New Overlay: R-Type

UDb23 · 7 Nov 2017, 20:18

@udb23 What core are you using ? What is the error you get when trying to load overlay from RGUI?

UDb23 · 7 Nov 2017, 20:55

@AndersHP
As far as I understand when ROMS are placed on USB drive, that drive is mounted so that any "call" to /home/pi/RetroPie/ and subfolders is redirected to the USB folders instead of looking for them on SD as usual.
One more test you could try is edit the dkong.zip.cfg so that the reference to the other cfg includes full path: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/dkong.cfg.
Similarly edit dkong.cfg to include full path to the png file.

Unfortunately I don't have ROMS on USB so I cannot test.

Maybe @Buzz can help: any reason why overlays should not work the usual way when ROMS are on USB ?

AndersHP · 9 Nov 2017, 19:51

YAAAAAY, BRO!!
That totally did the trick.

Overlay looks sooo good, so .... ahem... well... If you don't know what else to do... Keep 'em coming in 5:4 format :D :D :D

Also tested the Donkey Kong overlay in Gyruss, and it looks perfect there also.

UDb23 · 9 Nov 2017, 21:28

@andershp said in New Overlay: R-Type:

That totally did the trick.

Really happy that it finally works !
So we learned something new: when ROMs are on USB full path reference is needed.
Will add this to the readme.
@meleu: your script should be "upgraded" to consider this case too.

UDb23 · 9 Nov 2017, 21:30

@andershp said in New Overlay: R-Type:

Also tested the Donkey Kong overlay in Gyruss, and it looks perfect there also.

So the Gyruss overlay should be next....
maybe coming soon... ;-)

meleu · 9 Nov 2017, 22:28

@udb23 said in New Overlay: R-Type:

@meleu: your script should be "upgraded" to consider this case too.

Reading the last few posts above I wasn't able to confirm if @AndersHP tried to install using my script.

@AndersHP did you tried to install the overlays with rpie-art and it didn't work?

AndersHP · 11 Oct 2017, 08:12

@meleu yes, the GUI gave me an error regarding using the arcade folder, and then it stated that no art was installed. Should I try again, to get the exact error messages?

meleu · 11 Oct 2017, 09:33

@andershp said in New Overlay: R-Type:

Should I try again, to get the exact error messages?

Yes, please. But this time invoke the script like this:

bash -x ./rpie-art.sh 2> debug.txt

And use the script normally. Follow the steps you took to get those errors. When you are done with the script, the file debug.txt will be filled with valuable info for me to see what's going wrong. Then please post this file at ghostbin.com or something.

AndersHP · 10 Nov 2017, 19:00

Ghost bin gives me an internal server error. Never used the site before, but I will keep trying.

I updated the script but still got these three messages when choosing the 1280 donkey kong art:

"Unable to show the image.
(Note: there's no way to show an image using SSH.)"

"Warning!
We've had some problem with overlay art for "Donkey Kong (arcade)!
Update files from remote repository and try again. If the problem persists, report it at https://github.com/udb23/rpie-ovl/issues".

"No art have been installed".

I used the debug function and got a TXT for my first attempt, then I reinstalled and deleted the debug.txt, and got a fresh one second time.

So I have both files for you to see... Whenever ghostbin will let me. Got another suggestion?

AndersHP · 10 Nov 2017, 19:04

Just tried the 1944 overlay. It installs the launching image fine. Cannot see any overlay, but that's probably because I'm on a 5:4 screen and the game area fills the entire screen.