Retro808 Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 2 hours ago, shadowfire said: So what's the best procedure? Should I DM Jason the RC or will he evaluate it when I upload it to the theme section? @neil9000 is good at breaking....err I mean testing. ? I have a few cabinets with different monitor aspect ratios, resolutions and scaling. If you post on the forum for release it just gets posted. As far as I know Jason tests BigBox themes as there is a way to submit them so they can be directly downloaded from within BigBox. The thing with the LB theme would be to mainly make sure the license name is visible and cannot be hidden. I do not recall seeing Jason really test or at least post that he tested LaunchBox themes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 I can test it @shadowfire; no worries. Feel free to PM me a link if you want, or you can always post it here for others to test as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowfire Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 (edited) On 4/10/2020 at 3:19 PM, Retro808 said: I have a few cabinets with different monitor aspect ratios, resolutions and scaling. From my own testing the theme isn't too suitable for legacy 4:3 / 3:4 resolutions but could work if you hide the details bar and/or sidebar. (The theme assumes a modernish desktop; enough horizontal space is required to display al the panels and the details bar needs enough vertical space for all three segments.) The screenshots are made on 1600x900 btw. Edited April 14, 2020 by shadowfire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 20 minutes ago, shadowfire said: From my own testing the theme isn't too suitable for legacy 4:3 / 3:4 resolutions but could work if you hide the details bar and/or sidebar. (The theme assumes a modernish desktop; enough horizontal space is required to display al the panels and the details bar needs enough vertical space for all three segments.) The screenshots are made on 1600x900 btw. Even the default theme does not look good on 4:3 as you have to minimize much of the data/images on the screen to fit. A LB theme to look good would need a relocation of views to really work well on that aspect ratio. My 4:3 cabinets usually run BigBox, but I usually test things on that 4:3 as well just to provide any feedback if possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowfire Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 9 minutes ago, Retro808 said: Even the default theme does not look good on 4:3 as you have to minimize much of the data/images on the screen to fit. A LB theme to look good would need a relocation of views to really work well on that aspect ratio. My 4:3 cabinets usually run BigBox, but I usually test things on that 4:3 as well just to provide any feedback if possible. Sure, the theme working on 4:3 would be a nice to have, but as you mentioned full support would mean rewriting the way the views are handled. But come to think of it, with exception of the details panel this theme might be a bit more lenient on vertical space since I removed the title bar and reduced the button bar height. Also the font size and style is inherited from the OS settings (in case you use small fonts there) and the details fan art image on top right can be turned off which saves some vertical space. So with a bit of tweaking (e.g. boxes sizes and spacing) it may work. Let me know how it works out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 22 minutes ago, shadowfire said: Sure, the theme working on 4:3 would be a nice to have, but as you mentioned full support would mean rewriting the way the views are handled. But come to think of it, with exception of the details panel this theme might be a bit more lenient on vertical space since I removed the title bar and reduced the button bar height. Also the font size and style is inherited from the OS settings (in case you use small fonts there) and the details fan art image on top right can be turned off which saves some vertical space. So with a bit of tweaking (e.g. boxes sizes and spacing) it may work. Let me know how it works out. Will do. Looking forward to checking it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowfire Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Retro808 said: Will do. Looking forward to checking it out. Did a test just now, I can get away with showing all panels in 800x600 (font size 9) on my system if I hide some stuff in the details panel. (Slight spacing issue in the button bar but that may be fixable.) Edited April 14, 2020 by shadowfire Button bar doesn't show all audio controls 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nullgolem Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 oh wow. excellent theme. very minimal and clean looking with maximimum real estate for game boxes. I especially like a lack of scrolling on the details panel and the integrated fan art or whatever. My only concern would be if it chops text off in certain place/at certain times/on certain views, under the game, boxes but it looks solid and I hope you release it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 9 minutes ago, nullgolem said: oh wow. excellent theme. very minimal and clean looking with maximimum real estate for game boxes. I especially like a lack of scrolling on the details panel and the integrated fan art or whatever. My only concern would be if it chops text off in certain place/at certain times/on certain views, under the game, boxes but it looks solid and I hope you release it The text spacing such as in the box is easily remedied on user setup by adjusting the spacing in Launchbox's options. >Tools>Options in the Boxes >Spacing section you can adjust as needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrofrogg Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Add my vote for this - would be keen to try it out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromzy Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Yes, I come here everyday to see if it is released ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowfire Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 (edited) On 4/15/2020 at 10:15 PM, nullgolem said: oh wow. excellent theme. very minimal and clean looking with maximimum real estate for game boxes. I especially like a lack of scrolling on the details panel and the integrated fan art or whatever. My only concern would be if it chops text off in certain place/at certain times/on certain views, under the game, boxes but it looks solid and I hope you release it Thanks, yeah that's what I was going for As for Details, only the centre row (description, screenshots etc.) scrolls. The other rows resize dynamically in vertical direction depending on available horizontal space. Edited April 28, 2020 by shadowfire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowfire Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 (edited) @Retrofrogg, @Tromzy and others: we've finished testing and I'm finalising things for release. The reason why it's taking so long is because I have to squeeze in hours between other projects and on average I've only got a couple of hours per week to work on this. Sorry it's taking this long. I can't make any promises but since I'm almost there it should be available for download soon... Edited April 28, 2020 by shadowfire 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowfire Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share Posted May 1, 2020 Lambda beta is released and available for download! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paQ Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 (edited) Hello. Where can i change the font sizes of the entire theme? Specially the gameinfo text and the systemslists text. Seems very small at 1920x1080. Other thing is the justify of the gamedetails column .. the text is very close to the margins (1), and the first paragraph is very close to the title (2). Edited August 20, 2020 by paQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 13 minutes ago, paQ said: Hello. Where can i change the font sizes of the entire theme? Specially the gameinfo text and the systemslists text. Seems very small at 1920x1080. Other thing is the justify of the gamedetails column .. the text is very close to the margins (1), and the first paragraph is very close to the title (2). You can't, its based on your Windows settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theyvipo Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 El tema se ve muy lindo , pero como lo descargo ? no veo ningun link .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 1 hour ago, theyvipo said: El tema se ve muy lindo , pero como lo descargo ? no veo ningun link .. In the "Downloads" section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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