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Unified Theme Overlays Pack (+200 in 3 versions) 1.0.0

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Following @CriticalCid awesome Unified theme project, and so you can seamlessly transition from the theme to the emulator, this pack consists of each of the +200 system backgrounds, made as overlays in 1080p, 3 variations each.

 

IMPORTANT (In case you will be using these pngs with Retroarch):

  • Overlays require at least one image (.png) and a configuration file (.cfg) in order to activate them.
  • The configuration file should have the exact same name as the image file.
  • DO NOT use spaces in the filenames (for this pack you will need to remove the spaces from the file names).
  • These files (the png and its corresponding cfg) should be placed together in the libretro overlay folder.
  • In order to activate an overlay, go to the RetroArch Settings menu. Find the Onscreen Display submenu. From this menu you can activate the Overlay system and select which overlay file to display.

 

Example:

  • 4:3 with integer scale
    5aefd0393752f_NECPC-FX.png.a59902a60a94b9e432810779174f37cb.png
     
  • 4:3 with integer scale and a drop shadow
    5aefd045953e6_NECPC-FX.png.f868286bee3531cf001a1e3b46146866.png
     
  • 4:3 full screen
    5aefd04edb4df_NECPC-FXcopia.png.1d9331ca131ef3b54998f622ea5018c3.png

 

 

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TheMadMan007

This is exactly what I want! I hate bezels and overlays for the most part, but these are subtle and nice. One thing though...

These are in .png, when I try to load them up in RetroArch, I go to the overlay section and try to browse but they do not show up as options to use. All the other overlays are in a .cfg file. Am I missing something?

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neil9000
1 minute ago, TheMadMan007 said:

This is exactly what I want! I hate bezels and overlays for the most part, but these are subtle and nice. One thing though...

These are in .png, when I try to load them up in RetroArch, I go to the overlay section and try to browse but they do not show up as options to use. All the other overlays are in a .cfg file. Am I missing something?

They need both the image and a .cfg, you will need to create the .cfg.

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TheMadMan007
1 minute ago, neil9000 said:

They need both the image and a .cfg, you will need to create the .cfg.

Oh ok cool, So is there a default cfg that I can basically copy and paste for all the different platforms or do I have to manually create a txt file, then rename it to .cfg and what goes into that, I'm looking at a couple .cfg files and they look extremely complicated

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neil9000

The .cfg files just have 4 lines in them and are very simple. For example here is my Atari 2600 .cfg, you can just rename the file to whatever you want, then inside it just edit the ,png name to whatever image you are wanting to use.

Atari2600.cfg

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Ultra God Azgorath

Hey guys if anyone is having problems with these overlays not showing even with the .cfg file, remove any and all spaces in the file name of the .png file AND inside the .cfg file. So for example instead of Atari 2600.png, rename it to Atari2600.png and make sure inside the .cfg file, it also says Atari2600.png.

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Kondorito
3 minutes ago, Shinryu said:

Hey guys if anyone is having problems with these overlays not showing even with the .cfg file, remove any and all spaces in the file name of the .png file AND inside the .cfg file. So for example instead of Atari 2600.png, rename it to Atari2600.png and make sure inside the .cfg file, it also says Atari2600.png.

Thank you! I will add a note in the file about this.

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Ja73d

These are great! There is some flickering that comes and goes on the left part of the atari 2600 overlay when I play a game in retroarch. Any ideas? 

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Kondorito
55 minutes ago, Ja73d said:

These are great! There is some flickering that comes and goes on the left part of the atari 2600 overlay when I play a game in retroarch. Any ideas? 

I think I know what you mean. Try with these (remember to rename them the same as what you have on your side). 
Let me know if the issue is solved.

 

Atari 2600 a.png

Atari 2600 b.png

Atari 2600 c.png

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zetec-s-joe

Thank you so much for these! they have made my Unified setup look legit

Any chance of doing some aspect ration corrections to the systems that were not 4:3 as standard? Would make this set perfect as I now want them on all my systems XD

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Kondorito
28 minutes ago, zetec-s-joe said:

Thank you so much for these! they have made my Unified setup look legit

Any chance of doing some aspect ration corrections to the systems that were not 4:3 as standard? Would make this set perfect as I now want them on all my systems XD

Welcome :)

Which systems are you referring to? If they are a couple, I don't mind doing it.

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zetec-s-joe
20 hours ago, Kondorito said:

Welcome :)

Which systems are you referring to? If they are a couple, I don't mind doing it.

:D

Erm, off the top of my head, VB/GB/GBC/GBA. Theres probably a few more that are not 4:3 nativly :(

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Kondorito
41 minutes ago, zetec-s-joe said:

:D

Erm, off the top of my head, VB/GB/GBC/GBA. Theres probably a few more that are not 4:3 nativly :(

Ah, I see. I use handhelds with the actual system image as the overlay, not the unified ones. 

Do me a favor and make a print screen of each system running so I can get their aspect ratio and work with those screens as base, and then will send your way the unified bgs with that game space trimmed. 

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zetec-s-joe

That will be great! Just because of the OCD to have them all unfied haha, I'll come back to here sometime with the screenshots, I'll try and get them all together over time to save annoying you, thanks again

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Kondorito
5 minutes ago, zetec-s-joe said:

That will be great! Just because of the OCD to have them all unfied haha, I'll come back to here sometime with the screenshots, I'll try and get them all together over time to save annoying you, thanks again

No worries :) I don't mind helping out, is just that I have other ongoing projects atm, so any help you can provide will speed up the process enormously.

OCD is a pain in the *head*. I have a mild one but luckily I am finding ways into tricking it, and BB helps in terms that missing media is not so visible right away with all the remaining bells and whistles on screen.

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zetec-s-joe
13 minutes ago, Kondorito said:

Here you go:

1667215610_SegaGameGear_Full.thumb.png.3e3c027eb01c81b1394944f6904627a5.png2039423900_SegaGameGear_Integer.thumb.png.46603b90669ac527a7f23726e65645b4.png334117547_SegaGameGear_Integer_Shadow.thumb.png.907e0325e562c6ce49cea23a9b129eb5.png

Thank you so much, I will get back to you with the other odd resolutions as I get through them, using these with Unified just makes a perfect console experience to me :)

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Kondorito
17 minutes ago, zetec-s-joe said:

Thank you so much, I will get back to you with the other odd resolutions as I get through them, using these with Unified just makes a perfect console experience to me :)

Glad to help. And wait until Fade/Loading is implemented in BB; with these bgs and a proper system logo+loading text you wont even see the transition between BB and the emu. 

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zetec-s-joe
19 hours ago, Kondorito said:

Glad to help. And wait until Fade/Loading is implemented in BB; with these bgs and a proper system logo+loading text you wont even see the transition between BB and the emu. 

Wait.... what................? XD ATM it's pretty smooth the way I have it, Fade would get a seemless transition from Say Unified Game Gear wheel to in game? It's almost perfect as is, but I have always wanted some perfect transisition but couldnt quite tell what haha

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Kondorito
3 hours ago, zetec-s-joe said:

If you could do these too if you have any spare time that would be great also :)

GB (Willbe same dimension as GBC)
VB
GBA

Boom Shakalaka!
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