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    Big Logo - Startup Theme

    in Startup Themes

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    6 hours ago, power5lave said:

    this isnt working for me, im getting the clear logo in the middle of the screen, but the backgroud art isnt loading at all. anything i need to check?

    Check the priority list in Launchbox options..make sure you have Background Fanart turned on (Check marked)

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    Launchbox 9.2 Change Log

    in News and Updates

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    18 minutes ago, Kondorito said:

    Guys, do you know if there is a way to select which bg to display in the fades? I saw the Platform examples in the default startup theme folder, but could not get my head around it. I would like a specific bg I have for each platform for all its games, and not each game's fanart. 

    Jason is right..I am currently working on one with a default background for every platform...and it will be very "tweakable"...I am putting every project on hold at the moment though due to the holidays,but,I will pick it back up after new years,and it shouldn't take long to get the initial setup out.

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    game start up breaks emulator after i turn off rocketlauncher fade screen

    in Beta Testing

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    2 minutes ago, nikeymikey said:

    I already knew that, i was just stating that i get a different outcome to what the OP did. LB having startup and game over screens is good but there is much more than that to RL so ill be sticking with it for the foreseeable future. If Jason ever adds all the RL features to LB then ill gladly drop it. 

    I was responding to OP...you typed a reply the same time I did. I realize there is much more to RL...I have devoted the last 4-5 years of my creativity bug to RL and the media it displays.

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    game start up breaks emulator after i turn off rocketlauncher fade screen

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    Posted

    The Launchbox startup isn't breaking the emulator...the emulator is RocketLauncher...which it is loading fine. Once it loads RocketLauncher,it puts it in focus,which covers up the emulator that RocketLauncher is loading. It's simply not compatible with RocketLauncher...and probably never will be,as it is there to be an alternative to RocketLauncher...not work side-by-side with it.

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    RetroHumanoid Cinematics & Refried Theme

    in Big Box Custom Themes

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    15 hours ago, Namedos said:

    I read earlier on this topic that some people were working on the Video Marquee files.  I currently only have four of them.  Are more available and if so where?  Thanks!

     

    4 hours ago, vaderag said:

    Not sure if this is the right place to ask so sorry if not - checking out the refried theme and just wondering where people are getting video marquees for MAME?

    I have emumovies sub but can't see them on there

     

    Thanks

     

    These marquees can be located in the "Unified Refried - Arcade" addon theme,and there are 8 of them currently...noone else was working on them except me as far as I know...and I am not currently working on them...I will,but,it's just not high on the priority list yet. If other people would like to work on them,they are more than welcome to. 

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    RetroHumanoid Cinematics & Refried Theme

    in Big Box Custom Themes

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    2 minutes ago, angelobodetti said:

    What do you mean by custom themes per platform? Don't you already have that?

    for the main menu...it would be the default theme,with platform specific borders and artwork...like the pic above for nes. It's probably confusing now that I think about it. Not the Game Views...the Platform views. The only thing I have to get sorted before I work on the art,is transitioning from one system to the next gracefully.

    Center Logo Startup Theme

    in Startup Themes

    Posted

    1 minute ago, Retro808 said:

    I got it to work just by creating a Backgrounds Folder and changing this area of the code. I pretty much just copied it from the xml codes from you and Jason's BigBox Unified themes. Just FYI the startup theme name in the code below was just me making a test to see if it worked. I copied your background images into it the folders to test. Probably pretty basic, but hey it works :D 

    
    <Canvas Name="Canvas">
        <Image Source="{}pack://siteoforigin:,,,/StartupThemes/Refried/Background Startup/Nintendo GameCube.jpg" Stretch="UniformToFill" RenderOptions.BitmapScalingMode="HighQuality"
            Height="{Binding ElementName=Canvas, Path=ActualHeight}" Width="{Binding ElementName=Canvas, Path=ActualWidth}" />
        <Grid Height="{Binding ElementName=Canvas, Path=ActualHeight}" Width="{Binding ElementName=Canvas, Path=ActualWidth}">

     

    Capture.JPG

    Hmm...I did the same thing and it didn't work...I think I have an underlying issue in my setup that prevented it from showing up then...thanks for the info!

    Center Logo Startup Theme

    in Startup Themes

    Posted · Edited by RetroHumanoid

    14 minutes ago, Retro808 said:

    @neil9000 Same here. Strange that BB was set to default but was using the Center Logo theme which I only set in LB. I was able to choose the other themes in BigBox though and it still worked.

    Having fun trying to learn xml stuff so messing around with another theme. I just made overlays that get pulled per platform to show the system logo and the grid lines. I am sure there is a code that can do this, but like I said...I do not know this stuff so just going about it in an elementary and likely a longer way that in possible. But I am having fun trying.

     

    Framed_Disc-01.jpg

    Looks awesome...if you figure out how to set a default background per system,tag me please...I can't figure it out myself...and I would love to make specific Startup screens for my Refried theme that use the current backgrounds the theme uses.

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    Let's talk music in retro games...

    in Games

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Orionsangel said:

    Intelligent Qube is astonishingly good! Sounds like a movie score. I guess they were making up for what boils down to a simplistic looking game.

    Level 2 is the best track...I thought I linked the whole thing,but,I guess I linked just one song...it's like one of the greatest RPG soundtracks,to a non-RPG game.

    Yeah,the game isn't much to look at really,but,the fun is in the design...it's one of those "easy to learn,hard to master" type of games. I had no idea it was on the playstation classic either...I just found that out...I thought I was a fan of a hidden gem all these years,and come to find out it was super popular in japan.

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    Let's talk music in retro games...

    in Games

    Posted

    9 minutes ago, neil9000 said:

    Robocop on the spectrum for me, loved this game and soundtrack as a kid in the 80's. :) 

    Never played ZX Spectrum up until about 2 years ago when I started messing with the emulator...love the chiptunes from that system...I might even go as far as to say it sounds better than NES, in most cases. As for the RoboCop song...I doubt there was ever a song more unfitting to a game...it does not make me think of robocop...but,it is a great tune...and my baby loved hearing it.

    NES had it beat though when it comes to RoboCop...sorry...(shout-out to @SIMPLY AUSTIN too)

     

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