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    jacobfk20
    last edited by 10 Aug 2016, 01:12

    @lilbud Ah, I get ya. Making something like that wouldn't be hard from what I've already done. I may end up adding options for themers to add a system list (like the one in that pic) anywhere they want and give them more grid options such as grid tile spacing, changing the missing box art image, or force grid tile size.

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      herb_fargus administrators @jacobfk20
      last edited by herb_fargus 8 Oct 2016, 03:13 10 Aug 2016, 01:59

      @jacobfk20 would be best the other way around- rebasing your changes against the retropie fork rather than rebasing retropie's changes against your repo, that way a full history is retained rather than just 13 commits.

      e.g. https://github.com/HerbFargus/EmulationStation/tree/gridview

      If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

      Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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        jacobfk20
        last edited by 10 Aug 2016, 02:25

        @herb_fargus Yes, github still confuses me. Now it does a little less. Thank you.

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          herb_fargus administrators @jacobfk20
          last edited by 10 Aug 2016, 02:27

          @jacobfk20 Its always confusing at first - plenty of things about it still confuse me ;) always more to learn

          If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

          Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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            lilbud @jacobfk20
            last edited by lilbud 8 Oct 2016, 04:07 10 Aug 2016, 03:01

            @jacobfk20 Upon running your new test build, It deleted all of my game lists. But kept the images. making every entry in ES the default box art, (the nes cart that says ROM)

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

            Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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              mattrixk @jacobfk20
              last edited by 10 Aug 2016, 03:14

              @jacobfk20 said in EmulationStation mod:

              Do you have this somewhere else so I can have it for reference?

              I have posted some ideas elsewhere, and gotten some ideas from other people, but I've been meaning to make a list like this for a little while now, and this post finally gave me the opportunity. It would be nice knowing how to code this stuff so I could give it go myself, but I'm going to stick with front end development for now.

              My ES themes: MetaPixel | Spare | Io | Indent

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                jacobfk20
                last edited by 10 Aug 2016, 03:15

                @lilbud I'm sorry I just single handily destroyed your gamelists. That kinda bums me out but thank you for being brave and trying it. I'm going to try a fix it now.

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                  lilbud @jacobfk20
                  last edited by 10 Aug 2016, 03:20

                  @jacobfk20 I'm just lucky I put off moving my MAME roms on to the pi. Good thing I waited, I have a whole set of 1400-something

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

                  Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                    PokeEngineer @lilbud
                    last edited by 10 Aug 2016, 03:52

                    @lilbud

                    Why don't you just copy them onto your Pi instead of moving them?
                    That's what I do just in-case something bad happens, like having your gamelist deleted for instance...

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

                    😎

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                      jacobfk20
                      last edited by 10 Aug 2016, 03:52

                      I reverted the test build back to the last build on google drive to make sure no one else destroys their gamelists.

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                        lilbud @PokeEngineer
                        last edited by lilbud 8 Oct 2016, 05:14 10 Aug 2016, 04:11

                        @RetroPieNerd Thats what i meant, wherever the roms were, nothing will save me if my gamelist is deleted.

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

                        Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                          PokeEngineer @lilbud
                          last edited by 10 Aug 2016, 04:13

                          @lilbud

                          Oh, okay.

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

                          😎

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                            herb_fargus administrators @jacobfk20
                            last edited by herb_fargus 8 Oct 2016, 13:12 10 Aug 2016, 09:03

                            @jacobfk20 I was looking through your code and I saw a few references to directlaunch. is that something that you reincorporated? If so were you able to address the crashing issues mentioned here? https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation/issues/37

                            Also my C++ is a tad rusty so trying to decipher each feature added in the one commit is proving difficult ( but just for reference on my branch here I was able to add basically all the features except I left out the gamepad stuff and wifi/network stuff as for my own builds I don't really need them- especially since I use my PC with emulationstation.)

                            In case you're interested the following is an example of a module for the setup script the branch I've done. It won't work with your current build as you don't have the emulationstation.sh file

                            http://pastebin.com/7cjQtQJt

                            If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                            Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                              InsecureSpike
                              last edited by InsecureSpike 8 Oct 2016, 11:33 10 Aug 2016, 10:32

                              now i know this is probably a long shot but, with updated code and changing from xml, to another database, would it be possible to add a feature like in attract mode, where the rom folder content gets re-generated upon page/menu selection, so emulation station doesn't need restarting when adding new content.

                              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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                                jacobfk20
                                last edited by 10 Aug 2016, 14:23

                                @herb_fargus I built on top of Aloshi's main branch that still has directlaunch. I can understand trying to go through the code and finding what is used with grid view and what is not. I think I will just make a branch that is for grid view as well and get it as bug free and polished as I can and keep other features in other branches.

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                                  herb_fargus administrators @jacobfk20
                                  last edited by herb_fargus 8 Oct 2016, 16:32 10 Aug 2016, 14:37

                                  @jacobfk20 directlaunch was only added to retropie, it was never part of Aloshi's main branch so you must have built on an older version of the retropie fork (or merged in the pending PR on aloshi's branch yourself) but anyways yes, compartmentalised features would be good ;) I'll keep playing with your code, keep up the good work.

                                  If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                                  Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                    Arcuza @herb_fargus
                                    last edited by 10 Aug 2016, 16:35

                                    @herb_fargus I know a bit XML, XSLT (XPath), C and SQL, but I've only done it on Windows.

                                    I would like to have a filter based rom browsing so that you can game lists that are "all racing games for NES or SNES" or "all RPG games done by Square" or "all PSX games supporting 4 players" or "all games older than 1990"

                                    Is it possible to add that to ES? Where do I start?

                                    Thank you for your support

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                                      Pyjamarama
                                      last edited by 10 Aug 2016, 17:44

                                      taking Xmls to a database will be the greater breakthrough for Es. As it is now, Es is superb.
                                      But having all the data into one database will give speed,flexibility and unlock possibilities like eg favorites without hassle and expensive XML parsings.

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                                        jacobfk20
                                        last edited by 10 Aug 2016, 20:33

                                        @herb_fargus I forked retropie's ES and made a gridview branch. https://github.com/jacobfk20/EmulationStation/tree/Gridview
                                        it contains only what is needed to do my grid view which includes adding some things to SystemData.

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                                          herb_fargus administrators @jacobfk20
                                          last edited by 10 Aug 2016, 20:34

                                          @jacobfk20 ah brilliant! Will test now.

                                          If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                                          Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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