YART (Yet Another Refried Theme)

Baggio · January 2, 2023

YART (Yet Another Refried Theme)

So basically i have recreated RetroHumanoid's amazing Unified Refried theme in CTC and made quite a few changes to hopefully make it even better. The most notable changes are that it has more info when viewing games and the new movable 3D model boxes. I’ve also added the abilty to choose if you want Fanart or the default images as the background images and having images or text as in the bottom infobar. Atm its only 16:9 but if there is interest I’ll try and add more aspect ratios.

To get the most out of this theme you need box - fronts, box - backs and box spines in your Launchbox setup. You can do without the box - backs if you dont paln on rotating the 3D models though.

So the views it has so far;

3 Platform views 1 with a full screen video and vertical wheel, one with a smaller video and one that has a selectable favourites and recently played list
3 Wall views to kind of mimic Launchbox (need some tweaking still though)
4 Vertical Wheel games views with 2 different background choices like Refried, one with a big console/handheld/TV and dynamically changing images for different platforms. The other 2 are smaller images of the platform in the corner, without the dynamically changing platform images.
2 of the Vertical Wheel games views (1 dynamic and 1 not as above) have a clear logos wheel and movable 3D model boxes (front, back and spines images needed for full effect for all wheel views) and spinning CD or cart images
2 of the Vertical wheel games views (1 dynamic and 1 not as above) have a vertical box cases wheel as well as 3D movable boxes and and spinning CD or cart images
1 Text view which is mainly for the game selection options (play, read manual ect) with gameplay, title and game select screenshots.

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Features:

Dynamically changing platform images (like refried)
Dynamic Marquees for arcade games (like refried)
Dynamic Marquees/Backglass for Pinball games (Future Pinball, Pinball FX3 and Visual Pinball)
Moveable 3D model boxes
Controller images change in playmode for different platforms
Most badges shown
Publisher, genre, playmode and certification in infobar and game notes scrolling along the bottom
Fanart for the background if you wish.

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To change/remove certain images;

Wheel Views

For the Fanart as a background delete or rename the folder; Themes>YART>Media>Background.
If you want the any of the Publisher, Genre, Playmode and PEGI/ESRB* images to show as text instead of the images, delete or rename the folders; Publisher Logos, Icons Genres, Icons Play Modes and both the Icons PEGI and Icons ESRB folder (to remove the certification), all are in; Themes>YART>Media.

*( When the game certification is shown as text I can’t find a way for it to show the PEGI certification so it will say, M-Mature instead of 18 for example)

To change the certification Image from the EU PEGI to the US ESRB ratings, rename or delete folder; Themes>YART>Media>Icons PEGI
To change the PEGI text to read ESRB in the wheels views go to the folder; Themes>YART>Views and;

Open WheelGamesView.xaml, Wheel2GamesView.xaml, Wheel3GamesView.xaml, Wheel4GamesView.xaml and the TextGamesView.xaml in a text editor (Notepad++ is a good option) and find Text="PEGI: and replace it with Text="ESRB: in all 5 of the above views or just the one you use.

To Stop all the Discs from Spinning

Open WheelGamesView.xaml, Wheel2GamesView.xaml, Wheel3GamesView.xaml and Wheel4GamesView.xaml in a text editor and search for BeginTime="00:00:02.5" To="360" Duration="00:00:05" RepeatBehavior="Forever"> and replace with BeginTime="00:00:00.0" To="0" Duration="00:00:00" RepeatBehavior="Forever">

You need to do this twice (or replace all in Notepad++) as there are 2 entries you need to replace to stop them all spinning, one for the CDs and one for the Mini CDs

Wall Views

For Fanart to show for the Wall Views delete or rename the folder; Themes>YART>Media>WallViewBackground
To change the certification Image from the EU PEGI to US ESRB overwrite the files in the folder; Themes>YART>Media>Icons PEGI Wall, with files in the Themes>YART>Media>Icons ESRB Wall folder.

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Text filter and Platform 3, recently played and favourites

For these to show you need to go to Options>Views in Bigbox and enable "show filters recent games" and "show filters favourite games"

Launchbox controls what images are shown in the recently played and favourites. To change what type of image is used go to image group and choose the type of image you want to use in the dropdown (shown below). This seems to be platform specific as well so you need to go through them all. (Boxes or 3D Boxes work best others don't work well)

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Front and Back Images

To have more Front and Back boxes show on the 3D models (If the proper front and back ones arent available) i recommend setting these priorities in Launchbox.

Credit:

@RetroHumanoid and his amazing Unified Refried on which this built on. Whilst i have made a lot of images myself most are from his theme (especially the video borders).

@faeran for his Unified CTC which i used as a template to start this (and it taught me how to use the Community Theme Creator)

@y2guru for the unbelievable Community Theme Creator

If I’m missing others I’m really sorry as i have been at this for a while off and on so may have used other people images somewhere a long the line.

Lastly, this is my first effort at theme creation so bear with me if things aren't as they should be. I'll fix any problems ASAP if you guys find any issues

P.S. Please give me suggestions on what to do with views that haven't been filled yet or changes that could me made to the current views.

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Wheel 1, Wheel 2 Handhelds and Wheel 3 views showing the 3D boxes

This is what it looks like with all the images removed (as detailed above) in the infobar

Submitter

Baggio
Submitted

01/02/2023
Category

Custom Themes

Baggio · January 2, 2023

Platforms and Playlists covered

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Edited January 3, 2023 by PaulyC

Baggio · January 3, 2023

I just realised that I didn’t add the show text option to the wheel if no clear logo is present so I’ll sort that out tomorrow.

Baggio · January 6, 2023

Just wordered what everyone thought if i changed the text view to this so it shows you more when you click on a game? As it is below it will show 1 to 4 pictures from the Title, game select and 2 gameplay pics (3 gameplay pics will show if the title or game select are missing) and the total playtime (which i could hide if its not been played)

I could also maybe get rid of some of the infobar at the bottom as well as thats shown on the previous screen or replace the entries with something else?

Rincewind · January 7, 2023

Its a thumbs up from me it would be a good addition.

These are subjective points I know but I thought I would give feedback. The clock colour would look great if it was using the same platform colour conditions as your using for the titles.

Also whats great about the unified / refried themes are the bright colours that pop out in the video borders and text so I was thinking the textlist wheel could maybe have some colour added in some way.

Awesome theme, great to know your keeping it updated too.

Baggio · January 7, 2023

On 1/7/2023 at 1:58 AM, Rincewind said:

Its a thumbs up from me it would be a good addition.

These are subjective points I know but I thought I would give feedback. The clock colour would look great if it was using the same platform colour conditions as your using for the titles.

Also whats great about the unified / refried themes are the bright colours that pop out in the video borders and text so I was thinking the textlist wheel could maybe have some colour added in some way.

Awesome theme, great to know your keeping it updated too.

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Brilliant thanks

Ill sort the clock out to change with the platform i never even thought of that tbh. So you think just changing the text wheel to look like refried (pic below) with just the selection box a different colour or can you think of something more extravagant?

I dont think it can be set up to change colour with the platfrom though but i'll ask and see if its possable.

Baggio · January 7, 2023

Added 2 new views made some changes

Fixed video borders not showing when using All Games filter
Added animations to gameplay videos
Added new view when you select a game that now shows game images and playtime (WIP)
Fixed the naming on some platforms. Thanks @Mr. Skerpentine for pointing them out
Made and added images for the Atari 800
The time in the corner now matchs the platform colour the @Rincewind
Added platform view that refried uses
Added platform view with recently played and favorites games screen (WIP as i still need to figure out how to get favourites to work)

Edited January 8, 2023 by PaulyC

Baggio · January 8, 2023

Another update

Added Text Filter view with recently played and favourites selectable
Added game count to the text view and vertical views
Added colour conditioning to text view wheel. Thanks @y2guru for fixing this
Added multi disk and documents to badges

Drivin33 · January 22, 2023

Great theme and I had a question about a couple of things. In attract mode, game info and the game video is displayed properly but when the wheel starts spinning , the video disappears and is blank until the wheel stops on the next game upon which then the video snap correctly plays for that game but then goes blank when the wheel starts spinning again. Not a big deal really, but not something I’ve seen on other themes. Similarly, when in game wheel view and I press escape to back one level to platform view, the video window is blank in platform view until the wheel starts spinning again or I manually move the wheel to the next platform.

Another question - my “platforms” are really playlists such as Arcade Games, Lightgun Games, Racing Games, etc. I noticed that the default “Arcade” cabinet that plays the video snap correctly changes for a particular game when the theme realizes that the platform for that game has changed. Changing to Taito Type X cabinet for example. I see there are “cabinets” available for Racing Games, Lightgun Games, etc. But I can’t figure out where to put those images so that the theme changes for example, to the Racing Games cabinet when a racing game is shown. Hope that makes sense.

Arthurcoutinho600 · January 25, 2023

Hello

how many platforms support have this theme

Thanks

Edited January 25, 2023 by Arthurcoutinho600

RetroHumanoid · January 30, 2023

As much as I loved working on the Refried theme,I haven't had much time to come back to it...so it's good to see others taking that time to update and add new features...well done

coliver33 · February 4, 2023

@PaulyC When I attempt to download 1.7, it won't extract -- file deemed "invalid". Can you verify that the correct file is included for download?

Baggio · February 6, 2023

Sorry guys i didn't get any notifications about these again.

On 1/22/2023 at 7:14 PM, Drivin33 said:

Great theme and I had a question about a couple of things. In attract mode, game info and the game video is displayed properly but when the wheel starts spinning , the video disappears and is blank until the wheel stops on the next game upon which then the video snap correctly plays for that game but then goes blank when the wheel starts spinning again. Not a big deal really, but not something I’ve seen on other themes. Similarly, when in game wheel view and I press escape to back one level to platform view, the video window is blank in platform view until the wheel starts spinning again or I manually move the wheel to the next platform.

Another question - my “platforms” are really playlists such as Arcade Games, Lightgun Games, Racing Games, etc. I noticed that the default “Arcade” cabinet that plays the video snap correctly changes for a particular game when the theme realizes that the platform for that game has changed. Changing to Taito Type X cabinet for example. I see there are “cabinets” available for Racing Games, Lightgun Games, etc. But I can’t figure out where to put those images so that the theme changes for example, to the Racing Games cabinet when a racing game is shown. Hope that makes sense.

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Did i sort all these out on comments page we were talking on?

On 1/25/2023 at 7:42 PM, Arthurcoutinho600 said:

Hello

how many platforms support have this theme

Thanks

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The list is in the second post here. Click the spoiler to see them.

On 1/30/2023 at 9:48 PM, RetroHumanoid said:

As much as I loved working on the Refried theme,I haven't had much time to come back to it...so it's good to see others taking that time to update and add new features...well done

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Thanks. None of this would be possible without your original theme so thank you

On 2/4/2023 at 6:17 PM, coliver33 said:

@PaulyC When I attempt to download 1.7, it won't extract -- file deemed "invalid". Can you verify that the correct file is included for download?

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I replied on the comments page, did you sort it?

Edited February 6, 2023 by PaulyC

coliver33 · February 6, 2023

@PaulyCYep I'm all set thank you!

Baggio · February 6, 2023

On 2/6/2023 at 7:55 PM, coliver33 said:

@PaulyCYep I'm all set thank you!

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Good stuff

Drivin33 · February 6, 2023

@PaulyC In the VideoBorders folder, I see a bunch of borders for Arcade Classics, Racing Games, Light Gun Games, etc. From what I can tell, those borders change based on the platform. Is there a way they can change based on the playlist?

coliver33 · February 6, 2023

@RetroHumanoid I direct-messaged you just now, if you can check your inbox. Thank you! Chris

Baggio · February 7, 2023

On 2/6/2023 at 10:32 PM, Drivin33 said:

@PaulyC In the VideoBorders folder, I see a bunch of borders for Arcade Classics, Racing Games, Light Gun Games, etc. From what I can tell, those borders change based on the platform. Is there a way they can change based on the playlist?

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This was a problem I had. They are meant to change to there relevant playlist name.

When the playlists were nested only only the filtertitle metadata would get them to show. But changing it to that from platform what it’s supposed to be made it so the video borders didn’t change at all when your in a playlist (or at least when viewing all games from the BB menu)

I also tried platformorplaylist metadata and that didn’t work either so I’m stumped on how to get one working without breaking the other.

i discussed it with y2guru here.

Drivin33 · February 7, 2023

@PaulyC No worries. It's a minor issue really.

Baggio · May 12, 2023

Heres the changes to the infobar i was talking about. Nothing drastic, i just wanted to know if this looked better on not?

Edited May 12, 2023 by PaulyC

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