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Playtime is a modern theme designed mostly to Showcase the new Game Discovery Center! 
Think of it like a Netflix For Games kind of look where you can browse & discover content you may have forgotten about or just not played in a while. Playtime has had a makeover since the last upload with a huge list of changes with some smooth transitions switching between games to Fullscreen Fanart & Fullscreen gameplay videos. 
In the GDC/Game Discovery Center view or I like to call the Home Screen I have utilised some navigational context when switching games as to which game you are navigating to/from. For example the screen transitions from The Highly Recommended Games in a frame at the top of screen into a list of games with Fullscreen Fanart.
This theme contains a Game Discovery Center View, 4 Platform Views, Text Views, a Wall View, 3 Horizontal based Views of Game Boxes & a Vertical View/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 1.5   See changelog

Released

No changelog available for this version.

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DazStelfox79

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Thanks SidewaysMan, Keep an eye out for future updates & possible Skins for my theme😀

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Shermo

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The game play video no longer shows in latest, you can hear it 

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DazStelfox79

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Ahh thanks Shermo for letting me know. Which view does this happen in?

SidewaysMan

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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!

 

DazStelfox79

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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.

SidewaysMan

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Yep that fixed it. Thanks, its a real great theme!!!

 

lessthanzero33

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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?

 

DazStelfox79

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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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lessthanzero33

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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.

DazStelfox79

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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

SidewaysMan

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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!

SidewaysMan

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Nice update, I like the new views alot!!! One question I have is it possible to get rid of the black bar on top in vertical wheel 2 view etc. 

 

DazStelfox79

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I take it you mean the Horizontal wheel views!

sure I mean, you can open any of these views with notepad & there is a section that’s says Top Bar, this can just be deleted. Hope this helps.

SidewaysMan

Posted

Excellent thanks!!!! Great job as always!!!

 

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