Retrofrogg

PM'd. I should be able to make a list of the games. Do you use a particular romset for the CPC464? I think mine is a combination of sets that I found online.

@CMOSS Appreciate the offer. I'm just learning Photoshop so you probably know it better than me. The procedure for making the 3D boxes is fairly simple when using the Photoshop template. My workflow for each game: 1. Get a scan of the game cover: - scan should be for the Amstrad CPC464 (or 664 6128 if those are the only ones available); scans for other similar platforms like the Spectrum or C64 are not used - the 464 was tape-based and so this is primarily a tape-based box art set; some games/artwork is only available as a disk version (all 3 units could also use a disk drive) and in those cases the disk version is used - the scan should include the front cover and spine art - this site appears to be the best all-round site for finding the art: https://cpcrulez.fr/ - it's French but you basically search for the game in the search box; this one is also quite good: https://www.cpc-power.com/ ; CPCWiki is good also - http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Main_Page - where multiple languages are available, English is preferred; if the game is from a different region then other languages can be used - NOTE: most scans are for the standard cassette size; some games used a kind of "wider" box, including those that had 2 cassettes; the disk boxes tended to be square; I have therefore used 3 Photoshop templates to address this and pick the appropriate one depending on the type of box 2. Separate the game cover into 2 files - the front cover and the spine (I create 2 copies and crop each in Photoshop) 3. Using the appropriate template already open in Photoshop, I double-click the "J-card cover" layer to open this in a separate tab in Photoshop; then, I drag the front cover onto this; a small bit of resizing may be required but it shouldn't be much if the correct box size template is used; you can then save and close that tab, and the 3D box will be updated with the new cover 4. Do the same as step 3 but for the spine 5. Once the box is ready, in Photoshop I select file/export/quick export as png - and save the 3D box to my desktop 6. I then rename the 3D box to the correct game name, and move it to my Launchbox 3D box directory I can share the 3 Photoshop templates with you. The main one is perfect dimensions; the other 2 I just stretched to approximate the other 2 box sizes. If you can see a better way of doing the other 2 box sizes let me know. I don't think my disk ones are that good, but there aren't many of them - most are cassette box cover scans. @goofers - I'm doing them one at a time at the moment, rather than batch.

@CMOSS - that would be great, if you are able. Do you have Photoshop? @goofers - I've done around 25-30 so far. I'm sorting and tidying up the collection also as I'm going along.

I've started creating real-looking 3D boxes for the Amstrad CPC464. There are a lot. If anyone wants to collab on this, that would be great The process uses the box scans (mainly found at cpcrulez) and a Photoshop template. Outcome looks like this: Update 20 April 2020: there are now 2 of us working on this project. I have compiled a master list of games which I will put online to allow us to collaborate on the same list. Looking for more people to join us to get as many of these done as possible, as quickly as possible. Current workflow for making these is listed in a post below. Update 14 August 2021: the first pack is now available in the downloads section:

Happy to buy the template for you and supply some media if you're able to automate the process to make the 3D boxes.

Looking at that .psd - is there a way to swap the cover image in the cover image layer with a different one?

Just added v0.20. Thanks you and congratulations on this collection.

Yeah that makes sense. The boxes with jewel case do look good. I wonder if any work has already been done here.

@Z3R0B4NG those boxes look amazing. Did you get anywhere with this? I'm not sure about the area surrounding the box though. I don't think that would look good in a grid type view. Maybe something like this would look better: Even better would be a true 3D model, which you could rotate in Launchbox. I mentioned this top Jason and he seemed keen on the idea at the time - but I don't know how high up his priority list it is currently.

Tiger Handhelds artwork (units) View File Artwork pack for the Tiger Handheld platform. 42 unit images. I put them into the cart-front folder in Launchbox. Transparent and high qualitee. 02.05.24 - Street Fighter II & Pit Fighter added; should now be a complete set with MAME 0.265. Submitter Retrofrogg Submitted 04/14/2020 Category Tiger Electronics Handheld  

Yeah I know you didn't, just trying to track it down. Interesting to hear that they haven't made that one.

@wallmachine - awesome! gnw_mariocmt artwork seems to be missing (table top version of Cement Factory).

It would be useful, when viewing your collection on the Launchbox database (or indeed anyone's collection for that matter) to have game counts next to the platforms - like you get in Launchbox.

Finished with the project - time to play? Have you looked at upgrading hardware specs?

Is there no sound with your vid? Also, there must be something that you can do about that lag when switching between platforms.

I just updated my Flashpoint to the latest version - the game count went from around 9000 to 35,000, which is great. This time I've not added Flashpoint to Launchbox however - at least not yet. I took a quick look at the folder structure and it looked like the import to Launchbox procedure might have to be changed - I'm not sure. Plus, I don't know if 35,000 extra games will slow LB down a bit. For the time being, I've just got the Flashpoint shortcut next to the Launchbox one and am doing it that way

Didn't realise that was available in the settings, thanks!

Love the new high scores feature! A couple of problems regarding the current implementation: - the (4) leaderboards take up most of the space in the game details pane, so when browsing, instead of viewing the videos, screenshots & game info, it's mainly the leaderboards that are visible - when scrolling down the game details pane with the mouse wheel, the leaderboards scroll instead - you have to put your mouse at the very bottom of the gam,e details pane to get it all to scroll. Would be great if the leaderboards could be an expandable feature in the game details pane, or perhaps placed at the bottom below the other stuff. Even better, have the game details pane as a detachable module that you can display on another screen, but that's a separate request...