CoverBox

[FILIPINOY79]

How do you get rid of the scan lines?  

[faeran]

  On 5/5/2022 at 3:10 AM, FILIPINOY79 said:

How do you get rid of the scan lines?  

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Delete the scanlines.png file from LaunchBox\Themes\CoverBox\Media\General

[FILIPINOY79]

  On 5/5/2022 at 1:57 PM, faeran said:

Delete the scanlines.png file from LaunchBox\Themes\CoverBox\Media\General

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Thanks that did work

[FILIPINOY79]

Can someone make a Sega 32X CD theme or section?

[tonythewrench]

First let me say I love the work you do...your themes are fantastic,  adding the "wow factor" to my arcade cabinet!

A question I have for you is...with this updated version I see the game titles on NES and SNES scroll horizontally when they are too long to fit on screen...but I recall the older versions resizing the text to fit instead...is there a way I can revert the game titles text to this older way?

[faeran]

  On 9/25/2022 at 6:47 PM, Leafs Forever A34 said:

First let me say I love the work you do...your themes are fantastic,  adding the "wow factor" to my arcade cabinet!

A question I have for you is...with this updated version I see the game titles on NES and SNES scroll horizontally when they are too long to fit on screen...but I recall the older versions resizing the text to fit instead...is there a way I can revert the game titles text to this older way?

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For something like this, you would need to download the CTC files, load it up into the CTC, and alter those elements yourself. You would probably need to replace the title element in those two views with a Viewbox that has the title text inside of it. Something like that anyway.

[tonythewrench]

  On 9/26/2022 at 1:22 PM, faeran said:

For something like this, you would need to download the CTC files, load it up into the CTC, and alter those elements yourself. You would probably need to replace the title element in those two views with a Viewbox that has the title text inside of it. Something like that anyway.

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Thank you for the quick and informative reply...once I get some extra free time I will definitely dabble with it...the theme is still fantastic as is 👍...I only asked out of curiosity of the possibilities

[St1x]

This looks great but for some reason only my Atari St Platform image isn't showing correctly. I have the correct banner in the folder \LaunchBox\Themes\BannerBox\Images\Platforms\Banner named AtariST.png Anyone know how to fix?

[AliMujahid20]

Hi! I love these themes. Just one question. How can I set the WiiWare theme for those games?

This one:

[C-Beats]

  On 10/20/2022 at 12:05 AM, St1x said:

This looks great but for some reason only my Atari St Platform image isn't showing correctly. I have the correct banner in the folder \LaunchBox\Themes\BannerBox\Images\Platforms\Banner named AtariST.png Anyone know how to fix?

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Make sure the name of the image matches the platform. For example if your platform is named "Atari ST" you need the file to be named that as well not "AtariST". Also you'll want to clear out your image cache via the options menu.

[St1x]

  On 10/20/2022 at 1:00 PM, C-Beats said:

Make sure the name of the image matches the platform. For example if your platform is named "Atari ST" you need the file to be named that as well not "AtariST". Also you'll want to clear out your image cache via the options menu.

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Thank you very much, that worked a treat!

[faeran]

  On 10/20/2022 at 4:48 AM, AliMujahid20 said:

Hi! I love these themes. Just one question. How can I set the WiiWare theme for those games?

This one:

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To be honest, it's possible I didn't port that one over with the new version of the theme. I would personally consider WiiWare games just a playlist of Nintendo Wii games.

However, you could get the same kind of look by going to these following folders and making a copy of the Nintendo Wii.xaml files in both locations and giving them the name of your Nintendo WiiWare platform.

• LaunchBox\Themes\CoverBox\Views\TextListView
• D:\LaunchBox\Themes\CoverBox\Views\TextGamesView

[AncientCarthage]

Hi Faeran, I was wondering if you were planning on adding game views for Xbox 360 and PS3 in the future?  Would love to see those systems integrated into Coverbox in the future.

[AliMujahid20]

  On 10/20/2022 at 7:50 PM, faeran said:

To be honest, it's possible I didn't port that one over with the new version of the theme. I would personally consider WiiWare games just a playlist of Nintendo Wii games.

However, you could get the same kind of look by going to these following folders and making a copy of the Nintendo Wii.xaml files in both locations and giving them the name of your Nintendo WiiWare platform.

• LaunchBox\Themes\CoverBox\Views\TextListView
• D:\LaunchBox\Themes\CoverBox\Views\TextGamesView

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Thank you. I had that doubt since that image of the WiiWare appears on the main CoverBox theme page and I thought it could be set.

[faeran]

  On 10/21/2022 at 3:42 PM, AliMujahid20 said:

Thank you. I had that doubt since that image of the WiiWare appears on the main CoverBox theme page and I thought it could be set.

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Yeah, unfortunately, it's from a very old version of CoverBox. It's essentially just a copy of the Wii theme, so it's easy enough to set up following my instructions. 

[AliMujahid20]

  On 10/21/2022 at 3:47 PM, faeran said:

Yeah, unfortunately, it's from a very old version of CoverBox. It's essentially just a copy of the Wii theme, so it's easy enough to set up following my instructions. 

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BTW, will you be considering Xbox 360 and mobile (Android) themes soon?

[faeran]

  On 10/21/2022 at 4:07 PM, AliMujahid20 said:

BTW, will you be considering Xbox 360 and mobile (Android) themes soon?

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  On 10/21/2022 at 8:10 AM, AncientCarthage said:

Hi Faeran, I was wondering if you were planning on adding game views for Xbox 360 and PS3 in the future?  Would love to see those systems integrated into Coverbox in the future.

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Next time I do a CoverBox update, I'll probably be adding Xbox 360 and PS3, and maybe a few others.

As far as an Android version... it's possible, but it would be extremely limiting. This theme was built with 16:9 aspect ratio in mind, and most Android devices don't conform to that. It would be a lot of work to get this theme ported over to Android, forcing a 16:9 aspect ratio. If I were to attempt to convert it to allow it to work in all the different aspect ratios and orientations required, it would most likely be insurmountable.

[AliMujahid20]

  On 10/21/2022 at 5:59 PM, faeran said:

Next time I do a CoverBox update, I'll probably be adding Xbox 360 and PS3, and maybe a few others.

As far as an Android version... it's possible, but it would be extremely limiting. This theme was built with 16:9 aspect ratio in mind, and most Android devices don't conform to that. It would be a lot of work to get this theme ported over to Android, forcing a 16:9 aspect ratio. If I were to attempt to convert it to allow it to work in all the different aspect ratios and orientations required, it would most likely be insurmountable.

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Oh, I was referring to Android as a platform as well as Xbox, SNES, GBA, etc, because there are Android emulators like Bluestacks.

[faeran]

  On 10/21/2022 at 6:13 PM, AliMujahid20 said:

Oh, I was referring to Android as a platform as well as Xbox, SNES, GBA, etc, because there are Android emulators like Bluestacks.

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ah, hmm.. yeah, that's a possibility. This theme is not really made for that type of platform, since it's supposed to mimick a game's boxart, but it wouldn't be the first time I implemented something like that.

[AliMujahid20]

I just recently updated the last version of this awesome theme and the magic was lost.


How can I go back to the previous version?

Edited November 6, 2022 by AliMujahid20