KingSlayer420

July 27

On 7/26/2024 at 11:14 AM, JessaKayCee said:

1) Super Nintendo and Gameboy Color don't work and just display the default theme instead.

I think I see the issue with those. I had them inside a extra folder, sorry about that. I re-uploaded them, they should work now. If not, let me know.

On 7/26/2024 at 11:14 AM, JessaKayCee said:

2)None of the startup or pause themes work, startups just freeze and I can manually close it but the game doesn't start and I have to re-launch bigbox to be able to launch any game. The pause themes kinda work, like I can navigate and quit, but they only display a black screen.

I will look into those sometime today. I built all these with CTC 3.2 and that might be the cause of the startup/pause issues, actually, I know it is. I never went back and rebuilt all these with the newer CTC version that fixes those issues. That will take me a minute, I know in this version those views still need a bit of work. I'll have to grab the older 3.1.5 version of CTC (as thats what I made these with) and re-publish each theme, zip up all the stuff, and re-upload them all.

It's Saturday, the best day. I usually spend most of the afternoon with the family, got the pool up and clean, and I am on camera/lifeguard duty while the kids play fast and loose jumping into the pool. I will be busy with that for most of the day, but I will find time to get that fixed up sometime later tonight hopefully.

EDIT: Turns out I had some time before all the chaos, I re-uploaded all the themes, and pause/startup themes. I tested with SNES theme and all seems well. Hope that fixes your issues.

July 25

On 7/24/2024 at 5:19 PM, WallyWonka said:

love these themes a lot, but I can't get Sega Genesis/Megadrive to work. The theme is missing a bunch of files and folders in the zip file. Can you check and upload again? Thanks!

thanks for reporting that, it was missing the whole part2 from when it was split on Patreon. I fixed it, you should be good to go now. If you notice any more just shoot me a msg I'll take care of it.

July 23

Nostalgic Memories - Platform Themes

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DESCRIPTION:

Hello everyone, I spent the last few weeks working on a new style for my platform themes, previously known as Coverbox Fragments, which is based off of Faeran's Coverbox. It's a series of individual platform themes based off of actual console bios/menus. I had first planned to just start where I left off with it and make new fragments for it, that later changed as I felt the need to do more than I did before. I always wanted to make use of all the views, instead of binding myself only to the text view. So, I have a proposition...I want to redo them all in this new style. Knowing that I would have to rebuild the fragments when CTC 3.2 came around was always a thought in the back of my mind. Why wait I say, sounds way more fun to make them all again from scratch with CTC 3.2. Now I can create more views than before, implement the new features of CTC 3.2, and push BigBox to its limit. I decided on a new project name since it isn't focused on one view anymore, i named it Nostalgic Memories because that's what this project reminds me of the entire time I'm making them. I had a lot of fun making this first one, I'm excited to start on another. I plan on making one of these for each platform, I will always use the coverbox fragments style for the text view with all platforms as I did before.

NOTE: CTC 3.2 is still being worked on by y2guru, you may notice a few things that aren't all the way finished because of that. Don't worry, I check Dave's Patreon page everyday for updates, as soon as they come in I'll be sure to update them. Marquee view, and animations on the shutdown view are still being worked on. It will be fixed when CTC is updated, the shutdown screen animations I may have to redo I feel that's a error on my end that I can't figure out.

As usual, it will take me a day or so to get this looking real nice. Once I do it's off to the next platform, be sure to stop by my patreon and vote, its free.

VIDEOS:

FEATURES:

Remastered Coverbox Fragment Text View in all Platform Themes
On-The-Fly Region Changing while browsing game list
Now totally rebuilt in CTC 3.2!
Custom Startup/Shutdown themes for each platform
Custom Pause theme for each platform
Loaded with more custom metadata options
Many new views!
Detail on detail on detail.
Official UI sounds for the menus

COMPLETED PLATFORMS: 2

Sony PlayStation

Sony PlayStation 2

Current Platform: Tell me what project you want me to work on next

Help me decide which platform to do next!

Progress Updates are posted on Patreon, all posts are public.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Copy all files into Launchbox folder.

The "StartupThemes" folder is recommended, but optional. Install if you wish to use the custom startup/shutdown screen.
The "PauseThemes" folder is recommended, but optional. Install if you wish to use the custom pause screen.
The "Plugins" folder is optional, it contains 2 files from CTC that allow you to use the Startup/Shutdown themes in LB.
The "Images" folder contains Developer and Publisher logos and should be installed.

NOTE: Be sure to enable "Remember Separate View Per Platform" in the BigBox settings.

NOTE: These themes are designed to be applied to your game list, creating the feeling of entering the consoles menus to browse your games.

METADATA REQUIREMENTS:

In order to use some features in this theme, you must have correct metadata filled out in Launchbox. Here are some of the fields that I used.

-Region (United States, North America, Europe, United Kingdom, Japan)
-Release Date (used for proper ESRB/PEGI/CERO by years it was used)
-Developer & Publisher Fields should be condensed to 1 company. (games with multiple company's wont display the logo)

MEDIA COMPATIBILITY:

SONY PLAYSTATION:

Spoiler

-PSX Bios views have psx memory card icon support, add them as "GOG Poster" in launchbox to see them in Bigbox.
-Need centered disc art for spin to look nice.

-Price tag assets are located in "Launchbox\Themes\Nostalgic Memories - Playstation\Media\pricetags" If you add a custom option for any price in that folder, it will use that instead of the custom price tag.

-Animated Save Icons

This theme has a few views that support game save icons. These come in 2 types; animated, and static. They should be named after the game, and copied to their matching folder.

Animated Icons (named by game) go into "LaunchBox\Themes\Nostalgic Memories - Playstation 2\Media\save icons - animated"
Static Icons (named by game) go into "LaunchBox\Themes\Nostalgic Memories - Playstation 2\Media\save icons - static"

Static save icons should be the 1st frame of your animated gif.

SONY PLAYSTATION 2:

Spoiler

-Need centered disc art for spin to look nice.

-Price tag assets are located in "Launchbox\Themes\Nostalgic Memories - Playstation\Media\pricetags" If you add a custom option for any price in that folder, it will use that instead of the custom price tag.

-Animated Save Icons

This theme has a few views that support game save icons. These come in 2 types; animated, and static. They should be named after the game, and copied to their matching folder.

Animated Icons (named by game) go into "LaunchBox\Themes\Nostalgic Memories - Playstation 2\Media\save icons - animated"
Static Icons (named by game) go into "LaunchBox\Themes\Nostalgic Memories - Playstation 2\Media\save icons - static"

Static save icons should be the 1st frame of your animated gif.

-Publisher & Developer images need to be installed for Developer/Publisher logos to display.
more Publisher Logos will be added in the future, I made a post for it HERE

CUSTOM OPTIONS:

Spoiler

Each of these themes comes equipped with its own set of custom field options, the list is included in the themes folder inside the "Custom Field Options.txt" file. These are optional, and are not required for the theme to function. By adding a custom value to a games metadata, you can change the way the theme behaves. I'll explain below how to add a custom field option.

1) As a example, let's say we want to add the "Greatest Hits" custom option to Lost World Jurassic Park.

2) Start by right-clicking the game you want to add a option to, in this case, Lost World Jurassic Park. Highlight "Edit", and select "Edit Metadata/Media..."

3) Next we refer to the "Custom Field Options.txt" file located in the themes folder (Launchbox\Themes\Nostalgic Memories - PlatformName\Custom Field Options.txt). It states we need to add the NAME "Greatest Hits" with a VALUE of "Yes" for the label to display. Next we select "Custom Fields" tab on the left, and enter the custom value there. Please note all these options are on a per-game basis, if you need to add option to multiple games you can select them all and add values that way as well. After adding the option click "OK".

4) That's it! Load it up in BigBox and it should display the greatest hits label.

VIEWS:

SONY PLAYSTATION:

Spoiler

Text List with Details - Coverbox Fragment View
Fullscreen Coverflow - PSX Classic Coverflow View
Vertical Wheel 1 - Net Yaroze View (Patreon Edition)
Vertical Wheel 2 - Playstation Underground View (Patreon Edition)
Vertical Wheel 4 - Credits View
Horizontal Wheel 1 - PSX Classic (USA/JAP) View
Horizontal Wheel 2 - PSX Classic (PAL) View (Patreon Edition)
Horizontal Wheel 3 - PocketStation View (Patreon Edition)
Wall View - PSX Bios (USA/JAP) View
Wall View 2 - PSX Bios (PAL) View (Patreon Edition)
Wall View 3 - PSX Floating Bios View

SONY PLAYSTATION 2:

Spoiler

Text List with Details - Coverbox Fragment View
Fullscreen Coverflow - PS2 Coverflow
Vertical Wheel 1 - OPL list View
Vertical Wheel 2 - Playstation Underground 2 Demo View (Patreon Edition)
Vertical Wheel 3 - PSX-DVR XMB View (PS2-DVR) (Patreon Edition)
Vertical Wheel 4 - Credits View
Horizontal Wheel 2 - EyeToy View (Patreon Edition)
Horizontal Wheel 3 - Playstation BB PlaystationNOW! Channel View
Wall View - Memory Card Browser View
Wall View 2 - PSBB Media Browser View (Patreon Edition)

Some of these views are only included in the Patreon Edition version of my themes. Don't worry, I didn't put my best views behind a paywall. The Patreon Edition contains extra views for niche and obscure addons for platforms that most people don't even have in their collection. I will always include my best views for free, the extra views for my supporters are my way of saying thank you to them.

Each theme has a custom credits view that has no use aside from that. I use Vertical Wheel 4 for that always, you can exit by changing to another view.

SCREENSHOTS:

SONY PLAYSTATION:

Spoiler

SONY PLAYSTATION 2:

Spoiler

PATREON:

Ah, Patreon. Where do I start. I know some people don't like that I started one, and put fragments behind a paywall. I am here to make that right so the fragments are now free, hope that ends that. I also know that some of you want to help, but don't have a way to buy me stay up late drinks. I will be clear that I'm not out to become a Patreon hero, so don't expect that of me. I believe that if you put effort towards balancing everything out, everybody can be happy. In that regard, I set it up in a way that I thought would make everyone happy. For people that hate the idea of buying anybody a coffee, I provided you with what I did before with way more content, and new views! For people that like to buy others coffee, I have provided you with a means to do so and a special edition with extra views. Equally, both sides get something special, I believe this is the best way. Now that's all said and done, I changed up the Patreon a bit and plan to do so a bit more. I like to hear from everybody so the poll is now public, comments will be public, etc. I like to know what kind of views you guys want added, help me with assets, anything. I love ANYTHING gaming related, including hearing from others that share that same passion. Don't be shy, stop by and help me make the best themes I can.

KingSlayer420 Patreon

CREDITS:

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

Dave Paterson - For making CTC, templates, live streams, and fixing problems when they arise, quickly I might add!

Faeran - For helping me when I run into trouble, helping with xaml stuff, CTC templates, and making all the instructional videos

DonellHD - For helping me get a Patreon started and making assets

PATREON SUPPORTERS:
WSNET
Jack Parsons
Royal Ape
Durt Dittie
BrandonW_93
William Campbell
Pademonium Cinematics

VIP PATREON SUPPORTERS:
DonellHD
Saieno

IF YOU LIKE THESE THEMES, LET ME KNOW WITH A 5 STAR REVIEW!

Submitter

KingSlayer420
Submitted

07/23/2024
Category

Custom Themes

July 22

Publisher & Developer Logos

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This is a collection of publisher/developer logos that I use in my themes. With some help from Faeran, I now have a way to load them from one location instead of including them in every platform theme I make. Most of these were pulled from Faerans Coverbox theme, after adding quite a few more from my personal collection we are left with this. I plan to update this in the future, I post them here in the meantime just in case another theme dev wants to add these into their theme.

FOR THEMES:

If you want to add these to your own theme using CTC, but don't know how, drop these xamls into your themes "User Source" folder. Add a new user source element to a view, and select the proper xaml. They wont show until you build the theme and load up bigbox.

It search's LaunchBox\Images\Publishers for the logo, and displays it. Right now it only works if you have 1 company listed in the metadata.

Developer Logo Custom Folder.XAML Publisher Logo Custom Folder.XAML

Submitter

KingSlayer420
Submitted

07/22/2024
Category

Playlist Clear Logos

July 6

Coverbox Fragments - Pause Themes

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These startup themes are for use with Coverbox - Fragments BigBox theme. These MUST be installed if you wish to use the custom pause screens I made for the fragments.

INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS:

Pause themes get installed to = "Launchbox\PauseThemes"

PLATFORMS INCLUDED:

Nintendo
Super Nintendo
Nintendo 64
Nintendo Gamecube
Nintendo Wii
Nintendo Gameboy
Nintendo Gameboy Color
Nintendo Gameboy Advance
Nintendo DS
Nintendo 3DS
Sony Playstation
Sony Playstation 2
Sony Playstation 3
Sony PSP
Sega Genesis
Sega Saturn
Sega Dreamcast
MS-DOS
Microsoft XBox
Microsoft Xbox 360

Submitter

KingSlayer420
Submitted

07/05/2024
Category

Pause Themes

July 6

Coverbox - Fragments Startup Themes

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These startup themes are for use with Coverbox - Fragments BigBox theme. These MUST be installed if you wish to use the custom startup/shutdown screens I made for the fragments.

INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS:

Startup themes get installed to = "Launchbox\StartupThemes"

PLATFORMS INCLUDED:

Nintendo
Super Nintendo
Nintendo 64
Nintendo Gamecube
Nintendo Wii
Nintendo Gameboy
Nintendo Gameboy Color
Nintendo Gameboy Advance
Nintendo DS
Nintendo 3DS
Sony Playstation
Sony Playstation 2
Sony Playstation 3
Sony PSP
Sega Genesis
Sega Saturn
Sega Dreamcast
MS-DOS
Microsoft XBox
Microsoft Xbox 360

Submitter

KingSlayer420
Submitted

07/05/2024
Category

Startup Themes

July 5

Coverbox - Fragments

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Sorry for the poor quality, i will replace it with a more detailed extended version when I have more time.

MUCH BETTER VIDEOS: By DonellHD

DESCRIPTION:

I am possibly the biggest Coverbox fanboy in these forums, I've loved it since I was made aware of its existence. It was my go to for over a year of retro gaming. After using it for a while I started to notice areas that could be improved upon, eventually leading to me wanting to do something about it. After getting permission from Faeran I started adding in all the stuff I wished Coverbox had. I found it more flexible to make each platform a individual theme so I could have full control over all the views per platform, music, all the cool things that come with individual theme settings. Basically what we are left with is a super badass version of coverbox that's all "fragmented" into individual themes. Its got all the flashy stuff of a modern theme but still retains that sweet warm glow of Coverbox. I started making a "core" theme that was supposed to be a bridge between these fragments and the main platform theme, called "PlatformBox". It was put on the back burner and I never got back to it, I plan to make that eventually. So for now these will only work if applied in game view mode (the view that lists your games). Meaning, you have to go into that platform to the game list then apply the corresponding theme to see its effect.

WARNING: These themes may not work well on low performance machines! I do not have a low spec pc to test them on. Im working on that in the newer versions so everybody can enjoy it.

FEATURES:

Totally remastered Coverbox view
More Details
View box back when in game details
on-the-fly region changes to UI, cases, even the background!
many many custom options
official UI sounds
seamless game details menu (just like CoverBox!)
EXTREMELY detailed box art options
custom startup & pause themes
Platform addon support (satellaview, 64dd, etc)

EXTRAS:

Coverbox - Fragments Startup Themes

Coverbox - Fragments Pause Themes

COMPLETED FRAGMENTS: 20

Nintendo (Famicom/Famicom Disk)
Super Nintendo (Satellaview/Sufami Turbo)
Nintendo 64 (64DD)
Nintendo Gamecube (Needs work)
Nintendo Wii (eshop)
Nintendo WiiU (Incomplete - 70%)
Nintendo Switch (Incomplete - 60%)
Nintendo Gameboy
Nintendo Gameboy Color
Nintendo Gameboy Advance
Nintendo DS (GBA Support)
Nintendo 3DS
Sony Playstation
Sony Playstation 2
Sony Playstation 3
Sony PSP
Sega Genesis (Mega Drive/Sega CD/Mega CD/32x)
Sega Saturn
Sega Dreamcast
MS-DOS
Microsoft XBox
Microsoft Xbox 360

Current Platform: Tell me what project you want me to work on next

GUIDES:

INSTALL GUIDE

Spoiler

INSTALLING FRAGMENTS:

1) Download one of the fragments and copy its contents to the usual "Launchbox\Themes " folder.

2) Fire up BigBox and apply the theme. Do this by going into the platform you intend to apply a fragment to. For this example I want to apply the Dreamcast fragment, so I enter the dreamcast platform so it lists my games then hit your hotkey for themes (mine is T). Select the fragment that matches from the theme list, in this case "Coverbox Fragment - Dreamcast".

3) Repeat for any other fragments

INSTALLING STARTUP/PAUSE THEMES:

Install startup/pause themes to their normal locations. They need to be downloaded and installed separately if you wish to use them.

Coverbox - Fragments Startup Themes

Coverbox - Fragments Pause Themes

CUSTOM OPTIONS GUIDE

Spoiler

Each of the fragment themes has a hidden set of custom options to further extend the Coverbox experience. These options vary from platform to platform, and are optional. Each option is listed in the "Custom Fields.txt" file included in the themes folder. Enabling custom options is very easy, they are applied on a per-game basis. You can select multiple games and add them that way as well if you need to bulk edit.

1) Let's say I want to use the greatest hits label for Destruction Derby 2 because I like it the most. You start by editing the game(s) metadata. Right click on the game and select "Edit Metadata/Media".

2) Next we need to select "Custom Fields" tab to the left, then input the option from the themes "Custom Options.txt" included inside the theme folder. It says I need to add Greatest Hits with a value of Yes

3) Thats it! Your good to go. Load up BigBox and you will see the custom options are applied automatically now.

ON-THE-FLY REGION CHANGES GUIDE

Spoiler

The on-the-fly region changes will only work if a region has been specified in the games metadata. It will work automatically after specifying a supported region in the metadata, no more input required. I will list below the supported regions:

North America
United States
Japan
Europe
United Kingdom

PATREON:

Become a member of my Patreon, a place where you can help me decide which direction to go with my BigBox themes. Let me know if my ideas are trash, or gold. Guide me in the right direction because lord knows I need it. If you decide to become a member of my super secret club, I will listen to your stories, requests, and criticism. Your voices will be heard, and I will do my best to make the magic happen.

KingSlayer420 Patreon

CREDITS:

Community Theme Creator 3.0 - By y2guru
CoverBox 4.02 - By faeran
GenesisMini - [Theme Workshop] 1.0 - By faeran
DOS Matrix - [Theme Workshop] 1.1 - By faeran
Sega-CD-Mini theme - By Arcanthur
Xbox Sound Pack - By Random420
Default assets - By dragon57
COLORFUL Hardware Device Images - By viking
Platform Logos Professionally Redrawn - By Dan Patrick
Photoreal Controller Vectors - By Pineapple Graphics
Dreamcast Sound Pack 1.1.0 - By RetroNi
Nes Classic Navigation Sounds 1.0.0 - By ea4492
Gamecube Soundpack - By gils001
Switch Sound Pack - By Grila
PS2 Soundpack 1.0.0 - By Jodanzuki
PlayStation 3 Sound Pack 1.0.0 - By RetroNi
Xbox 360 Sound Pack 1.0.0 - By RetroNi
Nintendo 3DS 1.0.0 - By reon
Kyosuke Room Backgrounds - By arsenixc
Nintendo Famicom Disk - Pure Real Serie - Cartridge 2.5D By Dedaloso
PS2 Background 1.0.0 - By tbm

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

Faeran - For making Coverbox, letting me use your assets, helping me when I get stuck, making all the CTC videos, your like a mentor to me.

y2guru - For making Community Theme Creator, none of this would be possible without it! Also thank you for all the instructional videos!

Cnells2000 - For supporting me the entire time, searching the depths of the internet in search of me after I left, talking me into coming back, and just being a all around likeable dude. I owe ya one.

Patreon Supporters - For keeping the coffee comin' and helping me with the themes.

VIP SUPPORTERS:

Pademonium Cinematics

If you like this theme, leave a review and tell me about it! It keeps me motivated!

Submitter

KingSlayer420
Submitted

07/05/2024
Category

Custom Themes

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