patrickfx Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Hello everyone, I'm using bigbox for a year now, it is fantastics. But one thing i still looking is a theme which focus on low (very low) resolution aspect. I have a arcade cabinet connected to a 27 inch crt tv via s-video. I do a lot of effort to keep that old tv working, oh my, but this is not related to my point So, almost all theme have so (too) many informations on the screen that it is not possible to read. Any suggestion , i try dozen of them. Some have the menu at left with only screen video but still, would appreciate a bigger left menu (the game list) with maybe some minimal information like, year, star number, number of player... Should I build one myself I start looking but seem to need some skill in development to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thimolor Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 On 10/5/2020 at 6:35 AM, patrickfx said: Hello everyone, I'm using bigbox for a year now, it is fantastics. But one thing i still looking is a theme which focus on low (very low) resolution aspect. I have a arcade cabinet connected to a 27 inch crt tv via s-video. I do a lot of effort to keep that old tv working, oh my, but this is not related to my point So, almost all theme have so (too) many informations on the screen that it is not possible to read. Any suggestion , i try dozen of them. Some have the menu at left with only screen video but still, would appreciate a bigger left menu (the game list) with maybe some minimal information like, year, star number, number of player... Should I build one myself I start looking but seem to need some skill in development to do so. I'am woking on it. Hopefully it will work on your setup. Care to test a demo? I could sent you the theme files. I'am curios as how this will work on crt. The font settings may need some adjustments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrickfx Posted October 8, 2020 Author Share Posted October 8, 2020 (edited) Yep! I do feel a little ... eeee... should i accept . Do not want to disappoint you ! But sure, send me what the theme demo and i will do testing and send you some screen shot. That beeing said, i do only have mame installed, it is my main focus. Maybe time for me to get some other !!! But still, i will be interresting on coleco, c64, atari...yes, old school. Also, I'm not a guru like some of you in LB. But to my defense, i do have that cabinet for 15 years now, so i know the principle of it. My best wish is to have a cool theme that able to deal with - Low low res - Not CPU intensive - Big font size (including wheel)...cause low res tv by definition cant or at least are not fun to read if small - Please for eyes. So, enough information but with low res and low cpu, not too fence animation there and there and there ! My spec is ... dont laugh is a core duo 2.93...vostro 220. My main game play is classical and soon i plan to buy light gun but ok with gun game under 1995... Edited October 8, 2020 by patrickfx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thimolor Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Don't worry. I'am not that touchy when it comes to my designs. Some times they work and some times they don't. I'am willing to give my theme project files to you. You could start learning to use the Community Theme Creator Tool for BigBox. With that you could tweak the fonts to suit better with your crt. The Theme is as light weight as I could make it, without lookin too flat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrickfx Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 Alright...i let you know when done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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