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  ES devs and testers, this tool is for you!
  emulationstatio script development github testing • • meleu  

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  Thank you for sharing, I was looking for this :D
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  Getting Started with ES Development.
  development guide how-to self-help • • Hex  

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  @mitu said in Getting Started with ES Development.: It's called dialog - https://linuxgazette.net/101/sunil.html. Wow. In that case, the feature I want to add isn't even a RetroPie-specific feature at all. I want to add an on-screen-keyboard option to dialog and then have the RetroPie setup script use it when text entry is required. That would enable entering the wifi password with a game controller. So I believe I'd need to start here, (or maybe here?) code up my own new version and then get RetroPie onto using that, with a new -osk command line option. (later edit) I have started a fork of dialog and even got it to make using this guide
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  Add lr-desmume2015 to DOCS
  nintendo ds add ir-desmume2015 • • Unknown  

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  Then I don't know what my problem is since the gameplay was ok but the sound skipped every few seconds, no matter the game. Does anyone have this issue?
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  Suggestions for ports
  ports ideas ports retropie • • retropi19  

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  @quicksilver That's definitely something you would want to look for in Flashpoint. I searched the online list and it DOES have Candystand games, so it might be there.
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  Neo geo and Intellivision are missing from DOCS
  intellivision neo geo missing docs • • Unknown  

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  @Unknown I made the same mistake when I first started looking into building my first Retropie then remembered that the NeoGeo home console (AES) was essentially the same hardware as the arcade unit (MVS) but could only have one cartridge as opposed to the up to six cartridges of the cabinet.
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  mame2003-plus: hundreds of new games, improved input, features, new bugs - now with runahead support
  mame • • markwkidd  

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  @Rion - Ok, the new updates are submitted. ;) My plan was to do your new catver.ini first but arcardez beat me to it so I did the DAT to test. Here's the PR: https://github.com/libretro/mame2003-plus-libretro/pull/836 I know what you mean by tedious. I've been updating the resolution_db file for shaders. I think Udb posted one a while ago for fbeno .44 that I grabbed from that thread. It has 100's of missing resolutions for clones. I know it's out of date almost immediately but it's newer than the original one for fbalpha. Anyway it's a line by line update but like you I do a few minutes here and there which I don't mind.
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  Announcing Pegasus Frontend
  development pegasus frontend c++ qml • • fluffypillow  

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  @fluffypillow Thanks, looking forward to it!
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  [Tutorial] New way to backup your retro pie
  sd card copying • • Unknown  

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  @windg The backup would still run roms off your drive.
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  [Theme Changes] Attention Theme Makers: Upcoming Game Collections in ES
  themes collection custom system • • pjft  

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  @Capeman said in [Theme Changes] Attention Theme Makers: Upcoming Game Collections in ES: I'm slacking off at work today. I liked the style of the recalbox favorites logo, but i feel like it's kind of simple and boring, so i'm working on my own. Hi Capeman, this logo is awesome! Do you have a version with an alpha background?
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  Idea: Audio Device Selector in RetroPie-Setup
  audio ideas • • darrena092  

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  @darrena092 said in Idea: Audio Device Selector in RetroPie-Setup: I think it might be a good idea to add an audio configuration menu to RetroPie-Setup, which allows the user to select a default output device and automatically updates the ALSA config based on the user's preferences. This could also be added in EmulationStation to the RetroPie menu for easy access. There is already an Audio settings menu in EmulationStation - in the RetroPie system. Right now it only works for choosing the audio output for the Pi's onboard audio - i.e. no USB/I2S sound card support. It should be possible to extend it to support other audio options. The only issue would be the EmulationStation own Audio menu, where you can choose the Card and Device (volume control) - the ALSA name of the default mixer varies, depending on the audio card, but the list of Audio Devices is fixed (in source).
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  Versatile C++ game scraper: Skyscraper
  scraper gamelist.xml scraping skyscraper github • • muldjord  

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  @muldjord Actually, I will do that now. So, it looks like I had: UserCreds="me:pass" Which is really easy to miss (for me anyway), i.e. I had the first letter capitalised. Doh again. Seems to be working as I have more than the 10000 limit now... Much obliged, outstanding work!
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  My modified ROM loading process (launch images, bezel overlays, pause)
  x86 rpi launch images pause • • johnodon  

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  @svera said in My modified ROM loading process (launch images, bezel overlays, pause): Hi @johnodon, great job! Unfortunately, I did find an issue when using your script, it seems that while using it we're unable to use retropie launch game menu (the one that shows when pressing a key just before game loads). It shows but I'm unable to control it. I'm using a Rpi 3b+ FYI. I'll look into that but personally I turn off the runcommand menu as I have no use for it. I define per-game emulators in /opt/retropie/configs/all/emulators.cfg. John
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  BeebEm and fun arcade control modifications
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  Bump!!! Any news about Beebem installation for noobs?
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  Loading ROM completely while displaying launch image
  runcommand launch images onstart • • Clyde  

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  See here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/27041/my-modified-rom-loading-process-launch-images-bezel-overlays-pause
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  M.A.M.E. 0.61 SDL [DEV]
  mame development • • FranceMSR  

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  @arcadez2003 The scope of my project is to have artworks and faster emulation on RPi v0 and v1: lr-mame2003 is not fast on v0 and v1 (try to play Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, Final Fight or Double Dragon on a Raspberry Pi v1...) mame4ll can't use external artworks (only harcoded ones). Clear and simple
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  New port installer: OpenMW (Morrowind)
  ports • • gderber  

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  build currently fails on pi 4 Log started at: Fri 3 Jul 21:50:49 EDT 2020 RetroPie-Setup version: 4.6.1 (fb02fd76) System: Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) - Linux retropie 4.19.97-v7l+ #1294 SMP Thu Jan 30 13:21:14 GMT 2020 armv7l GNU/Linux = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Installing dependencies for 'openmw' : openmw - Morrowind source port = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/openmw /home/pi = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Getting sources for 'openmw' : openmw - Morrowind source port = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = git clone --recursive --branch master "https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw.git" "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/openmw" Cloning into '/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/openmw'... Winding back https://gitlab.com/OpenMW/openmw.git->master to commit: #openmw-0.46.0 Switched to a new branch 'openmw-0.46.0' HEAD is now in branch 'heads/openmw-0.46.0' at commit '0abcb54f51ec4a3979039b2e94ccdc5aa57920ec' /home/pi /home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/openmw /home/pi = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Building 'openmw' : openmw - Morrowind source port = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = -- The C compiler identification is GNU 8.3.0 -- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 8.3.0 -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc -- works -- Detecting C compiler ABI info -- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done -- Detecting C compile features -- Detecting C compile features - done -- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ -- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ -- works -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info -- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done -- Detecting CXX compile features -- Detecting CXX compile features - done -- Configuring OpenMW... -- Found Git: /usr/bin/git (found version "2.20.1") -- Found OpenGL: /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libGL.so -- Using Qt4 qmake: could not exec '/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/qt4/bin/qmake': No such file or directory CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-3.13/Modules/FindQt4.cmake:1313 (message): Found unsuitable Qt version "" from NOTFOUND, this code requires Qt 4.x Call Stack (most recent call first): CMakeLists.txt:157 (find_package) -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! See also "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/openmw/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log". make: *** No rule to make target 'clean'. Stop. make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. /home/pi Could not successfully build openmw - openmw - Morrowind source port (/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/tmp/build/openmw/build/bsatool not found). Log ended at: Fri 3 Jul 21:51:12 EDT 2020 Total running time: 0 hours, 0 mins, 23 secs Also a couple notes about running OpenMW on the raspberry pi. You cant use open scene graph from the apt repository, it has to be manually compiled against OpenGL NOT OpenGL ES otherwise the game will not run. OpenMW devs recommend using their fork of OSG for better performance though that is not strictly necessary (I used their fork and it works great https://github.com/OpenMW/osg). The following cmake arguments can be used to prevent building unneeded OSG plugins and prevent bloat -DBUILD_OSG_PLUGINS_BY_DEFAULT=0 -DBUILD_OSG_PLUGIN_OSG=1 -DBUILD_OSG_PLUGIN_DDS=1 -DBUILD_OSG_PLUGIN_TGA=1 -DBUILD_OSG_PLUGIN_BMP=1 -DBUILD_OSG_PLUGIN_JPEG=1 -DBUILD_OSG_PLUGIN_PNG=1 -DBUILD_OSG_PLUGIN_FREETYPE=1 -DBUILD_OSG_DEPRECATED_SERIALIZERS=0 and to prevent OpenGLes profile from being used: -DOPENGL_PROFILE GL2 Just to be thorough I also added (though it may not be needed) -DOSG_GLES1_AVAILABLE FALSE -DOSG_GLES2_AVAILABLE FALSE -DOSG_GLES3_AVAILABLE FALSE Also we will need to use the following to launch openmw on the raspberry pi: XINIT: OPENMW_DECOMPRESS_TEXTURES=1 /path/to/openmw-launcher XINIT is needed to run the game using OpenGL and OPENMW_DECOMPRESS_TEXTURES=1 is needed to prevent all textures from being purple (apparently raspbian doesnt have proper S3TC support). Youll also need to add xorg as a dependency to use XINIT. EDIT: I also forgot to add that when a user copies over his morrowind game files, openmw will not run if the .bik video files are present. I could not find a fix for this so I simply did not copy them to my pi. They are not vital for gameplay but it would be nice if we could find a solution for this.
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  New Installer Jedi Academy
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  @quicksilver That's great news! I'm glad it's working for you! I think I may want to make an adjustment or two before posting a pull request. I'd really like a better solution for the resolution configuration. I've been looking at the quake3 scripts for that. A nice to have addition, I've found the original game demos in an exe installer. I'd like to see if maybe the game will run with only the demo data, and if so find a way to either extract the data files or find the data files in a zip file/make a zip file for the data. Finally I'd like to build the xLAva ports. I'd like to have a better understanding of what can and can't be shared between the two. I'd be happy to help out with your scripting.
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  HBMame Libretro
  retropie libretro x86 hbmame retrope • • HoJo215  

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  New Port - VVVVVV
  ports game vvvvvv • • pjft  

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  @tacgnol there's an option in-game to show/hide cursor. Worked for hiding mine :)
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  [Announce] retro2png screenshot utility for RetroPie etc.
  hotkeys raspi2png screeenshot snapshots retro2png • • Vegz78  

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  Thanks, these are just the features that I missed in raspi2png, especially the incremental file naming.