@jdrassa Yes it's already half here, my suggestion was to keep pushing it forward.

My propositions regarding the sounds are the following :

Add the "scroll" sound to follow the same syntax as "back" and "select", write as deprecated the "scrollSound" element of the textlist. The "back" sound is only triggered when going out of a folder, it should confirm the user canceled an action/is going back, so it should also trigger when the user leave a game list view to come back to the system view. Either extend the "launch" sound like the "back" or just keep this one to launching game and add a new "confirm" or "validate" sound. Add the possibility for the theme to extend the sounds to the menu (or use separate sounds for the menu) by allowing the following syntax : <view name="menu">

@hurricanefan

So the only things I plan on adding are a trackball, some low profile casters for the back, and some levelers for the front. I didn't know exactly what casters I wanted before starting the build, or else I would have cut them in before I built it. It's not that big a deal to do it after the fact, but I'm worried about getting a bunch of saw dust between the plexi and the monitor which will be a royal pain to clean. Other than that, I just picked up an 8 bitdo bluetooth controller to supplement playing on some of the console systems. I haven't had time to play or sync it with the arcade yet. So far, that's about it. Maybe I'll come back with some updates once I've played with it for awhile. It seems there are always some things you would do differently once you own things for a while!

@barrymossel

One way mirror this size might be a thousand dollars, mirror tint put me back only thirty five... It looks the same.

I have a Freeplay Zero kit waiting anxiously to be put together. In my opinion a fantastic concept! Based on the Game Boy Advance, which has an amazing form factor, ergonomically way better than the DMG-01 if you ask me. You can find loads of GBA shells and you only need to cut away a little bit of plastic on the inside. The Freeplay Zero itself is a really nicely designed PCB to be soldered to a Raspi Zero W, but now they also have developed a kit for the CM3, so a bit more powerful, also a bit more expensive.

freeplaytech.com

@clyde said in Tardis themed Barcade:

But not anything else, I guess? Then it's just stuck in another state than @UrbanDragon's. :p

Oh, ha ha ha, yeah, you are right. My chameleon circuit broke when my TARDIS arcade dropped in on a bunch of roadies at a Stevie Nicks concert. Been a road case ever since.

@caver01 I'm dying of awe right now … what a great idea and execution. 😄

@mikozzz Don't take VRAM that high on a Pi - in fact, you might be better off trying out a lower number. Anything over 120 is quite likely to result in problems.

You could probably run sudo vcdbg reloc via ssh and see the free GPU memory you'd have.

If push comes to shove, maybe actually increasing the memory split for that theme is the way to go - I don't know if it loads a lot of high-resolution assets or something.

@dal1980 While you're developing your theme, it's good to start ES with the --debug flag and look in the log file to spot any errors coming from the .xml files parsing. The log file is in /home/pi/.emulationstation/es_log.txt.

Hi mate! Nice job.
You've made what I am planning since a while, but due to lack of time (kids and work), I couldn't make it.
You've chewed me a lot of time.
Still, I have one or two questions about your wiring.
The place where the power plug was, is that a bridge that you've placed?
And had cut any circuit?
Can you make me a small schema about where to where you've plugged the wires. I am on smartphone so I can't analyse properly the solders you've made.
The led, is the original one?
Thanks for your help, and once again, nice work!

Really nice to see such devices getting a new life :)

I love the fold away control set.

On the first photo I was thinking "What is that semi circle thing? Is that a control knob?" and then I realized that it is the ceiling reflected. That does get me to a question. I know getting photos may be difficult, but how well does the screen show through when playing? These pics captured a lot of the reflection and so I was curious if that has been a problem for you while playing or if once back lite you can even tell there is a mirror in front.

Cool! I was just curious. It is great as it is. I guess if I had to choose a company that represented Raspberry Pi the best, it'd be Adafruit.

And not to hi-jack your thread, but if anyone want's a PS2 version,

OK bought everything and built it and it works great. 2tb harddrive would not fit but the 1 tb one does : )
whats words without pics. so here ya go.
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deleted case ethernet port,case door hinges came out for room, glued closed. had to put dedicated power to the hd to spin right so extra usb port grafted to the drives power wires while data wires go to pie. runs cool enough 50 degrees-ish so far. case closes tighter than pics when screwed together. just took some quick snaps to share. think it turned out pretty good.

Wow

@hitch187 said in Sega Genesis theme:

I think, personally for my system, the Splash screen is okay, I possibly could keep the systems menu as is on the default theme, then for the game selection for each system, have a custom background for each system (Edit: I don't actually think you can do this, I may have misspoke).

You actually can do that. Since the themes are based on layers it is possible to have one global background image and put different images on top. Setting up different images for each system can be done by the old method, where you have to create a separate theme.xml in its own systemname folder. Or by using variables and have all images in its own decicated folders.
The theme from @chicuelo is using that method to display different controller and character images on the carousel but it can easily be added to gamelist view.

so my remote monitering script helped rule out overheating on my pie

its become unstable suddenly... so time to backup and reflash

:)-

@jono said in Syncing between pi:

An alternative would be to use a Samba client, and backup to a shared drive locally. If you have a NAS solution, like a Synology drive, you could use that, and open that up to the internet; in effect your own private cloud. That may help avoid these issues.

Just mentioned for anyone interested: There are two ways to do that: Either forward the ports for remote access directly to your NAS through your router, or set up a VPN and access the NAS from afar like you would from your LAN (a VPN is a remote expansion of your LAN).

@bytethis said in NES Zero:

@yahmez Interesting build. What are you running for emulators ? Just out of curiosity, do you find it's easy to see such a small screen playing , and how long does the battery last ? Nice of you to provide the schematics.

For emulators, anything with the old school standard button layout of of d-pad, a, b, start, and select. The screen is tiny but Gameboy and Gameboy color are perfect. NES is pretty good although text is pretty much unreadable unless you're very familiar with the game. I've been using only NES games which I'm familiar with. The battery lasts about an hour and with the power boost I can charge and play at the same time.