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12 hours ago, FamShoppa said:I'm thinking of some alternate things that television preview could show...
- A television commercial of that particular console (they're all on youtube and I could download them for you)This is a great idea! I may play around with this idea. See if I can cook something up. I think the challenge for me would be making/finding videos for *all* the platforms, like the older obscure ones. But maybe I could just create a small clip that loops through the top games on the platform on that case.
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1 hour ago, FamShoppa said:
Hi @BMovieBen, installing your theme for the first time. I previously had your beautiful 'Wood Panels' installed. But in that previous theme, there were a number of LaunchBox settings we had to apply to get it looking right.
In this new theme, I don't see any extra instructions. Will it run "out the box" without modifications?
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EDIT: I also see in the preview images, the old 'Wood Panels' look is available. But I can't figure out how to enable it. Can you please instruct me on this?
I should probably add instructions around the cart images now that you mention it... I'll think on that.
For the Wood Panels look all you need to do is as follows:
Replace \Themes\GameRoom\Media\Background\background.jpg with the included background_WoodPanels.jpg
Just delete background.jpg and rename background_WoodPanels.jpg to background.jpg
Hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any further issues!
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On 1/21/2023 at 7:03 PM, II39 said:My bad I should have included a better visual and explained more. I feel like I've seen this before in Launchbox but it's been years since I've messed with anything on here so I'm not even sure if what I'm asking is possible. I'm looking for a way to not have "unofficial" games cluttering a selection without also cluttering the console list making separate "consoles" for say SNES Hacks, SNES Translations, SNES Homebrew.
In my research I've read you can create a separate console in LB, mark it to not be shown in BB, set all games to a playlist and then link that playlist to another console. This making those games only visible if I'm in the SNES platform and change to view the Hacked/Translations/Homebrew playlist, Essentially keeping my main SNES section "official"
I dug up some Kodi screenshots to give a better idea of what I'm visualizing. Something similar to how they have Recently Played, Genres, Year, ect under the main section.
I think having sub categories/playlist under each console would be great for Hacks/Translations/Other regions. So say I clicked on SNES it takes me to my main selection, but if I press down while on SNES it shows the additional playlist that can then be selected.
I think with BigBox you may just need to create playlists for Hacks/Translations/etc. You can also sort them by favorites/not favorites, or you can mark specific games as "hidden", and then in BigBox, turn the toggle on to hide "hidden" games. But I don't know that BigBox allows sub-categories underneath a Platform. I think it goes Platform Category > Platform and that's it.
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Hello all, I have published my new theme "Game Room", which is a spiritual sequel to WoodPanels. It supports more platforms, more screen aspect ratios, metadata, and playlists! I have also included a familiar looking wood background as an alternate option if you still like that better 😁. Please take a look and give it a try!
@II39@FamShoppa@SeerOfChaos@Gulash@midas@russticles@retrogamer459@Ricardo35@Maul83@shinerlaaaa@sqdz@bundangdon@comet988@northnut@ninken@SixStringD@Banditt@NOMAD0P@Klopjero@slumlorddaddy@AustNerevar@Sheep83@TwoLegsJim@y2guru
Edit: One more note, as Game Room largely replaces WoodPanels, I do not plan to make any more updates to WoodPanels going forward.
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2 hours ago, II39 said:
I'd love to test out V2 when when it's available. If I can make a suggestion (if it's possible) can the playlist features support being shown under consoles. Something like if I press OK on just the snes it takes me to my main collection but if I press down it displays the additional playlist (that I have linked to separate hidden platforms) as to not clutter up the main collection.
BTW I'm loving this theme and have had some friends switch over to it. We've enjoyed changing out the backgrounds and the "Modern" tv to the monstrous rear projector I had during that generation of consoles.
First of all, I love the customizations you have made! Looks incredible.
Second, I am not sure what exactly you're asking for. Playlist support in general or for playlists to be listed alongside platforms in the platform selection wheel (first screenshot)?
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14 minutes ago, FamShoppa said:
I can totally wait for your new project. I've just started using LaunchBox and RetroArch, and I have lots of other "growing pains" to deal with. So your current theme (without playlists etc.) can easily tide me over for a long time.
And I greatly appreciate you preserving the "wood" as an alternate look in your new project. I love the fun and child-like aesthetic your current theme has - and I think the wood and carpeting greatly contributes to that!
Thank you for that review by the way, it made my day when I read it. I feel like my little theme gets drowned out by all the new fandangled modern ones out there! Any interest in testing an early version of the new theme? Let me know and if you're interested I'll PM you when it's ready for testing.
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5 hours ago, FamShoppa said:
The problem is that when I enter the playlist, the television displayed is the one associated with NES - and the video preview does not work.
So I guess this means playlists are not easily compatible with WoodPanels?
Hey there...so evidently some updates to BigBox caused my theme to break on the 'playlist' views. I can look into it, but to be honest, I only included really basic support for Playlists because I had to in order to submit it for inclusion in BigBox. The WoodPanels theme, the way it was built...is not dynamic. That was done due to the limitations of the theme creator application at the time and in the interest of speed and performance in BigBox.
Here's what it used to look like before it broke. I couldn't get the video to dynamically resize per platform, so it's just the 80s TV with no platform image. If you're still interested I can try and get this working again. That said, I have been working a while on a new theme that is basically a WoodPanels 2.0, and is dynamic and will do exactly what you're looking to achieve, but I'm again running into performance issues. It's funny timing actually, I'm working with y2guru this week to try and get some help for that. So you could wait for that if you want instead. It looks a little different and doesn't use the wood panel background by default but I'll include it as an alternate just in case folks want it back.
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Just saw the Launchbox 12.12 update the other day. Bezel art is now supported for use in RetroArch and MAME. Is it possible to leverage the Bezel Art in a BigBox theme as well? I'd like to apply the bezel art for each game on a cabinet just like we have marquee/banner art.
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No it's possible to do the clear logo. Not sure about the fallback to text though. It's a good idea, I just think I'm done making significant changes to WoodPanels at this point. It's a pain to make changes to every platform with the way I developed it. Maybe I'll try with a second theme!
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On 4/24/2022 at 10:43 AM, SeerOfChaos said:
Are you still supporting this theme anymore? Any chance of adding NDS and 3DS?
As promised (yes I know I took over a month), I've added support for Nintendo DS and 3DS with version 3.7.0, which is downloadable here on the site. I will publish it to BigBox proper at a later time. Please let me know if you see issues; getting the dual screens working for the DSes was pretty tricky.
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On 5/23/2022 at 4:49 AM, Gulash said:
1. It would be really nice to see the platform specs in the platform choosing menu.
First - glad you like the theme, and thank you!
On the platform "wheel" view, what kind of specs were you looking to see? Where would you put them, out of curiosity?
On 5/23/2022 at 4:49 AM, Gulash said:2. I would like to be able to open game manuals at the game menu and maybe description of the game would be nice if I could add it.
On the games list view, I purposefully kept it pretty clean, which meant dropping things like a description of the game. I do not plan to add it to this theme. As for the game manuals, I'm not sure if it's possible to view those through BigBox.
In general, if you use the Community theme creator, and use my project files, you can add/remove/change whatever you like or don't like about the theme.
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On 4/24/2022 at 10:43 AM, SeerOfChaos said:
Are you still supporting this theme anymore? Any chance of adding NDS and 3DS?
Been busy lately but I haven't forgotten you. I will add those when I get some time.
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@midasI I can load it up tonight and send you some screenshots if you still need help by then.
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9 minutes ago, midas said:
How about TurboGrafx-CD? I've been poking at things to get it added and have the console image showing up in the wheel and in the game list, but after selecting the platform it defaults to the NES images. I made a copy of the TG16 device view image and named it NEC TurboGrafx-CD.png, but I don't know how to get the TV to be a 90s TV (so my TG-16 image is floating an inch above the TV, heh). I was trying to find where it got the console information so it'd know it was a 90s console but I was lost looking at the XAML files trying to find that info.
Panasonic 3DO would be nice as well. Thanks for a great theme!
If you have a TurboGrafx CD system you can take a high quality photo of at that flat front view I'd be happy to add support for it in the theme. I just can't find any on the web and I don't own one myself. Took quite a bit of photoshopping just to get the TG16 image to work.
As for editing it, you should be able to copy the TG16 view over quite easily if you use the Community Theme Creator (link in the description for the theme up top).
And as far as the alternate image for the 3DO, I'll edit the image to fit if you can find a source, like above.
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On 4/7/2021 at 7:30 PM, russticles said:
Wow, awesome!
No that's pretty much the only major system I can think of I'd like included.
Nintendo Switch has been added to the latest version, please take a look. It will take some time before it makes its way into the the Big Box theme gallery.
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Just wanted to put it out there that I would love to see this updated to support the brand new Wall View CoverFlow Wheel that comes with LaunchBox v11.10!
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15 hours ago, russticles said:
I really enjoy this theme, it suits my lounge HTPC perfectly!
Will there be any further updates made to this theme post 3.3.0? Nintendo Switch emulation is getting better all the time, could we see a Switch theme added soon to this pack?
Sure I can add the Switch. Give me a few days to get to it. Any other systems you need while I'm in there?
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On 1/25/2021 at 12:20 PM, retrogamer459 said:
Is adding it to the game list view platform specific?
Unfortunately the way I set it up, it is platform specific. I treated each platform as special and unique so I could modify the width of the gameslist and size/placement of the box art and have more freedom overall with the look. Making a universal change means making that change one at a time for every supported platform as a result (the tradeoff!)
You'll probably be ready to go before I get to this. Attached to this post are the COMMUNITY creator project files for what I started (only modified the default gameslist view). If you need any PSD source files for the TVs or Consoles let me know, I can send you a dropbox link.
WoodPanels Meta (in progress) COMMUNITY project files.zip
Update 2/25/2021: After looking into this some more, I have decided I will not be pursuing adding the metadata to the theme proper. I'd have to add it one at a time to each platform, which is a lot of work, and it's not something I personally prefer with this theme. You can still use the project files attached to extend the theme yourselves using the COMMUNITY theme editor, though! Let me know if you have questions about the theme and I'll do my best to answer them.
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2 hours ago, retrogamer459 said:
Excited for the version with additional info! How close do you suspect you are to releasing it? My project is coming along rather nicely and I think this will be the finishing touch to bring it all together. 3d printing a case to merge my external hdd with my mini pc now.
It's a lot of work to add that, believe it or not. Can you give me a prioritized list of platforms/consoles? I can get a version out faster if I don't have to do every single platform.
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@retrogamer459 Alright here's what I got mocked up. I had to kill the gigantic baseboard to make room. Is this what you're looking for? Also, as far as the disc number, if you set up your games correctly then you should only have one listing per game, not one per disc. It's different depending on the system and emulator you're using but as far as LaunchBox goes it's pretty easy. See this thread for some info
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@Maul83 I updated it to support PlayStation 3. Please take a look and let me know if anything is off.
@retrogamer459 Still working on trying out your request; it will take some more time.
I have updated the theme here for now; will submit it for inclusion in BigBox proper later on.
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1 hour ago, Maul83 said:
Is it possible to add your own console picture (for what sits on top of the TV)? I tried to add a PS3, by adding the picture in DeviceFront and naming it the same as the platform, but it didn't work.
In theory? It's probably just easier if I add it to the theme proper. If you have a good image of the console / controller to use please send it on over and I'll add it to the theme.
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20 hours ago, retrogamer459 said:
I would enjoy a view that gave game info like release date and number of players and same with consoles. I love this theme but the only thing that would make it better for me would be loading all the metadata and displaying it. I have a lot of multidisc games too and its confusing what disc is what as well.
I chose to hide that information for a clean look, but I'm not opposed to making an alternate version for you. Where would you recommend I put that metadata?
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On 5/6/2020 at 12:17 AM, shinerlaaaa said:
Please add Sinclair ZX Spectrum in next update please
It is done! Please see the latest version here. (it takes time to get approval through BigBox proper)
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@Stylemaster it's been a while since I worked on the theme. Please remind me what the game wheel view is? Can you post some screenshots of what you're looking to see that's not in the theme already?