thimolor Posted January 29, 2022 Author Share Posted January 29, 2022 I did some changes... The blockiness was quite distracting so I did some fading instead. This does mean that vertical videos are stretched. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thimolor Posted January 30, 2022 Author Share Posted January 30, 2022 Doing some testing with fan art. Also did some more refining to the view. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaaMoS Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Simply awesome! I need a copy of this Thank you for sharing such a good project! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thimolor Posted February 1, 2022 Author Share Posted February 1, 2022 I made new changes AGAIN! I have tested numerous versions of this view and for me this works the best. Will proceed to the next view 🤞 LaunchBox Big Box 2022-02-01 22-36-50_Trim.mp4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thimolor Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 Progress feels good. 4 views done with CTC 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thimolor Posted February 8, 2022 Author Share Posted February 8, 2022 Changing the name. It's going to be called The Keep Couple new shots taken from the demo. As you can see from the shots, I decided to show fan art for platforms that have no device image. There will be some smooth subtle animations everywhere. Going to make the Pause and Startup views also and the Options menu. Should look like THE KEEP all the way. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khaar Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 19 hours ago, Juketsu said: Going to make the Pause and Startup views also and the Options menu. ❤️ YESSSS! ❤️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thimolor Posted February 12, 2022 Author Share Posted February 12, 2022 (edited) Views are now done... 🤞 Next is figuring how to make pause and startup themes. Edited February 12, 2022 by Juketsu 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcadeGuru Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 2 hours ago, Juketsu said: Views are now done... 🤞 Next is figuring how to make pause and startup themes. Can't wait! Any info about release date, beta etc? Even just the theme would be fine, waiting for the "full package"... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thimolor Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share Posted February 13, 2022 (edited) 9 hours ago, ArcadeGuru said: Can't wait! Any info about release date, beta etc? Even just the theme would be fine, waiting for the "full package"... Two weeks. Edited February 13, 2022 by Juketsu 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elwooha6 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Really looking forward to the release. I loved Pulse and this looks to be even better! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thimolor Posted February 18, 2022 Author Share Posted February 18, 2022 (edited) Building StartUp Themes is not my favorite hobby. One down, two to go. Managed to add some animation for the box. Nothing fancy. Edited February 18, 2022 by Juketsu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicalEgo Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Neat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thimolor Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 The Keep will not happen. After doing extensive testing I'm not satisfied with the performance when using default game assets. For example many of the fan art and box art images are over 3 mb in size. They slow the wheels so much that you will encounter stuttering no matter how good pc you have. So going to go back to drawing board and make the much needed changes to get this theme behaving smoothly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madcore Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 9 hours ago, Juketsu said: The Keep will not happen. After doing extensive testing I'm not satisfied with the performance when using default game assets. For example many of the fan art and box art images are over 3 mb in size. They slow the wheels so much that you will encounter stuttering no matter how good pc you have. So going to go back to drawing board and make the much needed changes to get this theme behaving smoothly. That's why in other launchers I try to have all my media converted taking in account some limits, like no more than 1920px width size and 1080px vertical size, only PNG for logos and wheels, and more optimizations steps. It's not only for crunch the size of multimedia library, but to make everything more fluid. I know a lot of people will not like to convert their multimedia library, because they use 2k or 4k displays, or want the maximun detail on boxes and adverts to zoom in. But in term of performance, light files are better. Anyway, hope you can fulfill your vision on this theme. The preview images are awesome and gives me hope to test this theme someday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thimolor Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, Madcore said: That's why in other launchers I try to have all my media converted taking in account some limits, like no more than 1920px width size and 1080px vertical size, only PNG for logos and wheels, and more optimizations steps. It's not only for crunch the size of multimedia library, but to make everything more fluid. I know a lot of people will not like to convert their multimedia library, because they use 2k or 4k displays, or want the maximun detail on boxes and adverts to zoom in. But in term of performance, light files are better. Anyway, hope you can fulfill your vision on this theme. The preview images are awesome and gives me hope to test this theme someday. I think image optimizer could be a feature in LaunchBox. It could even make smaller file versions from the originals. And like you said Launchbox should only accept png for logos. No need to download png fan art at all. Edited February 21, 2022 by Juketsu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 3 hours ago, Juketsu said: It could even make smaller file versions from the originals Launchbox/Bigbox do already do this on the fly the first time a theme is used, this is what the LB-Cache and BB-Cache in the images folder are, resized images, resized to the size the in use theme requires. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thimolor Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, neil9000 said: Launchbox/Bigbox do already do this on the fly the first time a theme is used, this is what the LB-Cache and BB-Cache in the images folder are, resized images, resized to the size the in use theme requires. Nice, didn't know how the caching actually worked. So even with image optimizations turned on it's a struggle to use assets as you wish. Animating and using box shadows kills the performance completely. Well, I just need to find ways to have visual impact without too much candy. I think the image caching only affects wheel items. If there was a way to load these with the CTC to use as background etc. it could solve many of my problems. It looks like when making themes with CTC it uses only the original assets. Edited February 21, 2022 by Juketsu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Beats Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 CTC to my knowledge only loads raw images for it's previews as opposed to cached images. Most image types at this point can be cached, though I believe there are a few that are not (like backgrounds). If you want to use a cached image you can use the FlowImage control and if that image group caches it will use it by default which can speed up load times. I'd be nice to get a theme dev controlled cache item for items/groups you know aren't changing but that isn't in the works just yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thimolor Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 1 hour ago, C-Beats said: CTC to my knowledge only loads raw images for it's previews as opposed to cached images. Most image types at this point can be cached, though I believe there are a few that are not (like backgrounds). If you want to use a cached image you can use the FlowImage control and if that image group caches it will use it by default which can speed up load times. I'd be nice to get a theme dev controlled cache item for items/groups you know aren't changing but that isn't in the works just yet. Thanks for the info. I might try my luck with the FlowImage. Then again, I have already made the changes to get things run better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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