theme COLORFUL bigbox theme (BETA) 0.1.0

15 minutes ago, j0ker007 said:

looks awesome, but my xbox controller doesn't work in the menu.  it works in the games but not in the menu with this theme.

Did check the Enable All Controllers box in Big Box? If you have more then one controller connected at a time and don't enable it only the first pair controller will be able to use BB.

Congrats @viking this is amazing!!! One of the best BigBox themes I've seen for a while!

Right now I'm using it and it looks great!

I was wondering if you were able to do like an alternate game view where we could see:

• Game name and game description on Top Left
• Game Box Cover smaller on the right of this
• Game logos below, smaller but more icons
• Game details beneath the box cover

Like the attached picture.

Keep up the amazing work!

@j0ker007 : I dont think it comes from the theme. It isnt possible.
Please, look at the side of the controls general setting in BigBox.

@GodElite : Thx man !
I understand this need to have more information on the same screen. But it isnt the spirit that I try to put into this theme: simplicity and breathing.
For example, that's why I "deported" the selection wheel to another screen. Less is more (for me)

If you wish, can I share here my Photoshop tests for the next views?
This will give you a better idea of the direction I want to take.

But the first thing I want to improve is the green graphics. I would like to make them dynamic, from the color of the platform. Green will remain the default color.

Great theme. I too would love a darker, black or grey, version. It's a bit hard on the eyes at night on a dark room. Just a thought.

A dark version was not planned. But considering the number of requests, I think to do it!
Give me time to completely finalize the white version, and I'll do a dark version 😉

I love this theme! I've been using BigCouch for almost two years, but this one will replace it!

A WheelGamesView with boxart is on my wishlist.

 

Waouhou, incredible theme! I like it, very pro and clean, can't wait to see the final version!

I will add my suggestions ^^ : maybe in the future, it will be a good idea to make a pause theme, a start up theme and a Start up video in order to have a complete Bigbox Colorful experience.

I will definitely follow your creations!

 

Cheers from France!

@viking I understand, you are going for a more minimalist design  Would love to see those Photoshop tests for the next views!

I got all game clear logos + box art, that's why I would love to have a view that combined these both arts on a single view.

You are the man, fantastic work!

Edited September 12 by GodElite

@Mumut I've just uploaded a custom startup theme to go along with Colorful, hope viking don't mind 😅

@viking Great job. The PS2 supports 8 players, I believe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Multitap. I would also like a dark theme, if possible, please.

Edited September 13 by kidflash

@JesseBlue : Thx! I will do my best!

@Mumut : Ahah merci !!!! This is the original idea! Create a complete and coherent experience. I have already made a intro video for BigBox. But I would like to finalize and fix the main theme before declining. For example, I'm thinking of creating a Banner set, based on videos montage.

@GodElite : The easiest way is to continue the discussion on the forum. Comments are less convenient. 

@Palada : Cool !! Thx man!! I also planned to do my version. But any help is welcome! And the more choice, the better! Good job !!

@kidflash : The players number isn't fixed in the theme. He will look for the info in your database.
In "LaunchBox > Option > Tools > Manage platforms >"

6 hours ago, viking said:

@kidflash : The players number isn't fixed in the theme. He will look for the info in your database.
In "LaunchBox > Option > Tools > Manage platforms >"

@viking Oh ok, thank you for your response. I did not know that.

Edited September 13 by kidflash

Hi, When I set wheel 1 and go to a platform I cant see the system image. It goes directly to a video of a random game. I set it to default and wheel 1. Please help. Thanks

Did you download the COLORFUL video set ? 

In LaunchBox, go to Option/Tools/ Platform Video Download Tool, and set COLORFUL 4K, and clic Download.

This is absolutely incredible and I can only assume it will become an official theme sooner or later.

Just wondering whether you're planning on a game selection screen variant that is more like the classic BigBox list i. e. shows more than one game at a time, allows browsing alphabetically, or by playlists etc. Since otherwise I feel like the single game wheel selection is kind of redundant, though I understand you're going for simplicity. But that would make it more suitable to browse very large libraries.

As for Colorful video playset, thank you so much for your great work! It sums up pretty much everything I like in UI.

I know it's early stage so please find some feedback hoping it can help :

- I feel Box art is too big on game view depending on the video. For exemple, it can sometime cover the main character of a plateform game which seems odd. I do like having a big boxart though...

- Playlist's game number  doesn't work while it does with other skins

Thanks again! 

@kobaturtle : Thx !!!

About the coverart, it's a comment that comes back often. I dont know what to do with it. =/

About the GamesCount for playlist, you're right! Fixed in next update. 😃

7 hours ago, viking said:

@kobaturtle : Thx !!!

About the coverart, it's a comment that comes back often. I dont know what to do with it. =/

I think the DVD format covers size are ok, the problem is the square like covers (like ps1) that looks a little too large, but i dunno how if its possible to filter the cover size by platform on the theme code.

7 hours ago, viking said:

About the coverart, it's a comment that comes back often. I dont know what to do with it. =/

Thinking out loud; maybe you could test reducing a couple of px the game title font size (so it reduces the used space from three lines to two and gets pushed down a little bit), and check if placing the box front above works for both horizontal and vertical images.

@viking Love this theme! Trying to transition to it completely, but what should I do to fix Platform clear logos that are completely or mostly invisible. Is there a way to use different logos that will show through or something?

Thanks!

Yes. This is the problem of white ClearLogo on a white background. They become invisible.
With the theme, I put some corrected logo for the most common platforms. To do it for all the games would be too long.

If you want to replace ClearLogo only for Colorful, just place them in the theme folder :
(...) LaunchBox\Themes\Colorful\Images\Platforms\Clear Logo ...

By the way, if the community wants to adapt ClearLogo, do not hesitate to post them on this thead.
I could integrate them in the next release!   (Dont forget that there will probably be a black version at the end. So grey should be nice)
 

@viking Maybe you can help me out, as I'm misunderstanding or something didn't work right on install.

I see your modified logos in the folder you specified, but when I installed the theme, it seemed to keep the logos I had from a previous theme. It doesn't seem to be showing the files I see in your theme's folder for clear logos. Do I need to move these elsewhere, or did something go wrong during the install, since these are not displaying?

Thanks in advance!

Nevermind, it was an image cache issue, and I found where to reset that!

This is AMAZING, especially along with the videos. I do have a question about making a personal mod to it. I have created a custom field in LB I call "Gamepad Supported". I use it  I would like to add it to the  Wheel2GamesView.xaml view kinda centered under the age players. Is it something I can easily do? I have never tinkered with any themes before.

Any idea on the code used for replacing ActivePlatform.MaxControllers with Platform Games Completed amount? I'm guessing the only way to do so would be via EatKinola's API call, but couldn't figure it out myself.