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    Bigbox low resolution

    in Big Box Custom Themes

    Posted

    15 minutes ago, trellos said:

    So my feedback for the theme is that it looks great!!!! ,the font size on vertical wheel for games could be a little bigger!!!!

    thank you so much!!!

    Which font are you talking about? The text at the bottom of the screen or the text on the wheel?

    Bigbox low resolution

    in Big Box Custom Themes

    Posted

    Some more progress...I ditched the images and made the UI elements in XAML so they can scale to any resolution without losing quality like an image does. I also tweaked the wheel animation a bit. You probably won't be able to read the game details screen on an CRT, but I themed it anyways for people who want to use this on a LCD cabinet. I still have some work to do on miscellaneous parts, but it should be done by the end of next week.

    @trellos can you download this beta file and test it out on your CRT? I'm would like to make sure everything is looking good before I finish up. After unzipping it in your theme directory, you'll have to unblock the .dll file in the "plugins" folder. Don't worry, it only contains the font :)

    This theme is for 4:3 aspect ONLY folks, it will not look right on anything else. Please...there's no need to tell me it doesn't look right if you aren't on 4:3.

    MinimalCRTBeta.zip 

     

    Here's the latest screen grabs:

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    Bigbox low resolution

    in Big Box Custom Themes

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    Making some progress...here's the platform view. My monitor only goes down to 800x600 but the theme should scale nicely to any 4:3 resolution. I assume this will work on a CRT but I don't have a way to test it. It may need some tweaking since CRT's don't have a set height pixel dimension (if I remember correctly). I'm also not too solid on the grey color so don't be alarmed, I can change it easily. It was just an easy neutral tone to get going.

     

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    GPDWin *WIP*

    in Big Box Custom Themes

    Posted

    33 minutes ago, damageinc86 said:

    I wouldn't like such dark vignetting on these, I'd rather have full brightness on a small screen to help see it better 

    Yes I agree and it was something I was on the fence about as it was starting to come together. I'll comment it out as default but leave it there for anyone who wishes to utilize it. Thanks for the input, appreciated :)

    GPDWin *WIP*

    in Big Box Custom Themes

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    I'm currently working on a very lightweight theme for the GPDWin device. This one is pretty simple to help maximize performance because of the Atom processor and because of the limited storage space available. Because of this, the theme only utilizes screenshots and clear logo's. My premise on this is to have it preform well and be easy to read on the small screen while still looking classy. Since I don't actually have one of these devices to test this out on, I am also looking for a guinea pig or two that to help me test the performance out on the actual device (@Jason Carr I know you have one, but you're probably too busy to help).

    Anyways, here's a couple shot of the game select screen...

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    Fundamental Theme

    in Big Box Custom Themes

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    26 minutes ago, bundangdon said:

    Just checking back again on this theme. Any progress or updates on these edits?:D

    Wife's birthday. Wedding anniversary. Kids started pre-school. My sister lives in Tampa and is about to get hit by Irma.

    Sorry, real life kicked my ass...

    Bigbox low resolution

    in Big Box Custom Themes

    Posted

    I actually made the original Minimal theme for and arcade cabinet that was 4:3 (and re-wrote it for 16:9 after much demand). It wasn't a CRT, but I'm sure it could be adapted very easily if it didn't scale right. Let me try to find my original file, I know I have it stored somewhere...

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    Switch Theme

    in Big Box Custom Themes

    Posted

    14 hours ago, Tio Perico said:

    Hi @Grila.

    Thanks for fixed update!

    I want to increase the size of the covers and decrease the fav icons etc ...

    In GPDWin, the size of the covers is very small.

    How I can edit the proper .xaml (I think that WheelGamesView.xaml is)  to change this?

    Thanks  for your hard work!!

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    Yeah I can work on that next week.  I'll update you on the progress here and I'll probably need you to test along the way because I don't have that device on hand.

    Switch Theme

    in Big Box Custom Themes

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    12 minutes ago, neil9000 said:

    Weird, hopefully @Grila can shed some light there then.

    Unfortunately I have nothing to say. I have no other reports of this (with roughly 1263 downloads of the theme) so all I can think is that it is end user related. That's just my math though.

    And both themes are identical except for the colors, the dark version was just a copy of the light version with the color changes edited.

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    Switch Theme

    in Big Box Custom Themes

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    Switch Changelog:

    v1.0.3 (8/30/2017):
    -moved the GrilaControlLibrary.dll to the theme Plugins folder, which is an added feature since the theme release (the .dll will still need to be un-blocked before launching BigBox)
    -fixed the large outline bug reported by @jamesclarke555 (thanks again for reporting it to me)

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    Switch Theme

    in Big Box Custom Themes

    Posted

    46 minutes ago, jamesclarke555 said:

    Hi Grila,

    I'm using the latest version of LaunchBox (7.10) and your awesome Switch theme (1.0.2). My games view doesn't look like the screenshots posted, I have extra vertical space around my box art, is this a known issue? I read this thread but didn't see it mentioned.

    Cheers :)

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    No one has reported this yet. It may be a side effect of changes @Jason Carr has made since the theme was released. I'll look into it and see if I can get it back to normal. Thanks for reporting it to me :)

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    Fundamental Theme

    in Big Box Custom Themes

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    18 hours ago, zetec-s-joe said:

    Any progress Grila? Eager xD

    EDIT: Also, sorry to be a pain, but in the new view, would you be able to remove the publisher info life? The year is fine as matches the platform style view, just for OCD purposes :o

    First, replace the settings XML with this one:

    ThemeSettings.xml

    Second, copy the Wheel3GamesView.xaml to the views directory overwriting the existing one.

    Wheel3GamesView.xaml

    Then, go into options and turn on game bg videos.

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