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Retro Faeran's Theme Stream - Big Box Theme Creation
faeran replied to faeran's topic in Custom Theme Tutorials
Thanks Fry. For sure there is. Right click the vertical wheel view's Default text and choose copy. Do the same thing to paste. -
Retro Faeran's Theme Stream - Big Box Theme Creation
faeran replied to faeran's topic in Custom Theme Tutorials
Sure. Normally in XAML you can wrap things inside of other things. An example would be having an image, inside of a border, that's inside of a grid. You could potentially place many images inside of the grid, like this: <Grid> <Border> <Image/> </Border> <Border> <Image/> </Border> <Border> <Image/> </Border> </Grid> The benefit of something like this is that I can animate the Grid, and it will animate all of the elements inside of the grid. The COMMUNITY Theme Creator doesn't currently work this way. Each Element would be considered separate from each other. So, in the above example, I would have to create 3 animations on each image to achieve the same result. The goal of the parenting update is to solve issues like this (along with many others), allowing us to place elements inside of other elements. Hopefully that makes sense. -
Retro Faeran's Theme Stream - Big Box Theme Creation
faeran replied to faeran's topic in Custom Theme Tutorials
I've put it on the list However, It's probably best to delay this one until the parenting update to the theme creator. -
Version 3.6
1,883 downloads
Retrotastic was built during a Theme Stream broadcast. If you are interested in creating themes, follow me on Twitch, or watch the videos later on YouTube. A Catalog of past Theme Streams can be found on the forums here: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/topic/54760-retro-faerans-theme-stream-big-box-theme-creation/ This theme only works on version 10.15 and above due to its reliance on some new bindings! Retrotastic I recreated my Retrotastic theme in the theme creator. This was an ambitious project, but one that was well worth it. It still has all the fun of the original theme, with over 150 platform specific backgrounds and a plethora of game specific backgrounds and graphics to play around with. This brings the theme up to a new, modern standard that includes many performance benefits. I also managed to tweak the views here and there to make the theme snappier. Please enjoy this new version, along with the COMMUNITY Theme Creator project files for you to play around with and create your own version of my theme. Watch this theme being built: Watch on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/590341221 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfAJTXCprj4 Instructions Retrotastic - Theme.zip - BigBox theme. Place extracted folder in your LAUNCHBOX\Themes folder Retrotastic - COMMUNITY Project files.zip - Creator Project files. Place extracted folder in your COMMUNITY\My Theme Projects folder Documentation Learn how to add your own Platform and Game Images to this theme: Retrotastic - Documentation.pdf Download Templates to help make your own Backgrounds: Templates.zip Don't forget to pick up Scratcher amazing game media packs for Retrotastic. These packs really brings this theme to life: Credits COMMUNITY Theme Creator by @y2guru. Find it here: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/file/2115-community-theme-creator-for-bigbox/ My Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/retrofaeran My YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2C5q0Muy-ehYpZUIIdJ94Q ----------- Faeran - Coding of the theme, many of the platform/playlist backgrounds, pixel ESRB icons, and the pixel genre icons Broskiplays - Creating the idea for this project, along with many platform/playlist backgrounds Harryoke - Creating many platform/playlist backgrounds, the platform background video, options background, and many other various videos/images Nyny77 - Creating platform/playlist backgrounds, along with the use of his extensive collection of platform logos GreatLemon - For creating some of the pixel genre icon graphics -
Retrotastic [Theme Stream] View File Retrotastic was built during a Theme Stream broadcast. If you are interested in creating themes, follow me on Twitch, or watch the videos later on YouTube. A Catalog of past Theme Streams can be found on the forums here: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/topic/54760-retro-faerans-theme-stream-big-box-theme-creation/ This theme only works on version 10.15 and above due to its reliance on some new bindings! Retrotastic I recreated my Retrotastic theme in the theme creator. This was an ambitious project, but one that was well worth it. It still has all the fun of the original theme, with over 150 platform specific backgrounds and a plethora of game specific backgrounds and graphics to play around with. This brings the theme up to a new, modern standard that includes many performance benefits. I also managed to tweak the views here and there to make the theme snappier. Please enjoy this new version, along with the COMMUNITY Theme Creator project files for you to play around with and create your own version of my theme. Watch this theme being built: Watch on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/590341221 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfAJTXCprj4 Instructions Retrotastic - Theme.zip - BigBox theme. Place extracted folder in your LAUNCHBOX\Themes folder Retrotastic - COMMUNITY Project files.zip - Creator Project files. Place extracted folder in your COMMUNITY\My Theme Projects folder Documentation Learn how to add your own Platform and Game Images to this theme: Retrotastic - Documentation.pdf Download Templates to help make your own Backgrounds: Templates.zip Don't forget to pick up Scratcher amazing game media packs for Retrotastic. These packs really brings this theme to life: Credits COMMUNITY Theme Creator by @y2guru. Find it here: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/file/2115-community-theme-creator-for-bigbox/ My Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/retrofaeran My YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2C5q0Muy-ehYpZUIIdJ94Q ----------- Faeran - Coding of the theme, many of the platform/playlist backgrounds, pixel ESRB icons, and the pixel genre icons Broskiplays - Creating the idea for this project, along with many platform/playlist backgrounds Harryoke - Creating many platform/playlist backgrounds, the platform background video, options background, and many other various videos/images Nyny77 - Creating platform/playlist backgrounds, along with the use of his extensive collection of platform logos GreatLemon - For creating some of the pixel genre icon graphics Submitter faeran Submitted 05/21/2020 Category Custom Themes
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A fairly major performance update has been released (version 1.2). It includes fixes for some animation related crashes by changing the way animations are triggered. Here are the release notes:
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Retro Faeran's Theme Stream - Big Box Theme Creation
faeran replied to faeran's topic in Custom Theme Tutorials
Hey @goofers. Not sure if this is like a wink in my direction. Sounds like it's a simple enough concept. There's at least the game menu element that you would have to account for. I wouldn't mind working with you on a working concept if you want. @neil9000 is also right. Part of this series is to educate people on the use of the Theme Creator. In theory, what you are proposing is a simple enough concept. You can always play around with the editor and see what you can come up with. -
It will be a Big Box update.
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Hey @Rincewind. We figured it out. It's a bug with the way the wheel pulls custom images while using multiple themes,
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First, you will want to make sure you are on the latest beta release. Then, I also recommend creating your own custom images. I probably don't have the exact same games in my library that you do. The project files that you can download should have everything you need to do so. Follow this video if you don't know how: Move the created files: From: COMMUNITY Theme Creator\My Project Files\Night at the Arcade\Custom Images\Custom Images 1\Games\Arcade To: LUANCHBOX\Themes\Night at the Arcade\Images\Games\Custom Images 1\Arcade
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Version 1.0.0
785 downloads
This theme only works on version 10.15 and above due to its reliance on some new bindings! Night at the Arcade was built during a Theme Stream broadcast. If you are interested in creating themes, follow me on Twitch, or watch the videos later on YouTube. A Catalog of past Theme Streams can be found on the forums here: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/topic/54760-retro-faerans-theme-stream-big-box-theme-creation/ Night at the Arcade I create a brand new theme called Night at the Arcade. This is my take on the 80s arcade experience. Watch this theme being built: Watch on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/616235182 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSBkhnk5dx0 Instructions Night at the Arcade - Theme.zip - BigBox theme. Place extracted folder in your LAUNCHBOX\Themes folder Night at the Arcade - COMMUNITY Project files.zip - Creator Project files. Place extracted folder in your COMMUNITY\My Theme Projects folder Credits COMMUNITY Theme Creator by @y2guru. Find it here: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/file/2115-community-theme-creator-for-bigbox/ My Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/retrofaeran My YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2C5q0Muy-ehYpZUIIdJ94Q -
Night at the Arcade - [Theme Stream] View File This theme only works on version 10.15 and above due to its reliance on some new bindings! Night at the Arcade was built during a Theme Stream broadcast. If you are interested in creating themes, follow me on Twitch, or watch the videos later on YouTube. A Catalog of past Theme Streams can be found on the forums here: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/topic/54760-retro-faerans-theme-stream-big-box-theme-creation/ Night at the Arcade I create a brand new theme called Night at the Arcade. This is my take on the 80s arcade experience. Watch this theme being built: Watch on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/616235182 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSBkhnk5dx0 Instructions Night at the Arcade - Theme.zip - BigBox theme. Place extracted folder in your LAUNCHBOX\Themes folder Night at the Arcade - COMMUNITY Project files.zip - Creator Project files. Place extracted folder in your COMMUNITY\My Theme Projects folder Credits COMMUNITY Theme Creator by @y2guru. Find it here: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/file/2115-community-theme-creator-for-bigbox/ My Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/retrofaeran My YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2C5q0Muy-ehYpZUIIdJ94Q Submitter faeran Submitted 05/09/2020 Category Big Box Custom Themes
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Retro Faeran's Theme Stream - Big Box Theme Creation
faeran replied to faeran's topic in Custom Theme Tutorials
I will be streaming the creation of the next theme today around 2pm ET on Twitch. -
This theme is definitely getting long in the tooth. It's on my list to recreate it using the COMMUNITY Theme Creator, live on one of my future Theme Streams.
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The way the videos work is the way Big Box is designed, and not actually a design of a particular theme. Let's say you go into Nintendo Entertainment System and you land on the Action category, Big Box first looks for a playlist video, if it can't find one, then it defaults back to the platform video. You could have playlist specific videos, either in your general videos folder, or make them theme specific. If you want playlist video to play across all themes, place it in: LAUNCHBOX\Videos\Playlists If you want playlist video to play for a specific theme, place it in: LAUNCHBOX\Themes\[theme]\Videos\Playlists Also, you can make a playlist video specific to a platform, or have it more general, depending on the name you give it. Specific to a platform: eg: Nintendo Entertainment System Action.mp4 General: eg: Action.mp4
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Try something like this. <Image Source="{Binding Path=SelectedGame.CartFrontImagePath, FallbackValue='pack://siteoforigin:,,,/Themes/[theme]/Images/Default/Nintendo 64.png', TargetNullValue='pack://siteoforigin:,,,/Themes/[theme]/Images/Default/Nintendo 64.png'}" /> However, like y2guru suggests, this is built into the COMMUNITY Theme Creator, along with a ton of other functions that are not currently possible with just xaml.
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Depending on how interested people are, I can release the project files, which will allow people to edit the theme in the COMMUNITY Theme Creator. However, you can't do what you describe, unfortunately.
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Editorial Noir - [Theme Stream] View File Editorial Noir was built during a Theme Stream broadcast. If you are interested in creating themes, follow me on Twitch, or watch the videos later on YouTube. A Catalog of past Theme Streams can be found on the forums here: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/topic/54760-retro-faerans-theme-stream-big-box-theme-creation/ Editorial Noir This theme is my take on porting the exciting ES theme by chicuelo called Epic Noir. Watch this theme being built: Watch on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/602273726 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcm8sT5mgdE Instructions Editorial Noir - Theme.zip - BigBox theme. Place extracted folder in your LAUNCHBOX\Themes folder Editorial Noir - COMMUNITY Project files.zip - Creator Project files. Place extracted folder in your COMMUNITY\My Theme Projects folder Credits Original theme by chicuelo. Find it here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/25351/epic-noir-dark-mode-theme COMMUNITY Theme Creator by @y2guru. Find it here: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/file/2115-community-theme-creator-for-bigbox/ My Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/retrofaeran My YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2C5q0Muy-ehYpZUIIdJ94Q Submitter faeran Submitted 04/26/2020 Category Big Box Custom Themes
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Version 1.1
1,738 downloads
Editorial Noir was built during a Theme Stream broadcast. If you are interested in creating themes, follow me on Twitch, or watch the videos later on YouTube. A Catalog of past Theme Streams can be found on the forums here: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/topic/54760-retro-faerans-theme-stream-big-box-theme-creation/ Editorial Noir This theme is my take on porting the exciting ES theme by chicuelo called Epic Noir. Watch this theme being built: Watch on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/602273726 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcm8sT5mgdE Instructions Editorial Noir - Theme.zip - BigBox theme. Place extracted folder in your LAUNCHBOX\Themes folder Editorial Noir - COMMUNITY Project files.zip - Creator Project files. Place extracted folder in your COMMUNITY\My Theme Projects folder Credits Original theme by chicuelo. Find it here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/25351/epic-noir-dark-mode-theme COMMUNITY Theme Creator by @y2guru. Find it here: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/file/2115-community-theme-creator-for-bigbox/ My Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/retrofaeran My YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2C5q0Muy-ehYpZUIIdJ94Q -
Retro Faeran's Theme Stream - Big Box Theme Creation
faeran posted a topic in Custom Theme Tutorials
This series of videos was replaced by the Theme Workshop. Which can be found on the Unbroken Software YouTube channel and goes live weekly. https://www.youtube.com/c/UnbrokenSoftwareLLC/live This post has been left up for archival purposes. Retro Faeran's Theme Stream Twitch ◽ YouTube The Theme Stream is my running series where the goal is to create (or recreate) a theme for Big Box while I stream the entire process for people to watch and join in on. Veterans, or aspiring themers alike can watch, join in the process, ask questions, and grow our theming skills together. The published theme will then be posted here on the LaunchBox forums for people to try out, along with the COMMUNITY Theme Creator Project Files, for people to mess around with. Past videos will be posted on both my Twitch and YouTube channels, and links to them will be posted below. All themes will be built using @y2guru's COMMUNITY Theme Creator, which allows themes to be built with little, to no, coding. Place and manipulate layered elements on a canvas, add effects, and animation, without needing to know one bit of code. It's simple to use, and if you have any interest in theme creation, I recommend you download it right now. Learn about the new Wall View changes with LaunchBox 11.10 here: Past Broadcasts Theme Stream #5 - Creating Retro Bedroom I create a brand new theme based around a childhood bedroom from the late 80s, early 90s. This is my take on the infamous bedroom theme. Download the Published Theme, or Creator Files here: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/file/2582-retro-bedroom-theme-stream/ Watch on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/616235182 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6oHCip2B6GU Theme Stream #4 - Creating Night at the Arcade I create a brand new theme called Night at the Arcade. This is my take on the 80s arcade experience. Download the Published Theme, or Creator Files here: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/file/2461-night-at-the-arcade-theme-stream/ Watch on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/616235182 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSBkhnk5dx0 Theme Stream #3 - Recreating Epic Noir (Editorial Noir) I take on the challenge to port a new ES theme by chicuelo called Epic Noir. It's as epic as its name suggests. The Big Box version of the theme is called Editorial Noir. Download the Published Theme, or Creator Files here: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/file/2412-editorial-noir-theme-stream/ Watch on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/602273726 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcm8sT5mgdE Theme Stream #2 - Rebuilding Retrotastic I ambitiously try to rebuild my entire Retrotastic theme using the COMMUNITY Theme Creator. Download the Published Theme, or Creator Files here: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/topic/55274-retrotastic-theme-stream/ Watch on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/590341221 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfAJTXCprj4 Theme Stream #1 - Recreating ArtBook Highlights of my first stream, where I end up porting the popular ES theme called ArtBook, originally by alphatoanant. Download the Published Theme, or Creator Files here: https://forums.launchbox-app.com/files/file/2382-artbook-theme-stream/ Watch on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/583560634 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv5d1e8KOIc- 23 replies
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This just means that a banner image wasn't created for those particular games. I created a tutorial which shows how to create banners for all your games fairly quickly. Find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtK2S7Owo8Y Then place the images you created in this location: LAUNCHBOX\Themes\BannerBox\Images\Games\Custom Images 1
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