Post by: NeoID on February 06, 2017, 08:53:00 PM
Before switching to the new domain I was working on a new theme for RetroFE called RetroBox.
The theme also features a script that "compiles" menu items containing artwork, genre, players and year. See code for valid arguments, I haven't organized the code just yet, but it works.
Unfortunately none of the artwork, media or stories are included for now, but I'm working on a complete setup. :)
About the theme and concept: https://idmedia.no/projects/retrobox/creating-new-theme-retrofe/
Screenshots
(https://idmedia.no/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/SystemView.png)
(https://idmedia.no/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/GameView.png)
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ8E9ZXN3fE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ8E9ZXN3fE)
I post some videos now and then, so please subscribe if you want to stay up to date of this or other projects. :)
Thanks
A huge thank you to Pieter Hulshoff for taking over the RetroFE project and keeping it alive!
Another thank you to JonahUK for the initial ideas for the script (using Photoshop).
Download
Download here (https://idmedia.no/projects/retrobox/preview-retrobox-theme-retrofe/)
Post by: Floyd on February 07, 2017, 12:40:44 PM
Post by: JonahUK on February 07, 2017, 12:58:36 PM
Another thank you to JonahUK for the initial ideas for the script (using Photoshop).
Glad you sorted it and the theme is looking nice!
Post by: Pieter Hulshoff on February 07, 2017, 01:50:12 PM
Post by: ryuuji on February 07, 2017, 02:33:14 PM
Takk!
Post by: NeoID on February 18, 2017, 03:47:31 PM
I've also thought about adding a graphical timeline on top of the console view so you can see "where you are" in relation to the other consoles... Another (awesome) solution would be a grid/wall layout, but that's something that unfortunately isn't supported yet *looks at Pieter Hulshoff with huge Bambi eyes*
I appreciate any ideas here. :)
Post by: Sequence on March 27, 2018, 12:18:31 PM
Big thanks to him & Peter.
Post by: NeoID on March 27, 2018, 12:49:54 PM
Just had to say I liked this theme a lot when I first saw it. The fact that an image was needed for each menu item with the box & title & and genre made me not want to travel this road. I can say now that this is possible without custom images. After what I've just seen, I know fantastic things are possible if coded correctly. In other words, I could make this theme with no extras necessary as it would natively use the box and info as a single image. Im recreating igarikoitz aura theme and....wow.
Big thanks to him & Peter.
I know.. it's not perfect, but it automatically generates those images for you... :)
Post by: Sequence on March 27, 2018, 03:41:41 PM
Post by: Sequence on March 30, 2018, 09:26:10 AM
So the question is... how would one call a background image for each game? Not asking for the singular background like fanart but rather use the same background image displayed underneath all logos. Hopefully this can be done without batch. If not, I'm just gonna batch 1000's of the same image.
Post by: Pieter Hulshoff on March 30, 2018, 11:30:22 AM
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Post by: latreides on March 30, 2018, 02:05:07 PM
Post by: Sequence on March 31, 2018, 12:34:45 AM
Post by: Sequence on March 31, 2018, 11:18:22 AM
No mode used:
collections/SNES/medium_artwork/logo/1942.png
collections/SNES/medium_artwork/logo/default.png
Mode layout:
layouts/<layout name>/collections/SNES/medium_artwork/logo/1942.png
layouts/<layout name>/collections/SNES/medium_artwork/logo/default.png *Here is what does not work for me. Logo obviously works as I have the logos, but an unused imageType with default.png in it's directory :(
Mode system:
collections/SNES/system_artwork/logo.png
Mode systemlayout:
layouts/<layout name>/collections/SNES/system_artwork/logo.png
Mode common (not very useful for type logo):
collections/_common/medium_artwork/logo/1942.png
collections/_common/medium_artwork/logo/default.png
Mode commonlayout (not very useful for type logo):
layouts/<layout name>/collections/_common/medium_artwork/logo/1942.png
layouts/<layout name>/collections/_common/medium_artwork/logo/default.png
*If you could test and confirm how this is done that would be awesome.
Post by: Pieter Hulshoff on March 31, 2018, 01:53:05 PM
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Post by: billyc666 on March 31, 2018, 02:10:04 PM
Post by: Pieter Hulshoff on March 31, 2018, 09:08:54 PM
Post by: Sequence on April 01, 2018, 06:41:07 AM
Post by: Pieter Hulshoff on April 01, 2018, 07:14:25 AM
Thanks guys. One more thing. If it would be possible to "menu up" items like numberPlayers, that would be awesome.
I’m not sure what you mean. Can you elaborate?
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Post by: Sequence on April 01, 2018, 02:29:14 PM
Good example, look at the snes mini game menu. Underneath each game there is an image for the numberPlayers underneath each box. This I cannot do.
Post by: billyc666 on April 01, 2018, 03:03:08 PM
an alternative would be to batch the images with the name of the rom, maybe a bit time consuming as you would need a complete list of players for all your roms, you could then add to an unused artwork folder and add it as a menu item rather than a re-loadable image.
Post by: Pieter Hulshoff on April 01, 2018, 04:05:31 PM
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Post by: billyc666 on April 01, 2018, 04:55:52 PM
i have been reading the code to try and see how layout xml interacts with the code on the menu items but i cant seem to see what im looking for. :-\
Post by: Pieter Hulshoff on April 01, 2018, 06:02:40 PM
wish i could help you, sounds like there's lot's of features to add and just your expertise at the helm.
i have been reading the code to try and see how layout xml interacts with the code on the menu items but i cant seem to see what im looking for. :-\
That's actually a very good way to learn how to program; read other people's code that interests you, and try to understand what it does, and why it does it. :)
You can find the handling of the layout xml code in the PageBuilder.cpp file; within that file it will create components for each of the tags in the xml file. The working of these components can be found in the different component subclasses, like reloadableMedia.cpp, reloadableText.cpp, etc.
Post by: billyc666 on April 01, 2018, 08:56:37 PM
i don't mean to hijack this thread but what sequence is asking is it the same basically as im looking into regarding grid but slightly different as it calls another function
example
DataGridViewImageCell: Used to display pictures. Here is an example:
DataGridViewCell ^ celShowPicture = gcnew DataGridViewImageCell;
DataGridViewLinkCell: Used to display linked labels. Here is an example:
DataGridViewCell ^ celEmailAddress = gcnew DataGridViewLinkCell;
Post by: Pieter Hulshoff on April 01, 2018, 09:10:28 PM
Thank you, well at least i was looking in the right file to start with.
i don't mean to hijack this thread but what sequence is asking is it the same basically as im looking into regarding grid but slightly different as it calls another function
example
DataGridViewImageCell: Used to display pictures. Here is an example:
DataGridViewCell ^ celShowPicture = gcnew DataGridViewImageCell;
DataGridViewLinkCell: Used to display linked labels. Here is an example:
DataGridViewCell ^ celEmailAddress = gcnew DataGridViewLinkCell;
Grids are currently not supported by RetroFE; menu tags are translated into ScrollingList objects. At the moment, at least one menu tag needs to be available in the layouts. I've considered grids as well, but haven't decided yet on how they should be implemented or even how they should work for that matter. There's many different ways to build a grid of games, but which one to choose?
Post by: billyc666 on April 01, 2018, 09:26:59 PM
example views
A B C D
E F G H
I J K L
M N O P
or
A B C D E F
G H I J K L
Post by: Pieter Hulshoff on April 01, 2018, 10:53:37 PM
Post by: Pieter Hulshoff on April 02, 2018, 11:08:11 AM
Post by: billyc666 on April 02, 2018, 03:19:50 PM