Bigbox low resolution

[trellos]

Thank you ill try it !!!!! 

And ill give you feedback!!!

[trellos]

Can you please give me a link for low resolution minimal theme?

[DOS76]

I just looked through the download section and didn't see the Minimal theme available for download maybe @Grila would be able to direct you to it.

[trellos]

I searched before posting ,can i change font size in the default theme.

[Grila]

I haven't been able to find my original 4:3 version, all I can find is the 16:9 files. I can re-create the theme for you when I'm back at work tomorrow. It's a very simple design so it shouldn't take me long to finish it.

[trellos]

Thank you very much,this would be great!!! A theme for arcade cabinets with original feel!

[Grila]

Making some progress...here's the platform view. My monitor only goes down to 800x600 but the theme should scale nicely to any 4:3 resolution. I assume this will work on a CRT but I don't have a way to test it. It may need some tweaking since CRT's don't have a set height pixel dimension (if I remember correctly). I'm also not too solid on the grey color so don't be alarmed, I can change it easily. It was just an easy neutral tone to get going.

 

[LogicalEgo]

27 minutes ago, Grila said:

Making some progress...here's the platform view. My monitor only goes down to 800x600 but the theme should scale nicely to any 4:3 resolution. I assume this will work on a CRT but I don't have a way to test it. It may need some tweaking since CRT's don't have a set height pixel dimension (if I remember correctly). I'm also not too solid on the grey color so don't be alarmed, I can change it easily. It was just an easy neutral tone to get going.

 

Looking great. Exactly the kind of theme I would want on a 4:3 cab, simple, clean and quick.

Edited September 19, 2017 by keltoigael

[Grila]

After a little more editing to make the wheel look like the original theme, I kinda am liking the grey now. 

[trellos]

It looks great!!! When its ready let me know to test it on my cabinet and give you feedback.

[Grila]

Some more progress...I ditched the images and made the UI elements in XAML so they can scale to any resolution without losing quality like an image does. I also tweaked the wheel animation a bit. You probably won't be able to read the game details screen on an CRT, but I themed it anyways for people who want to use this on a LCD cabinet. I still have some work to do on miscellaneous parts, but it should be done by the end of next week.

@trellos can you download this beta file and test it out on your CRT? I'm would like to make sure everything is looking good before I finish up. After unzipping it in your theme directory, you'll have to unblock the .dll file in the "plugins" folder. Don't worry, it only contains the font

This theme is for 4:3 aspect ONLY folks, it will not look right on anything else. Please...there's no need to tell me it doesn't look right if you aren't on 4:3.

MinimalCRTBeta.zip 

 

Here's the latest screen grabs:

[Lordmonkus]

@Grila thanks for taking the time to do this, 4:3 CRT theme support was something that was badly needed for Launchbox. One day I am going to rig up a PC to my CRT TV and see how it all works

[Grila]

Here's a new preview vid. I need to tweak the wheel fade a bit more because the "pointer" is fading before the other elements by a hair.

 

[trellos]

@Grila thank you so much,many people would apreciate this!!!!

How i unblock dll? Sorry but iam new into this

[Grila]

Just now, trellos said:

@Grila thank you so much,many people would apreciate this!!!!

How i unblock dll? Sorry but iam new into this

Right click the file, choose properties. Mark the box "unblock " and hit apply.

[LogicalEgo]

Loving the grey, looks slick and clean. I am currently building a xp machine just for my sony pvm, this will be the theme I use for it ^_-

[Lordmonkus]

Launchbox doesn't work on XP, Windows 7 or newer only.

[trellos]

Thank you I ll try it today and I'll tell you.

[trellos]

I ve installed the theme to my themes folder but when I press right click properties there's nothing above attributes!!!!

 

Edited September 22, 2017 by trellos

[trellos]

Ok I tested it without without unblocking font.

theme looks very good ,font size is perfect for my screen but I can't enable a small window I had before with a video of the game.