2013-09-16, 19:37
(2013-09-16, 05:13)jurialmunkey Wrote:(2013-09-15, 13:13)st graveyard Wrote: This is the view I have in Arctic now :Ahah! I finally got a few video previews to scrape with my roms so that I can finally test it and get it working. Check the latest git -- I've added a "trailer" button to the infoscreen which will play the video preview. Also you can now navigate down to the artwork and it will show a larger preview in the big box (I'll add an option in the future to view the artwork fullscreen, just getting a few other things sorted out first).
Although I like this banner type of view, I think it is very limited in the game environment.
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 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).
Also, you do know that the banner view isn't the only view type right? There should currently be 5 different views (Thumbnails, Info Wall, Banners, Covers, and Info). Also, I've modified Covers and Info to no longer have borders so these might be suitable views for your 3d boxart.
First off, congrats, the RCB implementation looks very promising. Videos are working like a charm now. Here are my remarks :
- When loading big collections (eg. 3500+ games) the screen flickers (because the games are being loaded). When I compare to MQ4, there is a counter that counts from 1 of 3500 to 3500 of 3500. This might be nice to add so the user knows what is going on...
- Can you add the possibility to remove the zoomed fanart from the background and perhaps add a cool game related standard Arctic background?
- For some reason the covers are always first loaded even if there is a video (this is apparent in the banner view - see screenshot). I know that you can set RCB to load the covers or other artwork if the video is not available, but it seems there is something wrong in Arctic.
The views :
Thumbnail view :
I'm not really a fan of this one. Don't really like the black borders. Maybe it could be made better by adding info, maybe not. Maybe this is just for a large cover overview, but it is not my thing.
info wall
I like this one. Again, the borders around the covers are too dark (maybe a light gray looks better - a bit like a shadow). On the other hand, around the video on the left, a little bit more polishing could be done, like adding a light border or something. Overal liking this!
Info :
This is so simple and I love it. But we could use a counter (game 5 of 2000 displayed) and I would prefer to see maybe more than 1 game at once on the screen. Still, it looks slick!
Covers :
I like this too. But I would like to see the game info somewhere on screen.
Banner :
I like this, but as mentioned above, the cover is seen at the sides of the video....also, the dark behind the text ...
Suggestions ....
Poster panel (from the movie section) could be a very cool view for the games. Showing the poster on the left side and the movie on the right side. And perhaps give the user the possibility for some info on the top half of the screen. I would kill for that view ;-)
Info poster and Classic info would also look very cool for the game section.
Finally, the info screen looks very good, but again, the border seem to dark for me. Maybe removing them or making them very light.
Again, it looks already awesome. Some more polishing and I think Arctic is gonna replace MQ4/Nox for me totally.
Thanks and keep me posted!