KingSlayer420 Posted July 5, 2024 Posted July 5, 2024 Coverbox Remastered View File COVERBOX FRAGMENTS VIDEOS: By DonellHD DESCRIPTION: I am quite possibly the biggest Coverbox fan in these forums, I've loved it since the first day I used it. 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. Its got all the flashy stuff of a modern theme but still retains that sweet warm glow of Coverbox. After a couple of years I started to feel the same way about my old fragments, all the new stuff Dave was adding to the CTC was missing from those old fragments. Now, here I am again doing that same thing. Redoing the coverbox views, its become my 2nd hobby. I spent many months listening to what you guys wanted from the themes, I took all that information and mashed it together into what you see here. It's been a long road, I've learned alot over the years and finally feel like I can bring my vision to life. Please keep in mind this is still a very early version of the theme, stick with me while I polish up and add more game list views. To any newcomers, do not be scared off by the massive overload of information in this thread! It works out of the box with no extra work required. It works without installing any of the addons, or adding any custom options. It adapts to what you have installed and it adapts to what media you have. This will only improve as time goes by and people help me test the logic, eventually it will adapt to anything you throw at it. If you want to use all the custom options it can "seem" complex when in fact it's very simple. Making it was not, but using it should be. The custom options are for advanced users that want more out of their game lists. Give it a try, it might be your new go-to theme. FEATURES: Totally Re-Remastered Coverbox views Even more details Insane amount of logic added View box back when in game details in 2D or 3D mode! On-the-fly region changes to UI, cases, logos, buttons, icons, even the background! Many many custom options, so many options. Cart & Disc animations! Now with a set of Global Settings so you can get your Coverbox just right Seamless game details menu (just like CoverBox!) EXTREMELY detailed box art options More than just a Cover! Under the hood each Cover is fully constructed. Complete with inlay, disc, cart, wrapper, everything. When missing media happens, what you see underneath is authentic. Custom startup & pause themes (still working on them for v2) Now with Addon Support! Adapts immediately to what you have installed, and what you don't. Background Videos are now installed as a addon! for those who prefer them off. The theme adapts and switches to static bg views. Holiday Events Addon! New Holiday stuff added for those who enjoy a decent jump scare and good ol saint nick. (4th of July, Christmas, Halloween) Now with proper Retroachievements Support! Get them cheevs (Thanks Dave!) Background Music Addon! Listen to some sweet synth beats when you browse the platform list (can be turned off in global settings) Now with Game Save/State Support! IDK what it even is, or how to even activate it, but it's in there. VIEWS: Platform View 1 (WIP) Settings View 7 Remastered Coverbox Views Default View (for platforms with no theme yet) More platform/game list views on the way REQUIREMENTS: This theme no longer has many requirements! If the theme is running slow just disable some of the features until it's smooth as butter BigBox Version: 13 or later Region Metadata Filled Out Gameplay Videos (Its Coverbox after all) Platforms MUST be named using official Launchbox names, listed below. SUPPORTED PLATFORM/PLAYLIST NAMES: Nintendo Game Boy Nintendo Game Boy Color Nintendo Game Boy Advance Nintendo Super Game Boy Sega Game Gear Sony Playstation Sony Pocketstation If you do not wish to change your platform names you can rename the view files to match your platform/playlist names. EXTRAS: (OLD STARTUP/PAUSE STUFF) NEW ONES NOT READY YET Coverbox - Fragments Startup Themes Coverbox - Fragments Pause Themes REMASTERED PLATFORMS: 7 Nintendo Super Nintendo Nintendo 64 Nintendo Gamecube Nintendo Wii Nintendo WiiU Nintendo Switch Nintendo Gameboy (Remastered) Nintendo Gameboy Color (Remastered) Nintendo Gameboy Advance (Remastered) Nintendo Super Gameboy (NEW!) Nintendo DS Nintendo 3DS Sony Playstation (Remastered) Sony PocketStation (NEW!) Sony Playstation 2 Sony Playstation 3 Sony PSP Sega Game Gear (NEW!) Sega Genesis Sega Saturn Sega Dreamcast MS-DOS Microsoft XBox Microsoft Xbox 360 GUIDES: INSTALL GUIDE Spoiler INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS: 1) Download Coverbox Remastered and copy its contents to the usual "Launchbox\Themes " folder. 2) Done INSTALLING ADDONS: 1) Download the addon you want to install and copy its contents to "Launchbox\Themes " folder. Check the settings page to verify it was installed properly. UPDATING ADDONS: Updating addons does NOT require updating of the main theme, or deleting the old version of the addon (you CAN delete it, but dont HAVE to unless i specify to do so) Updating is the same as installing, copy the addons contents to "Launchbox\Themes " folder, overwrite the old version. Check the settings and verify that the version number increased. INSTALLING STARTUP/PAUSE THEMES: (NOT FINISHED YET) 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 SUGGESTED BIGBOX SETTINGS Spoiler This theme works best if you use the recommended BigBox settings. Of course these are all optional but they match up with the menus and give the intended experience. VIEW > default startup > set to "platforms" VIEW > enable "remember separate view for each platform" GENERAL > enable "skip game details screen" GENERAL > enable "hold b to enter settings" CONTROLLERS MAPPINGS > show game details screen > map to "start button" CUSTOM OPTIONS GUIDE (THE SCREENSHOTS HERE ARE FROM THE OLD VERSION. UPDATE IT) Spoiler This theme 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. GLOBAL SETTINGS GUIDE (ADD SCREENSHOTS) Spoiler You can now customize a few global options to Customize Coverbox even further. Inside the "Coverbox Remastered\Media\_SETTINGS" folder are a set of .png files. These png files are named after the global setting they apply to. If you want to disable any of the features simply just rename it to OFF instead of ON. example: COVER STATIC - ON.png rename to > COVER STATIC - OFF.png Alternatively, you can name it whatever you want. It disables it as soon as its renamed to anything but what I have them set to. All pngs that are labeled as ON will enable the associated setting automatically. These settings are global. A quick rundown of what the features actually do is listed below: 3D BOX BACK - Uses the 3D box model for game details. When off it uses 2D version. BG MUSIC - Enable/Disable background music in settings menu, and platform views. BG VIDEO - Enables/Disable the background video used in some themes. Theme will use static BG instead. CART ANIMATION - Enable/Disable the cartridge animations COVER STATIC - Enable/Disable the static thats displayed when browsing the game list. DISC ANIMATIONS - Enable/Disable the disc move/spin animations HOLIDAY EVENTS - Enable/Disable the holiday events UNPLAYED WRAPPER - Enable/Disable the wrapper overlay for unplayed games. UNKNOWN PLATFORM ALERTS - Enable/Disable the Unknown platform alerts on the default game list theme. Have Fun! I spent a GREAT deal of time making this so flexible. There is alot of logic and moving parts, i may have missed something because of that. If something is out of place don't be afraid to let me know so i can fix it. 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 SUPPORTED MEDIA GUIDE Spoiler COLORFUL PLATFORM VIDEOS: This theme supports Viking's awesome platform videos. Clean, centered, uniformed....perfect. You can find them here. In order to use them with this theme they need to be copied to the correct location. First download the videos and make sure to rename the videos to just the platform name. example: Colorful_4K_-_Nintendo_DS_-_(1.0)_by_Viking.mp4 rename to: Nintendo DS.mp4 Place all your "renamed" colorful videos into: "LaunchBox\Themes\Coverbox Remastered\Media\_COLORFUL VIDEOS" They will load automatically on next boot of BigBox. Alternatively, you can add any video and it will play in place of the colorful videos. SUPER GAMEBOY BORDERS: The Super Gameboy game list theme supports Super Gameboy borders on a per game basis. There are over 800 of them over at vgmuseum. I don't have the time to crop and rename 800 borders but maybe somebody else does. If your looking for some of your own just get the ones you need for your games until somebody uploads a full set to the launchbox forums. These need to be named exactly as the name of the game and copied to: "LaunchBox\Themes\Coverbox Remastered\Media\_SGB BORDERS" If they are named properly they will load automatically on next boot of the Super Gameboy when highlighting said game. PS: You will notice I already have some default super gameboy borders in there, those are loaded randomly when no game border is found. delete any you dont like. PATREON: Become a member of my Patreon, a place where you can help keep me up late by buying me Starbucks. It's no longer a place of paywall, I dont even spend alot of time there it's just a place for people to donate to my long nights of theming. I spend alot of time in my gaming room making these themes, if you feel that using these themes has brough you $3 worth of joy, please consider donating to my coffee pot. Any person that donates (even just once) will get their name permanently listed in the "Supporter" section on the settings page of this theme. As a added plus you can make requests and 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: ASSETS: Photoreal Controller Vectors - By Pineapple Graphics Platform Backgrounds from Unified - By CriticalCid COLORFUL Hardware PNG media - By viking COLORFUL platform video set - By viking LaunchBox Logos - By Dan Patrick Default assets - By dragon57 Color Logos Wallpaper - By dragon57 Blank Box art - By Pyrometheous SNES Console Front Face - By BMovieBen Super Gameboy Cartridges - By Duimon HD PS1 BIOS Theme - By mrgonaka Retroarch PSX Bios Theme - By Sir5ur Super Gameboy Borders - By ruckage Platform Fanart - By BlazingRyuu Cart and Case Borders - By ABeezy1388 Gameboy Kiosk Overlay - By p3st HyperSpin Platform Pointers - By thatman84 Unified Pointers - By CriticalCid MUSIC: RetroSynth - By Bastien Agussol This is Halloween - By Universfield Tetris Theme - By SpookyDave Flower Garden Remix - By Qumu Super Mario Land Remix - By Qumu Holly Jolly Christmas - By Don Salmon Music Star Spangled Banner - By Music Unlimited PS1 Startup Song Remix - By IAmReegz Underground Remastered 80s Style - By Aqua MIDI Focused - By 8-BrickDMG Pokemon Synthwave - By Chillboy Beats Emerald Hill Zone Remix - By Player2 Astro Advancement - By Sponzi Castle Theme Remix - By PIXELIZER GTA Retrowave Remix - By RetroCiri VIDEO: Rainbow Neon Stairs - By Anton Nikolaienko Futuristic Pixel Neon - By Siam Ahmad Halloween Festival - By Potjanun Surirug Christmas Scene - By Cahya Sunandar Digital LCD Pattern - By Ponravin Phom-in Merry Christmas - By Black Spade Design Happy Independence Day - By Saad Ur Rehman American Flag Wave - By Dwi Rustiyanto 3D Grid Tunnel - By Paduret Dan Cristian Abstract Radiating Lightburst - By Ibna Foysal Abstract Geometric Shapes - By Pipat Sungwises Elegant Moving Shapes - By Chandresh Uike White Color Grid - By Digital Background Gray Grid - By Syahrul Iman Colorful Lines - By Herlangga Perkasa Abstract Lighting - By Shajahan Ali Lens Flare - By Herlangga Perkasa Pink Curved Lines - By Happy Dwi Sulaspriyono 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. If you like this theme, leave a review and tell me about it! It keeps me motivated! _CUSTOM FIELDS.txt Submitter KingSlayer420 Submitted 07/05/2024 Category Custom Themes 2 1 2 Quote
Sidecar940 Posted July 8, 2024 Posted July 8, 2024 Thanks for your work, I love coverbox, so I will try this version for sure. 1 1 Quote
WallyWonka Posted July 24, 2024 Posted July 24, 2024 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
KingSlayer420 Posted July 25, 2024 Author Posted July 25, 2024 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
JessaKayCee Posted July 26, 2024 Posted July 26, 2024 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
KingSlayer420 Posted July 27, 2024 Author Posted July 27, 2024 (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, 2024 by KingSlayer420 Quote
Lucoshi Posted September 21, 2024 Posted September 21, 2024 I didn't find any Custom Fields.txt also here are some ideas for custom options Quote
TJ_on_Launchbox Posted November 17, 2024 Posted November 17, 2024 Very creative. I like the Idea a lot. Quote
Kouta555 Posted February 17 Posted February 17 this is the best theme! small question, where did descriptions of games gone? i search everywhere, but couldn't fint it. Quote
FieryFox99 Posted April 23 Posted April 23 the Xbox theme doesn't seem to work. I receive the following error everytime I attempt to open it. Quote
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