[Theme] Art Book Next

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@alphatoanant Is there a way to remove the darkening filter on the screenshot when using the list (no metadata) variant?

@alphatoanant Do you know how to remove the darkening filter on this? :) 🙏

astrocity

@alphatoanant

I am trying to add custom logos and artwork for custom system in batocera. I have named them to match but the theme never loads the images.

Can you help me to determine where you are pulling the "system name" from - the custom system works in batocera but the theme never picks up my images. I have tried everything that I've set for the system name but still no luck.

I'm not well versed to open an issue on github but I am desperate for help. Seeing others having success I know I can too.

Thank you for your time and energy and creativity for this AWESOME theme (and the 4x3 support as I'm running this on my CRT!)

mitu

@astrocity said in [Theme] Art Book Next:

Can you help me to determine where you are pulling the "system name" from - the custom system works in batocera but the theme never picks up my images. I have tried everything that I've set for the system name but still no luck.

This doesn't come from the theme, but from EmulationStation. Each system is declared in es_systems.cfg like this:

 <system>
    <name>amiga</name>
    <fullname>Commodore Amiga</fullname>
    <path>/roms/amiga</path>
    <extension>.adf .adz .chd .cue .dms .ipf .lha .m3u .sh .uae .zip .ADF .ADZ .CHD .CUE .DMS .IPF .LHA .M3U .SH .UAE .ZIP</extension>
    <command>amiberry %ROM%</command>
    <platform>amiga</platform>
    <theme>amiga</theme>
  </system>

The theme node determines which system/folder from the theme is applied to your custom system/folder.

alphatoanant

thank you @mitu!

@aphyx have you had a chance to read through the instructions I wrote up here? https://github.com/anthonycaccese/art-book-next-es?tab=readme-ov-file#theme-customizations

a few initial things to check...

as mitu called out try to make sure the "theme" value is what you are using to name your files. For example if you are looking to create a custom image for the super nintendo, the theme value is "snes" so you would name your file snes.ext (where ext is the actualy extension for the image type you are creating)
on batocera make sure the "distribution" setting in theme configuration is set to "batocera"
make sure your files are stored in the location where I set it to look for custom images on batocera... the root folder is userdata/theme-customizations/art-book-next/
then make sure inside that folder that your images are stored in the expected sub folder... if you are creating custom backgrounds they will go in a subfolder called backgrounds. If you are creating custom logos they will go in a subfolder called logos

Please let me know if you have any questions on the readme linked earlier. Also, if you can outline what you have tried already that will be a big help.

Thank you for your kind words and hope I can help.

splatter

@alphatoanant , after seeing this theme in a few YouTube videos I just had to install it! Love it..but..

The system logo and system name in text are both displayed on top of each other and I can’t find anywhere in the UI settings on how to fix this. Any tips?

Photo doesn’t show here but works if you click on it:
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I’m running:
RG35XX H
Baltacero OS
Emulation Station
Latest Art Book Next

It is a fresh install and I’ve had this from the start.

alphatoanant

@splatter thank you for trying it out! what you are seeing is i think relates to the version of batocera/es. i am utilizing the latest theme engine features in batocera 40 so sadly if you are not using that version and the es that comes bundled with it then the logic for logos and fallback test will not work. have you tried knulli on the 35xx? its based on batocera 40 and its what i test art book next on frequently.

splatter

@alphatoanant Thank you!

It looks I’m on Batocera 39 indeed. Isn’t it easier to update to 40? Or do you recommend knulli for another reason?

Update: ah, I read that 40 will be the last version so it makes sense to switch to Knulli. Thanks for the tip.

Handman

Hi, love your theme. I put together a few custom images, the GitHub mentioned sharing them here. Really just needed to satisfy my OCD.

You can find them here.

I also use some tiles made by a redditor mrlex found here.

SP

@Handman These look great. Was gonna download them, but it says to login.

SP

Also, how can I make my own? That way I don't have to bother anyone with requests. Been wanting to replace the Wii image.