Switch Theme 3.0 (UPDATED 08/12/18)

EctoOne

@thelostsoul said in Switch Theme 3.0 (UPDATED 08/12/18):

A suggestion here, if it is possible. I use subfolders in systems for specific reason, like Mods. I wish these folders could get same information on the right like custom collections have. In example the description of them are "This collection contains 51 games, includiding...". Would it be possible to add these information to subfolders itself?

Are you talking about subfolders in your rom folders or custom collections?
If it's for the rom folders you can add this in your gamelist.xml:

	<folder>
		<path>./subfolderpath</path>
		<name>Sub Folder Name</name>
		<desc>A Folder With More Games</desc>
	</folder>

You need to add this for every folder you have, then the description will show up at the same location as a game description does (when a theme supports it).

thelostsoul

@lilbud I don't believe the text issue have something to do with my CRT (still probably could), because on the old theme there is no such text error. The text is a bit thicker, so maybe it just overlaps the error? I don't know too.

The image entry for a game will not show up, before the video playback starts. In the older theme the image was showing up right away, when i scroll down through the list. If i wait a second, the video starts playing. The entry for it is in this format: "<image>/home/pi/.emulationstation/downloaded_images/nes/Alter Ego-image.jpg</image>"

@EctoOne Ah yes, I was talking about subfolders in rom folder. My suggestion was adding the same dynamic description like it is available in custom collections. It will create a list of some examples in the description, plus the count of how many games are there, plus playing a video from a game in this collection. I was just hoping the same could be done for subfolders in rom folder.

lilbud

@thelostsoul I'll look in to it when I get home

EctoOne

@thelostsoul said in Switch Theme 3.0 (UPDATED 08/12/18):

@EctoOne Ah yes, I was talking about subfolders in rom folder. My suggestion was adding the same dynamic description like it is available in custom collections. It will create a list of some examples in the description, plus the count of how many games are there, plus playing a video from a game in this collection. I was just hoping the same could be done for subfolders in rom folder.

Well dynamic content is definitely not a thing. You can add an image to a folder (same way as it is done to a game entry. I did that for my scummvm subfolders where i used company logos). Maybe you can add videos as well, never tested it though and if it works it would be always be the same.

lilbud

@thelostsoul said in Switch Theme 3.0 (UPDATED 08/12/18):

The image entry for a game will not show up, before the video playback starts. In the older theme the image was showing up right away, when i scroll down through the list. If i wait a second, the video starts playing. The entry for it is in this format: "<image>/home/pi/.emulationstation/downloaded_images/nes/Alter Ego-image.jpg</image>"

I updated the theme to have a 1.5 second delay before the video starts playing. It'll show the image while scrolling and if you stay on the game for a sec, the video will play.

I also enabled the ability to show the image if there is no video.

thelostsoul

@lilbud Huge thanks! I am going to sleep now and will test it tomorrow (in other words later).

EDIT: @lilbud Just tried it out now. It works perfectly, with those 1.5s even better than all the other themes regarding this. Huge thank you for this quick fix. (I didn't feel to double post.)

thelostsoul

@lilbud Now 2 days after usage, everything works fine. I have just changed the 1.5s delay to 1.0s. It is just very small effect, but I feel like 1.5s takes an eternity until video starts. Its just my personal preference. Another note, I also tried different (free) fonts from my Ubuntu installation. I found the "Ubuntu-R.ttf" (from usr/share/fonts/truetype/Ubuntu/ from desktop Ubuntu) is much better readable on my 640*480p screen, more clear. It could be just on my specific setup, but why not telling it here?!

A lot of game descriptions at the right side have characters like """, which aren't transformed into the characters they represent. Is this theme dependent or should I look elsewhere?

lilbud

@thelostsoul said in Switch Theme 3.0 (UPDATED 08/12/18):

A lot of game descriptions at the right side have characters like """, which aren't transformed into the characters they represent. Is this theme dependent or should I look elsewhere?

The only thing that could be is characters that don't have a matching glyph in the font file.

Not gonna lie, that Ubuntu font looks pretty sharp in the theme. I might add it and have it switchable in the theme.xml

thelostsoul

@lilbud Oh, above I meant "& quot ;" will not be translated to "

lilbud

@thelostsoul That might be a problem with the scraper. Or the gamelist files, I dunno.

hooperre

@lilbud Is this puppy on the theme downloader yet? :) Can't wait!

lilbud

@hooperre Yep

Wolverine1977

@lilbud Is it possible to get a "no Meta" option added to the theme so it just shows the Games list and Box art without the developer, released and description data?

Thanks :)

lilbud

@Wolverine1977 It is possible, I haven't done it though. Was never in the plans, but i'll look into it.

goobatroopa

@lilbud this is just what I've been looking for. Thanks I'll download tonight.

WylieCoyote

Apologies for the stupid question but how do you toggle between showing the Xbox and PS controller help buttons? I can't seem to figure it out.

lilbud

@WylieCoyote In the 'config.xml' file. Change letters.xml to symbols.xml

WylieCoyote

@lilbud Many thanks for the prompt response. I've searched the entire image using WinSCP and I have no config.xml file to edit??

lilbud

@WylieCoyote

/etc/emulationstation/themes/es-theme-switch/config.xml

WylieCoyote

@lilbud Well, there's my problem. In /etc/emulatationstation/themes I have 'darkswitch' and 'lightswitch' and no es-theme-switch. Apologies, I suspect I'm referring to a completely different theme. Noted github link at the top of the thread, will download try again.