[PSGC]

looks good, going to try it out. Thanks

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Hi all,

Hope you all are doing well

I haven't abandoned this startup theme, and I was working on a theme and pause theme to go with this startup theme.

I got an optic nerve inflammation, so my left eye has blurred vision and I can't see colors normally. Its getting better but I still can't see colors normally, and this makes it hard to work on a theme where seeing colors is kind of important 🙂

I'll be back working on this startup theme once I can see colors as normal again

[COLORFUL platform video set]

Its great to see all the new systems added, especially those a little more unusual like N-Gage and Game.com.
Just wanted to ask if some of Game Parks platforms such as GP32 will be added?

[Light]

This looks really good. Can't wait to give it a try. Thanks for sharing your theme

[How Long To Beat - Game Length Plugin]

That's great news I'll be updating tomorrow morning. Thank you for the update

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2 hours ago, Wolfy217 said:

Does it still work for you? I just downloaded it and when I go to check a games game length I just get the search window with no results and then clicking 'Support HowLongToBeat.com' I get a launchbox error 

No it doesn't work anymore, this was a great plugin when it was working.

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Nice to hear that it fixed the problem

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On 1/5/2022 at 10:21 PM, Wol666 said:

Any idea why I have images in Fanart - Background and yet it seems to just show Box - Front?

It uses the "Binding BackgroundImagePath", so if you have changed any settings in Tools -> Options -> Background Priorities, this may be the problem. I haven't messed around that much with these settings so I'm not sure.

If not, is it on all platforms or only one?

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On 1/2/2022 at 4:44 PM, Mongu said:

Does the loading bar scroll and is the percentage displayed?

Yes the loading bar scrolls but there’s no percentage displayed

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Thanks for the quick reply. I thought that was the case, and now I know 🙂

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Hi all,

Hope you're all doing well.
 
I was originally planning on making a pause theme to go with this, but why not go all the way and make a theme and pause theme?

Ive started with the theme and once its done I'll move on to the pause theme. I don't have a pause theme setup at the moment, had some issues with it last time. But is the pause manu just a list of options or do thay open up other "theme" windows?

Like in bigbox, if I click on achievements the standard big box achievements window is shown no matter what theme Im running. Is this the way the pause menu works too?

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@KaaMoS here we go friend, this is what you are looking for. 🙂

StartingTheGame-Dark.zip StartingTheGame-Light.zip

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@KaaMoS, Maybe you can give this one a try?

As I plan on having 3 versions of the theme I had to rewrite parts to make it possible for the third

version to work. An added bonus is that It will be easier to modify it for other aspect ratios.

 

Anyway This is just for the nes, let me know if it works better.

test.7z

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10 hours ago, KaaMoS said:

Uhm

Uhm, it could be something like stars rating, producer/developer, release year, max players, played count/time played, 
However, this is just my point of view.

Now that I've got your attention, LoL.... I'm facing this problem... what do you think I should do to fix it? (1680x1050)
Thanks in advance!

I relied heavily on margin in the code. And that seams to be a bad idea.

I've got some ideas that may work. I'll try em out and get back to you.

[ABeezy's Microsoft Xbox 2.5D Box Fronts]

Fantastic as always. 

Thank you so much for sharing

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15 hours ago, KaaMoS said:

It looks great, friend!
Well, perhaps it's the image, but I think you could use that blue area, at the top right to add some game info (right aligned, white text i.e.).
If not possible, I'll use it anyway  Is solid as gold.

Thanks, nice to hear that you like it.
What game info would you most like to see added?
Anything specific like Max Players, Rating?

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A new light version, what do you think? Any changes needed?

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On 9/10/2021 at 8:11 PM, neil9000 said:

Someone more knowledgeable than me will have to chime in here as i dont know code, but i dont think the alternate system names in the metadata.xml do anything at all in themes. I believe themes can tap into the "scrape as" field though, so a platform could be named anything at all, but if its scraped as the correct name (which you would assume it would be otherwise the user would have no media for these platforms) it should still be able to show the correct theme/view. As i say though someone who actually knows this stuff would need to confirm.

The metadata.xml made naming all the files easier and as there was alt names in there, I just assumed that's what’s used. The "scrape as” sound like a good place to start and over at XAML Tips and Tricks there's tons of info and helpful people.

 

18 hours ago, soqueroeu said:

 

Hey @Hazuki, I think we need a white theme version now. What do you think?
We also need more platforms. I couldn't find NEC console files. 

Do you have source files to share?

I have re-drawn some of the logos from scratch and the NEC logos aren't done yet.

Source files are mainly a load of mock-ups and one psd with system logos once they are done. There’s a lode of WIP stuff in there now, so I can share them once I'm done.

As I've never used xaml before this, I'm looking in to if its possible to manipulate png colours or not from the xaml file. So before any other versions I want to get this done.

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@soqueroeu So I tried renaming my Nintendo Entertainment System to Nintendo NES and this gave me the default startup, just like your screenshot.

In the "..\LaunchBox\Metadata\Platforms.xml" there's a lot of alternate platform names. I was under the impression that this solved all alternate names. Nintendo NES is in there but the startup will go to the default.

I'll look in to this and see if this can be solved for a future update.

As for Playlists, I don't have any at the moment. In this release its mainly consoles and handheld. In the next update I'll be adding the missing consoles, start adding arcade systems and looking in to playlists.

@Retro808, thanks, I was just trying that as well

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 @soqueroeu here we go, a version with no logos

StartingTheGame-Dark-NoLogo.zip

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Hi @soqueroeu

Yes I made this with fanart 16:9 in mind. I can upload a version without the clearlogo, no problem. I'll try to get it up later today.

The loadbar should be working, its based off of the Default startup theme. If you use the Default startup theme does the loadbar work?

Are your roms compressed or just plain roms? If compressed, can you start a bigger rom, say maybe a PlayStation game and see if it works.

What name are you using for your platform?

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3 hours ago, Rlad said:

These are great, and easy enough to make new systems👍

Thank you

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2 hours ago, soqueroeu said:

Nice!

Hey @Hazuki, what about game images? Which group of images will the system use by default?

Hi and Thanks. It uses the "Fanart - Background" and than adds the "Clear Logo" on top of it.

And the system logo on the left can be found in the folder "..\StartupThemes\StartingTheGame-Dark\Resources\SystemLogo".

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2 hours ago, KaaMoS said:

Looks great! Many thanks!
Are you interested about building a Pause theme as well?

Thank you. Yes I plan on making a Pause theme in the same style as this. Hope to have some time to start working on it real soon

 

1 hour ago, viking said:

Nice ! 👍

Thank you

[How Long To Beat - Game Length Plugin]

I think this plugin is fantastic. It would be fantastic if the time info could be displayed in BigBox. Thank you for sharing this plugin