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iGarikoitz:


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This is a layout in which I have put all my dedication for more than two years to make it a reality. Thank you all for the continued support.

This is not going to stay here, I will continue adding improvements and ideas that you are commenting on, to make this layout a reference in the world of FrontEnd emulation.

Thanks to RetroFE and very specially, thanks Pieter Hulshoff, that without his great contributions this would not have been possible.

SCREENSHOTS




HOW TO START USING IT
First download the latest version from this link. After this, you need to download emulator and get ROMs to play.

EMULATORS
For arcade games RetroArch is used with the core final burn alpha by default. You can also use MAME if you prefer.

ARCADE (Using RetroArch)

* Download and put inside the emulators folder
* Open RetroArch and go to: Online Updater / core updater / and select Arcade (FB Alpha) to download de core.
ARCADE (Using MAME)

* Download and put inside the emulators folder
* Rename emulators/mame0204b_64bit folder to mame.
* In each game you want to use MAME you need to find settings.conf inside the game folder. In launcher section, you have to replace final burn alpha with mame same as in the code below:

* By default
list.path= collections/%ITEM_COLLECTION_NAME%list.extensions= ziplauncher= final burn alphamedia.system_artwork= collections/%ITEM_COLLECTION_NAME%
* Using MAME
list.path= collections/%ITEM_COLLECTION_NAME%list.extensions= ziplauncher= mamemedia.system_artwork= collections/%ITEM_COLLECTION_NAME%
ROMs
In Aura, the games are stored in packs, this is why everything related to each game has to go inside the folder of its respective folder, including its ROM.

* Put ddonpach.zip ROM inside dodonpachi folder.
* Put garou.zip and neogeo.zip ROMs inside garou mark of the wolves folder.
* Put mslug3.zip and neogeo.zip ROMs inside garou metal slug 3 folder.
* Put pbobblen.zip and neogeo.zip ROMs inside puzzle bobble folder.
* Put sfiii3.zip ROM inside street fighter 3 3rd strike folder.
HOW TO ADD MY OWN GAMES

* Images
When you add a game, you have to include six images in JPG. Why in JPG image format? Because RetroFE works more fluid using JPG compared to PNG.
* Cover Resolution: 460 x 690 pixels.
Game artwork with logo.
* Fanart Resolution: 1280 x 720 pixels.
Same Game artwork occupying the entire width.
* Fanart blur Resolution: 1280 x 720 pixels.
Same Fanart image with 15% Gaussian blur.
* Screenshot 1 Resolution: ? x 220 pixels (Depends on the screen ratio).
Title screen. The height has to be 220 pixels.
* Screenshot 2 Resolution: ? x 220 pixels (Depends on the screen ratio).
First gameplay screenshot. The height has to be 220 pixels.
* Screenshot 3 Resolution: ? x 220 pixels (depends on the screen ratio).
Second gameplay screenshot. The height has to be 220 pixels.
RELEASE NOTES
Aura v1.0-beta 2

* Change the way to show the features of the game towards a more intuitive way in the main menu.
* Optimization of several images of the gamepad.
* Updated game loading system to use the default RetroFE system to load RetroArch and MAME ROMs.
* Added new game: Street Fighter III 3rd Strike.Aura v1.0-beta 1

* First Release
TO DO

* Add Arcade input version (Developing)
* Any suggestions?

Pieter Hulshoff:
Looking impressive; you've got some things working there I didn't even know you could do with RetroFE. :) I should probably add some features to make this type of skin easier to make in the future though. Very impressive!

JonahUK:
This is hands down the best looking theme for RetroFE, Period.
I wish I was half as talented as you!

cassette:
The blur effect is pretty impressive, neat skin!

ryuuji:
Well done well done. Like the details for each game. (activates when on idle?)
Looks impressive. The downside of this would be the box frame (I know because I ve encountered it many times, hard to fit different box ratios in the frame perfectly), also the blur most likely it is done by *hand* (png batch) which, unfortunately, will make things harder to set it up because RetroFE don't feature the blur effect option.
Great work man. Keep it up. Looking forward to your release.

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