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What's different in 2.0?

*This replaces the old version of Refried entirely. DO NOT merge this new version with the old one.

*All platform addon themes from the first version of Refried have been merged into one single addon called "Queso Fresco" (because it tastes great on top of refried beans...that's why). Therefore all of those older addon themes are no longer needed.

*Requires Launchbox 9.4 or above to function properly

*Revised Install instructions (please read them below if you are just starting out with the theme)

*Added custom controller icons for play modes in the game description on some systems...this will get finished in the future

*More great additions made by Ghostlines to the theme

*Added the fullscreen video view to all platforms (view 4)

*Improved the artwork slightly for the Big Box options menus

Important note**If you install this theme,and the artwork does not display properly for a platform on your system,then more than likely it is a naming conflict between your platform and the files in the theme. To fix this issue,you must locate these files and change the name to your actual platforms name:

1.Images/Theme/Background/(name of your platform that is mislabeled)

2.Images/Theme/VideoBorder/(name of your platform that is mislabeled)

If you install the Queso Fresco addon as well,then you must also rename the custom view xaml files to your platform name.

I set out to make an alternate version to the beautiful Unified theme,with modifications here and there,yet,as I worked on it more and more,I started to go a different direction slightly...and thus Refried was born. This theme is built to focus on artwork,and showcase each system in bright colorful high definition artwork. I have drawn all new original arcade cabinets,and designed custom borders for each platform,which set each system apart from each other,while maintaining a unified appearance across the board.

The main difference between this,and many other themes that are out there...are the video borders. When using the Default theme,all video borders are the same size across the entire theme...but,when using the addons,the video borders will then fit the system properly...so that the video for Game Boy Advance,will fit the GBA Video Border...and the PSP video,will fit the PSP Video Border. In other words,by using the custom view addons,it allows the theme to represent the system perfectly...rather than the same size border for everything.

This theme is more than capable of running without a single addon theme installed,and only using the Default...the addons are merely to extend the experience of each system,with special added artwork,and tweaks.On the other hand,the Addons rely on the Default themes structure,and will not work without the default theme installed.

 

There are multiple views included with the default theme,including -

1.Border with No Box/Cart/Disc Art

2.Border with Box/Cart/Disc Art

3.Border with Box/Spinning Cart/Disc Art

4.Full Screen Video w/Centered enlarged wheel

5.Border Text List View with Box/Cart/Disc Art

The Queso Fresco addon has 5 views -

1.Special Artwork/Special Border with No Box/Cart/Disc Art

2.Special Border with Box/Cart/Disc Art  (With wheel fade)

3.Special Border with Box/Cart/Disc Art  (No wheel fade)

4.Full Screen Video w/Centered enlarged wheel

 5.Special Border Text List View with Box/Cart/Disc Art

**If the system has CD's/Discs,then the Disc will spin in Views 2 and 3...but,if the system has carts or floppies,then they will not spin in views 2 and 3.

The Arcade portion of the Queso Fresco addon has 5 views -

1.Dynamic Marquees with Character Artwork

2.No Dynamic Marquees with Character Artwork

3.Dynamic Marquees with Advert/Flyers

4.Full Screen Video w/Centered enlarged wheel

5.Text List View with Advert/Flyers/Cabinets

With the Queso Fresco addon installed,the arcade platforms are capable of displaying Video Marquees for each game,as well as regular marquees, in the marquee area of the cabinets (Some samples are included,and more are on the way)*

Any Video Marquees must be placed in "LaunchBox/Themes/Unified Refried/Images/Theme/Addons/_Arcade/Video Marquees/" and must be in mp4 format

In order to make this work properly,you must go into LaunchBox options,and change the priority for Cart Back Image to Arcade - Marquee,and uncheck anything else.

Installation:

1.Download the Default theme (Unified Refried) ,and place it in your "Launchbox/Themes" folder

2.If you have not done so,you will need to unblock the Plugins...This does not have to be done for every addon theme,as unblocking them once,in the default,is all that is necessary...excerpt taken from unified description -

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Go to the “Plugins” folder inside of the extracted folder and right-click on of the .dll files. Choose Properties -> Click on “Unblock” at the bottom of the window. Close the window. Repeat that for all .dll files in that folder. If the "Unblock" button isn't there than you are already good to go.

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3.Set the theme to "Unified Refried" in Options/Views/Theme

4.If installing any of the addons,simply unzip the addon,and open the folder that was created. In this case we will use the Queso Fresco addon as an example.

5.Place the two folders (Images and Views) into the Unified Refried default theme folder,merging the folders when prompted.

6.That's it! ....When you load up Big Box,the artwork should be changed to the Queso Fresco alternate art.

Pictures of Installation process for those that need them...If this is your first time using Refried you can skip step 1

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Thanks

@RetroNi for the use of his Logo set.

@CriticalCid for his theme Unified,as I used alot of his coding as a base for the assembly of this theme.

@kyoken @neil9000 @bundangdon @zetec-s-joe @Retro808 @Porl Hendy for their feedback during testing.

@faeran for his help early on in the development stages.

@Jason Carr because I used a bit of code from his Redux version,and took on some of his ideas from the changes he made

@NJDave71 for his HelperControl plugin

@bmonomad @Suhrvivor for their work on the Community Star Ratings,Favorites,and Play Mode code,which formed the base for implementing it into this theme

@Ghostlines for his additions to the theme

Examples:

 

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Current Platform list covered by the theme -

Arcade

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Consoles

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Handhelds

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Computers

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Pinball

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Ghostlines Additions

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Current Playlists covered by the theme -

Collections

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Genres

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Developers

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Favorites

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The Platform/Playlist video set can be found here...

The Platform/Playlist Logo set can be found here...

 

 


What's New in Version .1   See changelog

Released

*Updated to Refried 2.0

Requires Launchbox 9.4 or later to function properly

Please refer to the updated description and installation instructions above.

*Fixed a few Grammatical/Naming issues in the Queso Fresco addon,bringing the naming of some platforms in line with the previous naming convention used in the Refried theme. 

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RetroHumanoid

Posted (edited)

  On 4/13/2020 at 11:58 PM, AdamvsMaximvs said:

I'm really loving this theme. One question for anyone; I have the unified refried view when I enter an actual platform, but when I'm in the platform select view (I have BB set to start at platforms) I have the vertical wheel on the left and it automatically starts playing fullscreen video.

 

Is there a way to have the same look in the game selection screen as in the platform screen (with a random game playing in the 'sub' screen)? I'm not loving the fullscreen video of a random game when choosing a platform, I'd like something a little tidier.

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Thanks...The theme was built around full screen video in Platform view,but,not built for the random game videos. I made the Refried Platform videos specifically to fit into this theme,and they can be found in the download section,or follow the link at the bottom of the Refried theme description. These videos match the look of the Game Selection artwork,and if I understand your request correctly,should give you the tidy look you are going for.

 

Also...Hi Everyone!

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AdamvsMaximvs

Posted

  On 4/14/2020 at 12:26 PM, RetroHumanoid said:

Thanks...The theme was built around full screen video in Platform view,but,not built for the random game videos. I made the Refried Platform videos specifically to fit into this theme,and they can be found in the download section,or follow the link at the bottom of the Refried theme description. These videos match the look of the Game Selection artwork,and if I understand your request correctly,should give you the tidy look you are going for.

 

Also...Hi Everyone!

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That's exactly what I'm looking for! I noticed some of the other addons but missed the platform videos. Thanks again!

Billy Mitchell

Posted (edited)

 Myself and Squid Thief are working on his build, getting a very small error/info text in the top left corner.

The error is not showing on platforms without the marquee artwork, only when the marquee kicks in.

pack://siteoforigin_/Them ...................... this part is then being blocked by an overlay but making all images for this platform transparent still has not revealed it.

Checking the xaml files, this is the fallback option for the artwork.

I work in host support, but I'm no dev, what I can find is that the fallback value is when the binding is unable to return a value.

Marquees are displaying as expected so I'm assuming this is info that the fallback is being used to display the art rather than the intended binding,

Any suggestions what we've done wrong adding these packs?

It's pretty straight forward to add so not sure, can't see anyone else with this very minor issues but would be great if I could correct this.

(edit) This is a barely noticeable text against black background so not sure if anyone else has it or has even noticed.  Maybe just us.  Also just tested on a fresh install with only 1 platform, refried theme, + the addon and still occurs.

 

Thanks muchly on a great theme and addon.

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SaSquadge

Posted

I love the theme! I’m just now moving my stuff from my hyperspin setup to Launchbox which was a great move.

I do have a question though, what media options do you absolutely need selected when importing roms for this theme?  


I have everything selected but takes so long and was wondering if I don’t need everything it’ll speed up the process.

neil9000

Posted

  On 4/26/2020 at 3:00 PM, SaSquadge said:

I love the theme! I’m just now moving my stuff from my hyperspin setup to Launchbox which was a great move.

I do have a question though, what media options do you absolutely need selected when importing roms for this theme?  


I have everything selected but takes so long and was wondering if I don’t need everything it’ll speed up the process.

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You would want, clear logos, box front, box 3D, cart front, cart 3D as a minimum.

SaSquadge

Posted

  On 4/26/2020 at 3:06 PM, neil9000 said:

You would want, clear logos, box front, box 3D, cart front, cart 3D as a minimum.

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Awesome, thank you! Would Video - theme be needed?

neil9000

Posted

  On 4/26/2020 at 3:10 PM, SaSquadge said:

Awesome, thank you! Would Video - theme be needed?

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For platform videos there is a link above, as for gameplay snaps id get the standard videos, not the "Theme" ones, but yes you will want videos otherwise you will have a empty window where it should be.

SaSquadge

Posted

  On 4/26/2020 at 3:12 PM, neil9000 said:

For platform videos there is a link above, as for gameplay snaps id get the standard videos, not the "Theme" ones, but yes you will want videos otherwise you will have a empty window where it should be.

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I appreciate it, this will help speed things up!

Spiro9210

Posted (edited)

Hey RetroHumanoid, I made some more changes to your theme if you don't mind. ? "Mark as completed" button now works. ? It will show you a Completed icon right next to the Favorites icon. I also included custom gold icons for both Mark as completed and Favorites. See the red circle in the picture below.

markascompleted.thumb.jpg.179327ddd91cd8803f66c8bb804d71f2.jpg If anyone is interested in this mod, you will need to edit the xml files "TextGamesView.xaml" and "Wheel2GamesView.xaml" located in "Unified Refried/views" folder with the code below. Note: "Wheel2GamesView.xaml" is my preferred view of choice, but you can edit the file for your preferred view. Open both XML files listed above in Notepad (Use Notepad++ if you have it) and search for "<!-- FAVORITE ICONS -->" without the quotation marks. Highlight the section for <!-- FAVORITE ICONS --> and replace with the code below and save. You can use the icons I have attached below or just make your own. Just make sure the .PNG file is named as written in the code below and place them in "Images/Theme/Favorite Icons" folder. 

			<!-- FAVORITE ICONS -->
                    <Image Source="pack://siteoforigin:,,,/Themes/Unified Refried/Images/Theme/Favorite Icons/favorite.png" DockPanel.Dock="Left" RenderOptions.BitmapScalingMode="HighQuality" HorizontalAlignment="left" VerticalAlignment="Center" Grid.Row="1" Panel.ZIndex="101" Margin="0,2,15,2">
                        <Image.Style>
                            <Style TargetType="Image">
                                <Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Collapsed" />
                                <Style.Triggers>
                                    <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding ActiveGame.Favorite}" Value="True">
                                        <Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Visible" />
                                    </DataTrigger>
                                    <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding ActiveGame.Favorite}" Value="False">
                                        <Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Collapsed" />
                                    </DataTrigger>
                                </Style.Triggers>
                            </Style>
                        </Image.Style>
                    </Image>
			<!-- COMPLETED ICONS -->		
					<Image Source="pack://siteoforigin:,,,/Themes/Unified Refried/Images/Theme/Favorite Icons/completed.png" DockPanel.Dock="Left" RenderOptions.BitmapScalingMode="HighQuality" HorizontalAlignment="left" VerticalAlignment="Center" Grid.Row="1" Panel.ZIndex="101">
					    <Image.Style>
                            <Style TargetType="Image">
                                <Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Collapsed" />
                                <Style.Triggers>
                                    <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding SelectedGame.Completed}" Value="True">
                                        <Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Visible" />
                                    </DataTrigger>
                                    <DataTrigger Binding="{Binding SelectedGame.Completed}" Value="False">
                                        <Setter Property="Visibility" Value="Collapsed" />
                                    </DataTrigger>
                                </Style.Triggers>
                            </Style>
                        </Image.Style>
                    </Image>

 

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Mind_Bullets

Posted

This is great stuff RetroHumanoid!!  Just a quick question what program are you using to make these I want to add some of my own platform/playlist videos that you don't have unfortunately. 

Moleburt

Posted

Love this theme! One issue I’m having is when I’m in the game list for the arcade is it isn’t loading the actual marquee image for the games, it’s loading like advertisements or the clear logos it seems. What do I need to change so it will use the actual marquee images when available? Other question is where can you get the video marquees, the ones that have them are awesome and would like to get more.

Thanks!

sundogak

Posted

@MoleburtYou need to change that in LB using the image priorities if using the Queso addon.   Go to Tools, Options, Legacy, Images and then to Cart-Back Priorities and uncheck all but the Marquees for images to use.  It is noted in the instructions above (under Queso addon info).

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ThunderGBK

Posted (edited)

  On 3/31/2019 at 10:09 AM, MarianS3 said:

Encontré algunos errores en la vista (Wheel2GamesView) de plataforma Wii U dejo la captura con el problema y la Solución. También en la misma plataforma de Wii U hay vistas erróneas perteneciente a Nintendo Switch, todavía no encontré la solución.

Translation: I found some errors in the view (Wheel2GamesView) of the Wii U platform left the capture with the problem and the Solution. Also on the same platform of Wii U there are wrong views belonging to Nintendo Switch, I still did not find the solution.

Big Box Screenshot - Unified Refried - Wheel2GamesView.jpg

WiiU 01.png

WiiU 02.png

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Por si no lo has solucionado o alguien más tenga dudas sobre esto. Para corregir la vista de Nintendo Switch en Nintendo Wii U:

En LaunchBox\Themes\Unified Refried\Views\Wheel2GamesView\Nintendo Wii U.xaml

Cambiar el directorio de la imagen del borde así:

 

In case you have not solved it or someone else has doubts about this. To fix the Nintendo Switch view on Nintendo Wii U:

In LaunchBox\Themes\Unified Refried\Views\Wheel2GamesView\Nintendo Wii U.xaml

Change the BORDER image directory like this:

 

Aparecerá así:

It will appear like this:

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<!-- VIDEO BORDER -->
            
            <Image x:Name="VideoBorderImage" Grid.ColumnSpan="7" Grid.RowSpan="8" Source="{Binding Text, ElementName=VideoBorderFileName, FallbackValue='pack://siteoforigin:,,,/Themes/Unified Refried/Images/Theme/Addons/_Consoles/Nintendo Switch/_Default - No Art.png'}" Opacity="100" Panel.ZIndex="5" Stretch="Fill" RenderOptions.BitmapScalingMode="HighQuality" />

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Dejarlo así:

Change it, like this:

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<!-- VIDEO BORDER -->
            
            <Image x:Name="VideoBorderImage" Grid.ColumnSpan="7" Grid.RowSpan="8" Source="{Binding Text, ElementName=VideoBorderFileName, FallbackValue='pack://siteoforigin:,,,/Themes/Unified Refried/Images/Theme/Addons/_Consoles/Nintendo Wii U/_Default - No Art.png'}" Opacity="100" Panel.ZIndex="5" Stretch="Fill" RenderOptions.BitmapScalingMode="HighQuality" />
                

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Únicamente se debe remplazar /Nintendo Switch/ por /Nintendo Wii U/

Change /Nintendo Switch/ to /Nintendo Wii U/

Google Translate xD

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angelobodetti

Posted

I recorded this demo. Looks like the backgrounds and plugins for the Arcade platforms is not working correctly. You can see it at the 20:40 mark in the below video. Is that the case for anyone else?

 

donatello

Posted

This theme is great! Why can't I download it from my Big Box application?

hobapli

Posted

hi guys , my discss arent spinning even  i choose view 2 or 3 ... any help?

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The Papaw

Posted (edited)

I have a question, when using the default Unified Refried theme, all works fine for games that have a 3D Boxart, but if it doesn't have the 3D boxart, it doesn't fall back to the 2D box art and only displays the disc\cart..

Is this the way it is suppose to do. I know in the Unified theme, it falls back to the 2D boxart if there isn't 3D boxart.

 

UPDATE:

I figured it out, had to add "OrNormalImagePath" to the "Wheel3GamesView.xml" file (the view I was using)

Included a txt file if anyone wants it. Just copy-n-paste over the existing "<!-- 3D BOX -->" section.

Show Default Box.txt 574 B · 112 downloads

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angelobodetti

Posted

Anyone else having issues with Arcade views? I can't get the view with wheel art and the correct background working. If there is logo wheel art then there is no background.

klepp0906

Posted

would legitimately pay for the addition of the sega cd 32x platform, it appears to be the only one missing.   would legitimately pay even more for the assets in 4k.   1080p streamed to a 4k tv is looking a bit brutal. 

Mr.Laor

Posted

  On 3/15/2021 at 7:09 PM, klepp0906 said:

would legitimately pay for the addition of the sega cd 32x platform, it appears to be the only one missing.   would legitimately pay even more for the assets in 4k.   1080p streamed to a 4k tv is looking a bit brutal. 

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Not the same thing?

I'll take my payout now please. Kidding. I didn't even create the video. Finder's Fee? but seriously, isn't this the same thing?

klepp0906

Posted

  On 3/16/2021 at 3:55 AM, Mr.Laor said:

Not the same thing?

I'll take my payout now please. Kidding. I didn't even create the video. Finder's Fee? but seriously, isn't this the same thing?

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it is not unfortunately.  it is the correct platform -but its for the original unified theme so aesthetically different.  plus thats one of several types of assets needed to have the platform functional within the theme.

i appreciate you making the effort though :)

Mr.Laor

Posted

  On 3/16/2021 at 9:52 AM, klepp0906 said:

it is not unfortunately.  it is the correct platform -but its for the original unified theme so aesthetically different.  plus thats one of several types of assets needed to have the platform functional within the theme.

i appreciate you making the effort though :)

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Sent me png icon character, device, logo,  and video.  I can put it together if no one else does. 

Mr.Laor

Posted

Here are the parts to put in the the background and video border folders. and the logo.

Sega CD 32X.png

SEGA 32X CD logo.png

Sega CD 32X.jpg

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