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Version 1.1.0
2,988 downloads
A pretty long intro video,at over a minute...but,for anyone who wanted a Big Box version of my Hyperspin intro I made months ago,here it is. Big thanks to @jaceroni for his big box logo screen shown at the end of the intro,which matched perfectly with it! *Added a 30 second version as well* -
RetroHumanoid Cinematics & Refried Theme
RetroHumanoid replied to RetroHumanoid's topic in Big Box Custom Themes
you are 100% correct...unfortunately...so I have updated the theme and I will reuploadit. Meanwhile if you overwrite the current view with this one it should work fine. Thanks for bringing it to my attention Wheel4GamesView.xaml -
RetroHumanoid Cinematics & Refried Theme
RetroHumanoid replied to RetroHumanoid's topic in Big Box Custom Themes
Not a dumb question by any means...and I was waiting for someone to ask. One major reason is video size. You cannot have different video sizes in a single theme...one size fits all. So in order to have the video fit the Game Boy,or the PSP...they require their own theme.Another thing is the text colors...also allowed only one color per theme. One more reason,is with them being split up,if I update one,then people don't have to reinstall the whole package. Each theme may have something unique in the code as well..such as the arcade one will have marquees...and if I put that in the default code,then I can't hide the marquee from showing in the NES them for example. Also...neil types faster than me...and Also, you don't have to use the addons at all...they merely add to the aesthetics by providing those tweaks to the video,text color,and stuff...making them different,but,the same. -
RetroHumanoid Cinematics & Refried Theme
RetroHumanoid replied to RetroHumanoid's topic in Big Box Custom Themes
Yes sir mp4 sounds great! -
RetroHumanoid Cinematics & Refried Theme
RetroHumanoid replied to RetroHumanoid's topic in Big Box Custom Themes
Plans?...I never have a plan...I just make stuff at random most of the time,lol. One thing that would help out,is if you can gather some clear high res artwork (1080p or above) for each category,I'll do the cutting and cleaning...it will save alot of time not having to gather it myself...and I will credit you in the description when I add them to the rest. I would need at least 2 pictures for each one. If not,I can see about making them...if I don't get to it in a reasonable amount of time,I will send you a package of assets to get you started -
RetroHumanoid Cinematics & Refried Theme
RetroHumanoid replied to RetroHumanoid's topic in Big Box Custom Themes
A little something extra I added into the code for the marquee area... They are very easy to make...and I will be making a bunch of them myself once I am not so busy -
RetroHumanoid Cinematics & Refried Theme
RetroHumanoid replied to RetroHumanoid's topic in Big Box Custom Themes
I forgot to mention here that I also added new videos for MS-DOS and ScummVM...the old ones had some sizing issues with the preview videos. You can find them at the bottom of the download list with the other refried videos. -
RetroHumanoid Cinematics & Refried Theme
RetroHumanoid replied to RetroHumanoid's topic in Big Box Custom Themes
2 questions 1. When you say Default...you mean the Refried Default theme,and not the Launchbox Default theme right? You need the Unified Refried Default theme set as your main theme. 2. Did you enable seperate views for each platform in the bigbox options menu? your options screen should have this - And the theme folder should look like this (sorta) - -
RetroHumanoid Cinematics & Refried Theme
RetroHumanoid replied to RetroHumanoid's topic in Big Box Custom Themes
Working on a dedicated Arcade theme...it will cover all arcade platforms,and include the character art,as well as dynamic marquees -
RetroHumanoid Cinematics & Refried Theme
RetroHumanoid replied to RetroHumanoid's topic in Big Box Custom Themes
Added a monochrome Nintendo Game Boy video to the video set,to match the system a little better. If you want the platform theme to match,just look in the folder @ "Launchbox/Themes/Unified Refried - Nintendo Game Boy/Images/Theme/VideoBorder/Alts" and rename Alt1 to _Default. Then replace the image in "Launchbox/Themes/Unified Refried - Nintendo Game Boy/Images/Theme/VideoBorder" with this one. Make sure BigBox is not running,because if it has cached the original image already,then it will not overwrite it while the program is active. -
My guess,is that you added the artwork files from the Collections addon,to the Default themes folder. The Default theme and the Collections theme are 2 different themes...so in the installation instructions above it tells you: "4.Make sure to have "Remember seperate view for each Platform" turned on in Options/Views 5.Browse to any platform that you have installed the Platform theme for,and press your "Switch Theme" Key,Then select the appropriate Platform theme from the list. If you have not programmed a "Switch Theme" key,you may do so by going to Options/Keyboard Mappings or Options/Controller Buttons." You have to enter each Collection playlist,and set the theme to "Unified Refried - Collections" As far as I know,this is not possible...I would love to know if it is,because I want a similar function,and I would surely add it into the theme.
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RetroHumanoid Cinematics & Refried Theme
RetroHumanoid replied to RetroHumanoid's topic in Big Box Custom Themes
view 2 is box/cart and view 3 is box/spinning cart/disc,for cd based platforms -
It appears I did not close out some code in the TextGamesList.xaml files when I made a fix earlier. Unfortunately my internet at home picked a great time to shut off,so i cant get a fix out right away. If you want to open that xaml in the views folder,just scroll to the bottom,and you will see Margin="0,0,0,0" ....add a space,and then /> after that and then save the file. It will fix it. When I get my net back,I will reupload them with the fix.
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RetroHumanoid Cinematics & Refried Theme
RetroHumanoid replied to RetroHumanoid's topic in Big Box Custom Themes
Yes to all -
RetroHumanoid Cinematics & Refried Theme
RetroHumanoid replied to RetroHumanoid's topic in Big Box Custom Themes
Anyone having issues with backgrounds or default borders not showing,it's possible the names may have to be adjusted on the artwork files...I name a few of my systems slightly different,and I may or may not have forgotten to change the names of those art files to a community standard. So if art isn't showing,check the theme images folder for it first. -
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RetroHumanoid Cinematics & Refried Theme
RetroHumanoid replied to RetroHumanoid's topic in Big Box Custom Themes
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Unified Refried 2.0 View File What's different in 2.0? *This replaces the old version of Refried entirely. DO NOT merge this new version with the old one. *All platform addon themes from the first version of Refried have been merged into one single addon called "Queso Fresco" (because it tastes great on top of refried beans...that's why). Therefore all of those older addon themes are no longer needed. *Requires Launchbox 9.4 or above to function properly *Revised Install instructions (please read them below if you are just starting out with the theme) *Added custom controller icons for play modes in the game description on some systems...this will get finished in the future *More great additions made by Ghostlines to the theme *Added the fullscreen video view to all platforms (view 4) *Improved the artwork slightly for the Big Box options menus Important note**If you install this theme,and the artwork does not display properly for a platform on your system,then more than likely it is a naming conflict between your platform and the files in the theme. To fix this issue,you must locate these files and change the name to your actual platforms name: 1.Images/Theme/Background/(name of your platform that is mislabeled) 2.Images/Theme/VideoBorder/(name of your platform that is mislabeled) If you install the Queso Fresco addon as well,then you must also rename the custom view xaml files to your platform name. I set out to make an alternate version to the beautiful Unified theme,with modifications here and there,yet,as I worked on it more and more,I started to go a different direction slightly...and thus Refried was born. This theme is built to focus on artwork,and showcase each system in bright colorful high definition artwork. I have drawn all new original arcade cabinets,and designed custom borders for each platform,which set each system apart from each other,while maintaining a unified appearance across the board. The main difference between this,and many other themes that are out there...are the video borders. When using the Default theme,all video borders are the same size across the entire theme...but,when using the addons,the video borders will then fit the system properly...so that the video for Game Boy Advance,will fit the GBA Video Border...and the PSP video,will fit the PSP Video Border. In other words,by using the custom view addons,it allows the theme to represent the system perfectly...rather than the same size border for everything. This theme is more than capable of running without a single addon theme installed,and only using the Default...the addons are merely to extend the experience of each system,with special added artwork,and tweaks.On the other hand,the Addons rely on the Default themes structure,and will not work without the default theme installed. There are multiple views included with the default theme,including - 1.Border with No Box/Cart/Disc Art 2.Border with Box/Cart/Disc Art 3.Border with Box/Spinning Cart/Disc Art 4.Full Screen Video w/Centered enlarged wheel 5.Border Text List View with Box/Cart/Disc Art The Queso Fresco addon has 5 views - 1.Special Artwork/Special Border with No Box/Cart/Disc Art 2.Special Border with Box/Cart/Disc Art (With wheel fade) 3.Special Border with Box/Cart/Disc Art (No wheel fade) 4.Full Screen Video w/Centered enlarged wheel 5.Special Border Text List View with Box/Cart/Disc Art **If the system has CD's/Discs,then the Disc will spin in Views 2 and 3...but,if the system has carts or floppies,then they will not spin in views 2 and 3. The Arcade portion of the Queso Fresco addon has 5 views - 1.Dynamic Marquees with Character Artwork 2.No Dynamic Marquees with Character Artwork 3.Dynamic Marquees with Advert/Flyers 4.Full Screen Video w/Centered enlarged wheel 5.Text List View with Advert/Flyers/Cabinets With the Queso Fresco addon installed,the arcade platforms are capable of displaying Video Marquees for each game,as well as regular marquees, in the marquee area of the cabinets (Some samples are included,and more are on the way)* Any Video Marquees must be placed in "LaunchBox/Themes/Unified Refried/Images/Theme/Addons/_Arcade/Video Marquees/" and must be in mp4 format In order to make this work properly,you must go into LaunchBox options,and change the priority for Cart Back Image to Arcade - Marquee,and uncheck anything else. Installation: 1.Download the Default theme (Unified Refried) ,and place it in your "Launchbox/Themes" folder 2.If you have not done so,you will need to unblock the Plugins...This does not have to be done for every addon theme,as unblocking them once,in the default,is all that is necessary...excerpt taken from unified description - 3.Set the theme to "Unified Refried" in Options/Views/Theme 4.If installing any of the addons,simply unzip the addon,and open the folder that was created. In this case we will use the Queso Fresco addon as an example. 5.Place the two folders (Images and Views) into the Unified Refried default theme folder,merging the folders when prompted. 6.That's it! ....When you load up Big Box,the artwork should be changed to the Queso Fresco alternate art. Pictures of Installation process for those that need them...If this is your first time using Refried you can skip step 1 Thanks @RetroNi for the use of his Logo set. @CriticalCid for his theme Unified,as I used alot of his coding as a base for the assembly of this theme. @kyoken @neil9000 @bundangdon @zetec-s-joe @Retro808 @Porl Hendy for their feedback during testing. @faeran for his help early on in the development stages. @Jason Carr because I used a bit of code from his Redux version,and took on some of his ideas from the changes he made @NJDave71 for his HelperControl plugin @bmonomad @Suhrvivor for their work on the Community Star Ratings,Favorites,and Play Mode code,which formed the base for implementing it into this theme @Ghostlines for his additions to the theme Examples: Current Platform list covered by the theme - Arcade Consoles Handhelds Computers Pinball Ghostlines Additions Current Playlists covered by the theme - Collections Genres Developers Favorites The Platform/Playlist video set can be found here... The Platform/Playlist Logo set can be found here... Submitter RetroHumanoid Submitted 10/27/2018 Category Big Box Custom Themes
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Version .1
28,671 downloads
What's different in 2.0? *This replaces the old version of Refried entirely. DO NOT merge this new version with the old one. *All platform addon themes from the first version of Refried have been merged into one single addon called "Queso Fresco" (because it tastes great on top of refried beans...that's why). Therefore all of those older addon themes are no longer needed. *Requires Launchbox 9.4 or above to function properly *Revised Install instructions (please read them below if you are just starting out with the theme) *Added custom controller icons for play modes in the game description on some systems...this will get finished in the future *More great additions made by Ghostlines to the theme *Added the fullscreen video view to all platforms (view 4) *Improved the artwork slightly for the Big Box options menus Important note**If you install this theme,and the artwork does not display properly for a platform on your system,then more than likely it is a naming conflict between your platform and the files in the theme. To fix this issue,you must locate these files and change the name to your actual platforms name: 1.Images/Theme/Background/(name of your platform that is mislabeled) 2.Images/Theme/VideoBorder/(name of your platform that is mislabeled) If you install the Queso Fresco addon as well,then you must also rename the custom view xaml files to your platform name. I set out to make an alternate version to the beautiful Unified theme,with modifications here and there,yet,as I worked on it more and more,I started to go a different direction slightly...and thus Refried was born. This theme is built to focus on artwork,and showcase each system in bright colorful high definition artwork. I have drawn all new original arcade cabinets,and designed custom borders for each platform,which set each system apart from each other,while maintaining a unified appearance across the board. The main difference between this,and many other themes that are out there...are the video borders. When using the Default theme,all video borders are the same size across the entire theme...but,when using the addons,the video borders will then fit the system properly...so that the video for Game Boy Advance,will fit the GBA Video Border...and the PSP video,will fit the PSP Video Border. In other words,by using the custom view addons,it allows the theme to represent the system perfectly...rather than the same size border for everything. This theme is more than capable of running without a single addon theme installed,and only using the Default...the addons are merely to extend the experience of each system,with special added artwork,and tweaks.On the other hand,the Addons rely on the Default themes structure,and will not work without the default theme installed. There are multiple views included with the default theme,including - 1.Border with No Box/Cart/Disc Art 2.Border with Box/Cart/Disc Art 3.Border with Box/Spinning Cart/Disc Art 4.Full Screen Video w/Centered enlarged wheel 5.Border Text List View with Box/Cart/Disc Art The Queso Fresco addon has 5 views - 1.Special Artwork/Special Border with No Box/Cart/Disc Art 2.Special Border with Box/Cart/Disc Art (With wheel fade) 3.Special Border with Box/Cart/Disc Art (No wheel fade) 4.Full Screen Video w/Centered enlarged wheel 5.Special Border Text List View with Box/Cart/Disc Art **If the system has CD's/Discs,then the Disc will spin in Views 2 and 3...but,if the system has carts or floppies,then they will not spin in views 2 and 3. The Arcade portion of the Queso Fresco addon has 5 views - 1.Dynamic Marquees with Character Artwork 2.No Dynamic Marquees with Character Artwork 3.Dynamic Marquees with Advert/Flyers 4.Full Screen Video w/Centered enlarged wheel 5.Text List View with Advert/Flyers/Cabinets With the Queso Fresco addon installed,the arcade platforms are capable of displaying Video Marquees for each game,as well as regular marquees, in the marquee area of the cabinets (Some samples are included,and more are on the way)* Any Video Marquees must be placed in "LaunchBox/Themes/Unified Refried/Images/Theme/Addons/_Arcade/Video Marquees/" and must be in mp4 format In order to make this work properly,you must go into LaunchBox options,and change the priority for Cart Back Image to Arcade - Marquee,and uncheck anything else. Installation: 1.Download the Default theme (Unified Refried) ,and place it in your "Launchbox/Themes" folder 2.If you have not done so,you will need to unblock the Plugins...This does not have to be done for every addon theme,as unblocking them once,in the default,is all that is necessary...excerpt taken from unified description - 3.Set the theme to "Unified Refried" in Options/Views/Theme 4.If installing any of the addons,simply unzip the addon,and open the folder that was created. In this case we will use the Queso Fresco addon as an example. 5.Place the two folders (Images and Views) into the Unified Refried default theme folder,merging the folders when prompted. 6.That's it! ....When you load up Big Box,the artwork should be changed to the Queso Fresco alternate art. Pictures of Installation process for those that need them...If this is your first time using Refried you can skip step 1 Thanks @RetroNi for the use of his Logo set. @CriticalCid for his theme Unified,as I used alot of his coding as a base for the assembly of this theme. @kyoken @neil9000 @bundangdon @zetec-s-joe @Retro808 @Porl Hendy for their feedback during testing. @faeran for his help early on in the development stages. @Jason Carr because I used a bit of code from his Redux version,and took on some of his ideas from the changes he made @NJDave71 for his HelperControl plugin @bmonomad @Suhrvivor for their work on the Community Star Ratings,Favorites,and Play Mode code,which formed the base for implementing it into this theme @Ghostlines for his additions to the theme Examples: Current Platform list covered by the theme - Arcade Consoles Handhelds Computers Pinball Ghostlines Additions Current Playlists covered by the theme - Collections Genres Developers Favorites The Platform/Playlist video set can be found here... The Platform/Playlist Logo set can be found here... -
RetroHumanoid Cinematics & Refried Theme
RetroHumanoid replied to RetroHumanoid's topic in Big Box Custom Themes
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Refried Theme Platform Logo Set View File A set of Logos, to match perfectly with my Refried theme. A special Thank you to @RetroNi for allowing me to use his white bordered logo set,with a few changes,for the creation of the Platform Logos in this set...As well as @CriticalCid for giving me the unspoken inspiration to even start this project in the first place! The Logos are seperated to download by category..including each playlist covered in the theme. Inside of the Unified Refried theme there is a "Images" folder. Inside you need to create a folder labelled "Platforms." Inside you will need to create another folder called "Clear Logo." Inside the Clear Logo folder is where you paste the set. Launchbox/Themes/Unified Refried/Images/Platforms /Clear Logo After making the change, be sure to refresh platform wheel images located in options (Image Cache). You can find the theme here.... You can find the matching video set here... Submitter RetroHumanoid Submitted 10/26/2018 Category Platform Clear Logos
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Version 1.1.0
18,020 downloads
A set of Logos, to match perfectly with my Refried theme. A special Thank you to @RetroNi for allowing me to use his white bordered logo set,with a few changes,for the creation of the Platform Logos in this set...As well as @CriticalCid for giving me the unspoken inspiration to even start this project in the first place! The Logos are seperated to download by category..including each playlist covered in the theme. Inside of the Unified Refried theme there is a "Images" folder. Inside you need to create a folder labelled "Platforms." Inside you will need to create another folder called "Clear Logo." Inside the Clear Logo folder is where you paste the set. Launchbox/Themes/Unified Refried/Images/Platforms /Clear Logo After making the change, be sure to refresh platform wheel images located in options (Image Cache). You can find the theme here.... You can find the matching video set here... -
RetroHumanoid Cinematics & Refried Theme
RetroHumanoid replied to RetroHumanoid's topic in Big Box Custom Themes
we will have to bug @Jason Carr for that one...but,he seems pretty busy lately -
RetroHumanoid Cinematics & Refried Theme
RetroHumanoid replied to RetroHumanoid's topic in Big Box Custom Themes
Not yet...I haven't had a chance to add a section for it yet...but,I will put them up there soon. Also, You're welcome ☺️ -
Calling All Media and Theme Creators!
RetroHumanoid replied to Jason Carr's topic in News and Updates
A video for every sub-category...for every platform... I have made over 600 platform/playlist videos so far...and even I think that's crazy...