Changing a Patform name after a big build

[ItchyRobot]

So, I have created a Platform named Visual Pinball X and MANUALLY collected all the artwork and such (taken a long time); everything is running great. Though, now I want to changed the name from Visual Pinball X to just 'Pinball'. How much of a risk is this to screwing up everything i worked so hard in curating? If I edit/change the name of the platform, will it automatically change all the folder path names needed to keep all my videos, images, manuals, etc. connected? Or does it just copy the old platform folder and re-name it 'Pinball' (leaving the old folder along side the new 'Pinball')?

The reason i want to do this is so that @viking Colorful theme will automatically match the text/highlight colors to his Pinaball Platform video background.

 

Edited March 11, 2020 by ItchyRobot

[viking]

Maybe it's easier to add a new color to my theme + manually add my video to your platform?

To add (or custom) a color in may theme :
Everything happens here, with a simple text editor. Just respect the logic.

In your LauncgBox directory > Theme > Colorful > Plugins > Ao.Bigbox.Themer.v3_9_7a > AssemblyConfig

• in Ao.Bigbox.Themer.v3_9_7a.dll.config
  Add your platfrom name. KEY=add a generic name, VALUE=add your exact platform name.
• in Ao.Bigbox.Themer.v3_9_7a-Colors.dll.config
  Add your color. KEY= exact same name as previous one. VALUE= add the color. In this case : #82cdea

Make a backup. My future updates will overwrite this file by a new one.

[ItchyRobot]

34 minutes ago, viking said:

Maybe it's easier to add a new color to my theme + manually add my video to your platform?

To add (or custom) a color in may theme :
Everything happens here, with a simple text editor. Just respect the logic.

In your LauncgBox directory > Theme > Colorful > Plugins > Ao.Bigbox.Themer.v3_9_7a > AssemblyConfig

• in Ao.Bigbox.Themer.v3_9_7a.dll.config
  Add your platfrom name. KEY=add a generic name, VALUE=add your exact platform name.
• in Ao.Bigbox.Themer.v3_9_7a-Colors.dll.config
  Add your color. KEY= exact same name as previous one. VALUE= add the color. In this case : #82cdea

Make a backup. My future updates will overwrite this file by a new one.

Thanks. I will give that a try tonight when i get back home. Sounds like a safer route.

 

[ItchyRobot]

6 hours ago, viking said:

Maybe it's easier to add a new color to my theme + manually add my video to your platform?

To add (or custom) a color in may theme :
Everything happens here, with a simple text editor. Just respect the logic.

In your LauncgBox directory > Theme > Colorful > Plugins > Ao.Bigbox.Themer.v3_9_7a > AssemblyConfig

• in Ao.Bigbox.Themer.v3_9_7a.dll.config
  Add your platfrom name. KEY=add a generic name, VALUE=add your exact platform name.
• in Ao.Bigbox.Themer.v3_9_7a-Colors.dll.config
  Add your color. KEY= exact same name as previous one. VALUE= add the color. In this case : #82cdea

Make a backup. My future updates will overwrite this file by a new one.

@viking

That worked great for my Visual Pinball X platform. I was able to create a new platform under the files you mentioned above and set it to the blue color I wanted. Though, I was unable to make my Mattel Intellivision platform red (fd254e) to match the video. Instead, I have to go into your theme's Views folder and change a few of the views to default as the red color I wanted. I checked for typos and can't find any reason it does not work. Any ideas?

<add key="Platform.MATTEL_INTELLIVISION" value="Mattel_Intellivision" />
PICTURE: https://drive.google.com/open?id=16KR4XQ4FKHc2-LKI2rEM0hMm_OSYFMM-

<add key="Platform.MATTEL_INTELLIVISION" value="fd254e" />
PICTURE: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ydQofv0-vrLzg4C4aLGsMHo1jj059sxA

Here is a picture of my Launchbox/BigBox platform name...
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1O3eF_2zwl5jpE3j8WhA7d4ucTYU6Cd48

 

Edited March 12, 2020 by ItchyRobot

[viking]

You forgot the   #   before color HEX code ?

[ItchyRobot]

26 minutes ago, viking said:

You forgot the   #   before color HEX code ?

Ahhh! I knew it was going to be something stupid. Thanks for all your help man. I now have the theme looking exactly like a want.