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    Trouble adding extra element to carbon theme

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      subz
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      Rpi 3
      retropie 4.02
      theme - carbon

      I am having trouble adding an extra element to the basic carbon theme.
      I would like to add a text line "orientation" then input horizontal or vertical manually. I have read the creating a theme wiki but I cant get it to add extra element.

      any help or pointers will be appreciated.

      Thanks

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      • herb_fargusH
        herb_fargus administrators @subz
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        @subz unfortunately it isn't that simple. Metadata tags are hard coded so if orientation isn't in the source (which it isn't) it isn't an option.

        If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

        Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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          subz
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          @herb_fargus Thanks for the reply. I have tried a few things with no luck. If the text names are hard coded that will be the reason. Thanks.

          I will just scrape meta-data then maually edit either developer or publisher with the horizontal
          or vertical text.

          Just a quick thought which location is a 'safe place' to avoid the metadata being over written on a system/theme update?

          Thanks

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