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Neon Deluxe Arcade - 16:9 (Big Box Theme)
Whatscheiser reviewed Mr. RetroLust's file in Custom Themes
I'm always tinkering with my LaunchBox installation and creating custom categories, mainly for Movies and TV shows to sit alongside my game library. I'm always searching for what I think the end result should look like when I finally have all of this media under one roof. So I'll every so often mess with other themes or play around in the community theme creator to edit and tweak existing works a little bit, but I always come back around to using Neon Deluxe Arcade, Something about the presentation here just trips all the right "nostalgia" buttons for me. Not to mention its very flexible in terms of presentation. The low light renderings and screen effects applied across period correct televisions displaying game videos, or arcade cabinets and their marquees is just so well done. Or if you'd rather make the game art itself and the videos accompanying that the main focus then there are views to support that as well, letting the platform take a back seat. With LaunchBox's ability to save different views depending on the platform this theme can really let you cater to one aesthetic or another depending on what platform you are trying to feature. This theme also hands down makes the most use of all of the different artworks that LaunchBox can populate for your games. Which I think is another point that draws me back into it. There just seems to be more here to take in and I think I begin to find others lacking as a result. Of course its all personal preference at the end of the day, but for me (at least so far) this is it. The theme really puts across its atmosphere in a convincing way and I can feel like this is a spot I'd want to squirrel away all of my stuff into. Like the mancave arcade my house doesn't have the room for. Thanks! -
Where is your storage located? Are you running local SATA drives? Or do you have storage on USB/LAN? Regardless... I'm going to hazard a guess that when Windows is putting the PC to sleep something is coming back online later than expected after wake. BigBox is trying to find a resource it previously had a hold of and then bombing out when it isn't there. In my experience USB is great at causing that particular issue, but it isn't the only possibility. As for your remote power on... Silverstone actually makes a PCI-E add-in device that lets you remotely power the PC with a keychain dongle that ships with it. To my understanding, you could probably make that work with a universal remote if you want it more integrated to your entertainment setup. It's not an xbox controller, but I figure it's worth mentioning.
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It's not too common but I have had LaunchBox not acknowledge category and platform changes right away. When I have had this happen I don't repeat the action, I just close and re-open LaunchBox. This usually sorts it out. Sounds like you might have experienced something similar.
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In my experience, it's a bit of a preference and can depend a bit on the theme you want to use. I haven't used Unified much myself but I like to grab BoxFront, BoxBack, Clear Logo, Fanart Background, Cart Front, Disc, and Banner. For certain themes and views, gameplay screenshots are also handy to grab. (For example wall views that make use of screenshot images overlayed with clear logos). You might also prefer to have 3D box images over flat box front images. Banners are only really needed if you need a marquee image, so you could probably axe that pick if that's not something your theme needs. Honestly, it might be best to take two or three of your games and experiment with them before doing the whole library. Once you have those setup just how you like you'll know exactly what you need to grab.
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By your image, it looks like you have Arcade as a platform category and then Arcade appears underneath it as the actual platform. If you just want one entry you can right-click on the Arcade platform and set its parent to "Root". If the Arcade category doesn't disappear then right-click on it and delete it. Alternatively, you could rename the platform to something more specific to your collection. I believe The Arcade Category is automatically created to provide you with more nesting options.
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Neon Deluxe Arcade - 16:9 (Big Box Theme)
Whatscheiser commented on Mr. RetroLust's file in Custom Themes
Yeah I get its hard to diagnose when its not reproducible. The particular png file it always seems to throw the error on is located within... OptionsPage.xaml OptionsView.xaml TextListView.xaml TextFiltersView.xaml SystemView.xaml Since the error is basically just "we can't find that path, yo." I altered the entries in those files to point directly to the png file relative to my installation. Using notepad++ I can change every instance of "pack://siteoforigin:,,," to "G:/LaunchBox" pretty easily. So far it seems to have shored up my issue. I'll pop back in after a bit if it doesn't stay fixed. -
Neon Deluxe Arcade - 16:9 (Big Box Theme)
Whatscheiser commented on Mr. RetroLust's file in Custom Themes
No, this is an internally connected SATA SSD. I do not have Launchbox installed in my user folder though. It's on the root of this hard drive, but the account that I use on this system is the admin account. I don't think its a permissions issue but the fact that I changed the installation directory is probably worth mentioning. There is one thing that occurred to me after I posted this. When I unzip an archive I tend to let it just pull the files out to a folder in my downloads directory. I then will cut/paste those files to their final destination. I did notice that this changes the files modified date vs what they show up as in the archive. I don't really know that this matters, but just to be sure I did re-install the theme again making sure to unpack the zip file directly to its final destination in the Launchbox Themes directory. Now the files show the same modified date as they do in the archive. Its an intermittent issue. Sometimes I can launch the application without a problem, sometimes not. I'll be tinkering with it today and I'll see if it keeps throwing the error at me. -
Neon Deluxe Arcade - 16:9 (Big Box Theme)
Whatscheiser commented on Mr. RetroLust's file in Custom Themes
Hi there, I've been enjoying this theme for quite a while but after the last few updates (I want to say since version 12.13 or so) I've been getting this error, mostly when I attempt to back out to the options screen.. I have tried reinstalling the latest version of this theme and I do right-click the downloaded archive and check "unblock". I did try doing a little searching, but most of what I come up with has to do with symlink issues for folks who have launchbox installed over their network. This installation is sitting on a local drive... Not really sure what to make of this so I'm hoping I can get pointed in the right direction. -
I've run into issues as well with needing to edit something in DaVinci Resolve and that software not playing well with mkv or webm. I came across this page that has some pretty handy commands for re-containerising content from within mkv or webm into MP4. It's pretty neat since it basically works as a direct transfer without any re-encoding so it should be lossless as well. You'll of course need ffmpeg's command line tools. Its a handy trick to have in the arsenal.
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I've been curious about their guidelines as well. I haven't run into anything that says "video must be formatted" followed by any specifics, but this document I came across on their discord seems to lay out an expected "40 seconds of gameplay with 10 seconds of title screen". With the gameplay bit coming first and the title screen second. I know that I haven't run into any other formats for their video media which is why I haven't uploaded my own MS-DOS snaps. (I just let the gameplay demos run and record those). https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ObZfWpS6yTd8Nxjh6v847Y_bpxxGZtsuaPmMVV5HOSs/edit If you have questions about specifics it looks like Discord is the place to ask. https://discord.com/invite/D6KbKZr
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EmuMovies with their paid account gives you access to their FTP server. I've downloaded single videos that way through FileZilla (FTP Client). They also have a downloads forum similar to what is here at the LaunchBox forums for themes and artwork. For EmuMovies, it looks like you can submit your own files here: Submit Media. Also, if you're not put off by a bit of tinkering, trimming down YT gameplay to something more manageable can be pretty easy with this tool I've been using it for a while to trim the "trailer approved for all audiences" message off of my movie previews. Works pretty well and is pretty straightforward to use.
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Yes, there sure are. I was just giving feedback on this particular one. My overall impression was mostly positive and in the same vein as a few other folks in previous posts. I realize this is a style choice. Not sure what your point is... Like I said, I'll probably use these.
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As others have said, I'm conflicted with the design choice showing off the cartridge's connector. On the one hand, I can appreciate these being accurately represented. On the other, my brain won't stop telling me it looks wrong given the angle. Overall though I appreciate the effort and its high-quality work. In the end, I think the uniformity of this is going to be a really attractive addition to a BigBox. I could definitely see myself making use of these. Thanks!
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This really looks great. Any chance you might do a wall layout for this theme as well?
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I'm not asking where I can find movie posters and artwork for Launchbox. I have them. Before we get too far into this, I know Movies and TV Shows are currently outside the scope of this application and this is just a thing I'm doing, but I know others have an interest in hosting all of their media under one roof which I how I got started down this rabbit hole. At this point I have a collection of... I'd say nearly 300 movies. Poster art, fan art, backdrops, front covers, back covers, video trailers, banners... most of what you need to make it feel like it was scraped at a similarly thorough level on par with your game folders. I'm still building this out but it occurs to me that I could post my collection of media here in the downloads section to share. Again though, citing what I already said above, I know this is a bit of a niche and I don't know to what degree the community here wants to participate in that. I also understand if there is some apprehension about hosting media related to movies and television since that area of copyright tends to be scrutinized more closely. I wasn't sure where this question would be appropriate so I'm putting it here in the noobs section. Just thought it might be worth gauging interest. Thanks.
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Simple interface with a really attractive look. Well done, man. -
No, it is an ultrawide though. Native resolution is 3440x1440. Ultrawide has been an issue with some BigBox themes but I have never had it cause an issue with Launchbox (though I assume it isn't out of the question). The difference between 16:9 and 21:9 can mess with views in regards to zooming and camera position. That said I did just try stepping down to 2560x1440 and that didn't seem to make a difference. Anyway I am currently using faeran's Default Plus theme without an issue and I'm pretty happy with that. If this was a problem across the board I'd take a bit of a deeper dive into it, but it only seems to happen with this theme. -
It's not a setting I have altered, so no. I did try out another theme as well, which didn't present this issue, so I've been using that instead. If I get curious I'll poke around fir the Spacement setting you mentioned. Thanks.
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Oh that's awesome. LOL I've been spending most of my time in BigBox so I'm not as familiar with the Launchbox desktop app as I should be... Honestly with as nice as this looks especially with videos its too bad there isn't just a controller supported version of this. Thanks for the theme and the pointing me in the right direction! -
How are you guys getting videos to show up on the right hand side of the screen? None of mine do.
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I downloaded this theme and its cropping all of my cover art. Only about a third of the image shows. Is there a setting somewhere to undo this?
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I suspect Valve has likely done quite a bit of optimization for their flavor of Linux as it relates to the hardware inside the Steam Deck. Why you would elect to throw all of that out and run Windows is a bit beyond me... but then, as I sit here and think about it, Maybe dual booting is a possibility? I suppose that is a compromise if a native app isn't going to come around. It is Linux after all. Windows AME inside a VM is an interesting thought as well. I came in here curious about Launchbox and now I'm leaving wondering about QEMU. LOL
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Neon Deluxe Arcade - 16:9 (Big Box Theme)
Whatscheiser replied to Mr. RetroLust's topic in Big Box Custom Themes
Yeah the file itself is notated well too. Each table has a header that tells you what they are. Editing the time I'm sure would be pretty easy for most people to figure out regardless (time codes do stick out a little). Most of my fumble was spent figuring out which view was which so I knew which one I needed to edit. I just should have thought to use the search tool sooner (thanks Mr. Retrolust). Seeing all the tables displayed in text made my eyes glaze over a bit at first, but it wasn't bad once I could figure out where the tags were starting and stopping. -
Neon Deluxe Arcade - 16:9 (Big Box Theme)
Whatscheiser replied to Mr. RetroLust's topic in Big Box Custom Themes
Hey I did just have a poke around turned out to be a pretty simple job with Notepad++ I just made sure the table below the system time got moved up into the same position after deleting those lines. Loaded the theme and boom no system time. Launchbox didn't complain about any errors in the file. Pretty good result! 👍 I should also really take the time to say thanks while I'm here. I have a system I have been using this theme on for a while and I really enjoy it. The overlays for the screens and marquees are really impressive to look at as well. Its a really cool aesthetic and I dig it. Thanks again. -
Neon Deluxe Arcade - 16:9 (Big Box Theme)
Whatscheiser replied to Mr. RetroLust's topic in Big Box Custom Themes
I just realized one is standard time and the other is military. I wouldn't ask you to go through the trouble to do a one off, but if its a simple edit in one of the xml files I'd be willing to try it myself. I'm just not sure where I should look.
