PS2 [OPL Theme] Korium HI-RES

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I've fixed Korium to work in hires modes without glitches or 1 pixel line error.

I tested with Maximus32's latest build because it has the fade animation instead of the slide one, otherwise we run out of VRAM.
https://gitlab.com/ps2max/Open-PS2-...ts/file/OPNPS2LD-0.9.3+.1140-Beta-1e08f5c.ZIP

Game background images should be converted to 640x512 8-bit BMP
Screenshots should be converted to 256x256 8-bit BMP

I tested with 512x512 8-bit BMP covers so any size should be fine, even legacy ones.
Hires covers in 1080i look very nice though.

Concept and graphics by Berion.

Edit: Updated theme to fix info page / screenshots.

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Hmmm I never noticed that :-p

It must be like that in the source code because it's using the built in 'hint text'.
 
Is a critical decission (nah, just a detail heheh, and maybe is made on purpose)

After i wrote that i was thinking in making a joke about @Berion introducing "critical bugs" in korium \o/, but i went to the original korium thread where there are screenshots of the first betas and it seems berion was using uppercase (as usually @Berion being so meticulous, kudos for him, it makes me feel better because im a bit like that too)
http://www.psx-place.com/threads/opl-theme-korium.14402/ (see first screenshot of the first message in the thread)
 
@sandungas Eagle eye. :D
I saw this and have dilemma because visually it looks better and in English, AFAIK, in titles, all first letters are upper case (i.e in Polish not, AFAIK because I don't have hi-school cert and don't remember now :D). However, all options are low case after first words. So... I chose visual consistency over OPL lang script. ;p

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Based on screenshots in first post:
1. Why spaces between "modes" (HDL, DVD, NTSC, 4:3) are so huge?
2. Why bottom menu (those with buttons) is not in centre of the screen?

All credit to Berion.
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And @Krah ;) Without this guy and his brother, there would be no Korium in usable form.
 
Berion said:
@sandungas Eagle eye. :D
I saw this and have dilemma because visually it looks better and in English, AFAIK, in titles, all first letters are upper case (i.e in Polish not, AFAIK because I don't have hi-school cert and don't remember now :D). However, all options are low case after first words. So... I chose visual consistency over OPL lang script. ;p
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Is a personal preference, but i think like you, is like in the MP3 tags, usually "artist name" and "song title" is uppercase first character of all words :)

In interfaces this rule fits well for menu titles (that defines a group of settings or a list of something that appears below it)
And in this case fits well too because is a "taskbar" at bottom of the screen
 
@Berion

1. I have the icons set to scaled=1 so they aren't stretched out. I tried to make it work for both 16:9 Widescreen On and 4:3 Widescreen Off. If you look at it in 4:3 you should see why. I can mess with it some more.

2. Unfortunately the hint text can't be centre aligned, it needs to be fixed in source. I could make it look centred but if write operations are turned off in settings, 'rename' and 'delete' will be gone and it will no longer be centred.

I say all credit to you because these are your graphics and concept. All my brother @Krah and I have done is adjust some images and fix the cfg :)

Edit: I changed first post, think that's better.
Should I add some screen captures of 4:3?
 
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"My" script was ripoff some other existed and broken, so You didn't fix it. You have wrote it. Which means You are co-author of the theme. ;)

As You wish, 4:3 probably looks better as was designed for 4:3.
 
Yes, the covers are shown in their proper aspect-ratio, regardless of the VMode and if Widescreen is on or off. :)

That's how a theme should properly handle them and it makes them useful for any aspect ratio (16:9 vs 4:3) and Vmode. They have the same ratio on both!

The covers are currently lacking that unified aspect-ratio, correct?
 
TnA said:
The covers are currently lacking that unified aspect-ratio, correct?
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That is correct. If we use 16:9 aspect ratio we have to set widescreen to on and if we use 4:3 we have to set widescreen to off. We also have to make use of the 'scaled' variable in the theme cfg to stop them being stretched / compressed.

This is true for all images and icons though not just covers. Also in non hires modes if we use a 640x480 background image it gets stretched out to 720x480. So if we incorporate some element into our 640x480 background image we first have to compress it by 12.5% so it appears correct once it is stretched.

Here you can see the aspect ratio is set for the different video modes which is why the text is compressed like that in the images above when we use 4:3 aspect ratio in hires mode.
https://github.com/ifcaro/Open-PS2-Loader/blob/master/src/renderman.c#L43-L63
 
Hi i am using your theme and i cant seem to get info pages to pop up when choosing a game. I used OPL Manager to grab images for the games i have. Also what colours are you using for this in settings because the PS2 game names don't appear in this colour or font.
 
Neal Cullum said:
Hi i am using your theme and i cant seem to get info pages to pop up when choosing a game. I used OPL Manager to grab images for the games i have. Also what colours are you using for this in settings because the PS2 game names don't appear in this colour or font.
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In the Display Settings do you have Display Info Page set to On?

It's like the screenshots, font colour is white. Do you have HDD set to Auto?

Edit: This is a HiRes theme so you should use the HiRes covers and convert the screenshots from OPL Manager.

Anyway without the fade transition in OPL I think this theme is broken.
 
Tupakaveli said:
In the Display Settings do you have Display Info Page set to On?

It's like the screenshots, font colour is white. Do you have HDD set to Auto?

Edit: This is a HiRes theme so you should use the HiRes covers and convert the screenshots from OPL Manager.

Anyway without the fade transition in OPL I think this theme is broken.
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I think i am being a dummy, bet i haven't set display info page to on, I will have to check later on. I have HDD set to 480p or 480i whichever it is. I will checkout the conversation on OPL manager for images and look into fade transition. This is first time i have used OPL before on PS2 so i'm a noob here.
 
Neal Cullum said:
I think i am being a dummy, bet i haven't set display info page to on, I will have to check later on. I have HDD set to 480p or 480i whichever it is. I will checkout the conversation on OPL manager for images and look into fade transition. This is first time i have used OPL before on PS2 so i'm a noob here.
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We're all noobs to begin with :-p

You should have HDD set to Auto to display your games otherwise you have to press X to manually start the device and list your games.

This theme was made for the 720p and 1080i video modes (1080i looks nicer).

The fade transition is not currently in OPL, it would have to be coded in. I linked a beta version of Maximus32's above which has the fade but it's pretty old now and there have been many changes since then.

HiRes cover pack and a little tut to convert the screenshots from OPL Manager here:
https://www.psx-place.com/threads/open-ps2-loader-theme-forge-discussion.20376/
 
Tupakaveli said:
We're all noobs to begin with :-p

You should have HDD set to Auto to display your games otherwise you have to press X to manually start the device and list your games.

This theme was made for the 720p and 1080i video modes (1080i looks nicer).

The fade transition is not currently in OPL, it would have to be coded in. I linked a beta version of Maximus32's above which has the fade but it's pretty old now and there have been many changes since then.

HiRes cover pack and a little tut to convert the screenshots from OPL Manager here:
https://www.psx-place.com/threads/open-ps2-loader-theme-forge-discussion.20376/
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Thanks will check this stuff out. Will get my PS2 into beast mode soon enough.
 
Berion said:
What link exactly? Korium is default theme in all OPL since 1.0.0.
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Where can I find the Korium cursor sound file to add it to an OPL theme I am using..

Edit: I just deleted the cursor sound from the theme I am using and it reverted to the default korium ticking sound!
 
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