Playstation CRT Theme for 480p and 240p (version 1.4)

edmaul69

@lostless you just made me realize i forgot to remove the junk art out of the main _inc folder. i am not sure which junk you are referring to but if there is stuff in the files you can help me with i would love it. I cant see what people with scraped info see. The retropie xml has extra stuff in it due to a glitch now in emulationstation theming and i have to do that to work around it.

lostless

@edmaul69 the extra stuff is all code for images that don't exist anymore. Also if you make a base xml for the game list view, you can just copy it over to all the themes. I made one each for different highlight colors and just copied one of them to each system based on what highlight color

lostless

I can test it in 640x480 mode and see what I get and tweak it from there

edmaul69

@lostless i scraped one game, then i corrected the xml's and i just removed all the excess junk out of them and the main theme.xml. I will finish copying the theme.xml's to the one i fixed then i will upload. I will let you know when i get it uploaded to test.

edmaul69

@lostless theme version 1.1 is up. Please download and check. Just an fyi, if you arent in 640x480 or 320x240, the help menu will be slightly shifted to the left and not centered. Widescreen/hd will do that on an sd theme. It is still in the box its in though. So no big deal

lostless

@edmaul69 try this

<!--
theme name:     PlayStation CRT
version         1.1
Created by Lostless and Edmaul69
Splatter logos Created by Lostless
-->

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<theme>
   <formatVersion>4</formatVersion>
   

<feature supported="carousel">
   <view name="system">
      <carousel name="systemcarousel">
        <type>vertical</type>
        <pos>0.02 0.10</pos>
        <size>0.50 0.72</size>
        <logoScale>1.2</logoScale>
        <logoSize>0.40 0.2</logoSize>
        <color>00000000</color>
        <maxLogoCount>3</maxLogoCount>
      </carousel>
      <image name="background" extra="true">
         <origin>0 0</origin>
         <pos>0 0</pos>
         <size>1 1</size>
         <path>./_inc/images/background.png</path>
      </image>

      <text name="systemInfo">
         <pos>0.0001 0.855</pos>
         <backgroundColor>00000000</backgroundColor>
         <color>FFFFFF</color>
         <fontPath>./_inc/fonts/RobotoCondensed-Light.ttf</fontPath>
	 <fontSize>0.065</fontSize>
      </text>
      		<text name="logoText">
			<fontPath>./_inc/fonts/RobotoCondensed-Light.ttf</fontPath>
			<color>FFFFFF</color>
			<forceUppercase>true</forceUppercase>
		</text>
   </view>
</feature>
   <view name="system,basic,detailed,video">
      <helpsystem name="help">
	 <pos>0.070 9.870</pos>
         <textColor>1C1C53</textColor>
         <iconColor>1C1C53</iconColor>
         <fontPath>./_inc/fonts/RobotoCondensed-Light.ttf</fontPath>
         <fontSize>0.03</fontSize>
      </helpsystem>
   </view>

   <view name="system,basic,detailed,video">
      <helpsystem name="help">
	 <pos>0.070 9.870</pos>
         <textColor>1C1C53</textColor>
         <iconColor>1C1C53</iconColor>
         <fontPath>./_inc/fonts/RobotoCondensed-Light.ttf</fontPath>
         <fontSize>0.03</fontSize>
      </helpsystem>
   </view>

   <view name="basic,detailed,video">
      <textlist name="gamelist">
         <pos>0.025 0.2170</pos>
         <size>0.950 0.62</size>
         <selectorColor>0000ff50</selectorColor>
         <selectedColor>00ffff</selectedColor>
         <primaryColor>FFFFFF</primaryColor>
         <secondaryColor>00ffff</secondaryColor>
         <fontPath>./_inc/fonts/RobotoCondensed-Light.ttf</fontPath>
         <fontSize>0.075</fontSize>
         <forceUppercase>1</forceUppercase>
         <scrollSound>./_inc/sound/click.wav</scrollSound>
         <alignment>center</alignment>
      </textlist>
   </view>

   <view name="detailed,video,basic">
      <image name="background" extra="true">
         <origin>0 0</origin>
         <pos>0 0</pos>
         <size>1 1</size>
         <path>./_inc/images/background2.png</path>
      </image>
         <image name="logo">
         <origin>0.5 0.5</origin>
         <pos>0.23 0.135</pos>
         <maxSize>0.40 0.40</maxSize>
      </image>
        <textlist name="gamelist">
         <pos>0.03 0.163</pos>
         <size>0.4 0.75</size>
         <alignment>left</alignment>
      </textlist>
   </view>
   

   
 
</theme>

as the main theme.xml. I think i got the original look down, except the 3 splatters instead of 2. and if you want theres still room for console artwork. But it does look good plain

edmaul69

@lostless thank you. i dont know how you fixed the logo sizing but it is great now. version 1.2 is uploaded. the only reason i made the logo so big was to be able to see the othe 2 on a crt. but this fixed that issue. i will look over the xml and try to learn how you fixed it. again, thank you.

lostless

@edmaul69 most of it is just experimenting with the numbers and getting the right size. Basically, the whole carousel takes up the 50% of the screen. That centers the middle of the icons at 1/4 the screen. Just like a ps1 menu. Then I had to find the right size. 40% most at x axis is good, each icon stays smaller than the the whole carousel so nothing is chopped off and it come out looking just right. i fiddled. with other sizes. I made every icon the exact size pixel wise, so the paint spatters would stay the same size.

lostless

@edmaul69 maybe we should recreate the menu with all the dithering that was present? Low color resolution? I shall experiment. The image you took from is an emulator running the bios with dithering turned off. hence the harsh color gradient

edmaul69

@lostless that would be really cool. I am a pixel artist so anything beyond 8-bit pixel art, i know nothing about it.

lostless

@edmaul69 Oh. I dabble in photoshop, photography, electronics, yada yada. almost done

lostless

@edmaul69 give this new main background a try. Added low color dithering
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4f605wtj6wahgsn/backround.png?dl=0
I try the game list next. You've given me a guide.
I think ill move onto my logos as well and low color res them as well. And maybe shrink them It'll take time, but not much. But i think i it'll make it even more like the PS1

edmaul69

@lostless that looks awesome. i really like this. Now some people complained about the psx dithering but it doesnt bother me at all.

lostless

@edmaul69 oh and i have all 3 menus done and all logos lo rez and dithered. doing a test then i share

edmaul69

@lostless suweet!!! Cant wait.

lostless

@edmaul69 oh i wish i had a CRT still to try this beauty at 240P. Its so beautiful. 480P on a LCD i don't think can truly do it justice. I leave the rest of the theme up to you. ill make a link with all assets. Its up to you now to do something with them. I have ideas. But I'm done. 4 hours working on this today is too much. :P

edmaul69

@lostless and i am so very thankful. I really want to get a small crt for my room. Cant use this ginormous beast that is in my sun room. A nice 19", preferably a pvm would be nice. No thrift stores carry crt's anymore.

lostless

@edmaul69
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7ay1qg49fqpc8ek/ps1 crt.zip?dl=0
I offer them up to you. Make it your own. Maybe some pixel art memory card saves. hint hint.😉😉. I won't be working on this anymore. (or so I say)

edmaul69

@lostless thank you. I actually thought of the game save art. I was trying to find them online. 1300 images for us games alone.... i just got done adding all the images. This looks soo freaking sweet. I cannot thank you enough for this. I finally have a complete pi-station. Hopefully i can find the artwork.

lostless

@edmaul69 I'm assuming the low Rez and low color depth looks good on a crt? Too bad I'll probably never see it for myself.