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It’s pretty simple. - Identify which view you want to modify and the file name. Here : TextGamesView.xaml - Opens the XAML file with a text editor. - Fond and erase the whole paragraph "COVER BOX ART" (line 416) + The code for its animation. (line 152) Good idea !! You can share your custom view here ? I will think about integrating it into the vanilla version. Thx !!! It's going to be quite tricky to change a timing, since they are all dependent on each other. Change one, requires to adjust all orthers. However, you don't have to wait for full playback animation to press A and go to the GamesView. ... wait 2min ?

A HUGE thank you to you for the support! ? Difficult for me to move forward with strict quarantine in France, but I do my best! There is a dark version for all GamesView, except the TextGamesView. Because there can only be one per theme. And yes, the TextGamesView and also the GamePlayOption view. Same file. The next step is to divide the theme into 2 separate versions: Light and Dark.

This is not a bug. Problem addressed, some post/page back. In LaunchBox, Genesis and MegaDrive are two separate platforms. For the moment, I have only done the MegaDrive video. So there is only this platform which has a color in the theme. As soon as I make the Genesis video, there will be a color in the theme. In the meantime, you can manually add the color "MegaDrive" to the "Genesis" platform, in the theme. (In fact, it will probably be the same in the end) Unzip and put this file : Ao.Bigbox.Themer.v3_9_7a-Colors.dll.zip Here : \LaunchBox\Themes\Colorful\Plugins\Ao.Bigbox.Themer.v3_9_7a\AssemblyConfig The only difference: I put the color of the MegaDrive video, for the Platform Genesis. It should work well.

Hi all ! Some news from France : We are all in quarantine here, at home, with children. I could organize myself to work from home. But yes, work at home with children around : "Nightmare! Playing Mode" ? So it'll be difficult for me to work on Colorful updates, with all that to manage. As usual, I'll do my best to send you all of this as soon as possible! Take care of yourself ?

You forgot the # before color HEX code ?

Maybe it's easier to add a new color to my theme + manually add my video to your platform? To add (or custom) a color in may theme : Everything happens here, with a simple text editor. Just respect the logic. In your LauncgBox directory > Theme > Colorful > Plugins > Ao.Bigbox.Themer.v3_9_7a > AssemblyConfig in Ao.Bigbox.Themer.v3_9_7a.dll.config Add your platfrom name. KEY=add a generic name, VALUE=add your exact platform name. in Ao.Bigbox.Themer.v3_9_7a-Colors.dll.config Add your color. KEY= exact same name as previous one. VALUE= add the color. In this case : #82cdea Make a backup. My future updates will overwrite this file by a new one.

What do you mean by addons? Hardware or Software? Some examples?

HUUUUUUUUGE thank you @eatkinola for your work! I integrate this update asap in the next theme release !! ? It depends on which view you want to modify. In LaunchBox> Themes> Colorful> View: choose the view to modify. And look for this piece of code, and just change the HEX color code : <!-- ================================================================= --> <!-- ================================================================= --> <!-- PLATFORM NAME TO COLOR CONVERTER ================================ --> <!-- ================================================================= --> <!-- ================================================================= --> <aox:FilterSelectionColorConverter x:Key="FilterSelectionColorConverter" /> <SolidColorBrush x:Key="DefaultPlatformColor" Color="#5abc3c"/> Your proposal is very nice. But this is not quite the style I want to give to this theme. I want less information, breaths aera, and big media. But why not ! I would like to finish all views I have in mind and if there is a lot of demand for more data loaded version, why not! I take this opportunity to apologize again for my lack of post at this time. Lots of "real life" work these days. I do my best! I come back with the updated theme (Generalized optimization + new Eatkinola plugin) and some new video !!!

Cool !! Good news ! ?? Thx @eatkinola !!!!!

OK. Here, I think it's time to make a point. johnsanc, what do you call "Nostalgia"? My old theme "BigCouch"? Or mt old video set "Nostalgia"? Now, I'm trying to develop a complete HQ media set, which I called COLORFUL. For now, you have the "Colorful theme" and "Colorful Platform Video Set". For me, your problem comes from network assembly and/or virtualization. In any case, if it comes from the theme, let's try to fix it! For me, the slowdowns encountered by @wallmachine are known. I have the same at home! (They pass after a first pass on platforms) I dont think that it comes from a videos adress issu. The problem comes from the fact that I ask too much of the XAML .NET display under windows, with fullscreen right slide platform video animation. (According to the Microsoft doc, which does not recommend large fullscreen animation. Worse with a video...) This is why there is no problem with GamesView: The gameplay video is not animated! But the video you posted, @johnsanc, shows loading times well beyond normal! And I dont know WHY ! ? - You tried removing the platform video slide animation: no change. - I trie to change platform video call piece of code : no changes. - I trie remove all call to "Color by Platform" : It fixe the problem! I'm lost and don't know what to do! Johnsanc, have you tested my last platform view, in last update online? PlatformWheel3FiltersView.xaml This one : Same problem ???

@wallmachine I'm not sure I understand your video capture. Do you show me the fluidity of the animation? Or the fact that you don't have platform videos? If it is platform videos, it's setup in the BigBox options. If it's about fluidity, please, can you try the test view I post on my quote message? The only difference with the Vanilla version, is the call video piece of code. I would like to know if that has any impact on the fluidity of the slide video animation. Better? Unchanged? Worst? Thx ! @eatkinola Thank you! ? For the moment and from my side, I have operated by elimination: - Change platform video call piece of code : no changes. - Remove all call to "Color by Platform" : It fixes Johnsanc's problem. This is the weird part for me... - It works for the Colorful platform view: Cool - No problem for Colorful games view: Strange! Why? There is the same "color by platform" code as platform view. - Nostalgia theme? You mean BigCouch? What the hell!? This theme is old and deserves a complete overhaul. OK. But he has no plugin here. Everything is vanilla, according to @Jason Carr's doc. I'm completely lost !? PS: I will not be there next week: on vacation with kid's.

OK, the problem is isolated. But not solved! In this last test, I deleted all pieces of code allowing to assign a different color by platform. This system come from @eatkinola "Ao.Bigbox.Themer.v3_9_7a" plugin. @eatkinola , Do you have a solution for the problem of @johnsanc ? Because there, nobody has a custom color by platform! ? About the platform video animation fluidity, the difference is between the "official" code and the Grila's version. I am editing asap 2 comparison versions for test.

Um, damn! What a mess! ? SelectionSnoop is part of @eatkinola plugin, for color management by platform. I really hope that's not it, because it is important in my design and Eat has to work hard on it! OK, new test version: PlatformWheel1FiltersView.zip Always with the new "standard" video call, and without the colors by platform. EDIT : You say "the animations look pretty much the same to me". Exactly the same? Better? Worst? (I'm talking only about the video movement fluidity)

OK, a little test during the lunch break. @wallmachine asked me why not use the original code for the video ... No reason!! (now) At the origin of this theme, I dont think to use the videos in full screen. So I needed Grila's code, for a perfect video crop. But not anymore! If you could try this test view: PlatformWheel1FiltersView.zip Just unzip this view in: LaunchBox \ Themes \ Colorful \ Views And be sure to test BigBox set on this view. (ClearLogo Wheel, White background) It works at home, but I have the impression that the animation is a little less fluid. And at your home ? I especially need the return of people with small configuration. @johnsanc Do you still have your problem with this view?

About the code to call the Video platform : It is pretty much standard. It was @Grila who helped me with this piece of code. The goal was to display the video without distortion and that filled the chosen space. Original Code, for Platform Video call : <transitions:TransitionPresenter Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="12" Grid.Row="0" Grid.RowSpan="11" TransitionSelector="{Binding ImageVideoTransitionSelector}" Content="{Binding ImageVideoView}" IsContentVideo="true" /> COLORFUL version, by Grila and adapted by me : (line 574 in PlatformWheel1FiltersView.xaml) <transitions:TransitionPresenter x:Name="vidsource" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="12" Grid.Row="0" Grid.RowSpan="11" Content="{Binding ImageVideoView}" IsContentVideo="True" Visibility="hidden"/> <Border Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="12" Grid.Row="0" Grid.RowSpan="11"> <Border.Background> <VisualBrush x:Name="PlatformVideo" Visual="{Binding ElementName=vidsource, Path=Content}" Stretch="UniformToFill" AlignmentX="Center" AlignmentY="Center"> <VisualBrush.Transform> <TranslateTransform x:Name="PlatformVideoAnim" X="0" /> </VisualBrush.Transform> </VisualBrush> </Border.Background> </Border> Note that it is the platform video that is the most tweak. Do you have the same problem on GamesView? With the videos of the games? I do not know if you tested, but if it has to do with the number of games in the platform, maybe it comes from the counter? Try this : In "PlatformWheel1FiltersView.xaml" , line 716 : Replace this : Text="{Binding GamesCount}" by : Text="Test" It will no longer display the number of games in the selected platform, but the text: "test". Does that change anything?

It's not a bug I think, but the way @eatkinola built its plugin. I think scrolling is faster than refreshing color. But I could be wrong! In any case, there is nothing I can do about it. I'm not sure it's a story of cache or path. The "problem" with my theme is the animation of the video. It is not recommended by Microsoft because it forces the system to calculate the animation of 100% of the pixels on the screen. From what I understood ! I'm not a coder, but a designer ? You can trie this : In "PlatformWheel1FiltersView.xaml", line 181 : change the Value by 0 (Value="0") With that, there is no more video animation. Is the problem still there? About Plugins, I used : Ao.Bigbox.Themer.v3_9_7a.dll : For text size, Responsive pixel distance and color by platform. GrilaBBControlsPlugin.dll : For gamepad icon and batterie level. ListBoxScrollCenter.dll : To center the selection in lists. All these plugins are used in many other themes here. About Colors : Yes, I haven't made the GENESIS video yet. So no "official" color. You can do this : <add key="Platform.SEGA_GENESIS" value="#0e7acd" /> This is the MegaDrive color

OK, nice. Are you using the "official" version or the "performance test" version that I posted on the forum? I have no idea how BigBox "realy" works. I just call the video, like any other theme. The only difference is the animation of the platforms video. This point can slowdown without a good graphics card. (Like Intel graphics) I understand this need, but I will not change this design. The goal is not to display the maximum amount of info one after the other. Maybe for another view! ? I don't think it's possible. In any case, I have no idea how to do it. It would be good if all those who have performance problems on my theme tell me and give their hardware/software configuration. Instinctively, I would say that network support should not help. It's very strange that the color only works on a few platforms. Do you use the default platform name? Is this a platform for which I have created a specific video? For example, I have not yet made the GENESIS video, but MEGADRIVE. If you want to check / change the colors, go to: "LaunchBox\Themes\Colorful\Plugins\Ao.Bigbox.Themer.v3_9_7a\AssemblyConfig" Ao.Bigbox.Themer.v3_9_7a.dll.config > If you have custom platform names, add them here. Or give it to me for the next update. Ao.Bigbox.Themer.v3_9_7a-Colors.dll.config > To add/customize all colors. For example, copy the MEGADRIVE color and paste it to GENESIS. Yes, I have that too. I think the scrool is faster than the refresh of @eatkinola plugin. I can't do much about it. I would like to take this opportunity to tell you that I have not forgotten COLORFUL! I just have a loooooooooooooooooot of work these days. I come back quickly with updates !!!!?

It is not a priority, but why not! The goal is always to cover ALL platforms. Please be patient! ? The goal is always to cover ALL platforms. Please be patient! ? I'm thinking of creating a BANNER SET to, based on photo montage. You will have all the PNGs available!

All are already made. You have the full list in first page !