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@DOS76 Here's the fix...download this new .DLL and replace the old one in the theme plugins directory. You can then delete the SlimDX.dll and the Newtonsoft.Json.dll and all should be fine. Please let me know if this doesn't resolve your issue. Don't forget to unblock. GrilaBBControlsPlugin.dll

Sorry for the lack of attention guys, I'm super busy atm and haven't had much time to get on the forums. Glad you figured out your issue @keltoigael That explains your issue @DOS76, the SlimDX libraries are split into two different versions...x86 and x64. I used the x64 library. Now...for the really embarrassing part...the SlimDX library isn't even used in this theme. I had it there early on as I was developing it but it's not needed in the final version so I will update the theme as soon as I can to remove the dependency and resolve this issue. Sorry guys, an oversight on my part

A little update: Made a custom control that can de-saturate any image or video, thus making it grey scale. It's adjustable from 0 (grey scale) to 1 (color). In these new screenshots it is used on the background fanart. added reflection to the wheel changed the animations (sorry, I don't have an updated video of this yet) added support for the built-in banners as well as my custom vertical ones

I'm leaning towards making a gui customizer for this like I did with the GPDWin theme.

That's his Blade Runner theme. He was just showing the new background video he made.

Yeah, that's a very reasonable request. I will for sure add that. Thanks for the feedback.

1. They are useable in WPF, no matter what program. Having them implemented in the BigBox wheel code is different (see my edit of my first reply). 2. Right, so I would contact him and see if he can do the small modification to only have it loop the initially selected video instead of cycling them all.

1. Easing is natively supported in WPF animations: EDIT - I think you might be referring to the wheels (judging by the post in the themes section) so I also will agree on this one. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/wpf/graphics-multimedia/easing-functions 2. Random platform BG videos is achievable with a plugin similar to @eatkinola's, but set to only loop the randomly selected video. He would be the best help on this as he already has the random video plugin hashed out, would just need to tell it to loop the video instead of cycling through them all. 3. Sorry, no recommendations for this one...

@neil9000 here you go, extract and overwrite the files. Views.zip

No need to

Rightfully so, it would bother me as well. I'll get it all fixed up for you.

No, it doesn't. I may revisit this one once I'm finished with the Alaska theme. There has been a lot of new features added since this one was released.

If I remember correctly it is caused by the way I have the rounded corners implemented. Instead of just using an image mask, since that doesn't work for horizontal and vertical covers, I did it another way that would work no matter what the size or layout of the cover was. The problem is that it expects the image to fill the entire area, thus the black background. I can edit the view/views you need and replace them with just the normal cover image if you want, but if you switch from using the 3d covers you wont have the rounded corners anymore.

Some early animation tests for this theme based on the Alaska Kodi skin. Please excuse the choppy video, my work computer only has integrated graphics and struggles to run BigBox and record simultaneously. And some static screenshots of one of the platform views that I have almost completed. Still have a few elements to add and some minor layout issues to address.

Yeah, that's not changeable currently. I'll update and add that, but I leave on vacation tomorrow for a week so don't expect it anytime soon.

GPDWin View File GPDWin is a lightweight theme for use on the portable GPDWin computer. Since the portable has limited storage, the theme only uses clear logos and game screenshots. Along with being lightweight, an customizer application is included that lets the end user change nearly all of the theme related colors (text colors, highlight colors, star rating colors, etc.) comfortably from a GUI without having to edit any code. Even though the theme itself is pretty basic, I put a lot of love into the ability to customize it easily and visually. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it A couple of notes: The customizer app, GPDWinCustomizer.exe, is in the root theme folder and needs to be run from there, don't move it. The whole theme was designed around 1280x720 because of its target platform, but it does look good at 1920x1080. Anything other than those weren't tested so I can say, but it does rely on 16:9 AR. Display scaling above 100% was tested minimally, hopefully I caught everything but please let me know if you spot any weirdness above 100% The controller images on the banners I made are from the OpenEmu GitHub. I won't be making any more...head there, grab the images, and get creative. The star rating in this one is pure XAML, not images. This was done so the colors would be changeable by the end user. It's a new way of doing it (with a gradient, some math, and tons of code) but the end result is identical to image swapping. On the Text List views, the opacity of the overlay is tied to the setting in the BigBox menu. Adjust it as needed for readability. Scrolling text was not implemented to help with performance And finally, some images: The theme: The Customizer: Submitter Grila Submitted 01/18/2018 Category Big Box Custom Themes

I'm releasing the theme in a few minutes so @Jason Carr can you lock this thread please?

OK, got the customizer app re-designed. It contains 18 base color schemes that can be applied or you can customize all the colors according to your own preferences. Theme is almost finished, just have the system views to finish up. Here's a look at the new customizer: Main View Apply Base Theme Customize Theme