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    • paffleyP
      paffley @chicuelo
      last edited by

      @chicuelo said in Retropie wishlist:

      A system indicator would be great to, so you know hoy many systems you have to navigate through to star over the wheel

      Good call! maybe a svg icon.

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      • chicueloC
        chicuelo @paffley
        last edited by

        @paffley said in Retropie wishlist:

        @chicuelo said in Retropie wishlist:

        A system indicator would be great to, so you know hoy many systems you have to navigate through to star over the wheel

        Good call! maybe a svg icon.

        I made a theme with a fake indicator, it works for my build but it would be great to have an indicator system you could customize

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        • BobHarrisB
          BobHarris
          last edited by BobHarris

          The only wish I have is about game manuals.
          It would be great if you could scrape game manuals & have an easy way of viewing them. There are two websites that host a lot of manuals, but also a lot of manuals are still missing.
          I have many manuals in pdf format on my pc, but I'd really like the option to view them on the Pi. I've read it's possible (I think converting them into jpegs) but it's not really straightforward. I've read this can be done for you on the Pi, but everytime you'd want to view a manual you need a keyboard to do so.

          Right now we only have part of the package on the Pi; game manuals are an integral part of old games. They used to describe story elements (not mentioned in the game) and explained game mechanics, you'd sometimes have a hard time figuring out without the manual.

          Update: I've looked into it again and I figured out pdf's can be viewed through a pdf viewer add on in Kodi (The add on isn't listed in Kodi so I had to resort to installing it from a zip file, downloaded on my pc: https://kodi-addons.club/addon/plugin.image.pdfreader/1.0.2) Doesn't work perfectly though: It won't open all my pdf's successfully. (Apparantely it's because of an unsupported format of the images in the pdf: If I turn the pdf into jpegs and the jpegs into a pdf, then the pdf does work in the viewer in Kodi.) Actually I'm surprised it even works at all as the addon hasn't been updated anymore since 2015.

          Pi 3B , 64 GB Sandisk ultra flashdrive, 19 systems, 872 hand picked classic gaming gems :-) Dual shock 4v2

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          • Impman66I
            Impman66
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            On the subject of game manuals, how about an additional graphic on the themes showing a mapping of how the individual has configured their gamepad/joystick/arcade buttons to show what does what. I am pretty sure this can be done by reading the Retroarch.cfg file for that particular game, although I know nothing about programming so maybe not.
            Or how about the option to add a "Theme Creator" program, that allows people to create their own themes for Emulation station.
            Lots of ideas starting to buzz around the old noggin, will put some more up later.

            Pi Model or other hardware: Raspberry Pi 3 Model B
            Power Supply used: Generic 5v 2.5A Panasonic
            RetroPie Version Used : 4.5.1
            Built From: Retropie website
            USB Devices connected: 2 x Dragonrise N64 Encoders

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              EctoOne @Impman66
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              @impman66 said in Retropie wishlist:

              Or how about the option to add a "Theme Creator" program, that allows people to create their own themes for Emulation station.

              Almost every text editor is a Theme Creator program. It might be not as comfortable but ES Themes aren't that complicated either.

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              • Impman66I
                Impman66 @EctoOne
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                @ectoone Really?? Thanks for that, so you mean I could use something like power point or word to create a theme? But then how would I convert it for use on ES?
                Can you post a link please so I can get instruction...Many thanks.

                Pi Model or other hardware: Raspberry Pi 3 Model B
                Power Supply used: Generic 5v 2.5A Panasonic
                RetroPie Version Used : 4.5.1
                Built From: Retropie website
                USB Devices connected: 2 x Dragonrise N64 Encoders

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                  EctoOne @Impman66
                  last edited by

                  @impman66 Well, first I suggest using Notepad++ and not something that is made for business stuff or presentations.
                  Then there is the Tutorial in the Docs.
                  The easiest way to test the Theme is the ES Toolkit combined with the latest build for windows (move the updated files from the latest version into the correct folder of the ES Toolkit to have the latest theming features available).

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                  • Impman66I
                    Impman66 @EctoOne
                    last edited by

                    @ectoone Thank you so much will give it a go.

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                    Power Supply used: Generic 5v 2.5A Panasonic
                    RetroPie Version Used : 4.5.1
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                    • paffleyP
                      paffley
                      last edited by

                      I would really like to see 'Video snaps' on the system view at some point in the future, I think it would give so much more to theme makers with some creative ideas.

                      My question is - would it have the option of OXM Player? or would it be OXM only?

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                        AndrewH
                        last edited by

                        A volume control for the video previews / screensaver would be useful. I currently have them muted because they're so much louder than the in-game sounds.

                        Also, scanline shaders for the screensaver so it better matches the in-game experience. I suggested this a while back, but never got anywhere with it.

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                          AndrewH
                          last edited by

                          I thought of another one - wraparound on all of the EmulationStation menus (i.e. if you're at the top and press 'up', it will bring you to the bottom of the menu)

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                          • feutegrafF
                            feutegraf
                            last edited by

                            video snaps are supported, I've seen builds using this (without Attract Mode)

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                              XVO
                              last edited by XVO

                              What if you only put one rom in the rom folder and that it boots that rom automatically.
                              Can be handy if you want to build a dedicated pacman cabinet without selecting the game every time.

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                              • PokeEngineerP
                                PokeEngineer @paffley
                                last edited by

                                @paffley

                                I might be able to put background music in ES based on Recalbox's version, when I have time... I have school stuff to do.

                                Don't sweat it.
                                When in doubt, take a BYTE out of life.

                                😎

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                                • lilbudL
                                  lilbud @PokeEngineer
                                  last edited by

                                  @pokeengineer said in Retropie wishlist:

                                  when I have time... I have school stuff to do.

                                  Story of my life

                                  Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                                  Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                                  • paffleyP
                                    paffley @AndrewH
                                    last edited by

                                    @andrewh said in Retropie wishlist:

                                    I thought of another one - wraparound on all of the EmulationStation menus (i.e. if you're at the top and press 'up', it will bring you to the bottom of the menu)

                                    I agree, good call!

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                                    • paffleyP
                                      paffley @feutegraf
                                      last edited by

                                      @feutegraf said in Retropie wishlist:

                                      video snaps are supported, I've seen builds using this (without Attract Mode)

                                      In the System view? I know gamelist view is supported but not the system select view.

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                                      • paffleyP
                                        paffley @PokeEngineer
                                        last edited by

                                        @pokeengineer said in Retropie wishlist:

                                        @paffley

                                        I might be able to put background music in ES based on Recalbox's version, when I have time... I have school stuff to do.

                                        Sounds great! Keep us updated :)

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