faeran

August 5, 2021

4 hours ago, daz said:

Thanks for all the input jayjay, much appreciated. I will try one of these methods as it would be better than redesigning in different resolutions. Not too sure if the community theme Creater has support for the new wall views as the latest play box theme relies heavily on the flowcontrol within them.

It doesn't yet, but it will in the future.

For now you could always design it in the editor, and manually add the new wall view code into the published xaml.

Reach out if you need any help.

August 4, 2021

1 minute ago, Alumriel said:

So now I'm curious how the theme changes (if at all) when the video preview isn't 4:3.

I don't remember how this theme reacts, but theme creators only have 2 options here.

We can just have it keep aspect ratio, causing black bars to appear to the left and right.
We can stretch the game play video to fit a space.

Technically there are other creative things you can do that would be extremely more custom to a particular setup, like special views for different aspect ratios for platforms or playlists (there are a ton of different aspect ratios).

This theme doesn't have any of that though.

August 4, 2021

4 minutes ago, Alumriel said:

I haven't had a chance to setup Launchbox yet, but I'm curious how this theme handles actual vertical orientation games. Every game in the video seems to be 4:3. What happens when you play a vertical orientation game (e.g. 3:4 or similar)?

What @Inquisitor said is true. This is just a Big Box theme for selecting your game, and not an actual bezel for your emulators.

July 29, 2021

19 minutes ago, Danmage said:

beautiful Theme, but recently i experienced a problem with the Device Image Fading / Vanishing and not appearing again, i already turn off the transitions and didnt work, i think with the others themes there are not problems. Please i need help, i want it to work again, mainly 'cause all my set-up its build with this theme in mind with those views and images.

i Have:

Theme: RetroFresh Detailed (1.5.1)

Start-up View: Platform Categories

Platform Wheel 3

(btw retrofresh 1.11 works normally but doesnt have the games details that i want)

Hi @Danmage.

At this point, I would say the issue is with the theme itself, as it's definitely getting long in the tooth. I can attempt to recreate it, which should solve whatever issues you are seeing with it.

I'll add that to my list to do, but may take some time.

July 28, 2021

4 hours ago, Wol666 said:

Love the theme, a quick question which might be simple but so far I've been unable to do it. On the box art when you select a game is it possible to change to use 3D box art and not the standard 2D ones?

The simplest way for you to do this would be to change your image priorities, found in the LaunchBox options.

Within Box Front Priorities, you will want to move Box - 3D to the top of the list.

July 26, 2021

On 7/25/2021 at 1:38 AM, bundangdon said:

@faeran Any ETA on when we can get the Community Theme Creator files for this? Looking forward to making some 'adjustments' especially since this is such a smooth running theme

Soon! The project files will require the new version of the Community Theme Creator to function, which won't be out for another week or so.

July 19, 2021

2 hours ago, williambroad said:

Hello there.

Have been using your theme for quite a while and everything is just plain awesome. Couldn' t be happier with the overall asthetics and design.

Today I have added another platform - Microsoft Xbox 360. Weirdly enough, the game view screen doesn't show up like all the other screens... I'm a little bit puzzled and couldn't find a solution.

Any help would be again very much appreciated.

Thanks for all your effort you put into this great project, mate!

Matt

Hi @williambroad. From the screenshot it looks like you are just viewing one of the wall views, instead of one of the colorful views. If you bind a keyboard or controller key to "Switch View" (found in Options > Keyboard or Controller Mappings), you can cycle through the different view options until you reach one that you like.

June 14, 2021

Just to be a little more clear here. The original author of the plugin released the code on github and then was used in the theme creator project. I've mentioned this to the author of the theme creator and it is on his list to investigate.

June 13, 2021

3 hours ago, Hifihedgehog said:

Still getting the same bug with only one platform added. In this case, I only have ScummVM games added and it is giving me this madness:

Yes, I think this is a long standing issue with the center text list plugin. From my understanding it happens when you switch to a new theme that utilizes it within the platform filter list, the first item doesn't load quite right, and you would need to change to another item for Big Box to fully load. With only ScummVM in your library, you can't switch to another platform, and therefore you are stuck. If you crash Big Box and come back into it, you should be fine. You could also add some more platforms as well

Either way, the center text list plugin is definitely something that should be looked into at some point in the future, as many themes use it.

June 13, 2021

15 hours ago, Daniel15 said:

I think I found some sort of bug with this theme.... Going directly to a console then selecting a game works fine, but if I use the "View Developers" option, select a developer (I tested with Nintendo), then select a game, it just shows this blank screen with no information displayed:

and I can't press any buttons any more (had to kill the process in order to exit)

Thanks for letting me know. I was able to reproduce this issue and I've released a new version of the theme on the forums.

Can you download it and let me know if the issue has been fixed on your end?

June 10, 2021

4 hours ago, Klopjero said:

Any chance of the source files being released ?

For sure, I will be releasing the COMMUNITY project files. The only issue is that this theme was built with an unreleased version of the theme creator, and it's not compatible with the version on the forums.

So, things are coming, it's just going to take a bit of time ?

June 9, 2021

20 hours ago, Traveler said:

Hi, awesome theme. I have a problem - how can i make the video background transparent in the game details so i can see the fanart background image? When i click on a game for a brief moment the video background is transparent ()with a white play button) but after a few seconds it turns black.

I'm not a coder so i have no clue what to do. I would appreciate your help.

Hi @Traveler. Is it possible for you to share a video of the issue? I just want to make sure I'm giving you the best answer.

From what I think you are saying, you want to make the black background transparent, the background that appears behind the playing video. Does that sound right?

May 11, 2021

5 minutes ago, Boomerps2 said:

Is it possible to disable scanlines in the platform menus?

If you are referring to the scanlines on the game views, you'll just need to delete or rename the following file:

LaunchBox\Themes\Retrotastic\Media\Theme\scanlines.png

May 7, 2021

12 hours ago, Mr. RetroLust said:

Good to hear man, all is well over here as well Thanks for finding it, I won't be changing this for my own setup or the theme itself as I see windows media player as something of the past lol hold on, @C-Beats sorry to disturb you but do you know if there is something we can do to have the video player in launchbox without black bars in 16:9 video's? A line of code or parameter setting?

One way to do it is to just add Background="Transparent" into the VideoControl.

April 8, 2021

1 hour ago, Tityo78 said:

Maybe I miss something in my installed programs... I have DirectX, C++, Net Framework installed. Does it need a specific programs to run well?

yeah, I'm leaning towards an issue with the theme and Windows 7. I think you need NET Core installed. Maybe we can take this into PMs and do some troubleshooting.

1 hour ago, fawkesyeah said:

How possible would it be to adapt this theme to work with Steam Banners in any of the wall views? I primarily use LB/BB for steam/pc games, so steam banners are what I use for almost all games. Thanks

Shouldn't be too hard. Set the width/height to your banners, and adjust the spacing until it works for you. Here's the piece of the code, I've highlighted the parts you should play around with.

Spoiler

<coverFlow:FlowControl x:Name="FlowControl" VerticalAlignment="Stretch" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VisibleCount="22" SelectedScale="1.1,1.1" SelectedOffset="0,0,1" Columns="5" Rows="6" NavigationRows="1" ItemSpacing="-0.52,0.01" RenderTransformOrigin=".5,.5" Width="{Binding ElementName=Canvas,Path=ActualWidth,Converter={StaticResource ScalePropertyValueD},ConverterParameter=W;1270;1920}" Height="{Binding ElementName=Canvas,Path=ActualHeight,Converter={StaticResource ScalePropertyValueD},ConverterParameter=H;1080;1080}">
<coverFlow:FlowControl.RenderTransform>
<TransformGroup>
<RotateTransform Angle="0" />
<ScaleTransform ScaleX="1" ScaleY="1" />
<SkewTransform AngleX="0" AngleY="0" />
</TransformGroup>
</coverFlow:FlowControl.RenderTransform>
<coverFlow:FlowControl.Camera>
<OrthographicCamera Position="-0.25,0,5" LookDirection="0,0,-1" NearPlaneDistance=".01" FarPlaneDistance="1000" Width="8"/>
</coverFlow:FlowControl.Camera>
<coverFlow:FlowControl.FlowTemplate>
<DataTemplate>
<coverFlow:FlowContext>
<Grid>
<Grid.Style>
<Style TargetType="Grid">
<Setter Property="Height" Value="1000"/>
<Setter Property="Width" Value="731" />
</Style>

April 8, 2021

I'm leaning towards that you may need to unblock the plugin DLLs. You can actually right click the theme zip file, go into the properties and click on the unblock button:

Then extract the zip's contents into the theme folder.

Let me know if that makes any difference.

April 8, 2021

That's ok. Which view were you trying to access when you got that message? Was it just the platform view, or were you trying to enter one of the game views?

April 8, 2021

7 minutes ago, Tityo78 said:

Very beautiful theme!!!
But I have an error when choosing this theme.... It says "Input string was not in a correct format"

I am in Windows 7 64 bits, with Microsoft Visual C++ installed.

If you have any idea ^^

Thanks!

Hi @Tityo78. you able to take a screenshot of your screen when you see the error?

April 8, 2021

17 minutes ago, Dan Patrick said:

Dude! This looks insane faeran! Excellent job! Proof of concept undersells this theme. It's a full theme in its own right and better looking than many previous themes on this forum. I'm so glad these new wall views are here! Thanks for your work on this!

Also, on a personal note, Thanks for those theme streams you did a while back. I got into this whole theme developer scene because I stumbled upon the ArtBook one. I haven't released any theme yet (lol) but those peaked my interest and taught me a lot. Currently I have been slaving over these new platform logos for months (gasp!) but you inspired me to get into all this.

Awesome @Dan Patrick. I would really love to do more of those theme streams, once I get some time.

And I can't wait to see your themes so we can play around with them. Also, are you going to post your clear logo pack?

April 7, 2021

23 minutes ago, neil9000 said:

I dont want to speak for @faeran really here, but i will just chime in with a little bit of my own 2 penny's. This is a proof on concept theme, (hence the name POC), i dont really think that faeran thought about it being a actual everyday theme when he created it, it really seems to me to be exactly what it says it is, a "hey look this is the sort of things you can now do in Bigbox, now take these ideas and build then into actual themes" or at least that is how i saw it. So people acting like it's a fully fledged theme and requesting additions and changes and such may, want to wait for a actual fully developed theme that features elements that are demoed here.

@faeran apologies to you if i misunderstood the theme and you was actually going for a fully fledged theme here.

Yup @neil9000, you got it. It will be a good journey we can all go on exploring all the new tools we just received and how we can all use them to build some cool themes.

11 minutes ago, knapman said:

i have been attempting to do this trying to splice bits from another theme with ratings but theres so much going on its hard to make sense of how it all hooks in, anything new i try put in just results in errors that are beyond my understanding of it all but i managed to bodge something just replacing the existing genre text which i don't really need anyway, but later noticed in some platforms like snes and n64 the genre element doesn't show for some reason so not really sure why thats happening.

Yup, there's always lots of pieces going on with themes. Different sections of the code related to other sections of the code. Lots of interdependencies. But, it's worth the journey if you can keep at it. If you have any specific questions about the code, you can always PM me.

April 7, 2021

1 hour ago, knapman said:

Theme seems really cool, is there a way to show the selected games star rating with this?

That is something I didn't add to this theme. It's something that can be added for anyone willing to take a stab at it. The code is freely available.

April 6, 2021

4 hours ago, bundangdon said:

@faeran just a quick and (hopefully) simple request: Is it possible you could add the ability to add platform artwork or videos to the platform menus? For example, be able to change this

to this: (based on the image in the platform-fanart folder)

By the way, sorry for this horrible photoshop mock-up. I threw that together in about 1 minute

Is that possible? Yes.

Here's a couple versions you can use to overwrite the default:

Video: TextFiltersView.xaml

Platform Background Image: TextFiltersView.xaml

I didn't have time to test them, so you would have to tell me if any issues crop up.

April 5, 2021

34 minutes ago, nicolasonline said:

@faeran It's like Christmas with the new BigBox and this POC. So thanks a lot! Any tips of how of how to dig into the code while we wait for the Theme Creator to catch up?

I'm thinking of creating a video that would showcase how the new code works in this update. It's actually a lot more than just wall view changes.

April 4, 2021

Just now, neil9000 said:

I,m not positive, but i would assume the creator wasnt used in this case. The features being used here are new and are still in the betas only, im not sure if the community creator has caught up to that as of yet.

You're right @neil9000. We'll need to give some time for the new features to get integrated into the Theme Creator. Until then, you can dig into the code and take a look.

February 19, 2021

2 hours ago, damageinc86 said:

Would there be any way for you to furnish us with a line of code to put in that would maybe add very slight corner markers on the banner that is the currently selected one? since there is no variant when scrolling, it is sometimes difficult to see which banner you are on, and you have to wait until the transition comes in to realize that you are actually on the one that you were trying to get in the middle.

It's actually all in the COMMUNITY Theme creator, so no code necessary. Should be able to download the community theme files, load them into the COMMUNITY Theme creator and add the box you need. With a little trial and error you should be able to get what you want.

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