Neo Geo Mini theme
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@ruckage said in Neo Geo Mini theme:
I think I said that I would have to do that to allow the themes with grid view to look right at other resolution but have only made them work at 1080p so far (I think it's the most common resolution people use anyway). It's made worse as I'm abusing the system a bit to make it work on themes like this so the padding size is quite high.
I think we discussed it quite while back as I felt that was the main downside to the gridview as nearly everything else in ES is defined as a screen ratio but it was due to using nine patch which does have it's advantages in other situations. Regardless I'd have to make adjustments for different aspect ratio's anyway so it's not really a big deal.
I'm looking forward to more improvements to gridview in the future, I hope you'll stil be working on it.
So if I understand correctly, you used to make different versions of your theme for different aspect ratio (16:9, 16:10, 4:3) and now because of this you have to make a different versions for each resolution (4k, 1080p, 720p ...).
I will give it another look soon. I'm slowly getting back into the grid view, starting with cursor position in text mode (to show something like : "game 4 / 152"), as it is an easy task and something you and others would be interested in.
One last question: in the themes you made, have you took advantage of the nine patch in any of them ? Or are you always using the trick of setting the nine patch borders to 0px to use it like a normal image ?
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@paffley said in Neo Geo Mini theme:
I'm with @ruckage, I'm a massive fan of gridview, hope your still going to be working on it @A12C4 . Would LOVE to see <scrollSound> incorporated with the grid carousel (and the system view carousel actually would be cool too).
I know you are very enthusiastic about this feature but please don't push your demands too aggressivly. I've taken note of them, this things take time you know.
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@A12C4 said in Neo Geo Mini theme:
@paffley said in Neo Geo Mini theme:
I'm with @ruckage, I'm a massive fan of gridview, hope your still going to be working on it @A12C4 . Would LOVE to see <scrollSound> incorporated with the grid carousel (and the system view carousel actually would be cool too).
I know you are very enthusiastic about this feature but please don't push your demands too aggressivly. I've taken note of them, this things take time you know.
Wow that's pretty harsh you think? These are simple friendly question imo. I may have posted other requests but you never reply. I have never been pushy nor have I ever been aggressive in demands so lets get that straight from the get-go. I have always been supportive of your work and very grateful and also try to help users out when they have issues, so I'm pretty disappointed that you have said that in that way. Convo over @A12C4
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@A12C4 said in Neo Geo Mini theme:
So if I understand correctly, you used to make different versions of your theme for different aspect ratio (16:9, 16:10, 4:3) and now because of this you have to make a different versions for each resolution (4k, 1080p, 720p ...).
It depends on the theme. The snes /nes mini themes are quite tricky as they need precise placement of the gamelist so I have different settings for each supported resolution. My other themes only need settings for the each aspect ratio which makes life easier.
I will give it another look soon. I'm slowly getting back into the grid view, starting with cursor position in text mode (to show something like : "game 4 / 152"), as it is an easy task and something you and others would be interested in.
Good to hear work is continuing, the cursor position would be very useful and something I'm looking forward to. Regarding the padding etc. I understand your reason for using pixel coordinates as it works better with nine patch. As long as I can work around it as I currently am I'm happy. Realistically there are only a handful of resolutions most people use so it's not a huge amount of extra work.
One last question: in the themes you made, have you took advantage of the nine patch in any of them ? Or are you always using the trick of setting the nine patch borders to 0px to use it like a normal image ?
Yes, I've used nine patch on the standard Neogeo theme though I haven't released a version with it included yet: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/10806/neo-geo-x-build/357. It has it's benefits and can make life easier but for most of my themes I wouldn't be able to get the look I wanted using it.
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@ruckage said in Neo Geo Mini theme:
@paffley
I think you've taken @A12C4 post the wrong way and are being a bit defensive. We're all friends here so no need to get angry with each other.Apologies @ruckage for it being on your post, wasn't intended mate sorry. @A12C4 apologies from me if I read it wrong.
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Hi @ruckage I'm thinking of pixelating all of my wheel-art to be displayed from the <image> tag. Do you know to hand if there is a 'good' auto-pixel approach to do this online or offline? I've looked at some online editors and they do not come out so good. I'm good with Photoshop etc so didn't know if you knew of any plugins for this? I think ive come up stuck with my research. Any hints n tips would be grateful.
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@ruckage how could I add Neo Geo selections sounds to the scroll sounds?
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Do anyone know if Grid View is already part of stable, or I still need to use the experimental?
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@m1k3ol you still need it
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@sergioad No, it's part of stable now.
@m1k3ol If you update your Emulationstation package, you'll get version 2.8.1, which has grid view support. -
Awesome, thanks a lot
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@A12C4 Do you have idea how could I add sounds? I got KOF 2003's character select cursor sound and I want to use it like how the true Neo Geo mini uses the KOF '98: The slugfest's character select cursor sound for game scrolling
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@sergioad Sadly, there is no scroll sound for the gridview.
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@A12C4 ok thanks, it woud had been amazing to scroll and hear the KOF 2003 sounds :) but it is okay
Thanks for your response
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who else still use this theme? I love it so much! I try to modify to my liking and also to keep it minimal for my kids to play. Then I saw @chicuelo epic noir and love the dark theme! I replicate his art for my background, I hope it's okay.
I also disable b,x and y button on the es input so my kids cant go back to the system selection menu. I set it up so it will boot straight to the NeoGeo system.
I can't seem to stop fiddling on the theme on what I can do next, unfortunately my skills sets stop here.
Is it possible for Grid theme to have game description?
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@joharibk
Glad you like the theme and are having fun customising it to your liking.
In the latest versions of ES you can now show all metadata including description and even preview videos in grid view. You would need to install it from the raspberry pi menu and I think it may only be on the dev version currently.If I get time I'll update the theme with some more options so that this info can be displayed.
The Megadrive mini theme I've been working on shows all the metadata, you can see a preview image of it below:
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@ruckage oouuu....... ive been waiting for this from day one you show it to us! hope its due to release soon. :D
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I love this theme too and an customizing it for my personal use to replicate the PC Engine Mini console interface
however i would like to add a different background for the system select screen & the PC Engine CD but not sure how to, any help would be much appreciated
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