Neo Geo X Build

PaBLoNeKeN · 19 Sept 2018, 07:13

Thanks for the reply @FlyingTomahawk , I downloaded those packages but I didn't find media for:

Bang Bang Busters
Crossed Swords II
Jockey Grand Prix
Last Hope
Treasure of the Caribbean

FlyingTomahawk · 19 Sept 2018, 07:24

I am sure @ruckage will check in here soon and he'll see your list of missing marquees. Just skip them for now until he can make them.

legacy · 20 Sept 2018, 07:34

Loving the theme.

legacy · 20 Sept 2018, 15:31

Stuart2773 · 20 Sept 2018, 20:12

@pabloneken said in Neo Geo X Build:

Thanks for the reply @FlyingTomahawk , I downloaded those packages but I didn't find media for:

Bang Bang Busters
Crossed Swords II
Jockey Grand Prix
Last Hope
Treasure of the Caribbean

@flyingtomahawk said in Neo Geo X Build:

@pabloneken

I am sure @ruckage will check in here soon and he'll see your list of missing marquees. Just skip them for now until he can make them.

here you go, i made these for myself matching @ruckage style.

enjoy.

PaBLoNeKeN · 22 Sept 2018, 22:02

Thanks @Stuart2773 , now the great theme of @ruckage is complete :D

Stuart2773 · 23 Sept 2018, 17:22

@pabloneken

here's the final batch of marquee's to complete the neo geo set if anyone needs them.

crouching pony hidden dragon
idol mahjong final romance
chibi marukochan deluxe quiz
master of syougi
neo pong
quiz daisousa sen - the last countdown
quiz meitantei neo & geo part 2
quiz kof
v-liner

ruckage · 23 Sept 2018, 19:58

@stuart2773
Thanks for doing those. I hadn't had chance to do them myself.

Stuart2773 · 23 Sept 2018, 21:11

@ruckage said in Neo Geo X Build:

@stuart2773
Thanks for doing those. I hadn't had chance to do them myself.

Glad to help m8, i know your a busy guy.

Hankola · 3 Nov 2018, 15:20

@ruckage I know this is perhaps yet another request on top of a pile of requests... but do you think when you have the time you could throw together the Capcom/Neogeo overlays with scanlines to fit games like 1942/Avengers/Ikari Warriors in that vertical style? I use these almost exclusively these days. I tried to make my own and its super apparent that it is no where near this quality.

tophunter99 · 3 Nov 2018, 01:23

question, the marquee layer is behind video preview, so it's only half displayed when video is playing, is there any way to fix this?

ruckage · 3 Nov 2018, 15:20

@Hankola said in Neo Geo X Build:

@ruckage I know this is perhaps yet another request on top of a pile of requests... but do you think when you have the time you could throw together the Capcom/Neogeo overlays with scanlines to fit games like 1942/Avengers/Ikari Warriors in that vertical style? I use these almost exclusively these days. I tried to make my own and its super apparent that it is no where near this quality.

Hi. I can have a look but I can't guarantee how clean it will look as you need to cram in more scanlines as the image is rotated and scaled for those games.

@tophunter99 said in Neo Geo X Build:

question, the marquee layer is behind video preview, so it's only half displayed when video is playing, is there any way to fix this?

Hi. It's do do with the video player you are using. You must be using OMX player which is hardware accelerated but doesn't support layering so is always rendered on top.

To disable OMX player in EmulationStation open the option menu.
Choose 'Other settings'.
Find the option for OMX player and make sure it's switched off.

The video should then play behind the marquee.

tophunter99 · 4 Nov 2018, 02:27

@ruckage good to know, thanks!

kentarosan · 23 Nov 2018, 12:34

Hi there! Been trying this theme and is awesome. But have a problem with the games' logos:

How can I fix that problem with the logos size?

ruckage · 23 Nov 2018, 13:11

@kentarosan
Hi. You need to use the pack of marquees specifically designed for this theme. There is a link to download the marquee pack in this post along with some other assets that may be useful.

Synthesis · 27 Dec 2018, 23:20

@ruckage I made my account for the sole purpose of asking questions, so hopefully I don't embarrass myself.

Disabling OMX works, but all the preview video is blue tinted. I cursory glance at the forums seems to suggest this is codec related...maybe. This isn't just my first time with your great theme, it's my first time with RetroPie in general, so I'm stumped. Could anyone else comment on the inverted (I think) colors?

mitu · 28 Dec 2018, 04:37

@Synthesis said in Neo Geo X Build:

Disabling OMX works, but all the preview video is blue tinted. I cursory glance at the forums seems to suggest this is codec related...maybe

It's a bug with the vlc packages included in Raspbian. There's a fix pending, but not yet released. It's not a codec related problem. You can either downgrade your VLC packages, switch to OMXplayer (which might interfere with the theme's layout, as you noticed) or wait for the updated packages to be released.

Synthesis · 28 Dec 2018, 16:33

@mitu Thank you for clarifying. I think I read something similar, but you've done a much better job explaining than elsewhere. As you noted, OMX reproduces the colors properly, but does not support layers (as mentioned just a few posts above). Normally I'd err on the side of patience, but simply as a learning experience, could you outline how to downgrade the internal VLC software? Toggling it does seem as simple as disabling OMX, and I'm not too worried about overheating (given the preview resolution and since my Pi is just sitting on a table top currently).

mitu · 28 Dec 2018, 18:07

@Synthesis I'd rather wait for the packages to be updated. I have an image that has some desktop components and that pulled a few more packages for vlc that might not exist on your system.
However, as a learning experience, if you have used apt/apt-get before, the steps involved would be:

determine which vlc packages are installed with

dpkg -l | grep vlc

For each package, run the downgrade command

sudo apt-get install <package_name1>=3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 <package_name2>=3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1

Ex.

 sudo apt-get install  libvlc-bin=3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1

Synthesis · 28 Dec 2018, 20:17

@mitu said in Neo Geo X Build:

@Synthesis I'd rather wait for the packages to be updated. I have an image that has some desktop components and that pulled a few more packages for vlc that might not exist on your system.
However, as a learning experience, if you have used apt/apt-get before, the steps involved would be:

determine which vlc packages are installed with
dpkg -l | grep vlc
For each package, run the downgrade command
sudo apt-get install <package_name1>=3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 <package_name2>=3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 
Ex.
 sudo apt-get install  libvlc-bin=3.0.3-1-0+deb9u1 

Thank you. I'll try and learn from example at least--I guess I picked a less-than-optimal time to start this pet project (the actual physical wiring of everything seems easy by comparison, but maybe I just suck at basic coding).

In the meantime: figuring out loading screens (as a perfect example of how these things work for me, I followed the basic instruction of universal loading screens....and they didn't work, and the screens passed too fast for any human being to read what might've gone wrong on my end). Pretty much how I've learned everything so far, heh.