Pixel Theme

Rookervik

On the topic of European VS American system names... how would you like these packaged? I suppose there are several ways to do it...

Release a Euro and an American version of the theme. Wouldn't require any effort on your part. Really annoying for me to keep track of.
Continue to pack the European logos named logo2.png in the theme folders. You would continue to need to break into the theme and rename the files if you want the European logos.
Add folders in the theme for the European versions of systems. And you can change your es_systems.cfg to point to the correct theme you want to use for your games. So instead of segacd going to the theme 'segacd' it would go to 'mega-cd'

I don't care which of the last 2 options... I do care having a second repository created and having to maintain that one as well. I'd rather not do that.

What are your thoughts?

Rookervik

New logos have been added to the segacd and sega32x folders. Update the theme and get to replacing logos. I won't bother updating the main post of the thread right now.

Nismo

@Rookervik I think that add folders in the theme for the European versions of systems, and select the theme in es_systems.cfg it's the right way to do it. Also there are more themes that do the same for european names of systems.

Maintain two versions of a theme have no sense when you can simply add the folders.

Of course it's just humble opinion, but it's just the way I do in my theme.

Regards.

mattrixk

Which systems have the 2 different versions? The only ones I can think of are:

PC Engine/Turbo Graphix 16
MegaDrive/Genesis
Other sega stuff like the segaCD/megaCD
SNES/SNES (both US and EU are called the same, but have a different console. Then you have the Famicom in there somewhere too)

There are probably others, but that's all I know of.

I don't mind making a separate folder for each, then the user can change their config file to point to whichever they want to use. I'm just curious how to get around that with the SNES though.

backstander

@Rookervik
I think the 3rd option would probably be the best for everyone but like @mattrixk said "I'm just curious how to get around that with the SNES though". I think just for the SNES you could do the "pack the European logos named logo2.png in the theme folders" option.

Thank you @Rookervik for your awesome work and maintaining these themes that you do! We all appreciate it!

Nismo

@mattrixk @backstander I don't understand what's the problem for snes, you can have as many folders as you need and with the names you want.

For example Snes, SnesUSA. SnesEU, SnesJAP, Superfamicom, Sfamicom...

mattrixk

@Nismo hmm, interesting thought. Could just have 'snes' as the default, then a 'sneseu' folder.

Nismo

@mattrixk Yes that's what I mean.

pauwus

@mattrixk Thanks for the advice. I'm happy to go in and rename the image - I'm just not sure where to find that image when FTP/SSHing into the Pi. As far as I can tell the themes are located in the etc/emulationstation folder which is inaccessible via FTP? I'm using samba shares via Mac and can't find the themes folders (I might be looking in the wrong place!). I can SSH in but I'm not sure how to find that image file and rename it. Can anyone advise?

backstander

@pauwus

As far as I can tell the themes are located in the etc/emulationstation folder

Mine is also located at:
/etc/emulationstation/themes/pixel/

After you have SSH'd into your RPi...
you need to change the working directory to the snes folder inside of the pixel theme folder by typing:
cd /etc/emulationstation/themes/pixel/snes/

Then rename the files:
mv console.png consoleUS.png
mv consoleEU.png console.png

Last restart either ES or your RPi.

Nismo

@pauwus said in Pixel Theme:

I'm happy to go in and rename the image.

Renaming the image it's not the right way to do the things, just because for some systems need to do more changes than only the logo (depends on the theme).

Example with snes:

Snes usa.

alt text

European Snes.

alt text

Offtopic: I think the european snes it's by far more cool than american version.

Snes japan (super famicom).

alt text

For example for Super famicom you need to change the logo and the console, that's because the use of different folders, yes you can change images, but it's more easy to select the theme for the suystem in es_systems.cfg.

Also in other themes it's more elements to change, maybe need to change some parameters in xml to resize some elements or change descriptions. That's because the use of folders.

J.Beau

@Rookervik Holy S***! That was fast! They look great :) I don't care how these are packaged btw. Just renaming is fine by me.

edit: I need to change the console description too btw, but no problem :)

Nismo

@J.Beau said in Pixel Theme:

@Rookervik Holy S***! That was fast! They look great :) I don't care how these are packaged btw. Just renaming is fine by me.

edit: I need to change the console description too btw, but no problem :)

That's what I mean when I say depends on theme replacing images it's not enough ;-).

Regards.

pauwus

@backstander Thank you so much dude. It's easy when you know how! Out of interest, as I'm using the pixel-metadata theme, would I go to

/etc/emulationstation/themes/pixel-metadata/?

pauwus

@Nismo Hi Nismo, I think I understand what you're saying - I'm guessing in this particular case for me, I only need to change the image because the logo for the SNES is actually correct?

I've actually edited my es_systems.cfg file to change the order of the systems, but I've noticed there is nothing in the theme part. Do I only need to change that if I want to edit logos?

backstander

@pauwus

Out of interest, as I'm using the pixel-metadata theme, would I go to /etc/emulationstation/themes/pixel-metadata/?

That is correct. Just substitute as needed ;)

Nismo

@pauwus About the point 1. Depens on what system are you trying to change, if you want to replace only the logo, if you want to change the system image too, description.. etc. I'm not sure what system are you trying to change, and for what one.

I recommend to wait for an updated version with support for systems from other regions, since @Rookervik said that him doesn't matter to add a few of them. (i suppose mostly Mega CD, Mega32X, and both versions of snes, not too much.

About point 2. All the themes have folders for different systems, you can check what systems are supported looking inside /etc/emulationstation/themes/"theme_name".

So the right way to do the things it's going to edit es_systems.cfg file.

To change the theme used by a system is as simple as replace like this:

 <system>
           <name>snes</name>
           <fullname>Super Nintendo Entertainment System</fullname>
           <path>~\.emulationstation\roms\snes</path>
           <extension>.zip .smc .sfc .fig .swc</extension>
           <command>%HOME%\.emulationstation\systems\retroarch\retroarch.exe -L %HOME%\.emulationstation\systems\retroarch\cores\bsnes_mercury_accuracy_libretro.dll "%ROM_RAW%"</command>
           <platform>snes</platform>
           <theme>snes</theme>     
</system>

Replace this with the theme you want to use (if available in your theme folder):

<theme>snes</theme>

For:

<theme>snesEU</theme>

But that folder must exist inside the theme you are running.

How you haven't seen that in es_systems.cfg?

backstander

@Nismo

Replace this with the theme you want to use (if available in your theme folder):
How you haven't seen that?

You can do the same if you live in the USA and want the TG16 logo instead of the PC Engine logo:
https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/PC-Engine#switching-emulation-station-to-the-turbografx-16-logo
And the same with Genesis instead of Megadrive:
https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Genesis-Megadrive#switching-emulation-station-to-the-genesis-logo

Nismo

@backstander Of course, the main thing it's that the theme you're running have support for that system.

I think the wiki speak about the default theme, but not all themes have all systems (and variations of them).

Rookervik

I have read many replies and I like the idea of adding folders for European versions. I apologize if Europe is your birth region, I'm in America so I set up the theme based on that.

So... whenever I can get to it, I will create folders for systems as follows:

segacd
megacd

sega32x
mega32x

snes
snesEU

Turbo Grafx 16 is already separate from PC Engine, as are the CD variants. Same with Genesis and Megadrive.

Famicom is already separate as the Japanese equivalent of the NES.

Are there any other systems that need a European version? Such as computers?

Herb has mentioned a Platform.cfg but I am having trouble finding information about it. I will try to learn more. Hopefully this will make changing which themes appear easier for you all.

Give me a little time to make these changes. Things are getting busy for me. But I'm more than happy to add these.