Arcanthur

Hey guys, so after I finish up with my cartridge collections, I figured I would move on to systems with optical media. Spent several hours coming up with a design to use so that I could create a unified style along all the different systems. Since ripping artwork from optical formats isn't as cut and dry as copying a cartridge label, my idea is to create a unique matching set for each system using clear logos, and fanart and / or official art if available. These disc art sets won't match the official ones, but they will be very high quality and look great browsing large collections. Also, I do plan on releasing the templates for every cartridge and disc once I'm finished, so if anyone wants to do any edits, they will have an easier time of doing it. The CD was designed from scratch so that the translucent parts of the disc are actually there. I'm using @Dan Patrick's system logos for each system so they will look amazing and crisp. Thanks for creating such an amazing set. Here is a preview of where I am with Sega CD:

Just put the final touches on the AES cart design. These will require custom labels, since there doesn't seem to be any high resolution scans of the carts. Thankfully I've got a template made up that will make these a bit easier.

Just wanted to drop in and give an update. I'm pausing development for a few days on Shade to try and finish some of my 2D cartridge sets. @dragon57 has graciously lent his time to help with getting them completed. I'll have some more updates on Shade soon though.

*Update* I'm working with @dragon57 on making these into full sets. Progress is going really well, and I should have some systems ready to release pretty soon.

Updated Horizontal Cart view to the same style as the list view. Text List and Horizontal Carts are almost done now. BigBox11.mp4

List view is almost done: BigBox10.mp4

List view updated, video in the first post

Started on the text list view: BigBox8.mp4

Did some redesign work as the original theme was starting to get pretty slow with all the layering. Updated first post with a video of current progress

Ended up having to start over. I messaged y2guru about it and he is planning to reinforce save routines in CTC, so that hopefully won't occur in future releases. In the meantime, I suggest making regular backups of your theme folder.

So....my whole theme got corrupted within CTC so I essentially had to start over. 🤢 Things aren't exactly the same anymore, but I took the opportunity to try and refine the design / layout. Here is my current progress: 246443203_BigBox5.mp4

After I saved and published my theme and I opened it in BigBox the theme works as intended. Then I opened Community Theme Creator and I have this error. The .txt file for my theme is now just full of [NUL]. Can I somehow import my theme back in to Theme Creator? As it seems the theme was overwritten by bad data?

I'm able to get two different videos to play now, but when I try to make them the same video it doesn't play. I'll look in to the visual brush, does it allow for the "copied" video to have its own XY coordinates? I'm also applying a blur and opacity mask. If it doesn't allow for that, I can stick with the second video, though the effect is nicer to look at when it matches the selected video.

I'm trying to have a playlist name only show when actively looking at playlists, but when I view them in just the main platform view it shows the name of the platform. How can I hide that when not viewing a playlist? Example: