KingSlayer420

COVERBOX FRAGMENTS VIDEOS: By DonellHD
 
DESCRIPTION:
I am quite possibly the biggest Coverbox fan in these forums, I've loved it since the first day I used it. 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. Its got all the flashy stuff of a modern theme but still retains that sweet warm glow of Coverbox. After a couple of years I started to feel the same way about my old fragments, all the new stuff Dave was adding to the CTC was missing from those old fragments. Now, here I am again doing that same thing. Redoing the coverbox views, its become my 2nd hobby. I spent many months listening to what you guys wanted from the themes, I took all that information and mashed it together into what you see here. It's been a long road, I've learned alot over the years and finally feel like I can bring my vision to life. Please keep in mind this is still a very early version of the theme, stick with me while I polish up and add more game list views. 
To any newcomers, do not be scared off by the massive overload of information in this thread! It works out of the box with no extra work required. It works without installing any of the addons, or adding any custom options. It adapts to what you have installed and it adapts to what media you have. This will only improve as time goes by and people help me test the logic, eventually it will adapt to anything you throw at it. If you want to use all the custom options it can "seem" complex when in fact it's very simple. Making it was not, but using it should be. The custom options are for advanced users that want more out of their game lists. Give it a try, it might be your new go-to theme. 
 
FEATURES:
Totally Re-Remastered Coverbox views Even more details Insane amount of logic added View box back when in game details in 2D or 3D mode! On-the-fly region changes to UI, cases, logos, buttons, icons, even the background! Many many custom options, so many options.   Cart & Disc animations! Now with a set of Global Settings so you can get your Coverbox just right Seamless game details menu (just like CoverBox!) EXTREMELY detailed box art options More than just a Cover! Under the hood each Cover is a fully constructed box. Complete with inlay, disc, cart, wrapper, everything. When missing media happens, what you see underneath is authentic.  Custom startup & pause themes (still working on them for v2) Now with Addon Support! Adapts immediately to what you have installed, and what you don't.  Background Videos are now installed as a addon! for those who prefer them off. The theme adapts and switches to static bg views.  Holiday Events Addon! New Holiday stuff added for those who enjoy a decent jump scare and good ol saint nick. (4th of July, Christmas, Halloween) Now with proper Retroachievements Support! Get them cheevs (Thanks Dave!) Background Music Addon! Listen to some sweet synth beats when you browse the platform list (can be turned off in global settings) Now with Game Save/State Support! IDK what it even is, or how to even activate it, but it's in there.   
VIEWS:
Platform View 1 (WIP) Settings View 7 Remastered Coverbox Views Default View (for platforms with no theme yet) More platform/game list views on the way
 
REQUIREMENTS:
This theme no longer has many requirements!  If the theme is running slow just disable some of the features until it's smooth as butter
BigBox Version: 13 or later Region Metadata Filled Out Gameplay Videos (Its Coverbox after all) Platforms MUST be named using official Launchbox names, listed below.  SUPPORTED PLATFORM/PLAYLIST NAMES:
Nintendo Game Boy Nintendo Game Boy Color Nintendo Game Boy Advance Nintendo Super Game Boy Sega Game Gear Sony Playstation Sony Pocketstation If you do not wish to change your platform names you can rename the view files to match your platform/playlist names. 
 
EXTRAS: (OLD STARTUP/PAUSE STUFF) NEW ONES NOT READY YET
Coverbox - Fragments Startup Themes
Coverbox - Fragments Pause Themes
REMASTERED PLATFORMS: 7
Nintendo Super Nintendo Nintendo 64 Nintendo Gamecube Nintendo Wii Nintendo WiiU Nintendo Switch Nintendo Gameboy (Remastered) Nintendo Gameboy Color (Remastered) Nintendo Gameboy Advance (Remastered) Nintendo Super Gameboy (NEW!) Nintendo DS Nintendo 3DS Sony Playstation (Remastered) Sony PocketStation (NEW!) Sony Playstation 2 Sony Playstation 3 Sony PSP Sega Game Gear (NEW!) Sega Genesis Sega Saturn Sega Dreamcast MS-DOS Microsoft XBox Microsoft Xbox 360 Any platform in red has not been ported to the new system yet, trying to enter the game list for any platform in red will fallback to the default theme. 
GUIDES:
INSTALL GUIDE
SUGGESTED BIGBOX SETTINGS
CUSTOM OPTIONS GUIDE (THE SCREENSHOTS HERE ARE FROM THE OLD VERSION. UPDATE IT)
GLOBAL SETTINGS GUIDE (ADD SCREENSHOTS)
ON-THE-FLY REGION CHANGES GUIDE
SUPPORTED MEDIA GUIDE
 
PATREON:
Become a member of my Patreon, a place where you can help keep me up late by buying me Starbucks. It's no longer a place of paywall, I don't even spend alot of time there it's just a place for people to donate to my long nights of theming. I spend alot of time in my gaming room making these themes, if you feel that using these themes has brought you $3 worth of joy, please consider donating to my coffee pot. Any person that donates (even just once) will get their name permanently listed in the "Supporter" section on the settings page of this theme. You can subscribe then immediately unsubscribe, it doesn't hurt my feelings. As a added bonus you can make requests and let me know how you feel about anything really. 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:
ASSETS:
Photoreal Controller Vectors - By Pineapple Graphics
Platform Backgrounds from Unified - By CriticalCid
COLORFUL Hardware PNG media - By viking
COLORFUL platform video set - By viking
LaunchBox Logos - By Dan Patrick
Default assets - By dragon57
Color Logos Wallpaper - By dragon57
Blank Box art - By Pyrometheous
SNES Console Front Face - By BMovieBen
Super Gameboy Cartridges - By Duimon
HD PS1 BIOS Theme - By mrgonaka
Retroarch PSX Bios Theme - By Sir5ur
Super Gameboy Borders - By ruckage
Platform Fanart - By BlazingRyuu
Cart and Case Borders - By ABeezy1388
Gameboy Kiosk Overlay - By p3st
HyperSpin Platform Pointers - By thatman84
Unified Pointers - By CriticalCid

MUSIC:
RetroSynth - By Bastien Agussol
This is Halloween - By Universfield
Tetris Theme - By SpookyDave
Flower Garden Remix - By Qumu
Super Mario Land Remix - By Qumu
Holly Jolly Christmas - By Don Salmon Music
Star Spangled Banner - By Music Unlimited
PS1 Startup Song Remix - By IAmReegz
Underground Remastered 80s Style - By Aqua MIDI
Focused - By 8-BrickDMG
Pokemon Synthwave - By Chillboy Beats
Emerald Hill Zone Remix - By Player2
Astro Advancement - By Sponzi
Castle Theme Remix - By PIXELIZER
GTA Retrowave Remix - By RetroCiri

VIDEO:
Rainbow Neon Stairs - By Anton Nikolaienko
Futuristic Pixel Neon - By Siam Ahmad
Halloween Festival - By Potjanun Surirug
Christmas Scene - By Cahya Sunandar
Digital LCD Pattern - By Ponravin Phom-in
Merry Christmas - By Black Spade Design
Happy Independence Day - By Saad Ur Rehman
American Flag Wave - By Dwi Rustiyanto
3D Grid Tunnel - By Paduret Dan Cristian
Abstract Radiating Lightburst - By Ibna Foysal
Abstract Geometric Shapes - By Pipat Sungwises
Elegant Moving Shapes - By Chandresh Uike
White Color Grid - By Digital Background
Gray Grid - By Syahrul Iman
Colorful Lines - By Herlangga Perkasa
Abstract Lighting - By Shajahan Ali
Lens Flare - By Herlangga Perkasa
Pink Curved Lines - By Happy Dwi Sulaspriyono
 
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.
 
REPORT BUGS IN THE COMMENTS (OR DM ME) I'LL GET THEM FIXED ASAP
If you like this theme, please leave a review and tell me about it! It keeps me motivated!
 
 
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_CUSTOM FIELDS.txt

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: Vote
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:
SONY PLAYSTATION 2:
-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:
 
VIEWS:
SONY PLAYSTATION:
SONY PLAYSTATION 2:
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:
SONY PLAYSTATION 2:
 
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:
Community Theme Creator 3.2 - By y2guru CoverBox 4.02 - By faeran COLORFUL Hardware Device Images - By viking Blank Box art 1.6.0 - By Pyrometheous Platform Logos Professionally Redrawn - By Dan Patrick LaunchBox Logos - Professionally Remastered & Revised 1.0.0 Photoreal Controller Vectors 2.1b - By Pineapple Graphics Platform Boot Videos Theme 1.0.0 - By ground7 ES Playstation Theme - By lostless Playstation Classic HD theme - By omgmog HD PS1 BIOS Theme - By mrgonaka Retroarch-Playstation-BIOS-theme - By Sir5ur PS2 Soundpack 1.0.0 - By Jodanzuki PS2 5K Wallpaper - By adamlbiscuit SOQUEROEU TV Backgrounds 2.1 (PS2 Background) - By soqueroeu Playstation 2 Box art 3D PAL 3D Case Template  - By Pedro Playstation 2 Console Background - By Duimon Jay-Jay's Textures-On OPL Themes Collection - By JayJay PlayStation NOW! Logo - By Saieno PS2 Menu Video - By DonellHD  
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
VIP PATREON SUPPORTERS:
Pademonium Cinematics
DonellHD
Saieno
 
 
IF YOU LIKE THESE THEMES, LET ME KNOW WITH A 5 STAR REVIEW!

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

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

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