Idea - Screenpack Selector

[zero dreams]

Idea: Screenpack Selector

Since HyperSpin seems to look in HyperSpin\Media\Main Menu\Themes folder when it loads, I've got an idea that I hope doesn't sound ridiculous or gets overlooked. I got this idea after using Faahrev's Hyperspin Launcher.

In short, your HyperSpin\Media\Main Menu\Themes folder would be empty with the exception that all of your themes would be segregated into folders i.e. HyperSpin, Unified Mega Theme, XBMC, Alternate, etc. allowing you to have collections of themes.

The Screenpack Selector would allow you to choose from one of the listed styles & it would migrate them to the themes folder or do a straight copy process, whichever is safest (user-choice). As we can't change the location of existing files, this is my solution to a screenpack selector.

I think this would be a big step forward towards global themes, collections, and time saved. It would be nice to see an entirely different HS load in just a few clicks.

...or if I wasn't clear enough,

Imagine having a folder that had all of gibbawho's theme's and naming it Unified Mega Theme and placing that folder in your HyperSpin\Media\Main Menu\Themes folder. Now take all of your official HyperSpin themes you downloaded and put those in a folder called HyperSpin. Now we have two folders full of themes...good. Now imagine how you set folder locations in HyperLaunchHQ. Let's imagine doing that for these two folders...good. Since the application knows the location of our folders now all it needs to know from the user is two things: (1) which folder to migrate to the HyperSpin\Media\Main Menu\Themes folder (2) migrate or copy to/overwrite option

If this idea was set up to be expanded there's a lot that could be done with everything that needs to be worked around.

[zero dreams]

well I think I'm done here. thought it was a good idea.

[Polemicist]

Unfortunately I see this as being a bit of a hard drive space hog. It is an idea but in all I see only two types of theme happening anyway and that would be the official current ones and then the new Unified Mega Theme. I'm a fan of the classic look myself and don't feel the need to be able to switch between them.

[zero dreams]

The size of a duplicate set wouldn't really hurt me at all but I guess I was only looking at the benefit and not the burden. Thanks man. I didn't even look at it like that.

Still wouldn't mind though.