KingSlayer420 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Coverbox - Fragments View File Sorry for the poor quality, i will replace it with a more detailed extended version when I have more time. MUCH BETTER VIDEOS: By DonellHD DESCRIPTION: I am possibly the biggest Coverbox fanboy in these forums, I've loved it since I was made aware of its existence. It was my go to for over a year of retro gaming. After using it for a while I started to notice areas that could be improved upon, eventually leading to me wanting to do something about it. After getting permission from Faeran I started adding in all the stuff I wished Coverbox had. I found it more flexible to make each platform a individual theme so I could have full control over all the views per platform, music, all the cool things that come with individual theme settings. Basically what we are left with is a super badass version of coverbox that's all "fragmented" into individual themes. Its got all the flashy stuff of a modern theme but still retains that sweet warm glow of Coverbox. I started making a "core" theme that was supposed to be a bridge between these fragments and the main platform theme, called "PlatformBox". It was put on the back burner and I never got back to it, I plan to make that eventually. So for now these will only work if applied in game view mode (the view that lists your games). Meaning, you have to go into that platform to the game list then apply the corresponding theme to see its effect. WARNING: These themes may not work well on low performance machines! I do not have a low spec pc to test them on. Im working on that in the newer versions so everybody can enjoy it. FEATURES: Totally remastered Coverbox view More Details View box back when in game details on-the-fly region changes to UI, cases, even the background! many many custom options official UI sounds seamless game details menu (just like CoverBox!) EXTREMELY detailed box art options custom startup & pause themes Platform addon support (satellaview, 64dd, etc) EXTRAS: Coverbox - Fragments Startup Themes Coverbox - Fragments Pause Themes COMPLETED FRAGMENTS: 20 Nintendo (Famicom/Famicom Disk) Super Nintendo (Satellaview/Sufami Turbo) Nintendo 64 (64DD) Nintendo Gamecube (Needs work) Nintendo Wii (eshop) Nintendo WiiU (Incomplete - 70%) Nintendo Switch (Incomplete - 60%) Nintendo Gameboy Nintendo Gameboy Color Nintendo Gameboy Advance Nintendo DS (GBA Support) Nintendo 3DS Sony Playstation Sony Playstation 2 Sony Playstation 3 Sony PSP Sega Genesis (Mega Drive/Sega CD/Mega CD/32x) Sega Saturn Sega Dreamcast MS-DOS Microsoft XBox Microsoft Xbox 360 Current Platform: Tell me what project you want me to work on next GUIDES: INSTALL GUIDE Spoiler INSTALLING FRAGMENTS: 1) Download one of the fragments and copy its contents to the usual "Launchbox\Themes " folder. 2) Fire up BigBox and apply the theme. Do this by going into the platform you intend to apply a fragment to. For this example I want to apply the Dreamcast fragment, so I enter the dreamcast platform so it lists my games then hit your hotkey for themes (mine is T). Select the fragment that matches from the theme list, in this case "Coverbox Fragment - Dreamcast". 3) Repeat for any other fragments INSTALLING STARTUP/PAUSE THEMES: Install startup/pause themes to their normal locations. They need to be downloaded and installed separately if you wish to use them. Coverbox - Fragments Startup Themes Coverbox - Fragments Pause Themes CUSTOM OPTIONS GUIDE Spoiler Each of the fragment themes has a hidden set of custom options to further extend the Coverbox experience. These options vary from platform to platform, and are optional. Each option is listed in the "Custom Fields.txt" file included in the themes folder. Enabling custom options is very easy, they are applied on a per-game basis. You can select multiple games and add them that way as well if you need to bulk edit. 1) Let's say I want to use the greatest hits label for Destruction Derby 2 because I like it the most. You start by editing the game(s) metadata. Right click on the game and select "Edit Metadata/Media". 2) Next we need to select "Custom Fields" tab to the left, then input the option from the themes "Custom Options.txt" included inside the theme folder. It says I need to add Greatest Hits with a value of Yes 3) Thats it! Your good to go. Load up BigBox and you will see the custom options are applied automatically now. ON-THE-FLY REGION CHANGES GUIDE Spoiler The on-the-fly region changes will only work if a region has been specified in the games metadata. It will work automatically after specifying a supported region in the metadata, no more input required. I will list below the supported regions: North America United States Japan Europe United Kingdom PATREON: Become a member of my Patreon, a place where you can help me decide which direction to go with my BigBox themes. Let me know if my ideas are trash, or gold. Guide me in the right direction because lord knows I need it. If you decide to become a member of my super secret club, I will listen to your stories, requests, and criticism. Your voices will be heard, and I will do my best to make the magic happen. KingSlayer420 Patreon CREDITS: Community Theme Creator 3.0 - By y2guru CoverBox 4.02 - By faeran GenesisMini - [Theme Workshop] 1.0 - By faeran DOS Matrix - [Theme Workshop] 1.1 - By faeran Sega-CD-Mini theme - By Arcanthur Xbox Sound Pack - By Random420 Default assets - By dragon57 COLORFUL Hardware Device Images - By viking Platform Logos Professionally Redrawn - By Dan Patrick Photoreal Controller Vectors - By Pineapple Graphics Dreamcast Sound Pack 1.1.0 - By RetroNi Nes Classic Navigation Sounds 1.0.0 - By ea4492 Gamecube Soundpack - By gils001 Switch Sound Pack - By Grila PS2 Soundpack 1.0.0 - By Jodanzuki PlayStation 3 Sound Pack 1.0.0 - By RetroNi Xbox 360 Sound Pack 1.0.0 - By RetroNi Nintendo 3DS 1.0.0 - By reon Kyosuke Room Backgrounds - By arsenixc Nintendo Famicom Disk - Pure Real Serie - Cartridge 2.5D By Dedaloso PS2 Background 1.0.0 - By tbm SPECIAL THANKS TO: Faeran - For making Coverbox, letting me use your assets, helping me when I get stuck, making all the CTC videos, your like a mentor to me. y2guru - For making Community Theme Creator, none of this would be possible without it! Also thank you for all the instructional videos! Cnells2000 - For supporting me the entire time, searching the depths of the internet in search of me after I left, talking me into coming back, and just being a all around likeable dude. I owe ya one. Patreon Supporters - For keeping the coffee comin' and helping me with the themes. VIP SUPPORTERS: Pademonium Cinematics If you like this theme, leave a review and tell me about it! It keeps me motivated! Submitter KingSlayer420 Submitted 07/05/2024 Category Custom Themes 2 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidecar940 Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Thanks for your work, I love coverbox, so I will try this version for sure. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallyWonka Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 love these themes a lot, but I can't get Sega Genesis/Megadrive to work. The theme is missing a bunch of files and folders in the zip file. Can you check and upload again? Thanks! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingSlayer420 Posted July 25 Author Share Posted July 25 On 7/24/2024 at 5:19 PM, WallyWonka said: love these themes a lot, but I can't get Sega Genesis/Megadrive to work. The theme is missing a bunch of files and folders in the zip file. Can you check and upload again? Thanks! thanks for reporting that, it was missing the whole part2 from when it was split on Patreon. I fixed it, you should be good to go now. If you notice any more just shoot me a msg I'll take care of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessaKayCee Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 First wanna say I love these themes! I have run into two issues though and not sure if it's a mistake on my end. 1) Super Nintendo and Gameboy Color don't work and just display the default theme instead. 2)None of the startup or pause themes work, startups just freeze and I can manually close it but the game doesn't start and I have to re-launch bigbox to be able to launch any game. The pause themes kinda work, like I can navigate and quit, but they only display a black screen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingSlayer420 Posted July 27 Author Share Posted July 27 (edited) On 7/26/2024 at 11:14 AM, JessaKayCee said: 1) Super Nintendo and Gameboy Color don't work and just display the default theme instead. I think I see the issue with those. I had them inside a extra folder, sorry about that. I re-uploaded them, they should work now. If not, let me know. On 7/26/2024 at 11:14 AM, JessaKayCee said: 2)None of the startup or pause themes work, startups just freeze and I can manually close it but the game doesn't start and I have to re-launch bigbox to be able to launch any game. The pause themes kinda work, like I can navigate and quit, but they only display a black screen. I will look into those sometime today. I built all these with CTC 3.2 and that might be the cause of the startup/pause issues, actually, I know it is. I never went back and rebuilt all these with the newer CTC version that fixes those issues. That will take me a minute, I know in this version those views still need a bit of work. I'll have to grab the older 3.1.5 version of CTC (as thats what I made these with) and re-publish each theme, zip up all the stuff, and re-upload them all. It's Saturday, the best day. I usually spend most of the afternoon with the family, got the pool up and clean, and I am on camera/lifeguard duty while the kids play fast and loose jumping into the pool. I will be busy with that for most of the day, but I will find time to get that fixed up sometime later tonight hopefully. EDIT: Turns out I had some time before all the chaos, I re-uploaded all the themes, and pause/startup themes. I tested with SNES theme and all seems well. Hope that fixes your issues. Edited July 27 by KingSlayer420 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucoshi Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 I didn't find any Custom Fields.txt also here are some ideas for custom options Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zetec-s-joe Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 Great theme, keep it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ_on_Launchbox Posted November 17 Share Posted November 17 Very creative. I like the Idea a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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