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NESiCAxLive Theme
By shro2016 in Big Box Custom Themes
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Introduction
This theme was originally requested by @Evilmaster and is designed to mirror the interface of the NESiCAxLive system Taito use in their TypeX2 mutli-game cabinets. The theme has been completely rebuilt from the ground up in version 2.0 and should now scale correctly for all resolutions.
The theme does include the ability to display publisher logos as well as game specific control layouts within the interface. The theme is also built around using steam-style banners - I have detailed the simplest way to set this up currently in Launchbox below as the wheel does not support steam banners as a games view currently without some tweaking of your library. It will however, now also work with standard game boxes but I highly recommend that you set the option to remember different views per platform so that you can use the view that works best for the given platform cover art / banners you are using.
Installation
Unzip the NESiCAxLive folder to your Launchbox /Themes directory into a subfolder called NESiCAxLive.
Setting up Steam Banners
In order to setup the steam banners you will need to download steam banners for your games manually as unfortunately Launchbox does not yet automatically download these particular files for anything other than Steam games. Some good resources I have used to get these images from are:
http://consolegrid.com/
http://steambanners.booru.org/index.php
http://www.steamgriddb.com/
(Thanks to @Evilmaster for pointing me in the direction of these)
When you download the images and add them to your games make sure you set them as Steam Banners within the game options in Launchbox. Then for them to be used in the theme correctly set the priority of the boxes view to prioritise Steam Banners first - if you ever want to revert this it is then simply a case of lowering the priority of the steam banners in the boxes list rather than having to remove or reorganise images. To do this open Launchbox and go to Tools --> Options and in the window that appear select Box Front Properties in the Images section and use the Up button to move the Steam Banners to the top of the list.
Setting up Control Layouts
Open the theme directory and browse to Images/Controls - in here you will find a folder for most systems, if the system you want to add control layouts for is not listed create a new Folder in this directory ensuring the folder name matches the platform name in Launchbox exactly. In each platform directory you will find a minimum of two files; controller.png and buttons.png. Using your preferred PNG image editing program (Photoshop or GIMP are recommended) open both files as layers. You can then position the buttons over the controller image as you want. When done you can hide the controller layer and just save the new button layout into the directory to replace buttons.png. This file will then be loaded by the theme and the animation applied automatically to fade it in and out.
Setting up Developer Logos
By default Launchbox/BigBox does not grab Developer/Publisher logos. I have downloaded many of the most common ones already and included in the theme. If you find that the view you are using needs developer logos and the one you need is missing you can simply download from the internet - ensuring it is a PNG file with transparent background - and place the file in the images/company logos subfolder of the theme directory ensuring the file is named exactly the same as the developer of the game/system is listed in LaunchBox.
The Platform Views
There are 4 Platform Views to select from shown below:
Platform View 1 - Banner View with Recently Played Items Bar
Platform View 2 - Banner View with Favorites Items Bar
Platform View 3 - Banner View with no Bar
There is also the Text Only Platform View
The Game Views
Horizontal Banner View *
Horizontal Boxes View
Horizontal Carts/CD/DVD View
Horizontal Screenshots View
Vertical Logos View
Vertical Banners View *
Text List View
Small Banner View *
* Requires Front Images configured with Steam Banner as the top priority and for Steam Banner images to be present in your library to display correctly.
1,702 downloads
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theme Modernist
By shro2016 in Big Box Custom Themes
This is my latest theme and has taken many weeks of work to get to this stage. A big thank you to @eatkinola for his assistance with getting the video plugin working.
The theme is loosely based on the Netflix interface and is designed to be a clean dark theme with an emphasis on fanart and videos. The plugin is included within the theme for the videos to work correctly. As with Netflix the theme is designed to show the fanart for approx. 4 seconds before then fading in the video. As the videos do not use the inbuilt Launchbox control and instead use the plugin I have found the experience smoother with the video option set to Windows Media Player rather than VLC and have not experienced any issues in doing this though your mileage may vary so if one doesn't work/stutters try the other.
There is one platform view in this theme and 7 Game views. The Game views are clear logos vertical, screenshots vertical 4:3 format, screenshots vertical 16:9 format, horizontal clear logos, horizontal screenshots 4:3, horizontal screenshots 16:9 and a two row Wall View.
The game details screen includes full controller layout for the various platforms (all major ones covered) and there is a template file included for Gimp GNU in the theme/images/controls folder should you wish to change the control images / styles.
As always comments and suggestions welcome.
Enjoy!
1,687 downloads
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Griddle BoxView
By shro2016 in Big Box Custom Themes
****** NOTE THIS THEME IS BUILT FOR FOR STANDARD BOXART TO BE SHOWN ON THE FLOWCONTROL WHEEL. IF YOU WOULD RATHER USE STEAM STYLE BANNERS THEN DONWLOAD THE THEME GRIDDLE BANNERS INSTEAD *********
Following on from the NesicaxLive theme I created previously this is my second theme - GRIDDLE
Unlike the Nesica theme this theme should scale correctly to most 16:9/16:10 resolutions. I have tested at 1080p but the theme has been built with images sized suitably for 4k displays. If anyone has a 4k display and would like to test this and feedback in the comments section that would be appreciated.
Also as with the Nesica theme I created this theme has additional elements included within it for Publisher/Developer logos to be displayed and also controller layouts to be shown for each platform. I have also included in seperate zip files below the platform fanart I have used in the screenshots above should you want to do the same in your setup (note unlike theme itself which is drawn to 4k the fanart are only 1080p but should scale ok up to 1080p). With regards the game/platform videos I recommend using default videos for this theme without other elements to keep the look clean and in 4:3 ratio where possible - videos shown in screenshots are all available from emumovies.
If you want to change or add additional controller layout images you just need to drop the images into the following directory within your Launchbox directory /Themes/Griddle/Images/Controls/Platform Name (you may need to create the relevant Platform Name if it does not already exist)
All views are the same layout but with different colour themes applied. This allows you to set each platform to a different colour scheme but whilst keeping a consistent look and feel throughout.
Any issues, recommendations etc. are always welcome.
For anyone who has posted on the Nesica theme I am going back and working on that one currently to make that one responsive so it scales to other resolutions and also adding in some of the features from this theme so expect a 2.0 Nesica release soon.
Thanks
Platform_FanArt.zip
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Griddle BannerView
By shro2016 in Big Box Custom Themes
****** NOTE THIS THEME IS BUILT FOR STEAM STYLE BANNERS FOR THE FLOWCONTROL WHEEL. IF YOU WOULD RATHER USE BOXART THEN DONWLOAD THE THEME GRIDDLE BOXVIEW INSTEAD *********
Following on from the NesicaxLive theme I created previously this is my second theme - GRIDDLE
Unlike the Nesica theme this theme should scale correctly to most 16:9/16:10 resolutions. I have tested at 1080p but the theme has been built with images sized suitably for 4k displays. If anyone has a 4k display and would like to test this and feedback in the comments section that would be appreciated.
Also as with the Nesica theme I created this theme has additional elements included within it for Publisher/Developer logos to be displayed and also controller layouts to be shown for each platform. I have also included in seperate zip files below the platform fanart I have used in the screenshots above should you want to do the same in your setup (note unlike theme itself which is drawn to 4k the fanart are only 1080p but should scale ok up to 1080p). With regards the game/platform videos I recommend using default videos for this theme without other elements to keep the look clean and in 4:3 ratio where possible - videos shown in screenshots are all available from emumovies.
If you want to change or add additional controller layout images you just need to drop the images into the following directory within your Launchbox directory /Themes/Griddle/Images/Controls/Platform Name (you may need to create the relevant Platform Name if it does not already exist)
All views are the same layout but with different colour themes applied. This allows you to set each platform to a different colour scheme but whilst keeping a consistent look and feel throughout.
Any issues, recommendations etc. are always welcome.
For anyone who has posted on the Nesica theme I am going back and working on that one currently to make that one responsive so it scales to other resolutions and also adding in some of the features from this theme so expect a 2.0 Nesica release soon.
Thanks
Platform_FanArt.zip
943 downloads
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NESiCAxLive Theme
By shro2016 in Big Box Custom Themes
Introduction
This theme was requested by @Evilmaster and is designed to mirror the interface of the NESiCAxLive system Taito use in their TypeX2 mutli-game cabinets. This is my first attempt at creating a theme so please be kind. The theme has been built for 1920x1080 resolution and is likely to look wrong in other resolutions currently. I may update the theme for other resolutions if there is sufficient interest for me to do so,
The theme does include the ability to display publisher logos as well as game specific control layouts within the interface. The theme is also built around using steam-style banners - I have detailed the simplest way to set this up currently in Launchbox below as the wheel does not support steam banners as a games view currently without some tweaking of your library.
The Views
Platform Wheel 1 - Horizontal Banner View
Platform Wheel 2 - Horizontal Logo View
689 downloads
- nesicaxlive
- theme
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box art Mega Drive (EU) 2D Complete Cover Pack
By shro2016 in Game Box Art
This file contains the complete cover set for all Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) games released in the United Kingdom Region and in the EU cover variant.
All files have been collated by myself from the various repositories on the Internet and have been retouched where required and resized to uniform ratio. The quality does vary between the covers based on the source files available but images are scaled to the best quality size available. Image sizes in the pack are: 500x725, 750x1087, 1000x1450, 1500x2147, 2000x2900
If you are aware of better quality variants of the covers in this pack please let me know and I will update the pack as required.
It should be noted that all are the original covers with the exception of Lethal Enforcers 2 which I could not find a high enough quality version of and so I have adapted the US cover to the EU style box to make this a complete set.
775 downloads
- mega drive
- genesis
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Shro2016 1:1 Pack - Super Nintendo Entertainment System (EU)
By shro2016 in Game Box Art
This file contains the complete 1:1 cover set for all Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) games released in the United Kingdom Region and in the EU cover variant. There are 806 images in the set in total.
All files have been created by myself using the various repositories on the Internet for source materials and all have been adapted to suit the 1:1 file ratio and all have had a standard SNES overlay applied so that they appear uniform in the set.
The file format is JPG to keep file size small and hopeful better performance on low spec machines. The file dimensions are all 500x500
1:1 Packs for other consoles will be added shortly.
281 downloads
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Shro2016 1:1 Pack - Nintendo 64
By shro2016 in Game Box Art
This file contains the complete 1:1 cover set for all Nintendo 64 games released in the US/EU regions plus a few Japanese titles.
All files have been created by myself using the various repositories on the Internet for source materials and all have been adapted to suit the 1:1 file ratio and all have had a standard N64 overlay applied to the top right corner so that they appear uniform in the set.
The file format is JPG to keep file size small and hopeful better performance on low spec machines. The file dimensions are all 500x500
1:1 Packs for other consoles will be added shortly.
253 downloads
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Shro2016 1:1 Pack - Nintendo GameCube
By shro2016 in Game Box Art
This file contains the complete 1:1 cover set for all Nintendo GameCube games released in the US/EU regions. There are 596 images in total.
All files have been created by myself using the various repositories on the Internet for source materials and all have been adapted to suit the 1:1 file ratio, where required a GameCube overlay applied so that all covers appear uniform in the set.
The file format is JPG to keep file size small and hopeful better performance on low spec machines. The file dimensions are all 500x500
1:1 Packs for other consoles will be added shortly.
217 downloads
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Shro2016 1:1 Pack - Atari 2600
By shro2016 in Game Box Art
This file contains the complete 1:1 cover set for all Atari 2600 games
All files have been created by myself using the various repositories on the Internet for source materials and all have been adapted to suit the 1:1 file ratio and all have had an Atari 2600 overlay applied so that they appear uniform in the set.
The file format is JPG to keep file size small and hopeful better performance on low spec machines. The file dimensions are all 500x500
1:1 Packs for other consoles will be added shortly.
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Shro2016 1:1 Pack - Sega Master System
By shro2016 in Game Box Art
This file contains the complete 1:1 cover set for all Sega Master System games released in the United Kingdom Region and in the EU cover variant.
All files have been created by myself using the various repositories on the Internet for source materials and all have been adapted to suit the 1:1 file ratio. Any full face image covers have had a more standard Master System overlay applied so that they appear uniform in the set (see Addams Family cover example above).
The file format is JPG to keep file size small and hopeful better performance on low spec machines. The file dimensions are all 500x500
1:1 Packs for other consoles will be added shortly.
200 downloads
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Shro2016 1:1 Pack - Sega Dreamcast (EU)
By shro2016 in Game Box Art
This file contains the complete 1:1 cover set for all Sega Dreamcast games released in the United Kingdom Region and in the EU cover variant.
All files have been created by myself using the various repositories on the Internet for source materials and all have been adapted to suit the 1:1 file ratio and all have had a custom Dreamcast overlay applied so that they appear uniform in the set.
The file format is JPG to keep file size small and hopeful better performance on low spec machines. The file dimensions are all 500x500
1:1 Packs for other consoles will be added shortly.
238 downloads
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NESiCA 2020
By shro2016 in Big Box Custom Themes
This is a complete rebuild of my previous NESiCA xLive theme from a couple of years ago. This theme has been nearly two years in the making with all new artwork and banner images. As the theme uses wide banner images rather than more traditional image types (in line with the system it is based on) I have created banner image packs for most games which I will be uploading separately into the downloads library today - platform and playlist images themselves are bundled within the theme itself.
The theme has different views for both Horizontal and Vertical scrolling of banner images and each variant also has control images for Arcade, Xbox or PS control schemes - these can be switched between by switching view within the theme. It is recommended that you set all transitions to Fade within BigBox.
Should you need to make more banner images yourself or wish to alter any of the control layout images I have included the GIMP template files with the theme. For those unfamiliar with GIMP it is a free online graphics package that you can download and use and with the templates available this should be easy for you to create any images you may be missing.
As always, hope you enjoy the theme.
120 downloads
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Shro2016 1:1 Pack - Sony PlayStation
By shro2016 in Game Box Art
This file contains the complete 1:1 cover set for all Sony PlayStation games released in the US/EU regions plus a few extra Japanese releases (1,810 images in total).
All files have been created by myself using the various repositories on the Internet for source materials and all have been adapted to suit the 1:1 file ratio and all have had a custom PlayStation overlay applied so that they appear uniform in the set.
The file format is JPG to keep file size small and hopeful better performance on low spec machines. The file dimensions are all 500x500
1:1 Packs for other consoles will be added shortly.
204 downloads
- playstation
- ps1
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Shro2016 1:1 Pack - Microsoft Xbox 360
By shro2016 in Game Box Art
This file contains the complete 1:1 cover set for all Microsoft Xbox 360 games released in the US/EU regions. There are 934 images in the set.
All files have been created by myself using the various repositories on the Internet for source materials and all have been adapted to suit the 1:1 file ratio and all have had a standard Xbox 360 overlay applied so that they appear uniform in the set.
The file format is JPG to keep file size small and hopeful better performance on low spec machines. The file dimensions are all 500x500
1:1 Packs for other consoles will be added shortly.
74 downloads
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Shro2016 1:1 Pack - Sega Mega Drive (EU)
By shro2016 in Game Box Art
This file contains the complete 1:1 cover set for all Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) games released in the United Kingdom Region and in the EU cover variant.
All files have been created by myself using the various repositories on the Internet for source materials and all have been adapted to suit the 1:1 file ratio and all have had a standard mega drive overlay applied so that they appear uniform in the set.
The file format is JPG to keep file size small and hopeful better performance on low spec machines. The file dimensions are all 500x500
1:1 Packs for other consoles will be added shortly.
158 downloads
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Shro2016 1:1 Pack - Commodore Amiga CD32
By shro2016 in Game Box Art
This file contains the complete 1:1 cover set for all Commodore Amiga CD32 games released in the US/EU Region. There are 162 images in total.
All files have been created by myself using the various repositories on the Internet for source materials and all have been adapted to suit the 1:1 file ratio and all have had a standard Amiga CD32 overlay applied so that they appear uniform in the set.
The file format is JPG to keep file size small and hopeful better performance on low spec machines. The file dimensions are all 500x500
1:1 Packs for other consoles will be added shortly.
125 downloads
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Shro2016 1:1 Pack - Arcade
By shro2016 in Game Box Art
This file contains 350 1:1 covers for the Arcade Platform. This is a complete set of Capcom CPS-1, CPS-2, CPS-3 and NeoGeo MVS games plus a few other popular games.
All files have been created by myself using the various repositories on the Internet for source materials and all have been adapted to suit the 1:1 file ratio and all have had a standard Arcade overlay applied so that they appear uniform in the set.
The file format is JPG to keep file size small and hopeful better performance on low spec machines. The file dimensions are all 500x500
140 downloads
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Shro2016 1:1 Pack - Commodore Amiga
By shro2016 in Game Box Art
This file contains the complete 1:1 cover set for all Commodore Amiga games (2,200 images) released in the US/EU Regions.
All files have been created by myself using the various repositories on the Internet for source materials and all have been adapted to suit the 1:1 file ratio and all have had a Rainbow Amiga overlay applied to the lower left corner so that they appear uniform in the set.
The file format is JPG to keep file size small and hopeful better performance on low spec machines. The file dimensions are all 500x500
1:1 Packs for other consoles/systems will be added shortly.
182 downloads
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Shro2016 1:1 Pack - Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
By shro2016 in Game Box Art
This file contains the complete 1:1 cover set for all Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) games released in the US/EU regions. There are 850 images in total.
All files have been created by myself using the various repositories on the Internet for source materials and all have been adapted to suit the 1:1 file ratio and all have had a standard NES overlay applied so that they appear uniform in the set.
The file format is JPG to keep file size small and hopeful better performance on low spec machines. The file dimensions are all 500x500
1:1 Packs for other consoles will be added shortly.
186 downloads
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Shro2016 1:1 Pack - Sony PlayStation 2
By shro2016 in Game Box Art
This file contains the complete 1:1 cover set for all Sony PlayStation 2 games released in the US/EU regions (2,524 images in total)
All files have been created by myself using the various repositories on the Internet for source materials and all have been adapted to suit the 1:1 file ratio and all have had a standard PlayStation 2 overlay applied so that they appear uniform in the set.
The file format is JPG to keep file size small and hopeful better performance on low spec machines. The file dimensions are all 500x500
1:1 Packs for other consoles will be added shortly.
134 downloads
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Shro2016 1:1 Pack - Sony PlayStation 3
By shro2016 in Game Box Art
This file contains the complete 1:1 cover set for all Sony PlayStation 3 games released in the EU/US Regions (601 images in total).
All files have been created by myself using the various repositories on the Internet for source materials and all have been adapted to suit the 1:1 file ratio and all have had a standard PS3 overlay applied so that they appear uniform in the set.
The file format is JPG to keep file size small and hopeful better performance on low spec machines. The file dimensions are all 500x500
1:1 Packs for other consoles will be added shortly.
128 downloads
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Shro2016 1:1 Pack - Nintendo Wii
By shro2016 in Game Box Art
This file contains the complete 1:1 cover set for all Nintendo Wii games released in the US/EU regions.
All files have been created by myself using the various repositories on the Internet for source materials and all have been adapted to suit the 1:1 file ratio and all have had a standard Wii overlay applied so that they appear uniform in the set.
The file format is JPG to keep file size small and hopeful better performance on low spec machines. The file dimensions are all 500x500
1:1 Packs for other consoles will be added shortly.
133 downloads
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Shro2016 1:1 Pack - Sega Saturn
By shro2016 in Game Box Art
This file contains the complete 1:1 cover set for all Sega Saturn games released in the US/EU Regions. There are 266 images in total.
All files have been created by myself using the various repositories on the Internet for source materials and all have been adapted to suit the 1:1 file ratio and all have had a standard Sega Saturn overlay applied so that they appear uniform in the set.
The file format is JPG to keep file size small and hopeful better performance on low spec machines. The file dimensions are all 500x500
1:1 Packs for other consoles will be added shortly.
128 downloads
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Shro2016 1:1 Pack - Nintendo WiiU
By shro2016 in Game Box Art
This file contains the complete 1:1 cover set for all Nintendo WiiU games released in the US/EU region. The set includes 187 images.
All files have been created by myself using the various repositories on the Internet for source materials and all have been adapted to suit the 1:1 file ratio and all have had a standard WiiU overlay applied so that they appear uniform in the set.
The file format is JPG to keep file size small and hopeful better performance on low spec machines. The file dimensions are all 500x500
1:1 Packs for other consoles will be added shortly.
96 downloads
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