Implementing game's logo instead of box art in grid view???

[RetroBox]

Hello!

I've written a theme for my EmulationStation (V2.10.0RP-DEV) setup on Windows (I'm not using a PI setup) and am loving it so far, but I wanted to add a grid view. Is it possible to display the game logos instead of the box art in the grid view? I threw together something to illustrate what I have in mind.

DISCLAIMER: This is not a screenshot from EmulationStation!

I've read the THEMES.md multiple times and can't seem to find a solution. If anyone knows how I could possibly do this, it would be greatly appreciated!

[RetroBox]

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[mitu]

Which version of EmulationStation are you using ? RetroPie's own fork has a special Grid View that shows only the images instead of the Detailed/Video view styles.

[RetroBox]

I am using EmulationStation V2.10.0RP-DEV

[RetroBox]

But like I wrote in my first post, I'm not using RetroPie at all. I am running everything in my Windows machine. I use my PC as a HTPC with Kodi and ES working together in harmony.

[mitu]

@retrobox said in Implementing game's logo instead of box art in grid view???:

But like I wrote in my first post, I'm not using RetroPie at all

I know, you've said twice (including in the reply you deleted), but..

I am using EmulationStation V2.10.0RP-DEV

you seem to be running the RetroPie's fork of EmulationStation - so I think what I said in my first reply still applies. From where did you download your version of EmulationStation ?

[RetroBox]

I know, you've said twice (including in the reply you deleted), but..

Well at least it's very clear that we're both on the same page :p

you seem to be running the RetroPie's fork of EmulationStation - so I think what I said in my first reply still applies. From where did you download your version of EmulationStation ?

Yeah, so I got my version from here:
https://github.com/Francommit/win10_emulation_station

I know what you're talking about with the Grid View, but I'm not really going for just the images being shown. I would rather implement the Detailed/Video Grid style, which I've seen in different custom made themes, but it's always the Box Art that is being showed. Is that hard coded into ES and that's why I can't find a way to switch the type of image that is being showed?

[mitu]

@retrobox said in Implementing game's logo instead of box art in grid view???:

Yeah, so I got my version from here:
https://github.com/Francommit/win10_emulation_station

Which downloads it from https://github.com/Francommit/EmulationStation, which is a fork of https://github.com/jrassa/EmulationStation, which is a fork of https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation. So yeah, the same as RetroPie's version.

Is that hard coded into ES and that's why I can't find a way to switch the type of image that is being showed?

ES can display 3 types of images associated with a game in detailed view:

• the image tag
• the thumbnail tag
• the marquee tag

You can use one of the other 2 image tags to display another image (other than the boxart) and place the image in your theme. You'd need to have the thumbnail tag also in your gamelist.xml, containing a valid path to an image. Even so, I don't think you'll be able to have a grid like list (as shown on your screenshot), since EmulationStation would show an image (thumbnail or marquee) just for the current game.

[RetroBox]

@mitu thanks for the tip! Oddly enough, I just figured this out for myself about an hour ago and implemented everything just as you suggested.

[RetroBox]

So this what I have. The grid actually works and all I really need to do now is add in all the Metadata and positioning of everything. I used <autoLayout>1 5</autoLayout> under imagegrid to specify how many columns I have as well as how many games are shown in the grid. Anyway, thanks again for the help, even though I ended up figuring it out for myself. At least I know that what I did matched your suggestion to a T.