Chicuelo Theme
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Hello again. So after much experimentation and adding a number of systems with corresponding artwork, system logos, etc I moved onto making the system menu much smoother by following the advice i earlier received - changing the vram limit etc. I also compressed images to their maximum limit to increase performance but nothing seems to have worked as the sheer volume of art work being used is over whelming the pi!
As this is my go to theme and the one that I simply love in terms of its look, I've been looking at ways to strike a balance between art work and system logos. I therefore have one quick question - when a system logo is not displayed, emulationstation uses a default font. Where can I find this font and how can I hide it from appearing on the system list (as in the default font does not display the system name as defined in the .xml file?) I hope that makes sense! Thanking you all in advance again!
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@rajbhalsod I'm not quite sure if I understand correctly but it might be that I forgot to include the code for the system logo text. In fact I just learned about that a while ago. I already had it on my mind though so I will look into it.
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@EctoOne Thank you for the quick response. Sorry if my message didnt make sense, I'm finding it difficult to explain! So essentially, I guess if a system logo, say for example snes, is not in the assets folder, emulationstation displays the name using its own font and uses the name entered in the system.xml file. I would like to hide that from the system carousel menu until I find a way of increasing the menu speed, etc.
Thank you for replying!
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@rajbhalsod Ah ok, but that's not possible. The only way to remove an system is by deleting the entry from the
es_systems.cfg.
Have you tried deleting images for systems that you don't use? I'm not sure but I believe EmulationStation loads all images including the alternative/region versions. I mean the theme supports around 100 systems (including custom collections) so you probably can remove some images from the_assets/characters/and_assets/logos/folders. -
Haven't had a chance to use it yet but this looks really great! I'll try and put it through it's paces and provide some better feedback but from the screenshots I'm really liking how clean the design is. Amazing job.
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@EctoOne I did remove a lot of artwork but still hasn’t helped with the menu system. Can the default font be changed?
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@rajbhalsod There should be a resource folder somewhere (at least it exists on the windows build) that has font files, if you can find it somehow it might work if you replace the files with a different font with the same name. Since I currently don't have a running Retropie system I can't tell you the location but you can try to search for opensans_hebrew_condensed_light.ttf
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Hey :) just thought i'd drop by and say hi, as it's been a while since I helped you with a few bits on the theme! I hadn't really been doing anything with RetroPie and my x86 installation for about 6 months or so and got out of the habit of working on it, mainly due to other life commitments - plus also I wanted to start my x86 install afresh but never found the desire to spend the amount of time on it that it needed!!
However, I picked it back up a few weeks ago and have got a really great appliance-like install working on my x86 box, and it works with Dreamcast, Gamecube, etc. Still got a bit to work on but determined to get the project reasonably finished this time.
Anyhow, i'm still using the theme (of course), I might have a small PR which I can send you which makes the 'helpsystem' text a little nicer/more readable, if people choose to use it (i don't). And also an improvement to the carousel system 'sliding' if people leave it enabled (again, I use instant).
Cheers and hope all is well.
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@movisman said in Chicuelo Theme:
ight have a small PR which I can send you which makes the 'helpsystem' text a little nicer/more readable, if people choose to use it (i don't). And also an improvement to the carousel system 'sliding' if people leave it enabled (again, I use instant).
I would love to see it, send me the PR!
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No worries! I will double check how it looks and send it over :)
It is only minor improvement, just makes the help text white and justifies it correctly. Also keeps it in the same place when going to the gamelist view for consistency. It doesn't look too out of place actually, maybe the down arrow is a bit close but with limited space to work with I think it is fine for those who wish to use it. You could potentially improve further by moving the two arrows closer towards the system to make more space, but considering the theme is not designed to have the help enabled, I think it's ok as is. The carousel improvement is just to prevent the system sliding over the console year and type, it now disappears before this and looks better for it.
Will have a look and send over the proposed changes.
Cheers!
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@movisman
Great! maybe a lighter gray for the help text. So it does not takes too much attention, I think I used a very dark one to be as quiet as possible -
Yes good idea, the dark one which is currently there is barely visible on my TV (and monitor), which is why I made it white to match the other elements of the theme.
Let me see if there are any other grey colours used in the theme which I can use instead, i'll post a screenshot here prior to PR so you can see.
Cheers
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I also would be interested on carousel edit, specially if can be removed. Have option turned on leads to weird slide effect on logo, but other themes uses that function nicely, so i have to switch off everytime i turn back to chicuelo.
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I think it can be removed entirely with some edits to the theme.xml file, but would need to have a play around. Depends if @chicuelo would rather keep support in.
The edits I made make the effect better on the logo (it doesn't overlap the other text), it slides out of view before this point now, it actually doesn't look too bad.
I will play with the help text font size and then post up a screengrab or something.
Cheers
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If you want to share xml and author agree, i'm more than happy to test!
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@DarishZone
Sorry, what do you mean on removing the carousel? can you post an example? -
@chicuelo said in Chicuelo Theme:
@DarishZone
Sorry, what do you mean on removing the carousel? can you post an example?I mean that side sliding effect on system logo when carousel option is activated
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This is tidied up in my code, see above. I haven't got around to posting anything as this week is a little busy. It still slides but doesn't overlap the text now, which looks better if you have those transitions on. It might be possible to disable it entirely in theme.xml (so if carousel transitions are on it doesn't do anything at all to the theme) but i'm not sure I see the value in this, especially if it is tidied up to not slide above the other text?
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@movisman said in Chicuelo Theme:
This is tidied up in my code, see above. I haven't got around to posting anything as this week is a little busy. It still slides but doesn't overlap the text now, which looks better if you have those transitions on. It might be possible to disable it entirely in theme.xml (so if carousel transitions are on it doesn't do anything at all to the theme) but i'm not sure I see the value in this, especially if it is tidied up to not slide above the other text?
I saw what you wrote, i just answering to chicuelo. The value for me is just to disable it because i have to turn off carousel option everytime i switch back from another theme, which pretty needed it activated. Just my taste, i don't like so much that sliding effect since first time i saw it, seems bit nonsensical to me. But i repeat, it's my tastes, and it's not a big deal, i was just curious because i've already done a lot of edit on xml thanks to advices on this thread. I don't know exactly what your edit does, maybe i could like it, i have to test it, but if the author disagree it's perfectly fine.
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@DarishZone Its fine for me, I use instant mode because of this too, so it would be great to have this option for those who want a sliding effect
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