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YART (Yet Another Refried Theme) 2.1

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So basically i have recreated RetroHumanoid's amazing Unified Refried theme in CTC and made quite a few changes to hopefully make it even better.  The most notable changes are that it has more info when viewing games and the new movable 3D model boxes.  I’ve also added the abilty to choose if you want Fanart or the default images as the background images and having images or text as in the bottom infobar.  Atm its only 16:9 but if there is interest I’ll try and add more aspect ratios.

To get the most out of this theme you need box - fronts, box - backs and box spines in your Launchbox setup.   You can do without the box - backs if you dont paln on rotating the 3D models though.

So the views it has so far;

  • 3 Platform views 1 with a full screen video and vertical wheel, one with a smaller video and one that has a selectable favourites and recently played list

  • 3 Wall views to kind of mimic Launchbox (need some tweaking still though)

  • 4 Vertical Wheel games views with 2 different background choices like Refried, one with a big console/handheld/TV and dynamically changing images for different platforms. The other 2 are smaller images of the platform in the corner, without the dynamically changing platform images. 

  •  2 of the Vertical Wheel games views (1 dynamic and 1 not as above) have a clear logos wheel and movable 3D model boxes (front, back and spines images needed for full effect for all wheel views) and spinning CD or cart images

  • 2 of the Vertical wheel games views (1 dynamic and 1 not as above) have a vertical box cases wheel as well as 3D movable boxes and and spinning CD or cart images

  • 1 Text view which is mainly for the game selection options (play, read manual ect) with gameplay, title and game select screenshots.

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Features:

  • Dynamically changing platform images (like refried)

  • Dynamic Marquees for arcade games (like refried)

  • Dynamic Marquees/Backglass for Pinball  games (Future Pinball, Pinball FX3 and Visual Pinball)

  • Moveable 3D model boxes

  • Controller images change in playmode for different platforms

  • Most badges shown

  • Publisher, genre, playmode and certification in infobar and game notes scrolling along the bottom

  • Fanart for the background if you wish.

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To change/remove certain images;

Wheel Views

  • For the Fanart as a background delete or rename the folder; Themes>YART>Media>Background.
  • If you want the any of the Publisher, Genre, Playmode and PEGI/ESRB* images to show as text instead of the images, delete or rename the folders;  Publisher Logos, Icons Genres, Icons Play Modes and both the Icons PEGI and Icons ESRB folder (to remove the certification), all are in; Themes>YART>Media.

*( When the game certification is shown as text I can’t find a way for it to show the PEGI certification so it will say, M-Mature instead of 18 for example)

  • To change the certification Image from the EU PEGI to the US ESRB ratings, rename or delete folder; Themes>YART>Media>Icons PEGI
  • To change the PEGI text to read ESRB in the wheels views go to the folder; Themes>YART>Views and;

Open WheelGamesView.xaml, Wheel2GamesView.xaml, Wheel3GamesView.xaml, Wheel4GamesView.xaml and the TextGamesView.xaml in a text editor (Notepad++ is a good option) and find Text="PEGI: and replace it with Text="ESRB: in all 5 of the above views or just the one you use.

  • To Stop all the Discs from Spinning

Open WheelGamesView.xaml, Wheel2GamesView.xaml, Wheel3GamesView.xaml and Wheel4GamesView.xaml in a text editor and search for BeginTime="00:00:02.5" To="360" Duration="00:00:05" RepeatBehavior="Forever"> and replace with BeginTime="00:00:00.0" To="0" Duration="00:00:00" RepeatBehavior="Forever"> 

You need to do this twice (or replace all in Notepad++) as there are 2 entries you need to replace to stop them all spinning, one for the CDs and one for the Mini CDs

Wall Views

  • For Fanart to show for the Wall Views delete or rename the folder; Themes>YART>Media>WallViewBackground
  • To change the certification Image from the EU PEGI to US ESRB overwrite the files in the folder; Themes>YART>Media>Icons PEGI Wall, with files in the Themes>YART>Media>Icons ESRB Wall folder.

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Text filter and Platform 3, recently played and favourites 

For these to show you need to go to Options>Views in Bigbox and enable "show filters recent games" and "show filters favourite games"

Launchbox controls what images are shown in the recently played and favourites.   To change what type of image is used go to image group and choose the type of image you want to use in the dropdown (shown below). This seems to be platform specific as well so you need to go through them all.  (Boxes or 3D Boxes work best others don't work well)

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Front and Back Images

To have more Front and Back boxes show on the 3D models (If the proper front and back ones arent available) i recommend setting these priorities in Launchbox.

 

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Credit:

@RetroHumanoid and his amazing Unified Refried on which this built on. Whilst i have made a lot of images myself most are from his theme (especially the video borders).

@faeran for his Unified CTC which i used as a template to start this (and it taught me how to use the Community Theme Creator)

@y2guru for the unbelievable Community Theme Creator

If I’m missing others I’m really sorry as i have been at this for a while off and on so may have used other people images somewhere a long the line.

Lastly, this is my first effort at theme creation so bear with me if things aren't as they should be. I'll fix any problems ASAP if you guys find any issues :)

P.S. Please give me suggestions on what to do with views that haven't been filled yet or changes that could me made to the current views.

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Wheel 1, Wheel 2 Handhelds and Wheel 3 views showing the 3D boxes

This is what it looks like with all the images removed (as detailed above) in the infobar

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Edited by PaulyC

What's New in Version 2.1   See changelog

Released

- Fixed the PlayStation 4 video not resizing correctly (thanks @vahn65 for letting me know about it)

- Added a 4th Wall view for Magazines.  Nothing special, just quickly thrown together for now.

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Drivin33

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So this is interesting. It only occurs on view 2. I prefer vertical views so I didn't bother looking at the horizontal views. View 2 is the only one that has the border around the video and the platform/playlist names, so there must be something different there. But the other vertical platform views work fine.

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  On 1/26/2023 at 2:35 PM, Drivin33 said:

So this is interesting. It only occurs on view 2. I prefer vertical views so I didn't bother looking at the horizontal views. View 2 is the only one that has the border around the video and the platform/playlist names, so there must be something different there. But the other vertical platform views work fine.

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Thanks.  Yeah it was my fault, i set animations for the videos in view 2 and not the other platform views thats what was causing both issues.

I've uploaded a new version and both of your issues should be fixed though.  Let me know if not and i'll have another look 

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Drivin33

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@PaulyC All issues fixed - everything works perfectly. Thanks again for the help and for this great theme. 

Baggio

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  On 1/27/2023 at 4:59 AM, Drivin33 said:

@PaulyC All issues fixed - everything works perfectly. Thanks again for the help and for this great theme. 

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Good stuff, thanks 😊 

Drivin33

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@PaulyC Question - I have a few playlists set up and noticed that the marquees will not display in some of them. For example, I have a playlist called Arcade Classics and the marquees in that playlist display correctly. I have another playlist called Favorites that contains a few of the same games that are in the Arcade Classics playlist but the marquees do not display correctly in Favorites -  they display just the generic Arcade Classics marquee. Any idea why?

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  On 2/3/2023 at 2:14 PM, Drivin33 said:

@PaulyC Question - I have a few playlists set up and noticed that the marquees will not display in some of them. For example, I have a playlist called Arcade Classics and the marquees in that playlist display correctly. I have another playlist called Favorites that contains a few of the same games that are in the Arcade Classics playlist but the marquees do not display correctly in Favorites -  they display just the generic Arcade Classics marquee. Any idea why?

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I had to turn them off for playlists because it was showing the marquees for all the other platforms as well and not just for the ones with Arcade cabs.   That works ok if you have no marquees for the non arcade platforms but terribly if you do lol

I'll think of a way to get it to only show the marquees for the cabs and get back to you.

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@Drivin33 I've uploaded a new version, let me know if its fixed it properly.

coliver33

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@PaulyC For whatever reason when I'm downloading 1.7 I get an error when trying to unzip the archive.  Have tried on both Mac and PC to sanity-check.  Error shows up as "invalid file".  What am I missing?  Thank you!

Baggio

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  On 2/5/2023 at 10:53 AM, coliver33 said:

@PaulyC For whatever reason when I'm downloading 1.7 I get an error when trying to unzip the archive.  Have tried on both Mac and PC to sanity-check.  Error shows up as "invalid file".  What am I missing?  Thank you!

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Are you using 7Zip or Winrar?

I've just downloaded it myself and it worked in both so maybe try either of them, if not try a different browser to download it and see if that helps.

LostArc79

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Great theme! Would you be willing to share the CTC files? There are a couple of things I'd like to change for my personal build if possible. 

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  On 3/26/2023 at 11:23 PM, LostArc79 said:

Great theme! Would you be willing to share the CTC files? There are a couple of things I'd like to change for my personal build if possible. 

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Hi sorry i didnt see this.   I'm not sharing them just yet as i have some things to finish of and fix but i will be when i finalise everything.

What would you be looking to change?  Maybe i can incorporate it?

bundangdon

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@PaulyC Not sure if it's just me, but after the latest release, the wall views aren't working properly. There's only the game info-panel on the top and nothing else there, as shown below

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  On 5/14/2023 at 1:33 AM, bundangdon said:

@PaulyC Not sure if it's just me, but after the latest release, the wall views aren't working properly. There's only the game info-panel on the top and nothing else there, as shown below

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Hmm I've not touched the wall views since i released it originally tbh so not sure what's happening.  I kind of gave up on them views because i needed to create a view for every platform to fix the gaps and some overlapping of the boxes and it would have taken a lot of time and i didn't think people would be using them..

I'll check the problem it out later though and see if i've broken something.

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@bundangdon They are broken but im not sure why.  They are showing in CTC fine but after publishing they disappear.  I'll keep digging and find out why.

 

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@bundangdon What version did they work in for you?  None of my backup ones work after publishing either.

bundangdon

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  On 5/14/2023 at 8:33 AM, PaulyC said:

@bundangdon What version did they work in for you?  None of my backup ones work after publishing either.

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Not too sure, but it was a few months back when the wall view on this particular theme was working fine, probably before version 13.2 or possibly earlier?

 

This is certainly not a deal-breaker as I don't recall using the wall view all that much. But what I was wondering, is if there was a way to change the TextListView? I'd like to replace the screenshot (located very close to the games-list) with the box artwork. In most cases, I only use the screenshots instead of videos, so it seems kind of redundant to have screenshots taking up both areas of the screen. Here's a "before and after" photoshop mock-up

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  On 5/14/2023 at 8:47 AM, bundangdon said:

Not too sure, but it was a few months back when the wall view on this particular theme was working fine, probably before version 13.2 or possibly earlier?

 

This is certainly not a deal-breaker as I don't recall using the wall view all that much. But what I was wondering, is if there was a way to change the TextListView? I'd like to replace the screenshot (located very close to the games-list) with the box artwork. In most cases, I only use the screenshots instead of videos, so it seems kind of redundant to have screenshots taking up both areas of the screen. Here's a "before and after" photoshop mock-up

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 Ok thanks.  Ive asked y2guru if he knows whats happening so hopefully we can sort it.    When i release 2.0 i'll make a seperate TextListView for you with just the box artwork.   Do you want that the same as the other views with the 3D model or just the front box image like your picture?

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bundangdon

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  On 5/14/2023 at 3:04 PM, PaulyC said:

 Ok thanks.  Ive asked y2guru if he knows whats happening so hopefully we can sort it.    When i release 2.0 i'll make a seperate TextListView for you with just the box artwork.   Do you want that the same as the other views with the 3D model or just the front box image like your picture?

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Thanks a lot! I'd really appreciate that, or if you can just let me know the proper code, then I can insert in there to change the view. Either way is fine, but I usually go with the front box images since they're much easier to find than the 3D models.

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Right @bundangdon there is quite a block to remove first to get rid of the screenshots

So its all the text from <!-- Grid 1-1 --> up to <!-- Grid 5 --> (but don't delete the  <!-- Grid 5 --> text)

  Reveal hidden contents

and to add the box front

  Reveal hidden contents

Hopefully this works as i am no good at all with xaml lol

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bundangdon

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  On 5/16/2023 at 7:20 PM, PaulyC said:

Right @bundangdon there is quite a block to remove first to get rid of the screenshots

So its all the text from <!-- Grid 1-1 --> up to <!-- Grid 5 --> (but don't delete the  <!-- Grid 5 --> text)

  Reveal hidden contents

and to add the box front

  Reveal hidden contents

Hopefully this works as i am no good at all with xaml lol

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Thanks so much! That worked for me, and I was able to add the box artwork in there with no issues. Very much appreciated!

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okamigen108

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Hello There.

Your Theme is really great. I really love the variety of the Console Themes
The only Issue I have right now, are The Views 1 + 3. This happens ONLY in PS1 with the CD Cases in 3D, that i get slowdowns.
Maybe it´s Bigbox or my PC.

I also got a simple request, if it´s ok of course.
Could you please add the Pal Version of the Super Game Boy to the Video Borders?
The SNES with the SGB was made by me and I hope it´s good enough (because you can see he age on the picture)
The other Picture I found on the net.

If not, than it´s also OK

 

Super Game Boy klein.png

Super_Game_Boy.png

Baggio

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  On 5/19/2023 at 8:25 AM, okamigen108 said:

Hello There.

Your Theme is really great. I really love the variety of the Console Themes
The only Issue I have right now, are The Views 1 + 3. This happens ONLY in PS1 with the CD Cases in 3D, that i get slowdowns.
Maybe it´s Bigbox or my PC.

I also got a simple request, if it´s ok of course.
Could you please add the Pal Version of the Super Game Boy to the Video Borders?
The SNES with the SGB was made by me and I hope it´s good enough (because you can see he age on the picture)
The other Picture I found on the net.

If not, than it´s also OK

 

Super Game Boy klein.png

Super_Game_Boy.png

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I'm not sure why the PS1 views slowdown for you.  Do the other platforms with CD cases like the Dreamcast or CD-I ect slowdown?   If so in the beta forums when the Jewel cases came out it was said the modeling of the ribbing on the cases was quite intensive so it might be due to that.

Heres some Super Game Boy borders i knocked up, do they look OK?   I didn't make the originals and am a novice in photoshop.

 

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okamigen108

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  On 5/25/2023 at 8:45 PM, Baggio said:

I'm not sure why the PS1 views slowdown for you.  Do the other platforms with CD cases like the Dreamcast or CD-I ect slowdown?   If so in the beta forums when the Jewel cases came out it was said the modeling of the ribbing on the cases was quite intensive so it might be due to that.

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  On 5/25/2023 at 8:45 PM, Baggio said:

 

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Yes, the Jewel Cases is the Problem

 

Also Thank you. They look great.

Baggio

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  On 5/26/2023 at 7:15 PM, okamigen108 said:

Yes, the Jewel Cases is the Problem

 

Also Thank you. They look great.

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No problem 👍

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