Certifiedhalo Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 @faeran Any ETA on the new views? Caught sight of the text list during your latest stream. Looks gorgeous ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faeran Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 7 hours ago, Certifiedhalo said: @faeran Any ETA on the new views? Caught sight of the text list during your latest stream. Looks gorgeous ? It's definitely in the works, unsure of an ETA at this point, as I only have the revamped text view (mostly) done. On another note, the more people I can get testing the COMMUNITY Theme Creator version of Colorful, the better: Much appreciated for anyone willing to test, as it will eventually replace the version of Colorful on the forums and within Big Box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Certifiedhalo Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Just now, faeran said: It's definitely in the works, unsure of an ETA at this point, as I only have the revamped text view (mostly) done. On another note, the more people I can get testing the COMMUNITY Theme Creator version of Colorful, the better: Much appreciated for anyone willing to test, as it will eventually replace the version of Colorful on the forums and within Big Box. Cool. Redoing my setup at the moment. Once ready, I’ll start using the community version and report back ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhBoy Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 (edited) There's a glitch where COLORFUL_Styles.xaml is randomly ignored for subcategories. For example sometimes SNES has the correct color for subcategories and sometimes it doesn't (This can happen with any platform's sub categories, not just SNES). Normal: Glitched: Edited September 1, 2021 by OhBoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soqueroeu Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 (edited) Hi @faeran ! While we don't have a new release for Colorful, I'm here editing the xaml files trying to fix color code. I have no coding and programming skills. Some platforms still show the default green instead of the expected color. I would appreciate it if you can tell me which files should I modify to fix just this green one. I'm wondering if the Colorful theme has the ability to convert the color code automatically for platforms with different names. Ideally, it should be based on the scrap chosen when importing games, am I right? Otherwise, we'll always have to manually add any platform that doesn't use default names. It also affects the logos i'm using here. Edited September 3, 2021 by soqueroeu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faeran Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 17 minutes ago, soqueroeu said: Hi @faeran ! While we don't have a new release for Colorful, I'm here editing the axml files trying to fix color code. I have no coding and programming skills. Some platforms still show the default green instead of the expected color. I would appreciate it if you can tell me which files should I modify to fix just this green one. I'm wondering if the Colorful theme has the ability to convert the color code automatically for platforms with different names. Ideally, it should be based on the scrap chosen when importing games, am I right? Otherwise, we'll always have to manually add any platform that doesn't use default names. It also affects the logos i'm using here. Hi @soqueroeu. Depending on the version of Colorful you are using, will change how you would go about adding color codes. The current version uses Themes\COLORFUL - Light\Views\Styles\COLORFUL_Styles.xaml You can add as many extra lines as you want, it does adhere to scrape as, you can also just add your own custom names. However, this version of the theme will be replaced with the COMMUNITY Theme Creator version. That one will have a user interface for the colors, with the added benefit of you being able to publish your own version of the theme to take advantage of any new plugin and coding improvements that new versions of the creator provides (without needing to know any code). the interface will look like this, and will allow you to add colors with exact titles or partial titles. I'll do a tutorial closer to the time of that version's release. In saying all of this, if you do have any colors that need to be added, let me know and I'll add them to the theme creator. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soqueroeu Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Thanks for the quick response @faeran! WOw! Good to know that in the future we will be able to customize the theme more easily! I am using the trial version you are coding. Everything I have for xaml is in Themes\Colorful - Light Theme\Views. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faeran Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 8 minutes ago, soqueroeu said: Thanks for the quick response @faeran! WOw! Good to know that in the future we will be able to customize the theme more easily! I am using the trial version you are coding. Everything I have for xaml is in Themes\Colorful - Light Theme\Views. Any suggestions? Since it's not officially out yet, the COMMUNITY Theme Creator files aren't quite live. If you have any particular color codes that need to be added, let me know and I'll add them directly into the creator. Then when I get the next test version out, it will be in there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soqueroeu Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 (edited) @faeran ,I have no color preference, I want to use the existing ones right now. I just want to correct the colors for the left side rectangles to match the current ones on the right side. ? From what I've seen, the offenders so far are Arcade and Handheld categories, but I think I saw subtle difference for consoles too. OK! For the portable category I apparently managed to solve it, adding the category that didn't exist. I'm wonder, there is a conflict for Arcade. In two views the colors match, but not in one of them: 🤔 Edited September 3, 2021 by soqueroeu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterwulf Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Hi I am trying to edit the theme to show in the game selection a screenshot of gameplay instead of the start menu. Any hint how could I do this? I dont have the videos for all the games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 On 9/3/2021 at 7:20 PM, soqueroeu said: @faeran ,I have no color preference, I want to use the existing ones right now. I just want to correct the colors for the left side rectangles to match the current ones on the right side. ? From what I've seen, the offenders so far are Arcade and Handheld categories, but I think I saw subtle difference for consoles too. OK! For the portable category I apparently managed to solve it, adding the category that didn't exist. I'm wonder, there is a conflict for Arcade. In two views the colors match, but not in one of them I don't have control over the new color management plugin, but it looks like a problem between: - ARCADE (platform) - purple - ARCADE (category) - blue 2 hours ago, winterwulf said: Hi I am trying to edit the theme to show in the game selection a screenshot of gameplay instead of the start menu. Any hint how could I do this? I dont have the videos for all the games. Here too, the theme is being rewritten by @faeran. Normally, this is not on code side that we regulate this. Try here, in LaunchBox settings : Raise the "screenshot - Gameplay" to the top 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faeran Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 On 9/3/2021 at 1:20 PM, soqueroeu said: @faeran ,I have no color preference, I want to use the existing ones right now. I just want to correct the colors for the left side rectangles to match the current ones on the right side. ? From what I've seen, the offenders so far are Arcade and Handheld categories, but I think I saw subtle difference for consoles too. OK! For the portable category I apparently managed to solve it, adding the category that didn't exist. I'm wonder, there is a conflict for Arcade. In two views the colors match, but not in one of them: 🤔 While I won't be solving this for the current version of Colorful, I've worked out a solution for the CTC version that's currently in beta. It will be able to differentiate between category and platform names. I'll try and release a new beta in the next day. I just have one more thing to work out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterwulf Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 (edited) > Raise the "screenshot - Gameplay" to the top Merci mon ami ! Edited September 7, 2021 by winterwulf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aniv Cuderoes Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 On 7/9/2020 at 6:20 PM, Chro said: Do anybody know how to get the lower right "Max Player" quarter to work. On Launchbox Database each game i own has the number of player that can participate in a game but they wont be shown in my Launchbox and Bigbox aswell. If i look my Infos up and only says Single or Multiplayer title. I even tried to write 1-2 or 1-4 into the meta data but it didnt helped. I am using the latest version of the theme and launchbox/bigbox, the number of players and age is not displayed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted October 13, 2021 Author Share Posted October 13, 2021 20 hours ago, Aniv Cuderoes said: I am using the latest version of the theme and launchbox/bigbox, the number of players and age is not displayed. Are you using the beta version by @faeran? If so, he no longer uses the same data as me for these fields. Try to update your games metadata. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobaturtle Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Hey @viking, just wondering, are you still cooking a V2? Some of the POC views were pretty nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted October 29, 2021 Author Share Posted October 29, 2021 Yes, I work with @faeran on a v2. And some new platform video =) 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobaturtle Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 You make my day Thanks to you both! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carpetshark Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 New to BigBox so just figuring things out . I'm having an issue where the theme only seems to be partially applied - a lot of the visuals seem correct at start but things are off, such as most of the platforms are missing videos, changing the horizontal view to any number looks like a wall view with no info instead of what the screenshots show. Hitting the repair button doesn't seem to change things, is there some other type of resource I'm missing? I'm wondering if I'm missing some sort of assets but can't figure out which. Any ideas? Current Settings Platform not working correctly: Game list - not working correctly Working platform: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted November 8, 2021 Author Share Posted November 8, 2021 Hi @Carpetshark, There are several things here: The theme does not come in all in one. It would be too heavy. You have to download the platform videos separately. Look at the videos download page, everything is explained in main text. in LaunchBox > Tools > Download theme videos tools > Select "Colorful 4K" or "Colorful HD" At the top of each Colorful download page, I put a list of each piece of the puzzle with the direct links. It's up to you to make your choice! We haven't released the "games wallview" for Colorful yet. It's currently work in progress with Faeran for theme v2! Please be patient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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