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Hi everyone! I'm excited to submit my first theme for LaunchBox.

Theme Features

This theme is an intent to mimic GOG Galaxy design. So I worked in an overhaul of almost every aspect of LB design, to adapt (as far as possible) to that look. Everything from SideBar, to Boxes and List Views, Game Details and menus were modified to mimic that aspect. 

SideBar

  • New icons for Menu, Search, and Platforms.
  • New visual style for count item.
  • SideBar is now fixed to the left.

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Main Window

  • Box covers are now "UniformToFIll" by default (but I included an optional file in the "Optionals" folder inside the theme to display them as normal (not stretch or cut)).
  • Sub line is always displayed below the title, no matter what amount of lines does the title have.
  • New icons in the main top part of the screen for Play/Edit Game, add new game, visuals, etc.
  • New visuals on mouse over and selected boxes.
  • Badges are displayed inside the image, I recommend using the "Simple White Badges" from JesseBlue (link).
  • No more status bar at the bottom.

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Game Details

  • Now GameDetails can be expanded to fill all the window.
  • Fanart is now taking all the vertical space.
  • Top section is now displaying the rating and the Source.
  • There are two columns to show Game Details:
    • The Left column will show the achievements
    • The right column will show all information about the game

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Other Features

  • ViewList: There are now more space between lines.
  • ViewList: There are no separators between columns
  • There are some other minor tweaks to mimic GOG Galaxy Design, such as the arrows in the main window (just visual).

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Installation

  1. Unzip into LaunchBox\LBThemes directory
  2. In LaunchBox go to Options > Visuals > Theme and select LB Galaxy 1.0
  • Required:
    • Windows 7/8 user: Microsoft's “Segoe MDL2 Assets” font ( SegMDL2.ttf ) is required for the buttons and icons to rendered properly. (If you have it it will work but it’s not included here because of licensing reasons.)
  • Optional:
    • Lato Font is recommended for the theme to be displayed correctly. It is a free web font from Google and it is included in the theme "Optionals" folder.
    • I included a modified version of the BoxesContentView to do not show the boxes as UniformToFill, just replace the file in "Views" folder of the theme.

Settings guide

  • VISUALS > BACKGROUNDS
    • Background Blur Amount = 36
    • Background Fade Amount = 121
  • VISUALS > BACKGROUNDS > DEFAULT
    • I recommend using the Custom Image = LBThemes\LB Galaxy 1.0\Images\background-01.png
  • VISUALS > BOXES
    • Background Opacity = 127
    • Uncheck "Colorize Background to Match Images"
    • Text Outline Opacity = 128
    • Text Outline Thickness = 2
    • Uncheck "Align Text Vertically"
    • Uncheck "Center Text Horizontally"
    • Check "Show Subline"
    • Check "Dynamic Box Sizing"
  • VISUALS > BOXES > SPACING
    • Aspect Ratio = 0.63
    • Horizontal Spacing = 17
    • Vertical Spacing = 18
    • Horizontal Padding = 0
    • Vertical Padding = 0
    • Text Spacing = 5
    • Text Lines to Show = 3
  • VISUAL > FILTERS SIDE BAR
    • I recommend checking "Show All Item", "Show Counts" and "Align Counts to the Right"
  • VISUAL > GAME DETAILS
    • You can check anything you want, but I recommend checking "Show Fanart" to see the background and "Achievements" to fill the left column, all the other items will be displayed in the top or right column.
  • VISUALS > THEME > COLORS
    • I don't think this could have impact in the theme, but here is how I have it configured:
      • Light Background = 45,45,48
      • Dark Background = 27,27,28
      • Selected Item Background = Black (0,0,0)
      • Highlighted Item Background = Black (0,0,0)
      • Highlighted Item Border = Black (0,0,0)
      • Window Border = 100,100,100
      • Menu Border = 71,71,77
      • Foreground (text) = White (255,255,255)
  • VISUALS > THEME > FEATURES
    • Uncheck everything
  • VISUALS > THEME > FONTS
    • Don't have an impact in the theme. I included the "Lato" font in the Optionals folder inside the theme. If you don't want to use that font, the theme will use the system font instead.

Note: I didn't test the theme with retro stuff, I don't have any retro games, so I please comment if you find issues showing MAME achievements or any retro related stuff. Also, not sure if it is just me, but videos doesn't seem to work in the game details, however I was able to see them by double-clicking the video container. If someone knows how to reproduce the videos in the same window I will be glad to know so I can fix it. Also music feature is not available by default, since it is taking a huge part of the top bar. It can be enabled by tweaking the ControlsView xaml file. I will work on a solution for v1.1 

Thanks to Shadowfire for allowing me to use his Lambda Beta theme code. Also to Grila, since Lambda is a fork of LBPlex theme.

LB Galaxy theme CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Raviol 2021

 

Edited by raviol
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What's New in Version 1.1.1   See changelog

Released

NEW: Added the new filter button .

FIXED: Fixed an issue with latest 12.2 beta, where the boxes height was causing problems.

OPTIONAL: Added 2 new options for BoxesContentView, now you can choose between None, Fill or Uniform options (besides the UniformToFill that is set by default), you will find them in the Optionals folder (just remove the "_None" "_Fill" "_Uniform" part of the file name.

Thanks for all your feedback, I will continue working to implement some of the suggested features for a new version.

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erebus44

I like the way this looks. I did enable the music bar and on a 2160 screen I think it looks fine. I also tried it on a 1080 screen  and I see what you meant about it taking up a lot of space.

One suggestion though, try putting the video above the split for the achievements and game information so it can be displayed in a bigger size.

Overall this is well done and will be my new theme, Thanks.

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raviol
1 hour ago, erebus44 said:

I like the way this looks. I did enable the music bar and on a 2160 screen I think it looks fine. I also tried it on a 1080 screen  and I see what you meant about it taking up a lot of space.

One suggestion though, try putting the video above the split for the achievements and game information so it can be displayed in a bigger size.

Overall this is well done and will be my new theme, Thanks.

That's awesome!! 

I will take that suggestion for next version. 

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faeran

Love seeing new LaunchBox Themes. Looks great!

I was also in the middle of building one, I may borrow a couple of ideas if that's okay.

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raviol
33 minutes ago, faeran said:

Love seeing new LaunchBox Themes. Looks great!

I was also in the middle of building one, I may borrow a couple of ideas if that's okay.

Its great to hear that! Yeah for sure you can pick any ideas!!

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Retro808

Definitely a nice addition. Gives me some creative ideas on how to modify the LBTheme I am using. Hope you do not mind a recommendation for this theme. Possibly wrap the RetroAcheivements in a ScrollViewer to allow for scrolling the achievements separately from the metadata. The metadata can still keep its own scrolling.

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raviol
1 minute ago, Retro808 said:

Definitely a nice addition. Gives me some creative ideas on how to modify the LBTheme I am using. Hope you do not mind a recommendation for this theme. Possibly wrap the RetroAcheivements in a ScrollViewer to allow for scrolling the achievements separately from the metadata.

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Good suggestion, I will take it for next release.

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eskay993

Hi

Great theme! I wa actually thinking it would be cool if someone did this as I do like the Galaxy interface, so thank you! :)

I know you mentioned you haven't tested retro games, but just to flag, the box art is not showing the correct aspect ratio for any box that is not the standard vertical box style. See attached example for SNES games.

Would this be something you can possibly take a look at?

Also, side note, I don't know if you've already made the change suggested above, but videos seems to work for me. They autoplay as soon as I open details.

Cheers

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raviol
16 minutes ago, eskay993 said:

Hi

Great theme! I wa actually thinking it would be cool if someone did this as I do like the Galaxy interface, so thank you! :)

I know you mentioned you haven't tested retro games, but just to flag, the box art is not showing the correct aspect ratio for any box that is not the standard vertical box style. See attached example for SNES games.

Would this be something you can possibly take a look at?

Also, side note, I don't know if you've already made the change suggested above, but videos seems to work for me. They autoplay as soon as I open details.

Cheers

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Hi! Thanks for your feedback. I'm working on next version so most of those issues will be addressed. However, regarding the boxes I added a file in "Optional" folder inside the theme that you can replace in the main theme folder and will allow you to use any aspect ratio.

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eskay993

Ah perfect, thank you! I did read that in the notes but forgot by the time I actually got round to installing the theme :)

Officailyl switched to this theme now as my main one!

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GingeR13

great theme! 

since i use it for retro - is there any option to disable achievements left column? or change   from LEFT/RIGHT layout to TOP/BOTTOM  for  detail/achivements ?   

 

i must fix aspect ratio for boxes (i saw comment regarding it above).  i love it!

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raviol
1 hour ago, GingeR13 said:

great theme! 

since i use it for retro - is there any option to disable achievements left column? or change   from LEFT/RIGHT layout to TOP/BOTTOM  for  detail/achivements ?   

 

i must fix aspect ratio for boxes (i saw comment regarding it above).  i love it!

I’m working on the next release that will include some improvements to game details including the ability to hide achievements

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Benuno

Thank you so much for this great looking theme! I adjusted it slightly to my preferences so I can see most important game information immediately. Perhaps you could upload an alternative version similar to my edits?

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Zazamastro
On 11/12/2021 at 12:48 PM, Benuno said:

Thank you so much for this great looking theme! I adjusted it slightly to my preferences so I can see most important game information immediately. Perhaps you could upload an alternative version similar to my edits?

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Hi! Gently, could you share this version of the theme? I don't know anything about coding and I tried opening the xaml files with no success. Your version is perfect. I don't have many games that supports achievements... Thanks in advance!

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Benuno
On 12/27/2021 at 5:03 PM, Zazamastro said:

Hi! Gently, could you share this version of the theme? I don't know anything about coding and I tried opening the xaml files with no success. Your version is perfect. I don't have many games that supports achievements... Thanks in advance!

Here are the files for everyone.

LB Galaxy 1.1.1 mod.zip

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