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Playtime is a theme based on the new Game Discovery Center where you can browse & discover content you may have forgotten about or just not played in a while. It is designed with much inspiration from my very popular Play Box 6 theme.
Included is a WheelGamesView based in a bedroom or Arcade room with a device hooked up to a screen to showcase some Nostalgia.


Game Discovery Center
To set Game Discovery Center to startup as your Home view. Start Big Box & go to Options/Views/Default Startup View: Game Discovery Center
Avatar Profile & Username Customisations & Instructions

Important Note

For Gameplay Videos set your Video Playback Engine to Windows Media Player in Big Box options/Videos/Video Playback Engine. VLC Player does not like videos in a Dock or Stack which will result in video playing sound but not visible.

Avatar Profile & Username Customisations
You can personalise your Home Screen ect with your own Avatar profile/Gamer Pic & i have created 50 Avatar pics for your profile for you to play around with & enjoy.

Edited by DazStelfox79
Added Information about changing Video Playback Engine to Windows Media Player


What's New in Version 09/04/2024 08:11 PM   See changelog

Released

I have added the original HorizontalWheel1GamesView as there was Lag/Delay with the last upload

Edited the TextGamesView as the wrong colour was on the Highlight of the Alphanumeric Bar/Game Wheel Index for search filter, Was Blue now Green

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Im getting same issue as Shermo with latest. Once you enter a platform, and scroll through games, the gameplay videos arent showing, we can hear em but they dont show bud. 

Also on a sidenote we uploaded a bunch of our fanart packs and this theme looks fantastic with them! Wondering if you could make a view perhaps with fullscreen fanart background. Just an idea. Love this theme!

 

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Hi Guys

Ive been going through all the xml files to find the problem with the videos playing without sound.

It seems that VLC Player does not like videos that are in a Dock or Stack & I have always used Windows Media Player for playback.

Could you please set your Video Player to WMP in Big Box settings/Videos & let me know how this works for you.

If I need to I will upload all the original view files if people still have problems so let me know & when everything is fine could I please have a review.

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I love the asthetic of this theme but i am having issues when scrolling thru games. If i am in a certain system, scrolling from game to game or letter to letter has some serious lag between scrolling. Ironically enough, when i first installed the theme, everything ran/scrolled smoothly but now there's delay. Any ideas?

 

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Not sure if it is to do with the game play videos being in a dock or stack.

Also all the views were designed off Selected Item View where the images load instantly scrolling through games.

I have another version that was designed off Active Item View where there is a slight delay loading images scrolling through games which should prevent lag hopefully, I will upload this version when I am next at my pc to see  if this resolves the lag

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4 hours ago, DazStelfox79 said:

Not sure if it is to do with the game play videos being in a dock or stack.

Also all the views were designed off Selected Item View where the images load instantly scrolling through games.

I have another version that was designed off Active Item View where there is a slight delay loading images scrolling through games which should prevent lag hopefully, I will upload this version when I am next at my pc to see  if this resolves the lag

The new version is much better but i am experiencing a lot of delay/lag in the Horizontal Wheel 1 view.

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On 8/1/2024 at 5:47 AM, SidewaysMan said:

Im getting same issue as Shermo with latest. Once you enter a platform, and scroll through games, the gameplay videos arent showing, we can hear em but they dont show bud. 

Also on a sidenote we uploaded a bunch of our fanart packs and this theme looks fantastic with them! Wondering if you could make a view perhaps with fullscreen fanart background. Just an idea. Love this theme!

 

For You SidewaysMan I am currently working on a Skin for Fullscreen Fanart Backgrounds, Stay Tuned

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22 minutes ago, DazStelfox79 said:

For You SidewaysMan I am currently working on a Skin for Fullscreen Fanart Backgrounds, Stay Tuned

Look forward to seeing it buddy!!! You're a talented fella!

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