Sub-Zero Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 (edited) Yo guys, a lot know me from the Hyperspin forums, after 7 years i finally completed the MAME top 500 theme set so it's time for me to start on my console project but HS is limiting me in what i want to achieve. Can anyone tell me or point me in the direction of how themes and artwork work in launchbox. if it does what i need it to do then i need to consider moving over. Explanation.....i have a default theme and i need it to change background and banner when it lands on a specific game. take a look at the screenshot so you see what i mean. Default: Change 1: into nintendo select Change 2: Luigi Change 3: splatoon Remember that only 15 games will changes. i am not looking to make videos of my themes. i just want to know if it's possible that a default theme can changes assets. Thanks Sub Edited May 3, 2017 by Sub-Zero 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Well if you download launchbox and go to the themes folder there is a pdf that should help with themes. There are also some youtube videos. Give me a couple of minutes and i will hunt them down and post the links in here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Saying that i am not sure what you mean by "themes" themes here and themes over there mean different things. Are you talking video themes like what @JamesBaker is making or the actual bigbox themes which all look different and are designed by our talented community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sub-Zero Posted May 3, 2017 Author Share Posted May 3, 2017 Thanks dude, let's see if this puppy fits my needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sub-Zero Posted May 3, 2017 Author Share Posted May 3, 2017 (edited) 2 minutes ago, neil9000 said: Saying that i am not sure what you mean by "themes" themes here and themes over there mean different things. Are you talking video themes like what @JamesBaker is making or the actual bigbox themes which all look different and are designed by our talented community. i know cinematic themes. i believe Critcal Sid did the same thing to all my MAME themes. not looking for that. i want a clean transistion just artwork layers changing when i select a game like shown in post 1 Edited May 3, 2017 by Sub-Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sub-Zero Posted May 3, 2017 Author Share Posted May 3, 2017 Thanks for helping so quick. i'll take a look 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Ah i see, i cant help there as i am not a theme designer. I believe @Jason Carr is currently or about to add a lot of new theme features that cid wanted. So lets tag him in here as well @CriticalCid as he will no much more than i will ever about the theme engine. Sorry i could not help more, and welcome to the launchbox community. Have fun. Actually lets also tag @Grila here as well, he has done things with themes no one else could do before. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sub-Zero Posted May 3, 2017 Author Share Posted May 3, 2017 (edited) Nah, you helped enough dude, thanks! let's see if this front end can win me over. Edited May 3, 2017 by Sub-Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Oh and just to say, i am not aware of you as i have never really used the other frontend, but @JamesBaker speaks highly of you, and he does great work. So i am sold that you are a great addition to this community if you decide to stick around with us chuklemonkeys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Ok bare with me, but in those wii u shots from your OP you are more or less swapping colours and box art right? That "should" be doable. Again i know nothing but seems feasible to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sub-Zero Posted May 3, 2017 Author Share Posted May 3, 2017 (edited) Artwise i am going cross platform as of now. so all my art that was HS only will be released for BIG BOX aswell...here is some of my stuff. i'll bet you'll reconige it. And this is just a hand full i did thousands the last 8 years Edited May 3, 2017 by Sub-Zero 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sub-Zero Posted May 3, 2017 Author Share Posted May 3, 2017 8 minutes ago, neil9000 said: Ok bare with me, but in those wii u shots from your OP you are more or less swapping colours and box art right? That "should" be doable. Again i know nothing but seems feasible to me. Yeah, the Wii U itself and the Wii U logo banner will stay on screen only thing that changes is the background and the Wii U banner will be overlayd with a different color plus it will call the boxart. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 4 minutes ago, Sub-Zero said: Yeah, the Wii U itself and the Wii U logo banner will stay on screen only thing that changes is the background and the Wii U banner will be overlayd with a different color plus it will call the boxart. Yeah again, from a non knowledgeable theme person, "possible". You may have a actually helpful post in a bit though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CriticalCid Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Hey @Sub-Zero , it’s so great so see you here! What you try to achieve could be done with the fanart images. “Fanart” just means background in LaunchBox and you can set them for games individually and/or set one as default for the whole platform which gets used when a game has no individual Fanart image (the concept is basically the same like the themes work in HyperSpin). Basically you could set up the blue one as default background for the Wii U platform and then set the ones that differ as individual backgrounds for the affected games. Now when it comes to XAML you can set the positions/sizes/etc. of all the overlaying objects like boxart, wheel, game info, video, etc. The main problem you will probably run into is that BigBox doesn’t support individual layouts (called "Views" in Bigbox) for each system/games (yet!). So for the time being every platform would have to share the same layouts regarding the overlaying objects like video, boxart, etc. But fortunately you are not limited to just one layout as BigBox offers quite a few different Views you can use and edit. For example you have 4 Vertical Wheel Views to choose from which means you can potentially build 4 different layouts you can use for all your platforms (not counting all the other Views like CoverFlow, Horizontal Wheels, etc.) - Cid 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 8 minutes ago, neil9000 said: Yeah again, from a non knowledgeable theme person, "possible". You may have a actually helpful post in a bit though Told ya! More knowlegeable than i would appear soon!! cheers @CriticalCid 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sub-Zero Posted May 3, 2017 Author Share Posted May 3, 2017 I need to read this thru lol, but i can get the picture. time to dig in the program thanks for the fast responses guys. @CriticalCid Yo buddy! it had to happen sometime......my art ego is getting to big so i am going to make my Photoshop canvas a bit wider audienced .....lets see what this puppy can do. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CriticalCid Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Great decision For starters it would be probably the best to just play around with it. Import a few systems and install a couple of themes from the download section in order to get a feeling of how the artwork, themes and views system work in BigBox and what already has been done with it before you start diving into theme creation yourself. The LaunchBox YouTube channel has many great video tutorials for setting LaunchBox up but if you have any questions feel free to ask, we’re all happy to help 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentaiBrad Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Linking playlist videos kind of sucks when embedding them, so make sure to click the 3 lines in the upper left corner to see a full list of them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmoney Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 @Sub-Zero Welcome aboard as your work is amazing and top notch! Trust me your contributions will be welcome with open arms and greatly appreciated by the LaunchBox community. There are so many great people here that are always willing to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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