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      jayceelectro
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      Hey guys , new to the rpi forum just wanted to give a shout to the guys that are coding these cool projects ....I just took this front end for a drive and its looking sooo nice with my nespi case....just a heads up you guys have seen the steam grid banners people have made for retro games....looks like they would go perfect with the flixnet theme...thanks fluffypillow even tho pfe is still alpha its looking really slick

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      • fluffypillowF
        fluffypillow
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        @halfmanhalfcake the directory is not created automatically yet, will fix that :)
        @jayceelectro yes the Flixnet theme was designed to work well with images from ConsoleGrid/etc. It'd be nice if someone would write a scraper for these sites...

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        • fluffypillowF
          fluffypillow
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          No changes this week due to lack of time, however I've started working on making the theming interface more stable, so I might even start writing the guide for it finally.
          Oh and I've also updated the Flixnet theme to work with the latest alpha.

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          • halfmanhalfcakeH
            halfmanhalfcake
            last edited by halfmanhalfcake

            Hey fluffy, hoping you can help me, i've set up ES and got a gamelist.xml all set up, and added images in the xml, which show up in ES but not in pegasus.

            I've also tried adding images in the <romspath>/media folder in the format you mentioned earlier in this thread.

            my log shows:
            qrc:/themes/pegasus-grid/BackgroundImage.qml:24:5: QML Image: Cannot open: file://C/Frontend/Games/media/Super_Mario_Kart.jpg

            Any ideas on where I'm going wrong?

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            • fluffypillowF
              fluffypillow
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              @halfmanhalfcake Do the games themselves show up in Pegasus? I assume there is a Super_Mario_Kart.something in C:/Frontend/Games/ right? Does this happen with only that or with all platforms/all games? If you add your gamelist.xml and log to a new issue (eg. using pastebin) or here, I can check them tomorrow.

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              • halfmanhalfcakeH
                halfmanhalfcake @fluffypillow
                last edited by

                @fluffypillow yes they do, they show up with the metadata, title but no artwork, which is a shame.

                I've tried removing the media folder from roms directory, and letting it load the downloaded images from ES, or manually point gameslist.xml to a different path for images but pegasus does not load any artwork.

                Gamelist.xml: https://pastebin.com/TENXG8Fh

                Thanks for your help

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                • fluffypillowF
                  fluffypillow
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                  @halfmanhalfcake Could you post the whole log files for both cases (running with a media directory, then running without it)? Does C:/Users/<username>/.emulationstation/downloaded_images/snes/Super Mario Kart-image.jpg exist? Or are you using some kind of portable EmulationStation?

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                  • halfmanhalfcakeH
                    halfmanhalfcake @fluffypillow
                    last edited by

                    @fluffypillow No portable version of ES, and yes there is a Super Mario Kart-image.jpg there.

                    Both logs: https://pastebin.com/mtk444Yy

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                    • fluffypillowF
                      fluffypillow
                      last edited by fluffypillow

                      @halfmanhalfcake thanks, I think I've found the bug; could you check if this build fixes the issue?

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                      • halfmanhalfcakeH
                        halfmanhalfcake @fluffypillow
                        last edited by halfmanhalfcake

                        @fluffypillow Yep, works perfect now. Thanks :)

                        Time to start creating a theme, any tips on what to use to create one?

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                        • fluffypillowF
                          fluffypillow
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                          @halfmanhalfcake great! For the themes, I'm using Qt Creator, but you can use whatever text editor you like. For learning QML you can use this site (~ chapters 4-6), until there's a proper theming guide.

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                          • halfmanhalfcakeH
                            halfmanhalfcake @fluffypillow
                            last edited by

                            @fluffypillow I tried to use the flixnet theme, but it failed to load, looked at the log which says:

                            "file:C:/Users/Me/AppData/Roaming/pegasus-frontend/themes/flixnet/theme.qml:48:5: Details is not a type"

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                            • fluffypillowF
                              fluffypillow
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                              @halfmanhalfcake I can confirm this is a bug on Windows. The issue is probably similar to the case of game images (ie. paths there need some additional love); I'll take a look on this as soon as I can. Thanks for testing!

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                              • halfmanhalfcakeH
                                halfmanhalfcake @fluffypillow
                                last edited by

                                @fluffypillow Thanks, I'll wait for the fix before creating a theme

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                                • fluffypillowF
                                  fluffypillow
                                  last edited by

                                  @halfmanhalfcake ok, it should be fixed in this build (works for me on Windows). The Flixnet theme seems a bit misaligned though for some reason, I'll check that too.

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                                  • halfmanhalfcakeH
                                    halfmanhalfcake @fluffypillow
                                    last edited by

                                    @fluffypillow works great now, thanks :)

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                                      StephanePare
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                                      Just for the grid view I'd give your front end a try once it's out of alpha/beta :)

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                                      • AndersHPA
                                        AndersHP @StephanePare
                                        last edited by

                                        @stephanepare I can recommend this front end. I was a bit reluctant to try it already, because it's in "Alpha" only, since I'm no coder and just wants something that works and looks good.

                                        I'm experiencing very few bugs and I'm only using Pegasus by now.

                                        After I scraped with Universal XML scraper with box art, video and logos, I think this looks super awesome, I really love the speed it runs with, and the grid view is so neat.

                                        I'm emulating NES, SNES, MAME, NeoGeo and Master System, so cannot tell how it works with other consoles, but my recommendation is that you give it a whirl.

                                        My "Bubble Bobble" Themed Bartop Arcade
                                        My Gameboy

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                                        • fluffypillowF
                                          fluffypillow
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                                          Yeah, there are still some features I'd like to implement before calling this a beta, but the development is going ok, and it shouldn't be that far now :)

                                          As for the weekly changelog,

                                          • Fixed asset loading on Windows
                                          • Fixed theme loading on Windows

                                          which might not sound much, however, in the "background" I was also quite busy working on a stable interface for theming, configuration and making tests for them. This should be done by next week. As a side effect, it's very likely that one of the next releases will have custom categories support, instant theme reloading and faster startup. I'll also post a proposal for the configuration files in the next few days. After we have a stable interface and config file format, I'll start writing some proper documentation.

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                                          • halfmanhalfcakeH
                                            halfmanhalfcake @fluffypillow
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                                            @fluffypillow look forward to the update next week for custom categories.

                                            Will the proposal for config files include config for games without ES? Would be great to use this frontend independently, without ES, (and with, of course).

                                            Request from me :)
                                            Is it possible to create a 'foundation/beginner' theme as a starter theme for theme creators learning the code? I've played around with flixnet and the default theme, but would love a simple, plain theme, just a title and gridview?

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