckage ok no worries. I thought i'd try and I thought that would be what you had to say on it. I totally appreciate where you are coming from. It makes more sense and looks a lot cleaner that way I guess. I might scrap the box art idea and display a screenshot instead, it would look better that way and a bit more seamless.

ruckage

@ballboff
Screenshots should look perfect (providing it's not a vertical game as they will be stretched). If you're using video previews as well I would use shots of the title screen.

I realise this a very restrictive theme but it was designed solely for my Neogeo build originally and to accommodate different shapes and sizes of artwork would likely compromise the overall look.

I do want to add a general arcade system and at some point would like to add some custom collections for various genres so maybe I'll do a special vertical collection with the window setup specifically for vertical games, at least then it should work well with all arcade based games.

ruckage

@linuxarcadeguy
I've made a start on a 4:3 mode, still a lot to do though. It currently only works correctly in true 4:3 modes (800x600, 1204x768, 1440x1080 etc.). 1280x1024 isn't 4:3 , its 5:4 so that will require additional changes to work correctly. I have some free time over the weekend so will hopefully be able to work on it a bit more.

Here is a preview shot of the 4:3 version running at 1024x768:

0_1507343134632_neogeo 4x3 test.jpg

Stuart2773

@ruckage

Hi Ruckage,

i wonder if you can help me, i just added some custom wavs to you theme for the scrolling and game launching,

i have my Capcom roms folder, and in there i split the cps1,2,3 roms each to a separate folder, my aim is to play a wav when i open a particular folder

in your script i was able to locate the command to play a wav on exiting a folder:-

but im not sure what it would be to open a folder? any ideas?

ruckage

@stuart2773
Hi,

I don't think there is a sound for entering a folder. Sound options are very limited unfortunately, in the early days of ES it seemed to support sounds for most actions but at some point they were removed for some reason which is a shame.

LinuxArcadeGuy

@ruckage FAN-EFFING-TASTIC, DEAD SERIOUS ABOUT THE $50 BOUNTY, I will be extremely happy to have you collect it, 4:3 and 5:4, that would be superb! thanks @ruckage

ruckage

@linuxarcadeguy

Hi,

Here is the 4x3 version ready to try. It supports 1440x1080, 1280x1024, 1280x960, and 1024x768.

You'll need to go into the settings.xml and define the resolution of the display you're using.

It only supports NeoGeo, Capcom and the Config menu (same as the 16x9 version). But I will get a generic arcade system added to both versions in the near future.

DOWNLOAD

LinuxArcadeGuy

@ruckage where do i paypal the bounty to?

LinuxArcadeGuy

@ruckage tiny favor... can you place in a zipfile the "logo.png" with no "NeoGeo MVS" and other text on it, just the button including the red & white background, and the "arcade-controls.png" without the "Menu" and "Options" text on it? as i need a clean and pure image to customize for my own purposes..

ruckage

@linuxarcadeguy

Hi,

If you'd like to donate I have a paypal donation link: Donate
The donation link is also in my signature.

For the controls, if you let me know what you'd like them to say I can edit it so the text style matches, the theme is setup to allow for multiple versions of the controls so another set would be easy to add. (Same goes for anyone else, if the help controls don't suit your setup let me know and I can edit them to your needs).

Here are the blank icon backgrounds (all three styles): Download

LinuxArcadeGuy

ok, sorry I didn't see the donate in the sig, too small i guess, i overlooked it, will donate as soon as i get paid this week, add it to the budget, gotta throw it at the wife ya know... for the "arcade-controls.png" really should be "mvs-controls.png" in my mind :) but... remove the words "menu" and "options" thats it, and for the "logo.png" i need one each of these categories "Action" "Arcade" "Fighting" "Puzzle" "Shooter" and "Sports" using neo geo font? or whatever one the theme uses that looks appropriate. that is all chief...

P.S. this is neogeo only, as i am omitting the capcom stuff, so please use red and gray where appropriate.

Stuart2773

here's my arcade build

LinuxArcadeGuy

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LinuxArcadeGuy

@linuxarcadeguy said in Neo Geo X Build:

ok, sorry I didn't see the donate in the sig, too small i guess, i overlooked it, will donate as soon as i get paid this week, add it to the budget, gotta throw it at the wife ya know... for the "arcade-controls.png" really should be "mvs-controls.png" in my mind :) but... remove the words "menu" and "options" thats it, and for the "logo.png" i need one each of these categories "Action" "Arcade" "Fighting" "Puzzle" "Shooter" and "Sports" using neo geo font? or whatever one the theme uses that looks appropriate. that is all chief...

P.S. this is neogeo only, as i am omitting the capcom stuff, so please use red and gray where appropriate.

@ruckage any luck on the above changes? :)

Malixx

Hello @ruckage, your theme is amazing as usual!

Anyway guys I have an issue, after putting my Capcom CPS Roms into the FBA folder, this happens, it's all black with a blue font like there is no theme, I tried to add/modify the es_systems.cfg but it's not working. No problem with the Neo Geo part.

Did I miss something?

Ps: I can't wait for the "Arcade Classics" option!

edmaul69

@malixx you need to rename the capcom folder in the theme to fba.

Malixx

@edmaul69 That was that simple, thank you! :)

LinuxArcadeGuy

@ruckage could you format the boot video to 1280x1024 the 5:4 version please?