[WIP] based on various kodi themes

[billyc666]

based on Rufoo's citrus theme, im only at photoshop stage as i only started yeasterday, im using the textures from the actual citru theme so it's just a matter of placing them

[Pieter Hulshoff]

Looking good.

We should perhaps check with truRIP if they can organize a complete set of artwork to go with these stories and the games. I'm very much in favor of making these things as easy as can be for people to use.

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[billyc666]

Thank you. im not too clued up on trurip but artwork for the stories would be excellent, as i said it wouldn't be to hard to convert the naming from no intro. have you got the latest dats for trurip i couldn't find anything on the site (maybe because im not registered)

i know vertical & horizontal themes can be done but can grid?
im thinking if all can be done and if in future toggle themes via hotkey then a full set of views could be knocked up


**edit**

i did mean to ask in the aeon nox theme folder there is 3 xml files

is layout.xml the main menu
and layout 4.3 & layout 16.9 the sub menus for the collections ( do both of these need editing) to make this theme

and does the hyperlist xml's support developer/publisher or just manufacturer

[Pieter Hulshoff]

Grid's currently not an option yet.

layout.xml is all that's needed at the moment. The next version of RetroFE will contain the ability to select 4x3, 16x9, etc. based on the monitor settings. That way if a theme supports multiple layouts, RetroFE will automatically select the right one for the monitor aspect ratio.

I think it currently supports manufacturer and developer as separate tags. If the developer tag is not available, it will use the manufacturer information for that field.

[billyc666]

Thank you. ill have a go at making a theme based on your aeon nox as it's similar so should be easy to adjust

[billyc666]

i have 2 issues on the theme im trying to deal with at the moment
1) how to get rid of the image that says all games
2) how to have more boxes on screen like the first image in post 1 boxes will be smaller

also im not sure if a button can be put on screen for favourites this would be the 3 lines at the top right of the window

[Pieter Hulshoff]

i have 2 issues on the theme im trying to deal with at the moment
1) how to get rid of the image that says all games
2) how to have more boxes on screen like the first image in post 1 boxes will be smaller

also im not sure if a button can be put on screen for favourites this would be the 3 lines at the top right of the window

1) All games is the playlist image. That one also covers Favorites(since that is a playlist too).
2) Just create another reloadableImage entry with the correct type and the size/location/animation you want.

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[billyc666]

thank you that worked. i've just got to clean up a few things & fix the fonts

is it possible to add a frame around the center gamebox like the image
also the frame around the video, im unsure how to deal with the 4.3 videos so they fit the video frame

Rufoo is making me the textures pre coloured so they will look a lot better in the final

so far

[Pieter Hulshoff]

thank you that worked. i've just got to clean up a few things & fix the fonts

is it possible to add a frame around the center gamebox like the image
also the frame around the video, im unsure how to deal with the 4.3 videos so they fit the video frame

A frame is possible, but it won’t scale with the image, so it will have a fixed size. Just use the layer parameter to create the display order you want with regards to the menu items.

Showing videos and images in their proper aspect ratio while scaling is usually done by combining height and maxWidth or maxHeight and width. If you want to fill the entire area you could also combine a larger image with a crop container. The default theme uses both of these options on the collection menu.

[billyc666]

although there's a few tweaks to do on these two layouts im working on the third now
but here's a view from the citris theme & the silvo theme gameflix view i think

[billyc666]

i thought i would start the main menu last night again still wip. im unsure the best way to do this at present i have each system with its own copy of retrofe because ill need to use 2 views horizontal and vertical due to items where boxart is missing, im thinking of using bat file to launch a second copy of retrofe from the main menu

[Pieter Hulshoff]

Can you show an example of why that's needed? Perhaps I can add a feature or two.

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[billyc666]

i haven't made a vertical theme yet but basically if i select for instance atari 2600 from the main menu it would display an horizontal layout/theme in the collections menu, but if i select arcade/mame it would show a vertical layout/theme, so basically something like a conf file that you can set which layout is used per collection.
 

similar to how the settings conf works
layout = Aeon Nox

Sub menu layout
Atari 2600 = horizontal
Atari 5200 = horizontal
Arcade      = Vertical

horizontal & vertical are just basically  themes without main menus

[FrankyRizzo]

Liking the way the theme is coming together Billy. 

Does RetroFE support multiple layouts?  Where like Arcade could be vertical and the rest are horizontal? 

[Pieter Hulshoff]

Yes, but not via a conf file. You can change the layout for a collection by creating a new layout in layouts/<layout name>/collections/<collection name>/layout/
See the manual for more information.

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