jrusso4587 Posted May 5, 2019 Posted May 5, 2019 (edited) First of all, I absolutely LOVE this theme, so thank you Faeran for the awesome work that you do. I apologize if this has been covered, but I have one issue with the theme. For SNES, I use a custom name in my LB setup. I name it "Nintendo Super NES". For some reason, because of that, Coverbox does not load the SNES layout, just the generic one. For the criminally stupid, is there a step by step way of getting it to recognize it using my custom name? Help from anyone would be much appreciated...and thank you in advance. Joseph Edited May 5, 2019 by jrusso4587 Quote
Tromzy Posted May 5, 2019 Posted May 5, 2019 Hi, and congratulations for this great theme ! For some reason, my NEC TurboGrafx-16 platform uses the generic layout instead of the specific one, what should I do to get the specific theme ? Thanks ! Quote
faeran Posted May 5, 2019 Author Posted May 5, 2019 @jrusso4587 and @Tromzy. Sounds like you guys are having the same sort of issue. It will only find the platform specific theme if the name within LaunchBox is the same as the xaml files. Check within both the TextGamesView and TextListView folders and make sure the files match your platform name. The folders are in the Themes\CoverBox\Views folder. Quote
Tromzy Posted May 5, 2019 Posted May 5, 2019 (edited) Thanks for your answer ! It turns out there is no xml file for Turbografx in the folders, where can I get it ? Edit : I found the xml files in the archive you provide in the 1st post. You should be informed that the Turbografx files are not there when you install the theme via the built-in Big Box theme manager ! Edited May 5, 2019 by Tromzy Quote
neil9000 Posted May 5, 2019 Posted May 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, Tromzy said: Thanks for your answer ! It turns out there is no xml file for Turbografx in the folders, where can I get it ? It will depend on how you named that system in Launchbox, if you have a different name for it, it cant match the artwork in the theme. So you either need to rename the platform in Launchbox so that it matches what the platforms images are called in the theme, or you need to rename all the images in the theme to match the platform name in Launchbox. Quote
Tromzy Posted May 5, 2019 Posted May 5, 2019 (edited) In Launchbox the system is named "NEC TurboGrafx-16". Edited May 5, 2019 by Tromzy Quote
neil9000 Posted May 5, 2019 Posted May 5, 2019 3 minutes ago, Tromzy said: In Launchbox the system is named "NEC TurboGrafx-16". Well i just looked in the theme folder and there isnt a TurboGrafx-16 view, so that will be why you get the default instead. Quote
Tromzy Posted May 5, 2019 Posted May 5, 2019 And the TurboGrafx files provided in the archive don't work. Quote
faeran Posted May 5, 2019 Author Posted May 5, 2019 You will need to download the version of coverbox from the forums, as the version in the themes manager has not been updated yet. Quote
Tromzy Posted May 5, 2019 Posted May 5, 2019 Just now, faeran said: You will need to download the version of coverbox from the forums, as the version in the themes manager has not been updated yet. I did and it still does not work... Quote
faeran Posted May 5, 2019 Author Posted May 5, 2019 11 minutes ago, Tromzy said: I did and it still does not work... The archive that you downloaded from the forums in the first post. You need to delete the current version of CoverBox completely from the Themes folder (the one that gets downloaded from the themes manager), and replace it with the CoverBox folder from the Archive. This would be the only way to know for sure that you have all the necessary files needed for the new NEC TurboGrafx-16 theme. 1 Quote
Tromzy Posted May 5, 2019 Posted May 5, 2019 I downloaded the theme exclusively from the forum archive and the TurboGrafx-16 theme worked ! The Sega Dreamcast theme did not work, but I just had to rename the xml files from "Sega Dreamcast" to just "Dreamcast" and it worked again ! Thanks for your help ! Quote
jrusso4587 Posted May 7, 2019 Posted May 7, 2019 On 5/5/2019 at 7:52 AM, faeran said: @jrusso4587 and @Tromzy. Sounds like you guys are having the same sort of issue. It will only find the platform specific theme if the name within LaunchBox is the same as the xaml files. Check within both the TextGamesView and TextListView folders and make sure the files match your platform name. The folders are in the Themes\CoverBox\Views folder. Well that was simple. Simply changing the file names did the trick. Thanks so much Faeran!! Quote
SirTay Posted May 12, 2019 Posted May 12, 2019 Love this theme. I can't seem to get the theme to work for custom playlists though. For example, I've created a personal Top 20 playlist for SNES. Is there any way to associate the SNES theme for that playlist? Thanks! Quote
faeran Posted May 12, 2019 Author Posted May 12, 2019 1 hour ago, SirTay said: Love this theme. I can't seem to get the theme to work for custom playlists though. For example, I've created a personal Top 20 playlist for SNES. Is there any way to associate the SNES theme for that playlist? Thanks! Hi @SirTay. You'll need to go to these 2 locations: Launchbox\Themes\CoverBox\Views\TextGamesView Launchbox\Themes\CoverBox\Views\TextListView Find the Super Nintendo Entertainment System file in both folders, and create a copy. Rename the copy to whatever your playlist is called. Quote
CTRL-ALT-DEFEAT Posted May 12, 2019 Posted May 12, 2019 Hey @faeran, are you planning to create a theme for PC titles at any point? I absolutely adore this theme. Such good work. 1 Quote
Porl Hendy Posted May 12, 2019 Posted May 12, 2019 2 hours ago, CTRL-ALT-DEFEAT said: Hey @faeran, are you planning to create a theme for PC titles at any point? I absolutely adore this theme. Such good work. I see you have been putting out alot of great themes recently Thanks 1 Quote
CTRL-ALT-DEFEAT Posted May 12, 2019 Posted May 12, 2019 7 minutes ago, Porl Hendy said: I see you have been putting out alot of great themes recently Thanks You're welcome! I've got about 4 or 5 other themes going concurrently. One is a revisit to making a platform theme for Mega Drive since I've never been super happy with the one I did some time ago. Once I get through some more of the current PC titles I have an idea for a "unified" video collection for people emulating with ScummVM. 1 Quote
SirTay Posted May 12, 2019 Posted May 12, 2019 3 hours ago, faeran said: Hi @SirTay. You'll need to go to these 2 locations: Launchbox\Themes\CoverBox\Views\TextGamesView Launchbox\Themes\CoverBox\Views\TextListView Find the Super Nintendo Entertainment System file in both folders, and create a copy. Rename the copy to whatever your playlist is called. This worked perfectly. Thanks so much. Seriously, love this theme. Quote
Krako13 Posted May 25, 2019 Posted May 25, 2019 Hey, a big thanx for this wonderful theme ! some ideas for nexts platforms : ds/3ds/psp/ps3 I really like the clear logos platforms shown on the presentation video in bigbox instalation theme, could someone share these ? Quote
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