2013-09-15, 13:13
(2013-09-15, 12:49)jurialmunkey Wrote:(2013-09-15, 10:26)st graveyard Wrote: Regarding the clear art. Now you have the option to add logo or poster when you press 'I' or pause. Maybe a third option to show the clear art would be cool? This way, Arctic also uses clear art in the main sections ...I have updated the info screen for RCB on the latest git. Can you tell me if the video previews are working when the info screen opens? I've never used preview videos with RCB and I'm having a lot of trouble getting RCB to scrape my video files with my roms and so I can't tell if I've implemented it correctly or not.
Thanks for the positive feedback on RCB. I know it is a lot of work, I'm just happy it is considered for this great skin. I will gladly help with testing as I have a great collection set up in MQ4.
I also checked out the Picture section. Most skinners don't do anything special for this section, maybe one day Arctic can set an example, making this section less boring (not just file manager type of view). I have some suggestions here I would gladly share one day (although I understand this is far from priority). Edit: I know notice that in GIT version, the picture section has new additional views. Wasn't aware of this. Sorry, it looks already great! Maybe one day we can add a view that also supports text containing notes we like to add to the picture sections (if we create our own nfo files)
Pictures should have additional views in both repo and git version. They are only available when you are in a directory with picture content. There are currently three views - big list, a small list with a big preview thumb, and a thumbnail wall. I also have planned a view that is like the info wall (small thumbs with a large preview thumb).
I've thought about using clearart in the osd, but because they aren't consistent they can be a bit of a pain to get looking right.
This is the view I have in Arctic now :
Although I like this banner type of view, I think it is very limited in the game environment. This is the main view I'm using in MQ4 (I know the description is missing in this test - just keep this in mind) :
It shows the movie and the 3D artwork (3D artwork is common in the rom world).
This is the new info view in arctic :
The video is not working here, I don't think it is my settings, as the video does work when I switch to MQ skin.
One remark, the new info view looks already nice, but I just want to say that by adding borders around the artwork, it will be hard to have a good fit. As in RCB you have the possible to add screenshots, title screens, cover art (as with my example).
This is the info view in MQ4 :
This has a better fit and zoom function (you can move over the 4 different shots and a big version appears in the main space and you have the option to fullscreen them).
Thanks already for the effort, it looks promissing! Keep in mind that MQ4 currently has the best RCB integration of all skins out there. Don't let it bring you down, I just would love Arctic to have the same cool integration at one point in time. But with a soft Arctic touch then ;-) Would be awesome!
Cheers.