Add console year next to games count?

[Smoghog]

Hey guys! I wasn't sure if this might belong over in ideas and development, or if there is a simple way I am just overlooking, but...

Is there a way to add custom text (in this case the year of console release) next to the games count under each console on the main screen in EmulationStation?

[rkoster]

I did it by adding an extra field to the theme I was using (which is a vertical version I made of Metapixel). In each theme.xml for each system, I added something like this:

	<view name="system"> 
        ....
		<text name="year" extra="true">
			<text>1987</text>
		</text>
        ....
	</view>

and in the main theme file (metapixel.xml in this case) I added

		<text name="year" extra="true">
			<pos>0.05 0.55</pos>
			<size>0.9 0.16</size>
			<color>bbbbbb</color>
			<fontPath>./art/font4.ttf</fontPath>
			<fontSize>0.050</fontSize>
			<alignment>center</alignment>
			<forceUppercase>0</forceUppercase>
		</text>

within the <view name="system"> block. Result:

[Smoghog]

@rkoster Ah, Nice! I'll have to dig into the xml files for Carbon since that's what I'm using. I don't have much expertise in that area, but it doesn't look like it would be too much trouble with a little tinkering. Maybe someone who has done it on Carbon will chime in as well before I get a chance to.. :D

Thanks!