EvilDindon Posted October 15, 2014 Posted October 15, 2014 Hello Everyone, I've Just Finished a mini cabinet for my son, running windows XP + CRT Emudrivers + Groovymame + HS, on a 15" CRT TV thru Scart RGB connector. After having some troubles setting Up HS, I discovered that it was buggy due to mp4 videos. So I went back to flv. After that, I wanted to create a simple and clear Default Mame Theme running @640x480, with a vertical style wheel of custom made wheel images on the right, and on the left, the video preview with the title above. I thought the work would be easy because I wanted to use the official wheel set as titles (400 px is the right size for a title on a 640x480 theme). I've tried it but unfortunately, HS is scaling down all the artwork, thinking they are all scaled for a 1024x768 theme. So I have to increase wheels and titles by 160%, keeping in mind HS will scale them down. On the good side, those who want to use my theme @ 1024x768 will have clear artworks too, because the theme is designed in this resolution. So I'll have a lil' more work as I have to do : - A custom wheel set (can't use Auto Kustom :/), - A custom titles set (Artwork 1). Adding Mamu's Icons on left of the wheels is an idea that came to me years ago, but I finally decided to test it, and it looks good to me ! But this will be a lot of work as I Have to do wheels manually for over 300 of my fav mame games. Converting Icons to png was very easy though, using ToyCon. Here is an early mockup with only 7 games, just for testing : Any suggestions ? (Maybe i should change the bg color, as it's quite the same as wheels's ?) Anyways, special thanks goes to jeepguy81 for his awesome metal borders, and to Mamu's fantastic Icons ! Oh, forgot to mention that this Theme is intended to work in an horizontal cab, and for the moment, I'll focus only on horizontal games (I'll create a specific vertical theme for my mini pacman cab later). But if people plays vertical games on their horizontal screen, I can make some wheels/titles on demand, or I'll share my templates to let you create them. "Dindon" means "Turkey" in french.
EvilDindon Posted October 15, 2014 Author Posted October 15, 2014 Here is what my wheels look like before being scaled down by HS. On the good side, those who want to use my theme @ 1024x768 will still have cristal clear pics ! (They will just have to set the resolution to 1024x768 in MAME.ini in the settings folder). "Dindon" means "Turkey" in french.
EvilDindon Posted October 15, 2014 Author Posted October 15, 2014 The result with long named games (font is a little squizzed but the result is ok) : "Dindon" means "Turkey" in french.
EvilDindon Posted October 15, 2014 Author Posted October 15, 2014 25 themes done so far ! (Still have a long way to go ...) Tried another background, what you think ? "Dindon" means "Turkey" in french.
Buliwfy Posted October 15, 2014 Posted October 15, 2014 I think what you are doing is great! Awesome that you are doing this for your son. Only thing I notice from the theme is that the currently selected wheel appears to get cut off a bit. Keep up the great work!
EvilDindon Posted October 16, 2014 Author Posted October 16, 2014 Yep I noticed that. I think I can't adjust the position of the wheel in HS, and I don't want to make the wheel images smaller. Maybe If I add a blank space on the right of each png file, it will adjust the wheel position ? "Dindon" means "Turkey" in french.
EvilDindon Posted October 16, 2014 Author Posted October 16, 2014 Oh, forgot to mention that this Theme is intended to work in an horizontal cab, and for the moment, I'll focus only on horizontal games (I'll create a specific vertical theme for my mini pacman cab later). But if people plays vertical games on their horizontal screen, I can make some wheels/titles on demand, or I'll share my templates to let you create them. "Dindon" means "Turkey" in french.
EvilDindon Posted October 16, 2014 Author Posted October 16, 2014 Tried another bg, with mame logo. Not bad ? "Dindon" means "Turkey" in french.
EvilDindon Posted October 16, 2014 Author Posted October 16, 2014 Anyways, those who will download my theme will be able to change the Background.png include in the Default.zip theme as they like. "Dindon" means "Turkey" in french.
Agrajag Posted October 16, 2014 Posted October 16, 2014 Looking good. I love the icons on the wheels - such a brilliant idea! HyperSpin behaving oddly? Read about known bugs here: http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/topic/4590-known-bugs-and-handy-hints-for-hyperspin/ The installer for HyperSpin now includes HyperLaunch 2. Go here for support: http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/forum/122-hyperlaunch-2/ HyperLaunch3 is now called RocketLauncher. Go here for support: http://www.rlauncher.com/forum/content.php Read this for ftp login info: http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/topic/2320-ftp-access-must-read/ Platinum members get 25% off an Emumovies subscription: http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/topic/1211-emumovies-code/
EvilDindon Posted October 16, 2014 Author Posted October 16, 2014 Thanks. Yep, always loved Mamu's Icons, and wanted to put them in a HS theme. With these Icons, browsing the HS wheel becomes really clear and "readable", as you can quickly identify each game by his icon. "Dindon" means "Turkey" in french.
EvilDindon Posted October 17, 2014 Author Posted October 17, 2014 52 themes done so far ! As soon as I reach 80, I'll upload a first pack. What is taking the most time is wotrking on title logos. Some are already clean, but i have to redraw/vectorize some others. "Dindon" means "Turkey" in french.
AshuraX Posted October 17, 2014 Posted October 17, 2014 Excellent job, as usual! My WIP Projects :Bezel Project Mame Horizontal : https://imageshack.com/a/auM4/1 Mame Vertical : https://imageshack.com/a/jEM4/1 Cave full pack : https://imageshack.com/a/7eJ4/1 Capcom : https://imageshack.com/a/eIM4/1 Themes Neo Geo Full Theme Pack : https://imageshack.com/a/oeJ4/1Mega CD Boxart : new thread will come....My First Cab Build : http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/topic/1221-ashurax-mon-projet-ghouls-ghost-arcade-cab/
EvilDindon Posted October 17, 2014 Author Posted October 17, 2014 Merci Mister ashurax ! "Dindon" means "Turkey" in french.
EvilDindon Posted October 18, 2014 Author Posted October 18, 2014 61 Themes done so far ! Tried another bg, blue steel style (not bad I think) ; "Dindon" means "Turkey" in french.
relic Posted October 18, 2014 Posted October 18, 2014 looking great Me: the blue style stands out real nice i love the way how you keep the orginal wheels with it Me: the logo part also chars next to the wheels is a brilliant idea 100%
EvilDindon Posted October 19, 2014 Author Posted October 19, 2014 70 themes done ! As suggested on a french site, I removed the game description text, and let only manufacturer and year, just under the video. It looks much cleaner. relic suggested that I change the wheel's text colors per game, but didnt tried it yet. "Dindon" means "Turkey" in french.
zorg2000k Posted October 21, 2014 Posted October 21, 2014 These themes looks great, Looking forward to see if you can help me with my vertical theme setup youv'e posted on last week. Great work, your kids will be happy...
EvilDindon Posted October 21, 2014 Author Posted October 21, 2014 Thanks. Here is my latest version of the theme : But I'll start a new thread in the Global Theme section. "Dindon" means "Turkey" in french.
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