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Hypermax Refried 2.1.0

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Hi guys. This theme was created based on the glorious theme for Emulation Station called Hypermax.

I have tested it on my 55 inches TV screen and it looks amazing. 
Theme runs fast and I did not have performance issues.

The theme has 04 platform/Game views - like shown in the video,
with right and left wheels positions to please everyone.


Features:
* Support for 121 platforms (Platform Clearlogos/Controller/Console images already included);
* Light animations - performance should not be an issue;
* The theme has its own platform logos, some were present on original Hypermax, and others were created by me;
* It also includes an image for each console and each console's controller.
* Platform Videos used/shown in the Youtube theme video can be downloaded here:
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/uxxbc2bxu3pbb/Hypermax_Videos
(Access the above link and choose the platform video you wish and download it)

Installation:
* To install/use the theme, just unzip it in the folder Launchbox\Themes and set it in Bigbox.
* Go to Bigbox Menu > Manage Themes > Installed - All > Hypermax Refried > Apply as Main Theme

Changing Views:
* Go to Bigbox Menu (press esc) > Manage Theme Specific Options > Hypermax Refried > Views > and Select your Desired "Platforms List View" and "Games List View" - or
* If you are using a joystick, press down L3 (Left analog stick) to access the Views menu and change the view
(when you press down L3 on platform view you will be able to change "Platforms List View" and when you press Down L3 on Games View, you will be able to change "Games List View")

Tips:
* Set Bigbox to skip game details for more similarity to Emulationstation:
* Go To Bigbox Menu > Options > General > Skip Games Detail Screen 

Extra Tips:
* Each platform has a character PNG/wallpaper background JPG that can be changed/included by the one you wish. 
Just replace the png/jpg in MEDIA/Character and MEDIA/Background Wallpaper folders, for the ones you want following
your platform name. 
Paths:
Character: LaunchBox\Themes\Hypermax Refried\Media\Characters
Background Wallpaper: LaunchBox\Themes\Hypermax Refried\Media\Background Wallpaper

CTC Files:
* I'm releasing the CTC files up with the update 2.1 so you can use Community Theme Creator and edit the theme
and make the changes you want or even create a whole new theme. 
* To use CTC Files, Just unzip the file to the folder "My Theme Projects" in your Community Theme Creator install directory.
* Open CTC choose Hypermax Refried and make the changes you want and export the theme

Credits:
* For @y2guru for providing the the amazing tool -  Community Theme Creator 2.5.5 used to assemble this theme;  
* For the original logos (non-rounded ones): all credit goes to Dan Patrik for his amazing work;
* Characters pngs and background wallpapers: all credit belongs to their original creators whoever they are; 
(I've just found them online hosted on several websites)
* For the original creator of Hypermax Theme for EmulationStation;
* For Platform Videos: they were gathered from multiple resources - Credit belong to their original creators;

Please enjoy. 

 

121 Supported Platforms:

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3DO Interactive Multiplayer
AAE
American Laser Games
Amstrad CPC
Amstrad GX4000
Apple II
Arcade
Atari 2600
Atari 5200
Atari 7800
Atari Jaguar
Atari Jaguar CD
Atari Lynx
BBC Microcomputer System
Capcom Play System
Capcom Play System II
Capcom Play System III
Cave
ColecoVision
Commodore 64
Commodore Amiga
Commodore Amiga CD32
Commodore Amiga CDTV
Commodore VIC-20
Creatronic Mega Duck
Daphne
Doujin Games
Emerson Arcadia 2001
Entex Adventure Vision
Epoch Super Cassette Vision
Examu Ex-Board
Fairchild Channel F
Fruit Machines
GCE Vectrex
GOG
HB Mame
Konami Handheld
Light Gun Games
Magnavox Odyssey 2
Mattel Intellivision
Microsoft Xbox
Microsoft Xbox 360
MSU MD+
Mugen
Nec PC Engine
NEC PC-FX
Nec Turbografx-16
Nec Turbografx-CD
Nintendo 3DS
Nintendo 64
Nintendo 64 HD
Nintendo DS
Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Entertainment System HD
Nintendo Famicom Disk System
Nintendo Game & Watch
Nintendo Game Boy
Nintendo Game Boy Advance
Nintendo Game Boy Color
Nintendo GameCube
Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Virtual Boy
Nintendo Wii
Nintendo Wii U
Nokia N-Gage
OpenBor
PC Engine Supergrafx
Philips CD-i
Pinball Arcade
Pinball FX2
Pinball FX3
Popcap
Quiz Machines
Sammy Atomiswave
ScummVM
Sega 32X
Sega CD
Sega CD 32X
Sega Dreamcast
Sega Game Gear
Sega Genesis
Sega Master System
Sega Model 1
Sega Model 2
Sega Model 3
Sega Naomi
Sega Naomi 2
Sega Saturn
Sega SG-1000
Sega ST-V
Sega System 16
Sega System 24
Sega System 32
Sega Triforce
Sega X Board
Sega Y Board
Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Singe 2
SNK Neo Geo AES
SNK Neo Geo CD
SNK Neo Geo Pocket
SNK Neo Geo Pocket Color
Sony Playstation
Sony Playstation 2
Sony Playstation 3
Sony Playstation Vita
Sony PSP
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Nintendo MSU-1
Taito NESiCAxLive
Taito Type X
Tekno Parrot
Tiger Game.com
Tiger Handheld
Tomy Tutor
Windows
Windows Indie
WonderSwan
WonderSwan Color
WoW Action Max
ZiNc
 

 

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Update 2.1

What's New in Version 2.1.0   See changelog

Released

Changes for version 2.1.0
- Fixed an issue with video playback on gamesview when returning form the an emulator
- Update the fallback image for character/background wallpaper images
- Reduced the opacity of Background Wallpaper
- Update of MediaFire Videos folder with new videos for new supported platforms
- Release of CTC Files - now users can download and customize the theme as they want using Community Theme Creator
- Added Support for more platforms from 119 to 121
- Fixed the Wheel Item template to show the game name when its clearlogo is missing
- Several minor tweaks to enhance the user experience and theme performance

Changes for version 2.0.1

- Added an almost transparent rounded white box to selected game in Games View to solve a problem with black logos and fixed clearlogo size using clearlogo template feature from CTC

Changes for version 2.0
- Animations now work properly and do not freeze after returning from an emulator (thanx @y2guru for figuring out how to fix this)
- Updated Platform/Game views - now there is a left and a right version (requested by many users)
- Removed Arcade View, Wall View and Text Games View because I thought they were not really useful
- Added Pointers per platform (like an arrow) to make the theme look nicer 
- Pointers available for both sides (left and right) views
- Added support for more platforms from 115 to 119 

Changes for version 1.0
- Theme's Release
 

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xevious1974

Hey again ^_^

Background wallpaper

name file for Arcade Capcom Play System II

is:

Capcom Play System II.jpg

I though to use 

Arcade Capcom Play System II.jpg

It is correct to use for the Arcade playlists the name without the initial "Arcade"?

 

I see that there are some files named "auto-XXX.jpg"

for what are used?

Thank you again!!!

^_^

 

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darkseekerliu
1 hour ago, xevious1974 said:

Hey again ^_^

Background wallpaper

name file for Arcade Capcom Play System II

is:

Capcom Play System II.jpg

I though to use 

Arcade Capcom Play System II.jpg

It is correct to use for the Arcade playlists the name without the initial "Arcade"?

 

I see that there are some files named "auto-XXX.jpg"

for what are used?

Thank you again!!!

^_^

 

Hello, the logic of background wallpaper name is to match your platform name. If your Capcom Play System Platform is named for example as CPS, you should name the background wallpaper as CPS.jpg otherwise it will bring the default wallpaper (that only shows when the system does not found the wallpaper to that specific platform).

 

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On 8/4/2023 at 4:01 PM, darkseekerliu said:

Hello, the logic of background wallpaper name is to match your platform name. If your Capcom Play System Platform is named for example as CPS, you should name the background wallpaper as CPS.jpg otherwise it will bring the default wallpaper (that only shows when the system does not found the wallpaper to that specific platform).

 

Thank you again for you reply!

I admit that my question was made in a very bad way.

Yes, it is like you are telling me.

The name refers to the nested name and not to the unique name.

I suppose that the files named auto---something.jpg are referring to someone that have named his playlist in that way. So I can rename them to my playlist name.

There is another dir named "Selected Item Audio Files". How it works? 

Thank you again for your time!

I love this theme and I am spending a lot of time changing ad updating wallpaper, character to my needs ^_^

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2 hours ago, xevious1974 said:

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I suppose that the files named auto---something.jpg are referring to someone that have named his playlist in that way. So I can rename them to my playlist name.

There is another dir named "Selected Item Audio Files". How it works? 

....

Glad you are enjoying the theme, please just ignore these other files. These are files for a future update. They are not used by the current version of the theme.

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drewjbx

hello again, still enjoying the theme. I have been working on daphne and have multiple versions of lair, lair2, and ace. Do you know of a quick fix to display the full text instead of getting cut off as shown

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I figured it out.. having multiple versions you need to be sure to have a title in the version field in launchbox meta data, also it helps to have same title. 

 

 

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drewjbx

Hey not sure if you still are working on this but after some time with it I noticed the theme getting sluggish after awhile so I deleted all image cache. I started Launchbox and all images cached up as expected. When running big box only 6 images got cached in the Cache-BB folder... this is after viewing a ton of systems and games. Then after awhile it will get sluggish. It seems that this is because no images are being cached in the BB folder. I could be wrong which is why I am asking... does this have something to with your theme maybe.. or ?

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On 8/23/2023 at 2:49 AM, drewjbx said:

Hey not sure if you still are working on this but after some time with it I noticed the theme getting sluggish after awhile so I deleted all image cache. I started Launchbox and all images cached up as expected. When running big box only 6 images got cached in the Cache-BB folder... this is after viewing a ton of systems and games. Then after awhile it will get sluggish. It seems that this is because no images are being cached in the BB folder. I could be wrong which is why I am asking... does this have something to with your theme maybe.. or ?

Hello! I am using my theme for a long time and I've got almost 35000 games in my setup and it runs fast no slowdowns. My games are stored in 03 8TB External Seagate drives. Maybe you should check your drive speed or update your Launchbox/Bigbox. Try another theme and if the problem persists it is mostly like due to your drive. 

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On 8/22/2023 at 10:49 PM, drewjbx said:

Hey not sure if you still are working on this but after some time with it I noticed the theme getting sluggish after awhile so I deleted all image cache. I started Launchbox and all images cached up as expected. When running big box only 6 images got cached in the Cache-BB folder... this is after viewing a ton of systems and games. Then after awhile it will get sluggish. It seems that this is because no images are being cached in the BB folder. I could be wrong which is why I am asking... does this have something to with your theme maybe.. or ?

I'm having the same issue. Did you find the fix for this? 

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On 8/22/2023 at 10:49 PM, drewjbx said:

Hey not sure if you still are working on this but after some time with it I noticed the theme getting sluggish after awhile so I deleted all image cache. I started Launchbox and all images cached up as expected. When running big box only 6 images got cached in the Cache-BB folder... this is after viewing a ton of systems and games. Then after awhile it will get sluggish. It seems that this is because no images are being cached in the BB folder. I could be wrong which is why I am asking... does this have something to with your theme maybe.. or ?

I'm having the same issue. Did you figure this out yet? 

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21 hours ago, Truest1 said:

I'm having the same issue. Did you figure this out yet? 

Simple scrolling seems to be ok for the most part but when in 'Attract Mode' the sluggishness starts for me. I am hoping for a simple screensaver option that plays user defined videos (Batocera does this)

I will try to test again with the latest LB soon though

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1 hour ago, drewjbx said:

Simple scrolling seems to be ok for the most part but when in 'Attract Mode' the sluggishness starts for me. I am hoping for a simple screensaver option that plays user defined videos (Batocera does this)

I will try to test again with the latest LB soon though

Ohh ok let me know how it goes. Really love this theme. Wish it would not have this issue. 

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