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    ES themes ready for favorite, all games, recently played and custom-collections

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    • cyperghostC
      cyperghost
      last edited by cyperghost

      done added Showcase theme @dmmarti

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      • nestor1924N
        nestor1924
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        Hi, im kind of confused... so foe this to work i have to do editinga of my own? I mean, it cant be done the normal way but just going into the menu???... i just updated emulation estation scrips too, o get the option but keeps saying that the theme is not compatible....

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        • pjftP
          pjft @nestor1924
          last edited by pjft

          @nestor1924 what theme are you using?

          You shouldn't have to edit anything, it's all done inside Emulationstation. The custom collections aren't available yet, though, only in the development build.

          @dmmarti it's not really about changing anything in that file, but rather there'll be an option to sorry the custom collections with the existing systems. That's where it manifests itself as if it's sorted, users in the carousel will go from C to My Collections and then to D.

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          • OmnijaO
            Omnija
            last edited by Omnija

            @cyperghost Even though "Metro Theme" is still WIP/Demo and unfinished, it supports all 4 to add to the list.
            https://github.com/Omnija/es_theme_metro

            Systems: Raspberry Pi 2
            Overclocked: 1050 | 525 | 350 | 425 | 256
            My Themes: Metro Theme | Simpler Turtlepi | Future Mini

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            • fastlowrexF
              fastlowrex
              last edited by

              @cyperghost --- real quick, my recent theme called "Magazine Madness" has full support of the 4 virtual systems .... if you wanna throw it in the chart above.....thank you very much :)

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              • pjftP
                pjft @alphatoanant
                last edited by

                @alphatoanant @TMNTturtlguy Thanks for the replies.

                The aspects are really mostly #1 and #2 in your list - I'm not that concerned with what text displays if there's no logo.

                The thing is, if users choose to sort all systems and collections, the names they'll see (because of the logo being displayed) will be off, depending on whether theme creators named it "My Collections" or "Custom Collections".

                After thinking a bit about it, I'm kind of liking it being just "Collections", and keeping the folder custom-collections.

                Would anyone have strong concerns with that? It makes the name smaller, so that's a plus in my book.

                The only problem would be that every theme would need to adjust the logos to name it collections...

                Before anyone does anything, though, I'd certainly like to hear others' opinions on what you feel would be a good system name for the group of collections users can create, and then we can close that. Currently under consideration:

                • Custom Collections
                • My Collections
                • Game Collections
                • Collections

                Thank you all, and happy Sunday.

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                • cyperghostC
                  cyperghost @fastlowrex
                  last edited by

                  @fastlowrex said in ES themes ready for favorite, all games, recently played and custom-collections:

                  @cyperghost --- real quick, my recent theme called "Magazine Madness" has full support of the 4 virtual systems .... if you wanna throw it in the chart above.....thank you very much :)

                  Done Magazine Madness added

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                  • HurricaneFanH
                    HurricaneFan @pjft
                    last edited by

                    @pjft I like "Collections".

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                    • ohmycommodoreO
                      ohmycommodore
                      last edited by

                      agreed, "Collections" seems the most tidy

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                      • alphatoanantA
                        alphatoanant
                        last edited by

                        +1 for Collections

                        My RetroPie Themes:
                        Art Book https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-art-book
                        Art Book Next https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-retropie
                        TFT https://github.com/anthonycaccese/es-theme-tft

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                        • paffleyP
                          paffley
                          last edited by paffley

                          The collections....How is the process going to work? Looking very forward to this I must admit :) keep up the great work!

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                          • nestor1924N
                            nestor1924
                            last edited by

                            Updated all recent themes compatible to it, they do accept the collection option but once i set up any of them it show only the text, no icons at all... i already updated retro pie or emulation station unless i did it wrong...

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                            • lostlessL
                              lostless
                              last edited by

                              Im trying to get my theme working, but having no luck. I made the folder called it custom-collections, added the xml, logos etc. and its acting like its not there. Is there something special in the xml i have to add?
                              Also this version messes up my custom order of systems. Is this intentional or a bug?

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                              • TMNTturtlguyT
                                TMNTturtlguy @lostless
                                last edited by

                                @lostless I have no clue what your first question about your theme is. The second part, in the start menu turn of the sort option for collections.

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                                • lostlessL
                                  lostless @TMNTturtlguy
                                  last edited by lostless

                                  @tmntturtlguy basically I'm saying i added the custom collections folder to my theme, but emulation station is acting as if does not exist. It's showing the custom collections, but its not themed. Don't get why.

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                                  • lostlessL
                                    lostless @lostless
                                    last edited by

                                    Its working now. Why? I dunno. just reinstalled the theme.

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                                    • OmnijaO
                                      Omnija
                                      last edited by Omnija

                                      @cyperghost im still not added with the metro theme

                                      Systems: Raspberry Pi 2
                                      Overclocked: 1050 | 525 | 350 | 425 | 256
                                      My Themes: Metro Theme | Simpler Turtlepi | Future Mini

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                                      • pjftP
                                        pjft @lostless
                                        last edited by

                                        @lostless just to confirm you're using the test build that supports custom collections?

                                        If so, do let us know if it works in the thread. As I mentioned, the more people use it, test it, and provide feedback, the faster this will be accepted into the main ES.

                                        Thanks.

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                                        • lostlessL
                                          lostless
                                          last edited by

                                          @pjft Yes it's working now. I don't know what I did to get it to work. All I didn't was delete my theme and reinstall it. Other themes were working fine.
                                          I did experience one bug, is after quitting a game, emulation station just came back to a black screen. I've experienced this once before on an older version of emulation station. So I don't know if it's a bug in ES in general or this version.

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                                          • pjftP
                                            pjft @lostless
                                            last edited by

                                            @lostless I'd reduce VRAM to 80 or so for those kinds of problems.

                                            Unless you're already at 80.

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