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    • screechS
      screech
      last edited by screech

      I made some "new" arrengement ^^
      I kicked the "sun" background (But I can keep it in case of no Screenshot ;) )
      And full Screenshot in back, with 3D Box and Logo over a Comic Bubble.
      On top of that, a "comics" overlay...

      We can play with the Z position of the overlay, so this is some render :

      With full overlay :
      alt text

      Overlay only on the Back Screenshot
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      Horizontal Box :
      alt text

      In the Theme :

      For Arcade machine, you've got 2 type :
      Neogeo (who can have a cover) :
      alt text

      Or full arcade so... no box ^^ :
      alt text

      The only thing isn't "so nice" is the Image Size :
      Theme Resize the image to fit a square, but this square seems "too small" for me...
      If it can be a little bigger so the black border can be thiner "like other strip case" ;)

      Like this :
      alt text

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      • TMNTturtlguyT
        TMNTturtlguy @screech
        last edited by TMNTturtlguy

        @screech these are awesome! I like all of them!

        Did you resize the image in your last screenshot in the theme or photoshop? If in the theme, what values did you use for max size?

        Edit: also I prefer the comic overlay to be only over the screenshot. I like the crisp clear logo and box over the top of the "comic" overlay.

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        • screechS
          screech
          last edited by

          I resize under photoshop ;) but I think I will make some test to modify your theme ( only the image size and position ;)

          About overlay, I were thinking like you, at first ^^
          But with some try on full overlay and your theme, I think it's "smoother" on the eye ^^ it's like the MIX isn't just "added" but a part of the theme (like the resized one at the end)... In all case, it's easy to modify or to create both ^^ (just changing the place of the overlay in the Profil ;) )

          If you have some Comics bubble or better overlay don't hesitate to propose ^^ these one are "quickly" done and catch over internet ;) And I'm at the very begining of thinking about the MIX ;)

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          • TMNTturtlguyT
            TMNTturtlguy @screech
            last edited by

            @screech I was viewing on my phone before, i am not on my computer and agree with you on the overlay, it looks better over the entire thing. Can you try to make the dot overlay a little smaller dot?

            I am not able to work on my pi right now, but i will look at increasing the max size a bit. I might suggest we meet in the middle, i will increase it some, but not as much as you show. I like the black border for the videos, the videos feel better to me with a nice border around them.

            I also like the bubble you are using alot! The only one that looks off is Chrono Trigger, but there will probably always be a few that look off no matter what color or design is used.

            This is excellent work!

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            • TMNTturtlguyT
              TMNTturtlguy
              last edited by

              Per Requests, Upcoming updates:
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              0_1496008496993_WiiU.png
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              0_1496008516460_Light Gun.png
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              0_1496008552133_psp minis.png 0_1496008556313_msx 2.png
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                serotonin @TMNTturtlguy
                last edited by

                @TMNTturtlguy
                Wow that was quick ! Looks awesome mate , looking forward to the updates

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                • TMNTturtlguyT
                  TMNTturtlguy @serotonin
                  last edited by

                  @serotonin rainy day! Haven't started any backgrounds yet.

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                  • MikOzzZM
                    MikOzzZ
                    last edited by

                    @TMNTturtlguy said in New Comic Book Theme!:

                    @serotonin rainy day! Haven't started any backgrounds yet.

                    thank you very much

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                      adu
                      last edited by

                      Awesome work and theme, a really nice theme for a RetroBox.
                      But, as a French guy, I find it unusable because the font used doesn't come with accentued letters (like éàèù)
                      So when I scrap everything in French from screenzone, I got missing letters :(

                      But keep up the great work ! :)

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                        drgrpl
                        last edited by drgrpl

                        edit nevermind I fixed it.

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                          serotonin
                          last edited by

                          little help with dolphin playing though ES guys.. i can use dolphin playing games fine outside of ES , so i just copy pasted my dolphin folder into systems folder. when i try and play a game in ES either gc or wii i get this error messgae !0_1496064271649_dolphin error.jpg

                          <system>
                          	<name>gc</name>
                          	<fullname>Nintendo GameCube</fullname>
                          	<path>~\.emulationstation\roms\gc</path>
                          	<extension>.iso .ISO .gcm .7z .rar .zip</extension>
                          	<command>C:\Users\"Paulo"\.emulationstation\systems\dolphin\Dolphin.exe --batch --exec="%ROM_RAW%"</command>
                          	<platform>gc</platform>
                          	<theme>gc</theme>	
                          </system>
                          
                          <system>
                          	<name>wii</name>
                          	<fullname>Nintendo Wii</fullname>
                          	<path>~\.emulationstation\roms\wii</path>
                          	<extension>.iso .ISO .wbfs</extension>
                          	<command>C:\Users\"Paulo"\.emulationstation\systems\dolphin\dolphin.exe -e "%ROM_RAW%"</command>
                          	<platform>wii</platform>
                          	<theme>wii</theme>	
                          </system>
                          

                          what am i doing wrong?? cheers

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                            serotonin
                            last edited by

                            <system>
                            <name>wii</name>
                            <fullname>Nintendo Wii</fullname>
                            <path>~.emulationstation\roms\wii</path>
                            <extension>.iso .ISO .wbfs</extension>
                            <command>cd %HOMEPATH%/.emulationstation/systems/dolphin/ && Dolphin.exe -e "%ROM_RAW%" -b</command>?
                            <platform>wii</platform>
                            <theme>wii</theme>
                            </system>

                            this will work guys ;)

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                            • TMNTturtlguyT
                              TMNTturtlguy @adu
                              last edited by

                              @adu in the art folder of the theme there are 2 font types. Shaka-pow and cabin bold (or something like that). Rename cabin bold font to match Shaka-pow exactly and delete the original shaka-pow font. Restart emulationstation. This will update the font to match the font in the carbon theme which should work for you.

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                              • ruckageR
                                ruckage @TMNTturtlguy
                                last edited by ruckage

                                @TMNTturtlguy
                                Hi. I might be able to add those accent characters to the font if you'd like. Some may have to be just duplicates of the ordinary letter without the accent but it's better than not displaying at all.

                                Edit: I just looked at the font in fontforge and as far as I can tell the accent characters are there - at least the capital letter versions are anyway. You're forcing uppercase in the gamelist so not sure why they wouldn't display.

                                SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                                If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                                • TMNTturtlguyT
                                  TMNTturtlguy @ruckage
                                  last edited by

                                  @ruckage thanks for looking into this and for the update!

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                                  • ruckageR
                                    ruckage @TMNTturtlguy
                                    last edited by

                                    @TMNTturtlguy said in New Comic Book Theme!:

                                    @ruckage thanks for looking into this and for the update!

                                    No problem, I just compared it to the font on my theme and there are quite a few missing actually, I'm not sure why but there always seems to be lots of accent character that appear to be duplicates in fonts (I'm sure there is a reason I just don't know enough about fonts to know why).

                                    I'm happy to have a look at adding these missing characters for you, it should be a simple case of copying and pasting the missing characters.

                                    SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                                    If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                                    • screechS
                                      screech
                                      last edited by

                                      It's an "emulationstation" problem ;) when ES uppercase, he can't manage accents... Don't know why...
                                      That's why there is an "option" in UXS to uppercase at scrape "before" ES try ^^ and it works ;) (Uppercase accent character...)

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                                      • ruckageR
                                        ruckage @screech
                                        last edited by

                                        @screech said in New Comic Book Theme!:

                                        It's an "emulationstation" problem ;) when ES uppercase, he can't manage accents... Don't know why...
                                        That's why there is an "option" in UXS to uppercase at scrape "before" ES try ^^ and it works ;) (Uppercase accent character...)

                                        Thanks for the info. So does it try to display the lowercase version instead or does it just refuse to show any accent characters in forced uppercase?

                                        SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                                        If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                                        • screechS
                                          screech
                                          last edited by

                                          When ES try to uppercase, it "delete" accent letter.
                                          When you uppercase in UXS, it put uppercase accent letter in text. so if your font have uppercase accent letter it will be ok ;)

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                                          • TMNTturtlguyT
                                            TMNTturtlguy @ruckage
                                            last edited by TMNTturtlguy

                                            @ruckage if you would be so kind to do so I will surely use it! Thanks

                                            Edit: per @screech it may not be necesssry?

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