es-theme-knulli

FEATURES

• Designed entirely for Knulli
• Unlike other ES themes, texts are made more readable and images are more visible on small screens
• Aimed to be as simple and fast as possible. For this reason, it has been simplified considerably from the es-theme-basic on which it is based. The size of the theme has been reduced by 2/3
• Instead of specifying separate parameters for high and low resolutions, fixed parameters were used directly, making the theme both faster and less resource consuming
• Unlike many ES themes, the clock is displayed accurately on small screen devices
• Unlike many ES themes, the problem of text overlapping in the menus has been minimized
• Has horizontal and vertical system views
• Menu and navigation sounds available
• Has region option for system logos
• Added the ability to display only the battery percentage and hide the battery bar, which is not available in ES Settings
• Added the ability to show or hide game counts for per system
• Added show or hide system logos on game lists
• Added new detailed_2 view
• Added disable video option for all gamelist views
• Added disable system animations option
• Knulli, Batocera and Anbernic colorsets are available. This makes the interface look more integrated with the system used
• There is a feature to change and disable splashscreen. You can manually select any of the Knulli, Batocera or Anbernic images. When set to automatic, the splash screen automatically changes according to the colorset setting. When disabled, the text is centered and becomes larger
• Added feature to automatically change the grid view according to the screen resolution on HDMI connections. This will allow you to see more games during HDMI connection. The grid setting must be automatic for this to work
• Added some Knulli specific assets and features, such as the Emulators, Reordings etc. folders and their system image
• Added ability to hide help bar completely from ES settings
• Tested successfully on different screen sized devices and hdmi connections
• The theme file structure has been made easier and more understandable for other users and developers
• You can view the theme version information in the theme settings

LINKS

• Preview images
• Changelog
• What is next?
• Download

HOW TO INSTALL

Note: This theme comes pre-installed on latest Knulli public release (20241204). Please check USER INTERFACE SETTINGS > THEME SET menu for checkinf if pre-installed or not.

• On your console, open MAIN MENU > UPDATES & DOWNLOADS > THEMES
• Find Knulli and install from there

HOW TO SELECT THE THEME

• Select es-theme-knulli from USER INTERFACE SETTINGS > THEME SET menu
• Go back and wait to refreshing system

HOW TO UPDATE

A) If pre-installed with Knulli

Note: Due Batocera's theme folder prioty preferences, you should use a 3rd party tool named "ETK Tool" also developed by me

• Download latest es-theme-knulli-updater
• Copy es-theme-knulli-updater.sh to roms/tools folder as a game rom
• From Knulli, refresh gamelist and run es-theme-knulli-updater from TOOLS collection
• It will update itself if needed

B) If installed from official store

• On your console, open MAIN MENU > UPDATES & DOWNLOADS > THEMES
• Go Installed tab and select Knulli > Update

SUGGESTED MINIMAL SCREENSCRAPER SETTINGS

• Source: ScreenScraper
• Image source: Box 2D
• Box source: Box 2D
• Logo source: Wheel
• Overwrite medias: Enabled
• Scrape for video: Enabled

VERSIONING

With the addition of the beta branch, the versioning system has been changed since v2.3.x to ensure that etk_tool works smoothly and beta testers can update and provide feedback more easily.

Now, from the version information in the form of vX.Y.Z; X represents major updates, Y represents minor new additions and bug fixes. Z is unimportant for non-beta testers. So don't worry about Z appearing as x in the changelog or elsewhere.

Both Emulation Station's own theme store and etk_tool will already download the most up-to-date theme for you.

BECOME BETA TESTER

The theme is constantly updated and new features are added. If you want to try new features before the official store version or without waiting for a custom firmware update, you can become a beta tester for free.

To do this, you need to share the 32-digit code in the userdata/system/machine-id file with the developer via the OD-Commander application in the TOOLS collection on your device. Then you can automatically update beta versions with the ETK Tool application.

LICENSES & CREDITS

• License
• Based on "es-theme-basic" by lehcimcramtrebor
• Some logos used from "ckau-book" theme by CkauNui (Licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International)
• Each brand of hardware and software here represented as a tribute.
• All logos, trademarks and photos are copyright of their respective owners.