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    What would you like to see in future Retropie releases

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    • HurricaneFanH
      HurricaneFan @pjft
      last edited by

      @pjft It does, but with the Favorite feature. I'll have to remember to turn it on and off whenever I want to use that feature.

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        dsstrainer
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        • ES Kiosk/Kid mode built in or really just add more granularity in the xml file on what you can enable/disable from the menus. No need for a separate "mode".. just set on/off flags for each menu item. This will give the most dynamic future proof setup and allow users to customize the menus as they please.
        • Screensaver options that allow a video to play instead of just "dim" or "black" screen.
        • Proper screen sleep after x minutes of screensaver time.
        • On Screen Keyboard within the menus so that you can enter wifi password using only the joystick and buttons

        RetroPie v4.2 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 8GB SanDisk class 10 microSD • 16GB External USB Thumb Drive
        Roms, images and configs stored in USB and symlinked from normal microsd location
        Xarcade Keyboard encoder + Zero Delay Joystick encoder

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        • MrJordaaanyM
          MrJordaaany @dsstrainer
          last edited by

          @dsstrainer said in What would you like to see in future Retropie releases:

          • Screensaver options that allow a video to play instead of just "dim" or "black" screen.

          You can do this now. Update your EmulationStation.

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          • HexH
            Hex
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            The core dev group has decided not to implement Game ScreenSaver

            We are currently planning on freezing new feature integration after Kiosk mode is introduced and continue with code clean up and bug fixing for the month of October. Critical bug if any would be addressed with priority. Please follow development, if you want, on github. If you find bugs, first report them on Forum. We shall escalate them if they are critical.

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            • pjftP
              pjft @Hex
              last edited by

              @hex ? I take it you mean it's not going to be implemented for 4.3?

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              • HexH
                Hex
                last edited by

                Kiosk is not being included in the next release. Thats what buzz said

                https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation/pull/235#issuecomment-330013773

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                • pjftP
                  pjft @Hex
                  last edited by

                  @hex I was asking about the video screensaver bit. I want aware that there had been such a final decision on something. Thanks.

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                  • HexH
                    Hex
                    last edited by

                    @pjft I am confused. Video Screensaver is already done. Game screensaver is where it runs a rom for a fixed time and then closes the emulator to start again with a random game.

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                    • pjftP
                      pjft @Hex
                      last edited by

                      @hex ah, sorry. I was referring to @dsstrainer 's request a few posts back for a video screensaver similar to the image one.

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                      • sergioadS
                        sergioad
                        last edited by

                        An icon or alternate text for favorited games

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                          jawah
                          last edited by jawah

                          Hello,

                          Could it be possible to have all save files are recorded in a separed common directory and not in the roms directory ?? (to avoid messing with it when using a rom management tool or for just keeping the roms directory as clean as possible ...)

                          Thank in advance for reading me.

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                          • SuperFromNDS
                            SuperFromND @jawah
                            last edited by

                            @jawah I haven't tested it myself, but I'm pretty sure that's what the "Savefile" option in the RetroArch menu is for. (Settings > Directory > Scroll to nearly-bottom of page > Savefile, it's set to <Content dir> by default)

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                              jawah @SuperFromND
                              last edited by jawah

                              @supercatfooz said in What would you like to see in future Retropie releases:

                              @jawah I haven't tested it myself, but I'm pretty sure that's what the "Savefile" option in the RetroArch menu is for. (Settings > Directory > Scroll to nearly-bottom of page > Savefile, it's set to <Content dir> by default)

                              ok i'll check that when i'm done working today :)

                              Thank you.

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                                mxstar1 @twd
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                                @twd @hex YES... I want this so bad! i have Attract running in vertical, while keeping the system un rotated, but i cant use ES in my vertical cab because it is not rotated. It would be really nice to be able to rotate ES independant of the boot.cfg

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                                • HexH
                                  Hex
                                  last edited by

                                  @mxstar1 I dont think we have anyone working on it. I tried a simpler approach but it is a lot more complex. We have a distinct vision that is not aligned at all with Attract mode. So I dont know if this feature will be incorporated any time soon.

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                                  • Used2BeRXU
                                    Used2BeRX
                                    last edited by

                                    Hey guys. Somebody probably already requested this at some point, so apologies if I'm re-hashing something already discussed... or even something that can already be done that I'm not aware of.

                                    I was wondering if we could have user-profiles. I'm sure there could be many useful applications for this, but the one that came to mind for me was to have multiple favorites lists.

                                    While testing NES games I'm finding quite a few that I know my niece would love, but I doubt they'd be on my brother's favorites list if he used the feature. I thought it would be cool to make a favorites list for both of them before I get his pi back to him.

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                                    • HurricaneFanH
                                      HurricaneFan @Used2BeRX
                                      last edited by

                                      @used2berx You could build a custom collection for each person and name it whatever you wanted.

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                                      • HexH
                                        Hex @Used2BeRX
                                        last edited by

                                        @used2berx said in What would you like to see in future Retropie releases:

                                        Hey guys. Somebody probably already requested this at some point, so apologies if I'm re-hashing something already discussed... or even something that can already be done that I'm not aware of.

                                        I was wondering if we could have user-profiles. I'm sure there could be many useful applications for this, but the one that came to mind for me was to have multiple favorites lists.

                                        While testing NES games I'm finding quite a few that I know my niece would love, but I doubt they'd be on my brother's favorites list if he used the feature. I thought it would be cool to make a favorites list for both of them before I get his pi back to him.

                                        @pjft Thoughts on this?

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                                          morrisav10 @Hex
                                          last edited by morrisav10

                                          @hex J2me would be amazing!

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                                          • HexH
                                            Hex
                                            last edited by

                                            @morrisav10 You dont say...
                                            https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/11441/would-you-like-to-play-nokia-j2me-games-on-retropie

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