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    • HAILtoSTARSCREAMH
      HAILtoSTARSCREAM @skr1b
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      @skr1b update RetroPie Setup script, then you should see it.

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      • pommeP
        pomme
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        Sorry if I missed this in all the comments, I did look. Wondering if there's a way for me to theme my custom collections. This theme is awesome, but it's also very different from the themes I've played with before.

        I've made icons for the 2 custom collections. In other themes you just create a same-named system folder and ES picks up on it. Wonder where I would go in this theme to tweak a little to theme my custom collections.

        They aren't as good as what ruckage would make on his own, but these are the 2 icons I made. I don't know the trick to get that blocky, aliased script like he does.

        nes classic snes classic

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          skr1b @HAILtoSTARSCREAM
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          @hailtostarscream cool-thanks man, ill try that

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            vice86
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            I tweaked it a little for my personal use just to get it a little closer to the SNESc UI:
            Extended the Power and Reset buttons to match original
            Swapped nav bar/logo spots and replaced the stock logo with the original SNES logo as used on SNESc
            Added the SNESc music to play as you browse games/config
            Recreated the original background image as close as I could just by going off videos on youtube of walkthroughs
            And I used Pomme's SNESc icon to see what it would look like..thanks :)

            While the SNES outline background is closer to the original, i like the SMB background just for the pop it adds.

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            • CybermenC
              Cybermen
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              @pomme many thanks, the icons look great. Could you perhaps make an icon with a PAL SNES?

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                chinjw @ruckage
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                @ruckage
                hmmm..... I'm wondering if i could change the current font type to others...
                I damn like this theme....

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                • ruckageR
                  ruckage @vice86
                  last edited by

                  @vice86 said in SNES mini theme:

                  I tweaked it a little for my personal use just to get it a little closer to the SNESc UI:
                  Extended the Power and Reset buttons to match original
                  Swapped nav bar/logo spots and replaced the stock logo with the original SNES logo as used on SNESc
                  Added the SNESc music to play as you browse games/config
                  Recreated the original background image as close as I could just by going off videos on youtube of walkthroughs
                  And I used Pomme's SNESc icon to see what it would look like..thanks :)

                  While the SNES outline background is closer to the original, i like the SMB background just for the pop it adds.

                  Glad you're having fun with this. There are reasons for the design choices I made though.

                  The reason for having the logo at the top instead of the bottom on the USA snes mode is that some of the system logos are quite long. You can force them to fit in the space at the bottom but in doing so they no longer match the same pixel size as the rest of the theme which is a big part of the overall look of the theme.

                  Moving the help icons to the bottom made more sense because of the logo size issue, however even the help icons wouldn't fit in that space if I kept the buttons as big as they are on the SNES- Classic. So it made more sense to reduce the size of the purple buttons.

                  Both of these differences will also be essential for when I add the 4:3 aspect ratio support.

                  It was never a priority to be an exact match anyway, it's not possible to exactly mimic a snes-classic style ui in EmulationStation so the aim was just to create a theme with a similar look and feel and with a consistent look for all systems.

                  SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                  If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                  • ruckageR
                    ruckage @pomme
                    last edited by ruckage

                    @pomme said in SNES mini theme:

                    Sorry if I missed this in all the comments, I did look. Wondering if there's a way for me to theme my custom collections. This theme is awesome, but it's also very different from the themes I've played with before.

                    I've made icons for the 2 custom collections. In other themes you just create a same-named system folder and ES picks up on it. Wonder where I would go in this theme to tweak a little to theme my custom collections.

                    Not quite as easy on my theme as on others due to the structure of the theme, you need an icon for both US/Europe, a logo for both USA/Europe and a background for each of the background types. Adding these 2 collections would make a lot of sense so I will make official versions in an update for both USA and Europe.

                    I don't know the trick to get that blocky, aliased script like he does.

                    :D, no trick to getting the 'blocky, aliased script', you get it by drawing it by hand.

                    SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                    If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                    • ruckageR
                      ruckage @chinjw
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                      @chinjw said in SNES mini theme:

                      @ruckage
                      hmmm..... I'm wondering if i could change the current font type to others...
                      I damn like this theme....

                      You can't just swap out the font unfortunately as the gamelist would no longer line up correctly. It may be possible for me to add if a suitable font that supports Chinese characters can be found, then I could maybe add it as an alternative font that could be selected in the options. I'll see what I can do.

                      SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                      If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                      • CybermenC
                        Cybermen @ruckage
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                        @ruckage said in SNES mini theme:

                        Not quite as easy on my theme as on others due to the structure of the theme, you need an icon for both US/Europe, a logo for both USA/Europe and a background for each of the background types. Adding these 2 collections would make a lot of sense so I will make official versions in an update for both USA and Europe.

                        @ruckage That sounds great! :-) Thanks a lot for this.

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                        • lilbudL
                          lilbud @vice86
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                          @vice86 someone extracted the music and the proper backgrounds here You could get even closer to the official SNES Mini.

                          Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                          Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                            chinjw @ruckage
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                            @ruckage Thanks in advanced dude~!

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                            • HAILtoSTARSCREAMH
                              HAILtoSTARSCREAM @ruckage
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                              @ruckage Hello, how's the update with the additional system icons coming along? Saw your superb job on the updated NES mini theme.

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                                vice86 @ruckage
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                                @ruckage said in SNES mini theme:

                                @vice86 said in SNES mini theme:

                                I tweaked it a little for my personal use just to get it a little closer to the SNESc UI:
                                Extended the Power and Reset buttons to match original
                                Swapped nav bar/logo spots and replaced the stock logo with the original SNES logo as used on SNESc
                                Added the SNESc music to play as you browse games/config
                                Recreated the original background image as close as I could just by going off videos on youtube of walkthroughs
                                And I used Pomme's SNESc icon to see what it would look like..thanks :)

                                While the SNES outline background is closer to the original, i like the SMB background just for the pop it adds.

                                Glad you're having fun with this. There are reasons for the design choices I made though.

                                The reason for having the logo at the top instead of the bottom on the USA snes mode is that some of the system logos are quite long. You can force them to fit in the space at the bottom but in doing so they no longer match the same pixel size as the rest of the theme which is a big part of the overall look of the theme.

                                Moving the help icons to the bottom made more sense because of the logo size issue, however even the help icons wouldn't fit in that space if I kept the buttons as big as they are on the SNES- Classic. So it made more sense to reduce the size of the purple buttons.

                                Both of these differences will also be essential for when I add the 4:3 aspect ratio support.

                                It was never a priority to be an exact match anyway, it's not possible to exactly mimic a snes-classic style ui in EmulationStation so the aim was just to create a theme with a similar look and feel and with a consistent look for all systems.

                                Yeah, i noticed when i had other test consoles on the setup that the logos wouldn't fit like NES and MAME but I'm keeping this a SNES only Pi3 like my pi2 that I kept as a NES only Pi using your NES Mini theme :)

                                For a 3rd Pi with a bunch of systems I'll be putting on I'll be keepign your SNES Mini theme as is...thanks again for the great themes!

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                                  vice86 @lilbud
                                  last edited by vice86

                                  @lilbud said in SNES mini theme:

                                  @vice86 someone extracted the music and the proper backgrounds here You could get even closer to the official SNES Mini.

                                  DOH, i was wondering if all that could be ripped. Only issue is that looks like its all from the Euro version model...i need the US version. I have a SNESc but no idea how to rip the info like that from it. Any suggestions or link to how to?

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                                  • lilbudL
                                    lilbud @vice86
                                    last edited by

                                    @vice86 look into hakchi2

                                    Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                                    Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                                    • pommeP
                                      pomme @ruckage
                                      last edited by

                                      @ruckage said in SNES mini theme:
                                      Adding these 2 collections would make a lot of sense so I will make official versions in an update for both USA and Europe.

                                      nice! I'll wait patiently for the next update. Thanks for all your work on this great theme.

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                                        vice86 @lilbud
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                                        @lilbud said in SNES mini theme:

                                        @vice86 look into hakchi2

                                        Thanks...just did and now I have FTP access to my SNESc and can rip the US images.

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                                          pellejones
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                                          I made an icon for PC :)
                                          I just reused the icon for fds (disk system) and made it PC-yellow-ish

                                          Icon
                                          alt text

                                          And a logo
                                          alt text

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                                          • ruckageR
                                            ruckage @pellejones
                                            last edited by

                                            @pellejones said in SNES mini theme:

                                            I made an icon for PC :)
                                            I just reused the icon for fds (disk system) and made it PC-yellow-ish

                                            Hi, PC/Dosbox is in the next update, I added it to the NES-mini theme last week.
                                            https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/8391/cardboard-mini-nes-nes-mini-and-famicom-mini-themes/1179
                                            The next Snes-mini update should be sometime this weekend.

                                            The following will also be in the nest update:

                                            Amiga
                                            Game & Watch
                                            PC engine CD
                                            MSX
                                            MSX2
                                            Snes classic collection (USA and European versions)
                                            Super Famicom Classic Collection
                                            Nes Classic collection
                                            Famicom classic collection

                                            SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                                            If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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