Coverbox Remastered v2.03 - Early Access

Glad to see you back! I can't wait to see the new version! This was by far my favorite theme(s)!

Thanks a lot for re-posting this! I held on to your original theme files from a while back, but it's definitely nice to have these available for everyone and look forward to any updates too!

Thanks for the positive vibes guys, I plan on updating them with the new features in CTC 3.2 sometime in the near future. Just need a few days to restore all that was removed.

 

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"Coverbox: Fragments has returned in all its glory, complete with all the remaining bugs i never fixed!"

Oh Boy hahah Great to see you back!!

20 minutes ago, Jackdefjam said:

 

Oh Boy hahah Great to see you back!!

Don't worry I just meant they are exactly how I left them, they work stable enough as is just some small things need fixed in a few. They will all be fixed in the end

Glad to see you're back man! Looking forward to your work!

Best themes on Bigbox, hands down, and better than Coverbox vanilla (and I say that as a huge coverbox fan). Glad to see you back. Looking forward to the Switch theme!

Is there any way to use game clear logos rather than text?

Edited August 8, 2024 by Boomerps2

10 hours ago, Boomerps2 said:

Is there any way to use game clear logos rather than text?

These were all made in "text view", just like Coverbox. I don't believe it's possible to use clear logos in text view.

Edited August 8, 2024 by KingSlayer420

What you are doing with themes is awesome! I want to learn how to do it to make coverbox themes for my playlists and Categories

Edited September 19, 2024 by Lucoshi

this is the best theme!  small question, where did descriptions of games gone? i search  everywhere, but couldn't fint it.

Looking forward to v2! Keep up the amazing work. Will you use the 3D Models in the new version ? 

3 hours ago, Jackdefjam said:

Looking forward to v2! Keep up the amazing work. Will you use the 3D Models in the new version ? 

I went with the seamless box back this time, like the fragments and coverbox. The 3D box details screen (which reads alot of metadata) was causing some extra lag when browsing the game list. I've been using the 3D box models for the startup/shutdown themes, so you can spin them around when the game is loading and exiting. If it's a wanted feature perhaps I could squeeze that in somehow, if I added it in without reading all the metadata info it would display the box front (or solid color) when you spin it around, breaking the immersion. Out of curiosity, which did you prefer? 

For your Theme I actually do like the idea of the 3D Models in the startup/shutdown screen. Right now I'm using your Theme for a lot of consoles because I love the details you provide with a playfull but aestethic user interface. In general I prefer 3D Models especially for my Windows 98 Big Boxes and Playstation/Dreamcast jewel Cases. Since the front covers are usually displayed rather small on most platforms in your theme, the 3D models are probably a waste of resources. Thanks for the fast reply and keep up the great work

31 minutes ago, Jackdefjam said:

For your Theme I actually do like the idea of the 3D Models in the startup/shutdown screen. Right now I'm using your Theme for a lot of consoles because I love the details you provide with a playfull but aestethic user interface. In general I prefer 3D Models especially for my Windows 98 Big Boxes and Playstation/Dreamcast jewel Cases. Since the front covers are usually displayed rather small on most platforms in your theme, the 3D models are probably a waste of resources. Thanks for the fast reply and keep up the great work

Thanks for the input, it helps more than you might think. I also like the 3D box, feels like im almost holding the game. I got a good idea to implement the 3d box for the details and still keep it seemless. I can't add all the metadata but i can have the box back show using the 3d model, I will tinker with this today and see what I can do. If I collapse the entire Case Grid in details it should hide all that behind it, leaving you to freely swivel away at those cases. If I can pull it off I'll add a option to switch between the 2D Box Back and the 3D Box Back so everybody is happy. I rebuilt the whole thing with this in mind, you can turn several things on/off real easy now.

Alright, Ive added it in and added a option to disable it. When disabled it will revert back to the 2D version. Thanks for reminding me of that Jack, it looks real cool. Nice to see you still lurking around the forums.

Glad to see you’re back, my friend! This is looking fantastic. I’ve been using a mix of your Fragments and Nostalgia themes (with Mini Console filling in for systems not covered) for a while now, and I think this will definitely be the way I browse LaunchBox from here on out. I’m really loving the presentation—clean, stylish, and super functional.

Great job as always! The only “issue” I’ve run into is that, for some reason, the videos don’t have any sound. If that’s intentional, no worries I can always set up background music for scrolling instead. oh and I am crashing every time I try to open bigbox now

Update stopped crashing after logging out and in to my computer. but I noticed the video snaps aren't working for games.

Edited Saturday at 06:52 AM by vahn65

Hi,

I love your work on the previous version...
I just have one request or recommendation from my point of view. Why don't you try adding a box and CD/cartridge thumbnail to each system?
That would be really cool.

2 hours ago, vahn65 said:

Glad to see you’re back, my friend! This is looking fantastic. I’ve been using a mix of your Fragments and Nostalgia themes (with Mini Console filling in for systems not covered) for a while now, and I think this will definitely be the way I browse LaunchBox from here on out. I’m really loving the presentation—clean, stylish, and super functional.

Great job as always! The only “issue” I’ve run into is that, for some reason, the videos don’t have any sound. If that’s intentional, no worries I can always set up background music for scrolling instead. oh and I am crashing every time I try to open bigbox now

Update stopped crashing after logging out and in to my computer. but I noticed the video snaps aren't working for games.

If you're on the current Version 13.23 it could correlate with the recent implimentation of the FFMPEG Video Engine. But they are working on it right now, so maybe it will fix your problems as well.  I'm not able to start Big Box right now because of the current problems. But as soon as the bugs are fixed I'll try the 2.0 Version. Very excited for the results  

3 hours ago, vahn65 said:

Glad to see you’re back, my friend! This is looking fantastic. I’ve been using a mix of your Fragments and Nostalgia themes (with Mini Console filling in for systems not covered) for a while now, and I think this will definitely be the way I browse LaunchBox from here on out. I’m really loving the presentation—clean, stylish, and super functional.

Great job as always! The only “issue” I’ve run into is that, for some reason, the videos don’t have any sound. If that’s intentional, no worries I can always set up background music for scrolling instead. oh and I am crashing every time I try to open bigbox now

Update stopped crashing after logging out and in to my computer. but I noticed the video snaps aren't working for games.

Thanks vahn, to be honest I didn't get any crashes but i did experience a few long "lags" that I think is due to the ffmpeg issues. I did read that alot of people are having some trouble with that and it only happened to me a few times out of 100+ hours in BigBox. Im sure Jason and the team will get that fixed up sometime soon. 

As for the sound I believe it's the same ffmpeg issue, in the game lists I use "selected item video" which doesn't allow you to mute the sound. In the platform list I used "User Selected Video" and it does indeed have a mute function, which I did use when BGM is enabled. If you disable the BGM in global settings it will then play sound from the videos in platform view 1.

Hope you guys get your builds back up sometime soon, I picked a bad time to release the early access i see. 

1 hour ago, camboico said:

Hi,

I love your work on the previous version...
I just have one request or recommendation from my point of view. Why don't you try adding a box and CD/cartridge thumbnail to each system?
That would be really cool.

Thank you camboico, I'm not sure I fully understand what your asking for. I believe you want like a box/cart combo somewhere in the platform view 1? I added cart/disc stuff to that view already but i could add a box there with some animations perhaps if that is indeed what you are asking for. 

1 hour ago, Jackdefjam said:

If you're on the current Version 13.23 it could correlate with the recent implimentation of the FFMPEG Video Engine. But they are working on it right now, so maybe it will fix your problems as well.  I'm not able to start Big Box right now because of the current problems. But as soon as the bugs are fixed I'll try the 2.0 Version. Very excited for the results  

Thanks for answering that Jack, sorry again to hear your borked up atm. The project isn't going anywhere, it will be here waiting for ya soon as they fix that ffmpeg issue

12 minutes ago, KingSlayer420 said:

Thank you camboico, I'm not sure I fully understand what your asking for. I believe you want like a box/cart combo somewhere in the platform view 1? I added cart/disc stuff to that view already but i could add a box there with some animations perhaps if that is indeed what you are asking for. 

Yeah,
A little Miniature with box art 2d or 3d like you did in game gear.

For example, taking the PSX theme like reference ... can you put the cd+cover box in the space of icons for 1-2 players, genre ,etc ?

I think it would be cool... 😅

35 minutes ago, camboico said:

Yeah,
A little Miniature with box art 2d or 3d like you did in game gear.

For example, taking the PSX theme like reference ... can you put the cd+cover box in the space of icons for 1-2 players, genre ,etc ?

I think it would be cool... 😅

Are you talking about adding it to the game views? I have very limited space to work with in that area. Its a struggle already to cram all the info into that little rectangle wheel area. I try not to add 2 of the same thing to any of the game list views because of the limited space due to the large coverbox covers, retroachievements is a exception I sometimes use 2 of those.  Theres a huge cover already, and it has a disc animation that shows every 8-10 secs. If you do a quick mockup on paint or photoshop of what you want it to look like I can try to add a option or something, or try to fit it in if it looks aesthetically pleasing. 

7 hours ago, KingSlayer420 said:

Are you talking about adding it to the game views? I have very limited space to work with in that area. Its a struggle already to cram all the info into that little rectangle wheel area. I try not to add 2 of the same thing to any of the game list views because of the limited space due to the large coverbox covers, retroachievements is a exception I sometimes use 2 of those.  Theres a huge cover already, and it has a disc animation that shows every 8-10 secs. If you do a quick mockup on paint or photoshop of what you want it to look like I can try to add a option or something, or try to fit it in if it looks aesthetically pleasing. 

Hi,

Would something like this be possible?
Even putting the genre or player labels a little higher and resizing the CD and box case.

 

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Edited Saturday at 06:33 PM by camboico