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Fades would require work. The font should be using whatever you have set in font settings. You want a different font should be able to just change it in the settings.
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13 hours ago, Rlad said:
I can't find any way to favorite games.
Next update I make to the theme I'd like to get a favorite/complete button added. Was getting low on time and shipped it without one. For now you'd have to do it via edit game window.
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10 hours ago, tycho1974 said:
Quick note: I tried sorting my games by "last played" while in list view, and nothing happened. Point of fact, no sorting option works except for title. I haven't tested other views yet.
Yeah, this is partly because of how ListView is made behind the scenes. Typically list view is a data grid that lets you sort by any column so the arrange by settings aren't applied to it. I'm not sure if I can theme around that or not quite frankly.
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7 minutes ago, tycho1974 said:
Related: Are there any resources or guides for editing/creating LB themes?
Not at the moment. Faeran and I want to get a document written up similar to the one we have for Big Box that explains a lot of the common bindings, but you would still need to understand the basics regarding XAML/WPF to make your own theme. This theme REALLY isn't one to use to learn either. The XAML files are NOT clean/pretty and there is a LOT going on. My Beats theme is far simpler to read and learn from this then is.
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Updated description to make it clear, the upper banner CAN be resized, the grip is invisible but is under the play button, the cursor changes when you're over it. Only time you can't resize is if you are in image view and the shelf is open. Your sizing DOES get saved so you should only need to really do it once.
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1 hour ago, Benuno said:
Would it also be possible instead of displaying "LaunchBox" with the cool placeholder background image to show the corresponding playlist or platform bg and Title after selecting one when using the box view?
At this time as I understand your request this isn't really possible to do with the theme engine. If we add something like that I could take a look at doing something like that.
1 hour ago, Benuno said:Would it be possible to have video playback with vignette at the top right corner to autoplay game title videos?
Not real sure what you mean by this if I'm honest.
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10 hours ago, Suhrvivor said:
No game icons on hover
Frankly forgot that was a thing we even had. I don't know that I've used those ever and they typically just got in the way so I didn't bother to add them.
10 hours ago, Suhrvivor said:Also, backgrounds in the details are only showing the top part, with the background we have in the DB it would be better if they were middle centered
1 hour ago, Benuno said:possible to have the background image centered in the top view
I originally had this, but with the images we have in our DB most of the times top aligned looked better (less busy and allowed the logo to be seen easily). Having it top aligned means the image doesn't look weird as you as resizing the details pane as well. Steam also top aligns the background (though their background image they use I admit has far less height than ours) and I was trying to be as true to their design as I could be.
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I've not looked at the view but would assume you just need to add it as a logo to your playlist and then clear your image cache so it refreshes and picks up the new logo.
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@Mr. RetroLust Yeah for some reason the file lock isn't being cleared as soon as it should be in the details. I can take a look at maybe getting a converter made that you can use in the bind that will ensure the image is loaded once and then releases it's lock so that you don't have this issue.
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2 minutes ago, Lukeyboy67 said:Cool theme! 12.7? I'm still on 12.6 with no update available....
Can hop on beta and use it. 12.7 should be out pretty soon though.
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Just delete the themes MarqueeView.xaml file and you will use the Default view with the theme
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6 minutes ago, DarrelMayhead said:Hello! How do I remove this, have had it for a couple of years but don't need it now as Launchbox has it officially. I've removed the .dll and all files in the plugins folder but it's still showing up at the bottom of the arrange by menu as well as in games details. Any help would be appreciated and thanks for this cool plugin while it was needed!
Pretty sure the plugin used and added a custom field to keep track of the data, you would need to use bulk edit to remove that field from all games.
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On 10/13/2021 at 1:05 PM, aaronpryan said:
Any update on this? I'm having the same problem as elwooha6. I'm looking for a theme that has just the list like this without any box art or videos as I find it's too much hassle scraping. I came across this theme and it looked cool.
2 minutes ago, SkinZnikS said:I am looking for the same thing as the above. This theme, minus the big platform logo. Just a list for the games in this MS DOS theme.
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You can't do it in CTC that I am aware of but if you are using the FlowVideo control to play the game video it has a "HasVideo" property you can bind to and control your fallback video visibility with. You would have to manually mess with the XAML to do all of that though to my knowledge.
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3 hours ago, Retrofrogg said:Will definitely check this out. @faeran, based on your knowledge, would it be possible to make a dual-screen theme? For example, to have the system tree and games list on one screen, with the game details pane (including info, video, snapshots etc) on the other? This is something I would really like to do if possible.
Currently not possible, but is on my list of things I'd personally enjoy tackling.
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37 minutes ago, Hman said:
Great! If you are going to update the theme, please also add filter button (used in version 11.18)
This is a Big Box theme, that functionality was added to LaunchBox, not Big Box.
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2 hours ago, Mr. RetroLust said:
@C-Beats Do you know if it's possible to show a clear logo in the gamedetails for Launchbox theming? If so which binding/code should I use? I have tried "Visibility="{Binding ClearLogoVisibility}"" but that doesnt show the logo, I also tried: "<Image Source="{Binding Path=ActiveGame.ClearLogoImagePath}" />" but that doesnt show it either.
In LaunchBox GameDetailsView the game is just "Game". We create a new details panel every time the selected game changes so there is no need for Active/Selected like we have in Big Box. Binding should just be "{Binding Game.ClearLogoImagePath}"
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48 minutes ago, ItchyRobot said:
This did not work for me. I assume this will be a tool that needs to be implemented into Community Theme Creator to work?
I tried putting a wav file into my following folder... (but did not work)
\LaunchBox\Themes\Tilted\Sounds\Nintendo Entertainment System\I tried both Select and Startup\Nintendo Entertainment System.wav
I was unsure which {SoundType} to use to name my folder, so maybe I screwed that up. Am I missing something?Just so we are clear the sounds will play in Big Box when doing as I said, I don't believe the Community Theme Creator utilizes them at all. What sound type REALLY depends on what action you want the sound to play on.
Select - this is when you press select to pick a platform or game (typically the 'A' button on your controller)
Move - this is when you move through a wheel/view (typically the arrows or control stick)
Back - this is when you move to a previous view (typically 'B' button or ESC)
Startup - only played when you first start Big box
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1 hour ago, ItchyRobot said:
@y2guru How would I go about adding sounds for each Platform as I toggle through them in the Platform view? I have downloaded startup mp3's of each console, and would like for them to start as I select them in the Platform list. Like you can currently do with platform videos. I am not using videos for my build.
LaunchBox does this natively. Put the sounds in your Theme folder like such: \\LaunchBox\Themes\{Your theme name}\Sounds\{Platform Name}\{SoundType}\AnySound.wav
Sound type would be replaced with the type of sound and can be one of four values: Select, Move, Back, Startup
You can put as many wav files in that folder as you want and Big Box will randomly play one of the sounds it finds.
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48 minutes ago, mechaluzz said:
i've tried to find a previous version here in the official site with no success
Can find old installers for versions you have upgraded from in your \\LaunchBox\Updates folder. You can also email support@unbrokensoftware.com and ask for an installer for a previous version and they will be able to get you one.
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Should be able to use these now in 11.18 Beta 3 and forward
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1 minute ago, JaysArcade said:Looks good so far. I copied all the options menu xaml files and the menuitemview.xaml. I don't plan on theming any of it. I'm just grateful that it works. If I send it to you can you take a quick look to make sure it works OK on your end?
For sure. Will probably use your theme for my arcade platform for a little while anyway. Still need to make the artwork/vids for the arcade platform to play nice with my theme so this'll be a nice stand in to give me time to do it.
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1 minute ago, JaysArcade said:
Hey thanks. I might take you up on that. My other theme uses Faerans xaml for the backend, but I didn't think it would fit in this theme. I'll take a look and see what I can do with it.
Let me know if you have any issues with it, help where I can.
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1 hour ago, jhayes0027 said:Thank you, I am open to any suggestions and thoughts
I'm just going off of your images as I haven't had time to test the theme but the main thing (and I admit it's PRETTY minor) I saw that I'd change is to simply add some margin around the clear logo that is displayed on the left hand side of the view. You have it pushed right up to the sides and it just feels a bit more cramped when you do that. Personally think they look better when you apply a margin to the sides to give the image a bit more "room to breathe".
![More information about "[OUTDATED] MS-DOS BigBox Theme"](https://forums.launchbox-app.com/uploads/monthly_2017_01/LBdos1.png.8dbe40a620cecf0862cf1c2db8ee54cb.png)
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Np, if RetroLust or anyone else wants to take the theme and run with it I have no objections. I'll add some small tweaks here and there but not sure I'll have the time to really delve into all the suggestions I've gotten.