Handheld Overlays [PSD+PNG+CFG]

[Lodan-Zark]

@meleu I don't know well how to send the files to github repository :\ if you want you can upload them yourself to make other people life easier.

[papinist]

I would love to have this overlay for a 4:3 screen (actually 5:4, 1280x1024) to use in my bartop project! Doing this myself from your images is not ideal since I miss top and bottom part.
To have a decent quality from suc a low resolution games, I'm using x4 resolution for gb, gbc, gg, lynx and ngpc, and x3 for gba.

[HurricaneFan]

@UDb23 Any chance these can get added to your GitHub?

[UDb23]

@hurricanefan Will have a look at these; shouldn't be difficult to create the info files required to be used with the install script.

[HurricaneFan]

@udb23 That is amazing news! You rock.

[UDb23]

@hurricanefan @meleu
created required files and uploaded gamegear overlay to the Repo as test.

Could you kindly check if it installs as expected ?

[HurricaneFan]

@udb23

Hi UDb23, I installed the gamegear overlay this morning after seeing your message. I don't see the overlay working through when I start up a game.

I am using lr-genesis-plus-gx as the emulator.

[UDb23]

@hurricanefan I think we need @meleu's help ...

[HurricaneFan]

@udb23 I got it working.

The only thing missing was a retroarch settings update:

In /opt/retropie/configs/gamegear/retroarch.cfg

Add the following:

video_smooth = false

aspect_ratio_index = "22"

custom_viewport_width = "960"
custom_viewport_height = "876"
custom_viewport_x = "480"
custom_viewport_y = "102"

input_overlay_enable = true
input_overlay_opacity = 1.0
input_overlay_scale = 1.0
input_overlay = /opt/retropie/configs/gamegear/overlay/gg-1080p_grid_LZ-ovl.cfg

Overlay screenshot working:

[HurricaneFan]

@udb23 I think I found what happened, the gamegear retroarch.cfg got copied to the gba config folder. So something in the install went wrong with the overlay tool.

[meleu]

@udb23 thanks to the @HurricaneFan discoveries above I've submitted a PR with the fix:
https://github.com/UDb23/rpie-ovl/pull/52

Cheers!

[HurricaneFan]

@meleu Thanks for fixing the code!

[UDb23]

@HurricaneFan @meleu Merged.
Sorry I couldn' t help on this but I was on a business trip abroad.
On the weekend I'll add the other handheld overlays.

[HurricaneFan]

@udb23 It's ok. It was fun to troubleshoot.

Thanks for your help with this! I really appreciate it.

[UDb23]

@hurricanefan Gameboy added.

[HurricaneFan]

@udb23 Cool, I'll test it tomorrow.

[Arnulf]

@Lodan-Zark said in Handheld Overlays [PSD+PNG+CFG]:

aspect_ratio_index = "22"

I had problems with this new config.
but since I changed it to
aspect_ratio_index = "23"
it worked for me

20 = Config, 21 = 1:1 PAR, 22 = Core Provided, 23 = Custom Viewport

[UDb23]

@Arnulf Retroarch developers changed the "custom" value from 22 to 23 some months ago.
CFGs were not updated.
Just fixed gamegear and GB overlays' cfgs; thanks for letting know about the issue.

[MarlonBarros]

I'm using a 720p screen. Which settings should I use?

[UDb23]

@MarlonBarros Just install with @meleu 's script. As 720p is 16:9 ratio too (as 1080p) retroarch should adapt the overlay to your screen automatically.