emulationstation feature requests here

kite

One feature I would like is some kind of API to be able to show a battery level overlay, or if battery is low to show a low battery icon in the corner (flashing or something).. or in the menu it to show the battery status (for example Steam does this when you ALT+TAB and are on battery power).

I say API because there isn't a standard way to measure the level, probably best to use an I2C analog IC and for the user to write their own process to read the level (and convert to volts) to send to an API which can deal with it on screen..

This would be useful in any portable application and a lot better than using an LED or something.. I believe the GPU already shows that multi-coloured square when voltage is low, something like that but a battery icon rather than a weird square thing.. or the very least in a menu (stretch goal to do time based monitoring to predict battery life, or use of current sensor)

ZogZogAkita

An easy way to include/exclude system on emulationstation.
There's a lot of users (I know many of them) that just want to play the console videogames (Atari2600/NES/MasterSystem/SNES/MegaDrive/PlayStation), and don't care about Ports, Amiga, Apple II, DOSBox, etc.
I know this can be done editing the es_systems.cfg. But a simple checkbox on emulationstation to choose the systems would be really nice.

This would be an excellent idea for dummy users to avoid complex configuration. It would be definitely useful !

Drakaen391

@BuZz would a workaround be "commenting" out the other systems in the es_systems file?

BuZz

@Drakaen391 you can remove the files in ~/RetroPie/roms/SYSTEM which might be easier and they will not show. If editing es_systems.cfg copy it to ~/.emulationstation/ and it won't get overwritten (you will need to manually keep it in sync though)

doimus

May I suggest maging the ES user interface more "kid friendly", ie. less confusing when navigating and starting games.

Most importantly, not switching between systems with LEFT-RIGHT keys when already in particular system menu, ie. between NES, SMS, etc.

Also, and I guess this is more of an Retropie issue - the "press a key for options" right after you launch a game is very confusing for kids, especially after they find themselves in a text environment. Changing that to "press a specific key for options" would improve the experience a lot, while still keeping the functionality.

herb_fargus

@doimus read the documentation before asking for things that already exist:

https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/runcommand

https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Child-friendly-EmulationStation

Rion

@BuZz said in emulationstation feature requests here:

@Drakaen391 you can remove the files in ~/RetroPie/roms/SYSTEM which might be easier and they will not show. If editing es_systems.cfg copy it to ~/.emulationstation/ and it won't get overwritten (you will need to manually keep it in sync though)

What if you just rename the folder foldername to foldername_notshow?

That way you can easy switch back if you want without removing them?

senkun

@doimus said in emulationstation feature requests here:

May I suggest maging the ES user interface more "kid friendly", ie. less confusing when navigating and starting games.

Most importantly, not switching between systems with LEFT-RIGHT keys when already in particular system menu, ie. between NES, SMS, etc.

Also, and I guess this is more of an Retropie issue - the "press a key for options" right after you launch a game is very confusing for kids, especially after they find themselves in a text environment. Changing that to "press a specific key for options" would improve the experience a lot, while still keeping the functionality.

You can set them not to. It's all in the docs. As they used to say, RTFM ;-}

senkun

@Rion said in emulationstation feature requests here:

@BuZz said in emulationstation feature requests here:

@Drakaen391 you can remove the files in ~/RetroPie/roms/SYSTEM which might be easier and they will not show. If editing es_systems.cfg copy it to ~/.emulationstation/ and it won't get overwritten (you will need to manually keep it in sync though)

What if you just rename the folder foldername to foldername_notshow?

That way you can easy switch back if you want without removing them?

Easier way, just set a hidden directory named let's say .hidden. then you move all the directories you don't want showing into it. Come the day you want this or that showing, just move em back out.

Lodan-Zark

well I only used the native scraper once and it was awful, luckly we had the sselph scraper, yet would be nice integrate some sselphscrapper gui into emulationstation interface.

The shutdown image it's an awesome idea but I presume that functionality relies on operation system and not on emulation station.

Another cool feature would be adding an start menu for login in on retroachievements (cheevos) with features like login in, log out, change user.

movisman

@senkun

Yep, exactly, I just made a folder called .unused in each emulator folder I wanted to hide from the menu, and moved the files to that folder. I just means I can move them out later if I decide I want to use them.

Wolfieee

I'm guessing this is an Emulation Station issue but I'd like to see a simple way of setting up NAS servers. Having to docommand line changes is a pain. A nice interface that helps you setup a drive and config the emulators so they can see your ROMS would be great. I have some ROMS on my SD card and the larger sized ones on my NAS. Would be great to be able to set it up in one place instead of editing lots of config files

kite

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Rion

@administrators Can we make this thread a sticky?

BuZz

I don't see the need to make it a sticky.

pattaboy

Autostart game

this would be helpful for those who made themed arcade systems featuring one game.
Or for those who want to use the retropie system for kodi use and when exiting playing games for the kids..

batman

@meleu You've got some good ones listed here. Particularly those listed under improved theming. I'm all for further customisation to keep things fresh.

I've listed my request here:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/608/customisation-over-metadata-additional-images-on-game-selection-screen

InsecureSpike

i'd like to see those Theming requests, plus the ability of using boxart & system logos, etc, with in folders, so we can sub-categorise roms into regions/genre's and still have art for them

bmn001

This is cool and all, but are we sure Emulation Station hasn't been abandoned? It hasn't received even the most minor of updates in over a year.

It looks beautiful so I'm glad it's the (stagnant) RetroPie launcher of choice, and it does have its problems, but maybe the best idea is to post these suggestions on its github page.

meleu

@bmn001 We are aware that Aloshi abandoned the upstream development. When I started this topic I was aiming at the RetroPie fork, but since then I realized that this fork isn't exactly at active development too.

But there is a hope! :-) There is a guy who showed interest in play with emulationstation code focused on RetroPie. And, yes, we repeated these feature requests on his github repository.