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    • InsecureSpikeI
      InsecureSpike
      last edited by

      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

      RPi 3 - RetroPie + 500gb HDD [consoles] + Razer Onza Tournament
      RPi 3 - RetroPie + 32gb USB [computers] + Keyboard
      both with AttractMode + FuzzBoxx Layout

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        bmn001
        last edited by

        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.

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        • meleuM
          meleu @bmn001
          last edited by

          @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.

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            alexis-puska
            last edited by

            I agree the idea to choose the controler for player X with a graphical interface. My pi is on a arcade box with 2 joysticks like a bartop, it's usefull to select other gamepad on external usb. Not need to open the box disconnect the arcade joysticks

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            • InsecureSpikeI
              InsecureSpike
              last edited by

              you could always try the AttractMode img, yeah your gamelists will be redundent, but it's a little more user friendly. each emu page is loaded separately, so much quicker ant each emu can have its own theme too! also you can have boxart, screen captures, MP4 clips or wheel art on most of the available themes
              these are all my opinions of course

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              • meleuM
                meleu @alexis-puska
                last edited by

                @alexis-puska said in emulationstation feature requests here:

                I agree the idea to choose the controler for player X with a graphical interface. My pi is on a arcade box with 2 joysticks like a bartop, it's usefull to select other gamepad on external usb. Not need to open the box disconnect the arcade joysticks

                At least you can do it for libretro/retroarch emulators:
                https://github.com/meleu/RetroPie-joystick-selection

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                  silentq
                  last edited by

                  On the scraper optimization front, I think my biggest barrier with the scraper within emulationstation is the fact that it doesn't seem to ignore roms with (US) or [b1] basically any nonsense in the rom's filename. It would go a long way to being useful if it ignored these indicators when it scraped or at least gave you the option to ignore that.

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                    backstander
                    last edited by

                    I like the idea of having different ways to sort the games instead of alphabetic only. I think it would also be helpful if it would have a way to show the last game you played on top or the last 3 games or even just automatically highlight the last game you played after a reboot. Also sorting by popularity would be nice like having the most played game on top and the least played game on the bottom of the list.

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                      Autzen6430
                      last edited by

                      A way to mark certain files, like the bios files that need to be in the Roms libary, so they won't be displayed on the screen list.

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                        JFamily @Wolfieee
                        last edited by

                        @Wolfieee Why not put all of your roms in your NAS and be done with it? Sure you still have to tinker a bit but it's a one and done situation. Not to mention, the amount of programming someone would have to go through to save you from copying some folders, making a share and editing a config file would be insane and there are much more important things the devs could be doing...

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                          genesis14
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                          I use the ipac control usb setup (I install joystick and push button controlls in standup cabinet arcades), I find that setting up player 1/player 2/player 3/player 4 a pain in the butt considering that all the different systems don't have a master button configuration and I have to input all the controls into each and every system config file. I would like to see a master control config file for all the systems

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                            EddieHartman
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                            Basically this. I'd like to be able to run EmulationStation from raspbian and then exit back to raspbian in an x session.

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                              Wolfieee @JFamily
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                              @JFamily I now have all my roms on my NAS. It works ok. Very slow at booting up Emulation Station but that could be because of the amount of roms it's trying to load. Found an easy way to edit the config file so it's not as painful not as it was. I understand it would be a nightmare to program but It would be a nice feature to have.

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                              • cyperghostC
                                cyperghost @Wolfieee
                                last edited by cyperghost

                                @Wolfieee
                                If the first start is slow and it isn't your NAS - then try to use subfolders for the ROMS. I made a test with RetroPie 2.3 in former times.
                                10.000 ROMS for 3 systems, and the Pi was up (from the terminal to a manuel starting ES) in 7 seconds

                                I put 18.500 ROMS to annother system (so 28.500 files in total), new the Pi needed 2minutes and 50seconds to start the ES from the terminal bash.

                                I divvided the roms in Subfolders A-Z and every subfolder was marked as a new system the starting time was 28 seconds :)

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