New Comic Book Theme!

xaGe

Great effort, looks really good.

fatelvis1

I really want this theme . is it complete and available yet?

TMNTturtlguy

@fatelvis1 thanks! I am out of town this weekend but plan to post to github next week. I have the 16:9 version completed for the systems shown on the video. I will have more information on the theme when i post, as the theme does not have maxSize incorporated yet, and a few other things. More to come in a few days! Thanks for the kind words

pjft

@TMNTturtlguy This looks fantastic.

I'll certainly at least install it to take a look. I think there are a few systems I'm missing there, but one step at a time :)

Well done!

TMNTturtlguy

@pjft shoot me a list of systems you need and I will start a log and work on them as i get time. The one issue this theme does face is that each system has its own background image. The more systems you run, the slower the transitions from theme to theme are, and if running on the older ES build with screensaver, the theme can suffer from the white screen of death when to many systems are loaded. I can run the current systems shown with a VRAM setting of 120 on the screensaver build with not issues. I intend to build an alternate image with the up to date main ES build so i can run them side by side and make adjustments including maxSize, i believe the newer updated help elieviate the white screen issues. All I need is time!

fatelvis1

@TMNTturtlguy im building an arcade system with a 4:3 screen so no need for the 16:9

TMNTturtlguy

@fatelvis1 I am working on some updates on the 4:3 for my arcade cabinet as well. When i get that one caught up, I can post that version as well! Are you running the most up to date ES or are you running the screensaver ES? Thanks

pjft

@TMNTturtlguy Sure - no urgency and certainly no pressure or obligation to do anything of the sort. All contributions are made out of your precious spare time!

I'll wait for you to post the theme and then I'll see which systems I'm missing. Would you be providing a template to add more systems? Maybe that could help others create missing systems if necessary, rather than bothering you?

Anyway, keep up the great work!

TMNTturtlguy

@pjft Yes, I will have the theme set up so that there is a template for every system that is currently supported by Carbon. The theme will have a generic system background, so every system that is not programmed by me, will have the same background. The theme is rather involved, but I have made it very simple to understand if you get the concept of themes, so it will be easy for everyone to update with their systems. The issue will be creating the "system" name. To create the custom system name in the ShokaPow text is fairly involved and requires Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. The system names are not just typed in font, but rather several layers of font with patterns and opacity. I think that step one will be getting the theme uploaded onto github for further testing. Step 2 will be getting the theme set up for both builds of ES (screensaver and main branch) Step 3 will be figuring out the best way to have the md_video and scraped art appear for each system, weather that be using md_image or md_thumbnail. Right now I am using md_image for the small graphic to the right of the video preview. This works well when you have video previews, if you don't have video previews, then it will only show the MD image 1 time, and you will have a blank space, so by using md_thumbnail, this will allow for basically a 3rd image. The problem with this is that everyone would have to revise their gamelist to have wheel art or logos for each game in their .xml file, this would be quite the undertaking for most.....Then finally step 4 will be getting more systems out there!

This theme is a lot of fun for sure and it works perfectly on the screensaver build when running video previews....so it will be plug and play for those users with no additional tinkering! (@pjft, I believe you will fit into this group!)

pjft

@TMNTturtlguy Thanks!

Don't worry too much about making it work with the screensaver build if it involves too much effort. Focus on the main branch, if you allow me to recommend something. When you have that done for the main branch, let me know and I'll let you know if I can prevent you from having to double the work.

All Carbon systems are exactly what's needed for the most part - that's great :)

Thanks!

TMNTturtlguy

@pjft Thanks, the problem is i built the original theme for my Arcade machine 4:3 with screensaver. I have now converted the 4:3 to 16:9, but it is still built for the screensaver build. I now have to go in and update it to the main branch. In order to do that i need to get a new SD card and start a new main branch build! Time and Money, who has enough of either?

pjft

@TMNTturtlguy Got it. Well, then, just want to make sure you make the most of your time, because nobody has enough of that :)

brickmonkey

This has got to be one of the best ES themes I have seen. I can't wait to give it a spin. Thank you for your hard work.

Nismo

@TMNTturtlguy

Great work, amazing, I love it. Thanks for sharing your work.

Waiting for the HDTV version...

fatelvis1

@TMNTturtlguy Im running the up to date ES as not too bothered about the screensaver at the moment

xbrazukas

This has got to be one of the best ES themes I have seen. I can't wait to give it a spin.

Syhles

@TMNTturtlguy
Just a suggestion, but maybe instead of using the old system logos to the top right of the detailed view you could put the date the console was released and maybe discontinued in the same style font your currently using for the systems.

xbrazukas

I have seen these images in a social network for a long time

TMNTturtlguy

@xbrazukas please read the original post at the beginning of the thread where I give full credit to the design inspiration to @lipebello and I even ask permission. @lipebello no longer logs onto this forum, however if you continue to read through the threads I did communicate with his brother, who never got back to me. Futhermore I again reference this in my update post sharing the 16:9 theme. I have created all artwork outside of the system logos and controller art from the carbon theme, which I also received permission to use from @Rookervik. The theme gives credit to everyone in the read me and .xml files. As you can see my theme is heavily modified from the images you have posted and at no time have I tried to deceive anyone. Thank you for this post, but please do take care to read through the entire posts before shooting off responses. Thank you

xbrazukas

@TMNTturtlguy Your work is wonderful the image that I posted I imagined that it was from your work I am from Brazil. These photos that I posted someone put it and talking about this work but did not say who was tyava working on it. Then I started looking and I found you. One more time, look, I just posted the pictures thinking that it was you who had done it. Your work is wonderful.