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    Illuminate - [Theme Workshop]

    in Big Box Custom Themes

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    Illuminate - [Theme Workshop]

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    Illuminate has been redesigned within the COMMUNITY Theme Creator and was built during a Theme Workshop live stream. If you are interested in creating themes, subscribe to the Unbroken Software YouTube channel.

     

    Illuminate

    A simple text based theme showcasing the power of per-platform views.

    The theme and the COMMUNITY Theme Creator project files can be downloaded here.

     

    Watch this theme being built:

     

    Credits

    COMMUNITY Theme Creator by @y2guru. Find it here: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/file/2115-community-theme-creator-for-bigbox/
    Subscribe to catch future live stream: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSIht6UXIEXIgz4eXAEShxA

     

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    XAML Tips and Tricks

    in Big Box Custom Themes

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    36 minutes ago, bbweiners said:

    That's a good idea. But I'm trying to prevent it from loading at all for an extra second or so, so that people that are navigating through games on slower computers won't be slowed down with videos trying to load quite as often.

    Does that make sense?

    Yes. I asked myself the same question when I was developing retrotastic, but in the end couldn't find a solution to delaying the loading of a video. Someone would have to develop a custom plugin for that, or it would need to be built into Bigbox.

    I did read somewhere that using collapsed visibility makes it so it doesn't render the control, but I have no idea whether that would translate to better performance.

    XAML Tips and Tricks

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    On 2/9/2019 at 4:55 PM, bbweiners said:

    Hi,

    Does anyone know if it's possible to delay a game video from starting when a game is selected in wheelgamesview? I know about selected vs. active. But could you have it wait another second?

    I'm asking for a theme I'm making.

    Thanks

    You could try to set the video's visibility to collapsed, and then animate it to visible after a certain number of seconds.

    CoverBox

    in Big Box Custom Themes

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    31 minutes ago, efiye said:

    @faeran thank you so much for these - I really love them! I'm having an issue with the updated Wii themes - the game title bubbles aren't appearing for me anymore (I double checked the .dll files were unblocked and reinstalled the font jic). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! 

    Wii.PNG

    Wii 1.1.PNG

    Hi @efiye. Are you using a beta build? There may be issues with them as the theming system is getting adjusted.

    CoinOP

    in Big Box Custom Themes

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    CoinOP

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    As per version 3.0 this theme is now rebuilt from the ground up for performance and optimization.

    The theme showcases an arcade cabinet in an 80s style arcade with a dynamic marquee that can pull from a number of fallback images on a per-game basis, making sure there's always something displayed in the marquee.

     

     

    Make sure you right click the zip file, choose properties, and unblock the file.

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    CoinOP Marquee Example.psd

     

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    Retrotastic

    in Big Box Custom Themes

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    5 hours ago, alnyden said:

    I was wondering, is it possible for me to adjust in the settings files the time the platform/game list stays on the screen before it selects the game or platform?  Sometimes it feels too fast and it chooses the game before I'm ready, which means it has to pause to load the next video.  Thanks!

    There's no way to delay it's start, but you could possibly combine a collapsed visibility animation with an opacity animation to stop it from appearing for a certain amount of time.

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    Retrotastic

    in Big Box Custom Themes

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    Couple things:

    I'll look into updating the plugin themer to the newest version. I'm sure that will fix a bunch of issues with playlists.

    @Scratcher There should be a property on the video somewhere called StretchVideo, which you can remove. That should keep native aspect ratio intact. That property may be located in the Retrotastic.xaml file.

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    CoverBox

    in Big Box Custom Themes

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    14 minutes ago, GiuseppeIII said:

    @faeran Have been getting a weird error while using your themes. Whenever I open a console that is using one of your themes or open a game within the console, the following warning pops up

    1060528931_Screenshot(202).thumb.png.abf1b9670ace8bece524299d838417ad.pngAlso as can be seen in the picture there is a slight error with the scan lines in some of the sega theme (as well as other themes that use scanlines such as the n64 theme) where they don't go over the entire video. I am using a 1440x2560 monitor which might be causing the second issue? All help on either of these problems is greatly appreciated!

    Hi @GiuseppeIII. The error seems to be caused by needing to unblock the plugin in each theme that is located in the Coverbox\Plugin folder. You can right click the plugin files, go into properties, and find the unblock option.

    You pretty much figured out the scanline issue. You can try to use the following picture instead. Just overwrite the scanline image with this one. Let me know if it looks okay. The path should be something like Themes\Coverbox\Images\Theme\

    scanlines.thumb.png.97397a1c3bdcc5e1170c0f475883a61d.png
    I also see that the game list is larger because of the resolution change as well. You can fix this by opening the following file in a text editor and changing the font size: Coverbox\Views\TextListView.xaml

    Find this line, and change the FontSize to something smaller, to suit your resolution: 

    <lbsc:GameList Name="Items" FontSize="32">

     

    You'll need to do this for every Coverbox theme you would like to use.

    CoverBox

    in Big Box Custom Themes

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    Another update. This time the focus was on updating the Wii theme and releasing the WiiU theme.

    This update includes the following:

    • CoverBox - Wii v1.1 - Updated to include the centered list box and splash page
    • CoverBox - Wii Ware v1.1 - Updated to include the centered list box and splash page
    • CoverBox - WiiU v1.0 - Brand new theme for the WiiU platform (thanks to Broskiplays for original mod of my Wii theme)

     

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    CoverBox

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    A bunch of the Sega themes have been updated to include all the new features, including centered game lists, scan lines, splash pages, etc. Each theme will also come in 2 versions. The first versions include the game list, game box and cart/disc animations, while the second versions keep the game list in the forefront for use with game options.

    Affected themes include:

    • CoverBox - 32X (version 1.1)
    • CoverBox - Dreamcast (version 1.1)
    • CoverBox - Genesis Red (version 1.1)
    • CoverBox - Mega Drive Blue (version 1.2)
    • CoverBox - Sega CD (version 1.2)
    • CoverBox - Sega Saturn (version 1.2)

     

    This update also includes a new theme: CoverBox - Game Gear. Enjoy!

     

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    CoverBox

    in Big Box Custom Themes

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    Today, I updated the Master System, GameBoy, GameBoy Color, and GameBoy Advance to include some of the new enhancements, like centered lists, scan lines and splash pages.

    More updates and new systems to come.

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    CoverBox

    in Big Box Custom Themes

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    3 hours ago, harryoke said:

    what are you after ? , i will try and fill in requests when i have time.

    Thanks @harryoke. I'm still around though. I actually started altering some stuff with this recently. I'll be finishing updating the older themes, make some alternate views, and add a few more in the process.

    Watch this space.

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    Retrotastic

    in Big Box Custom Themes

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    3 hours ago, alnyden said:

    FYI I just noticed the same issue (star ratings appear in the video screen) on the "Retrotastic Quick" theme.  It only happens in the first view.

    I just tested it with the copy I have and I can't seem to find the issue.

    I also downloaded the copy from the download page, and was unable to find the issue with any of the views as well.

    Do you think you could have an outdated file somewhere?

    Retrotastic

    in Big Box Custom Themes

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    1 hour ago, alnyden said:

    Just noticed in the view w/o box art (thanks for that by the way), the star ratings show over the middle of the video instead of the top left screen.

    Thanks for letting me know. This has been fixed.

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    Retrotastic

    in Big Box Custom Themes

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    8 hours ago, Scratcher said:

    Part 4 of the NES Backgrounds is finally done! Enjoy!

     

    Awesome @Scratcher!

     

    I just updated Retrotastic. Made a couple fixes and added a 4th view that removes the box and cart/disc.

    I've also added an alternate version of the theme called Retrotastic Quick that makes the appearance of the theme elements much quicker.

    Let me know if anyone finds any issues with them and I'll fix them up.

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