Retro Console - BB Theme and more. Custom Logo Version 3.0.6

3 hours ago, MuffinXXL said:

Hi! May i ask what is the wheel view of WiiU and Wii's specific theme? I tried wall view, it looks simlar but not quiet same as your video , I use the Wall game wheel however it doesn't look the same as your video!

You just have to keep switching the view until it pops up. There are so many views in this theme I can barely keep them straight myself, lol. It has to be the wall view. I usually have a button set to change views so I can just keep switching until I get the right one.

I am pretty sure it is the wall view so make sure you have everything installed in order to make it work.  It will not work unless you have made the game clear logos for it using the logo creator that is included here. A bit of work but worth it.

Edited February 1, 2021 by cemfundog

4 hours ago, cemfundog said:

You just have to keep switching the view until it pops up. There are so many views in this theme I can barely keep them straight myself, lol. It has to be the wall view. I usually have a button set to change views so I can just keep switching until I get the right one.

I am pretty sure it is the wall view so make sure you have everything installed in order to make it work.  It will not work unless you have made the game clear logos for it using the logo creator that is included here. A bit of work but worth it.

Hi, thanks for the reply. I did use the clear logos, it looks different. In your picture, you can have mutiple game in a single wall, for me, the game only view one by one. besides that everything is the same. I have no idea why that happened, i reinstall both light and dark version and still looks different than your picture.

7 hours ago, MuffinXXL said:

Hi, thanks for the reply. I did use the clear logos, it looks different. In your picture, you can have mutiple game in a single wall, for me, the game only view one by one. besides that everything is the same. I have no idea why that happened, i reinstall both light and dark version and still looks different than your picture.

I need to see a screenshot. I can not tell what is going on unless I can see it. Can you send me a clear screen to help me out...

9 hours ago, cemfundog said:

I need to see a screenshot. I can not tell what is going on unless I can see it. Can you send me a clear screen to help me out...

Sure! Thank you very very much.

This is the Wii wall view in my bigbox, it is strange because I do have more game, it only show one by one instead of all together like your video.

WiiU View:BTW ~ Is there any possiblity that you would make new specfic theme? I love you theme and would like to support you by partron

On 2/1/2021 at 9:27 PM, MuffinXXL said:

Sure! Thank you very very much.

This 743.87 kB · 0 downloads is the Wii wall view in my bigbox, it is strange because I do have more game, it only show one by one instead of all together like your video.

WiiU View:BTW ~ Is there any possiblity that you would make new specfic theme? I love you theme and would like to support you by partron

that is very weird. it looks like a setting of some kind is off on your setup compared to others. but i have no idea what setting. what is the resolution you are using? It might not help but try re downloading the theme to make sure you are using the latest version and that all files are correct. The picture looks like the wheel settings are way off, but that should be the same on all systems.

What specific theme did you want to have?

Edited February 3, 2021 by cemfundog

1 hour ago, cemfundog said:

that is very weird. it looks like a setting of some kind is off on your setup compared to others. but i have no idea what setting. what is the resolution you are using? It might not help but try re downloading the theme to make sure you are using the latest version and that all files are correct. The picture looks like the wheel settings are way off, but that should be the same on all systems.

What specific theme did you want to have?

I redownload and tried but it still not working , I force the theme to 16:9 but I have no idea if that is the case.

I would really love if you could consider Sege Saturn and PSP for making specific theme !! Thanks for helping me out

8 hours ago, MuffinXXL said:

I redownload and tried but it still not working , I force the theme to 16:9 but I have no idea if that is the case.

I would really love if you could consider Sege Saturn and PSP for making specific theme !! Thanks for helping me out

Yes, this theme will only work on 16:9, preferably 1920x1080. It was designed for that set up. I really dont have any idea what else could be causing it. No one else has reported that problem so it might be specific to your set up. That could be a helpful clue. The problem as i see it in your pics is the spacing between each game is much greater than designed. I have this theme on 4 setups in my house and they are all the same, no problems like yours. But I think I at one point had a similar issue and it was some windows setting hat was causing it.

Some questions:

1. What resolution is your tv/monitor set to? (example:1920x1080 etc)
2. Are you able to use 16:9 as apposed to 4:3?
3. Do any other views in my theme have problems like the nintendo wii and wiiu do?
4. Do you have any kind of zoom or other settings changed on your monitor/tv/pc that might be causing this?
5. Can you send me a pic of any other platform specific views so i can see how they are working?

Sorry to keep going back and forth but I honestly dont know what else to do. We will figure it out.

The Sega Saturn is next on my list to make a custom view for but it will be a while. We are moving and very busy right now. Those views take me a while because I have to come up with a design and then build it. The design part for systems with lots of curves, like the saturn are much harder, lol.

As for the PSP, I had no plans for it because I like the one that I made already but it sounds like it would be fun to make. Just give me some time and I will make it happen. Really glad you like the theme so much. I have never used Patreon so I have no current way of setting that up but dont worry about it, this ia all charity work anyway. No need to pay me, thank you very much for offering though.

6 hours ago, cemfundog said:

Yes, this theme will only work on 16:9, preferably 1920x1080. It was designed for that set up. I really dont have any idea what else could be causing it. No one else has reported that problem so it might be specific to your set up. That could be a helpful clue. The problem as i see it in your pics is the spacing between each game is much greater than designed. I have this theme on 4 setups in my house and they are all the same, no problems like yours. But I think I at one point had a similar issue and it was some windows setting hat was causing it.

Some questions:

1. What resolution is your tv/monitor set to? (example:1920x1080 etc)
2. Are you able to use 16:9 as apposed to 4:3?
3. Do any other views in my theme have problems like the nintendo wii and wiiu do?
4. Do you have any kind of zoom or other settings changed on your monitor/tv/pc that might be causing this?
5. Can you send me a pic of any other platform specific views so i can see how they are working?

Sorry to keep going back and forth but I honestly dont know what else to do. We will figure it out.

The Sega Saturn is next on my list to make a custom view for but it will be a while. We are moving and very busy right now. Those views take me a while because I have to come up with a design and then build it. The design part for systems with lots of curves, like the saturn are much harder, lol.

As for the PSP, I had no plans for it because I like the one that I made already but it sounds like it would be fun to make. Just give me some time and I will make it happen. Really glad you like the theme so much. I have never used Patreon so I have no current way of setting that up but dont worry about it, this ia all charity work anyway. No need to pay me, thank you very much for offering though.

Thank you very much!! I have already figure out what is going on, I copy and paste the Wii / WiiU specific view xml files directly from Wall view to Game Wheel 3, which cause this problem, The other like (N64, XBOX) when I go with copy and paste it showed correctly. But anyway thanks! as I figure out wii and wii U might not be able to move to wheel 3 is pretty sad though as I would like to have specfic view all together

There is one more question, I know maybe this is not a proper time to ask, but is there any possibilty that RC could use coverbox's Transition? I really love Retro Console's everything but cover box has a great feature where when you click on any console, the screen goes black, it shows the logo for the console and then smoothly transitions to the game selection. I beg for this because its just incredible to see every time and I think Retro Console is very great looking if this transition has been added. If there was any way to take the load feature from coverbox and incorporate into the Retro Console themes, id never change it again. Please if you could help me on that

15 hours ago, MuffinXXL said:

Thank you very much!! I have already figure out what is going on, I copy and paste the Wii / WiiU specific view xml files directly from Wall view to Game Wheel 3, which cause this problem, The other like (N64, XBOX) when I go with copy and paste it showed correctly. But anyway thanks! as I figure out wii and wii U might not be able to move to wheel 3 is pretty sad though as I would like to have specfic view all together

Yep it would be nice but it can not be done. The wall view needs its own place. Just incase, make sure to configure BigBox settings for "remember seperate view for each platform". It is in settings/options/views, just check the box. You probably already did this but thought I would mention it just incase. This will enable you to set the view you want for every platform and remeber it so you dont have to change ever again.

Make sure to follow my content so you will know when I release new specific views. I am working on a PSP view right now.

Happy Gaming!

7 minutes ago, cemfundog said:

Yep it would be nice but it can not be done. The wall view needs its own place. Just incase, make sure to configure BigBox settings for "remember seperate view for each platform". It is in settings/options/views, just check the box. You probably already did this but thought I would mention it just incase. This will enable you to set the view you want for every platform and remeber it so you dont have to change ever again.

Make sure to follow my content so you will know when I release new specific views. I am working on a PSP view right now.

Happy Gaming!

NICE!!!! Looking forward to your Update!!!

On 2/5/2021 at 2:52 AM, cemfundog said:

Yep it would be nice but it can not be done. The wall view needs its own place. Just incase, make sure to configure BigBox settings for "remember seperate view for each platform". It is in settings/options/views, just check the box. You probably already did this but thought I would mention it just incase. This will enable you to set the view you want for every platform and remeber it so you dont have to change ever again.

Make sure to follow my content so you will know when I release new specific views. I am working on a PSP view right now.

Happy Gaming!

Hi, it’s me again! Is there any chance that you could provide me the community version of the theme please? I do have a 800p windows handheld ( AYA Neo) . I would like to port your theme into this little beast and also localized it into Chinese of course it is your theme and I would not change anything for that but it would be nice if I can use my handheld to play with your theme. Right now the resolution is not same aspect and the font is pretty small in some specific for a 7inch screen handheld. Kindly if you could help me please

2 hours ago, backwardsbud said:

Is it possible to copy the xbox, ps3 and xbox 360 gamelist menus into another theme?

It might be but I have never tried that. I think you would have to copy the views over and then make sure to copy all the assets from the media folder as well. Not sure if it would work but you can try.

45 minutes ago, cemfundog said:

3 hours ago, backwardsbud said:

Is it possible to copy the xbox, ps3 and xbox 360 gamelist menus into another theme?

It might be but I have never tried that. I think you would have to copy the views over and then make sure to copy all the assets from the media folder as well. Not sure if it would work but you can try.

You can copy the appropriate platform-specific Views over (assuming it has those vs. generic Views [haven't looked]) and they'll work IF YOU DON'T DELETE THE ORIGINAL THEME FOLDER they came from.

The problem that comes into play is if the original Theme uses its own assets (and it more than likely it does) , including but not limited to images, media and custom plugins. 

The different Views, when say using 'its own image' has to point to its own Theme subfolder/image directory and image file.  i.e.

<Image Source="{}pack://siteoforigin:,,,/Themes/MyAwesomeTheme/Images/myImage.png" Stretch="Fill" RenderOptions.BitmapScalingMode="HighQuality" />

Where "MyAwesomeTheme" is the folder that the original Theme is located.

2 options to do what you want to do:

1. Copy the Views (only) into 'your' Theme folder and keep the original Theme AND its assets where it is.
2. Copy the Views and all assets into 'your' Theme folder and then edit each View (xaml file) and replace "MyAwesomeTheme" with the name of 'your Theme folder'.  For each occurrence, in every file.

9 hours ago, backwardsbud said:

This is my first time using theme creator how would I go about making ps3 game pictures? I have the logo creator in "my theme projects" folder

 

How to make your own custom logos for this theme: Click Here (watch first and then return here and follow the instructions below)

Once you get an understanding and are setup to go you can follow these instructions to make matching logo sets from your own collections for this theme:

1. So once you open the logo creator file (that you got from here) in the community theme creator, you need to select the platform that you want to make logos for from the left panel at the top (3rd drop down)
2. and then you will notice a long string of dots toward the bottom of the screen from left to right and centered just above the box that offers 2 or 3 options such as 'Theme, Platform and Game'. Use the following for each sub type of logo you want to make: 
   1. Platform Logos: Use the first dot for these and select 'Theme' from the box below. (Put these in the 'images/Platforms/Custom Images 1' folder within this theme)
   2. Game Logos: Make sure to select the correct platform from the menu(panel) on the left. Then use the second dot and choose 'Theme' from the box below the dots. (Put these in the 'images/Games/Custom Images 1' folder within this theme)
   3. Custom Platform View (game logos): Use the same instructions above but select the 6th dot and choose 'Platform from the box below the dots. (Put these in the 'images/Games/Custom Images 3' folder within this theme)
   4. Custom Banners: Use the same instructions above but select the 4th dot and choose'Platform from the box below the dots. (Put these in the 'images/Games/Custom Images 2' folder within this theme)
3. Now you will be able to make logos for your exact set of games using all of the assets that are in the ones I made so they will match. You now just have to select the Hamburger Icon form the menu at the top of the screen and then hover over 'Render Custom Images', now select 'All Games for Selected Platform' from the menu that pops out.
4. Once you have completed making your set you will need to go and get that whole folder of logos you just made and move them to the 'Retro Console' theme folder in the 'Custom Images 3' folder with the others. Remember, each platform logo set needs to be in a folder that exactly matches your Platform name as it appears in your LaunchBox setup.

13 minutes ago, backwardsbud said:

Can you tell me the title of the video and who made it?

 

the video was made by @faeran and is probably still available, maybe it has been moved. It is an instructional video he made that shows how to make custom images in the theme creator. Not sure what the title was but you could ask him. He is very responsive and very knowledgeable.

I have a problem that I can't create game logo (Custom images 1) I can create everything else just find but it seems that game logo is missing from your Retro Console Logo Creator pack.

Other than that great job.

On 3/17/2022 at 2:43 PM, jvlk said:

I have a problem that I can't create game logo (Custom images 1) I can create everything else just find but it seems that game logo is missing from your Retro Console Logo Creator pack.Thanks for letting me know. I will check it out and see if I can fix it. I will post again once done.

Other than that great job.

Thanks for letting me know. I will check it out and hopefully fix it. I will post again once done!

On 3/18/2022 at 5:29 PM, cemfundog said:

Thanks for letting me know. I will check it out and hopefully fix it. I will post again once done!

Which platform are specifically trying to create logos for?

Hi,

Wow! The new custom platform views are amazing! Thank you so much.

Got the theme installed now but I still seem to be struggling to find where to put the Platform catagory logos and the playlist logos?

I have them already created.

 

 

Please help 🙂

Edited June 23, 2022 by Fulltilt

Just wanted to thank cemfundog for the help getting everything sorted out !

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Ok, I finally figured it out. I had to reinstall that theme and find an old version of the theme creator but I got it working on my rig. Here is how:

\LaunchBox\Themes\Retro Console Light V3\Images\Platforms\Custom Images 3\

\LaunchBox\Themes\Retro Console Light V3\Images\Playlists\Custom Images 3\

\LaunchBox\Themes\Retro Console Light V3\Images\Platform Categories\Custom Images 3\

All icons go inside the "Custom Images 3" folder but inside the respective images folder as you see above. Make sure your folders match the above exactly. Let me know if it works for you.

Thought I should leave his answer here to help others 

 

Thank you for this great theme! Its Amazing!

 

But im struggling to find the correct path to put in the Logo for my "Digimon" Collection.

I have created the Logo Digimon.png and put it in several folders. 

 

\Themes\Retro Console Light V3\Images\Collections\Custom Images 3\Digimon.png

\Themes\Retro Console Light V3\Images\Games\Custom Images 1\Digimon.png

\Themes\Retro Console Light V3\Images\Games\Custom Images 3\Digimon\Digimon.png

\Themes\Retro Console Light V3\Images\Games\Custom Images 3\Digimon.png

\Themes\Retro Console Light V3\Images\Platform Categories\Custom Images 3\Digimon.png

\Themes\Retro Console Light V3\Images\Platforms\Custom Images 1\Digimon.png

\Themes\Retro Console Light V3\Images\Platforms\Custom Images 3\Digimon.png

\Themes\Retro Console Light V3\Images\Playlists\Custom Images 3\Digimon.png

 

But nothing seems to work. Yes, i have clear cache of all Images. Please... I need help  

what is the exactly path?

1 hour ago, sephirothzero said:

Thank you for this great theme! Its Amazing!

 

But im struggling to find the correct path to put in the Logo for my "Digimon" Collection.

I have created the Logo Digimon.png and put it in several folders. 

 

\Themes\Retro Console Light V3\Images\Collections\Custom Images 3\Digimon.png

\Themes\Retro Console Light V3\Images\Games\Custom Images 1\Digimon.png

\Themes\Retro Console Light V3\Images\Games\Custom Images 3\Digimon\Digimon.png

\Themes\Retro Console Light V3\Images\Games\Custom Images 3\Digimon.png

\Themes\Retro Console Light V3\Images\Platform Categories\Custom Images 3\Digimon.png

\Themes\Retro Console Light V3\Images\Platforms\Custom Images 1\Digimon.png

\Themes\Retro Console Light V3\Images\Platforms\Custom Images 3\Digimon.png

\Themes\Retro Console Light V3\Images\Playlists\Custom Images 3\Digimon.png

 

But nothing seems to work. Yes, i have clear cache of all Images. Please... I need help  

what is the exactly path?

Try this for collections:

?:\LaunchBox\Themes\Retro Console Light V3\Images\Playlists\Custom Images 1

Let me know!

20 hours ago, cemfundog said:

Try this for collections:

?:\LaunchBox\Themes\Retro Console Light V3\Images\Playlists\Custom Images 1

Let me know!

OH MY GOSH  it looks like i tried every folder except for this! But now it works.... i cant believe it  😮 Thank you so much for your help  
Now i can rest in piece  

Hi thanx for a gorgeous looking theme! But I'm sorry to sound bitter but this is too f-ing complicated for me. I've never used community theme creator and try to avoid it like the plague.

Unless there's a complete setup tutorial video I'm afraid I won't be able to use this theme. I downloaded all the custom platform logo packs on this page, but it's not all systems. For examle I have Sega 32X & SegaCD in my collection but there's no logos for those (on this page). Tried to mess with the creator but I'm kinda old school, I like thing simple and easy and this was far from it. But I salute the effort though cos its a beautiful creation for sure!

I've downloaded a bunch of other themes which will satisfy me needs. Cheers and drink more rum! Arrrr 😺