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    Overlay positioning changed after recent update

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    • AlturisA
      Alturis @mitu
      last edited by

      @mitu I use a host of emulators for various games but primarily I use lr-fbalpha (fba). In particular I am running fba for frogger.

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator
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        I'll try to give it a test, but that would take a couple of days.

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        • mituM
          mitu Global Moderator
          last edited by

          Just tested this and I don't get the issue you're mentioning. Here's 2 screenshots taken on a 1080p display - https://imgur.com/a/JwkAFkJ - with and without overlay. From what I'm seeing, the overlay matches exactly the remaining screen area, on a 1080p display. The screenshots were taken with Mame2003 and with the latest binary update for RetroArch - I get the same result with FBAlpha.

          I used your configs and @UDb23's Frogger overlay, which I assume you're also using.

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          • AlturisA
            Alturis @mitu
            last edited by

            @mitu Well thank you for taking the time to validate and test that on your own. I appreciate it.

            If anyone else has any ideas what might have changed in a recent update, that might be causing such a thing, I am all ears.

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator @Alturis
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              @Alturis Do you know what version of RetroArch you had installed before de update ? It might help to diagnose the issue.

              One thing I always ask is a verbose log from RetroArch - can you get one and post it on pastebin.com ? You need to start the game with 'Verbose Logging enabled' from the Runcommand launch menu, wait for the game to start then exit. Get the log file from /dev/shm/runcommand.log and upload it to pastebin.com.

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              • AlturisA
                Alturis @mitu
                last edited by Alturis

                @mitu No I had not made a point to remember or write down what version I was running prior to upgrading. But it would have had to have been within the last 6 months I would think where I last upgraded. I was about exactly a year ago where I was heavy into retropie and on these forums a lot. But since then I recall doing an occasional update at least a couple times.

                Interestingly, the runcommand menu does not seem to have an option for Verbose logging that I can see. Are you positive that was not a feature that was removed recently?

                However, this is the contents of the log when I run frogger:

                /dev/shm/runcommand.log

                emulator: arcade
software: lr-fbalpha
rom_path: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/frogger.zip
rom: frogger.zip
Using default player joypads
joycommand:
none
Parameters: 
Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-fbalpha/fbalpha_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/arcade/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/frogger.zip" --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg'|'"/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/frogger.zip.cfg"
xboxdrv: no process found
Using default player joypads

                /dev/shm/runcommand.info

                arcade
lr-fbalpha
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/frogger.zip
/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-fbalpha/fbalpha_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/arcade/retroarch.cfg "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/frogger.zip"

                /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg

                video_refresh_rate = 60

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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator @Alturis
                  last edited by

                  @Alturis said in Overlay positioning changed after recent update:

                  Interestingly, the runcommand menu does not seem to have an option for Verbose logging that I can see. Are you positive that was not a feature that was removed recently?

                  Yes, I'm positive - it should be present for all lr- emulators (see here).

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                  • AlturisA
                    Alturis @mitu
                    last edited by

                    @mitu Oh! you mean within the runcommand optional menu when you launch.. ok one sec...

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                    • AlturisA
                      Alturis @Alturis
                      last edited by Alturis

                      @Alturis Ok, verbose log here:

                      /dev/shm/runcommand.log
                      https://pastebin.com/2CwTUQvQ

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                      • AlturisA
                        Alturis @mitu
                        last edited by Alturis

                        @mitu Also, I do recall hand tuning most every single overlay I have ever located. Some of them I created from scratch. It's possible that my current version of frogger_udb-ovl.png is different than the original UDB created. But either way, I would not want to go back through every single game and hand tune the artwork for them again. Looking for what configuration or system change might have altered the outcome of the overlay rendering across the board.

                        Here is the frogger_udb-ovl.png I am using:
                        https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o37kClpjM515H5YcTkBGiKs6-6rfCt6-/view?usp=sharing

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                        • mituM
                          mitu Global Moderator
                          last edited by

                          I see from the log that the resolution is correct (1080p), but nothing else that pops up. The overlay I used for testing hasn't been updated in 2 years, so it should be the same as yours.

                          I'll check to see how is my system configured w.r.t. 'Force Aspect Ratio' and 'Integer Scaling', maybe that makes a difference.

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                          • AlturisA
                            Alturis @mitu
                            last edited by

                            @mitu Yeah I confirmed by comparing your previous screenshots with my overlay that the one I am using is nearly identical. I had actually gone in and trimmed just a bit more of the overlay pixels away nearest the game display so that the rendered game is framed by a thin edge of black. (just a personal preference and largely why I had hand tuned most every overlay for my games)

                            So if anything my overlay should be exposing more of the game not covering any of it up.

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                            • AlturisA
                              Alturis
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                              Wait a minute.. hold the phone... I JUST realized that the actual display that is drawing for my overlay is Final_Arcade_Frogger.png... not sure how the hell I didn't notice that before. Something seems to be wrong with my setup such that it is NOT actually listening to the above configuration. Investigating....

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                              • mituM
                                mitu Global Moderator @Alturis
                                last edited by

                                @Alturis You have a game override in the RA's config folder

                                 [INFO] Config: appending config "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/FB Alpha/frogger.cfg"
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                                • AlturisA
                                  Alturis @mitu
                                  last edited by

                                  @mitu The contents of that are below. But that doesnt seem to be what was causing the descrepancy. It appears I somehow copied the contents of the frogger.zip.cfg from the wrong location.

                                  Either way, it was rendering correctly in previous runs of the game prior to my upgrading.

                                  frogger.zip.cfg

                                  input_overlay = /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/overlays/arcade-bezels/Final_Arcade_Frogger.cfg
input_overlay_enable = true
input_overlay_opacity = 0.900000
input_overlay_scale = 1.000000

video_shader_enable = "true"
video_shader = "~/.config/retroarch/shaders/crt-pi-curvature-vertical.glslp"

                                  /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/FB Alpha/frogger.cfg

                                  ui_companion_start_on_boot = "true"
input_remap_binds_enable = "true"
netplay_public_announce = "true"
netplay_allow_slaves = "true"
netplay_client_swap_input = "true"
input_descriptor_label_show = "true"
load_dummy_on_core_shutdown = "true"
builtin_imageviewer_enable = "true"
framecount_show = "true"
ui_menubar_enable = "true"
suspend_screensaver_enable = "true"
audio_sync = "true"
video_allow_rotate = "true"
video_windowed_fullscreen = "true"
video_crop_overscan = "true"
video_force_aspect = "true"
auto_screenshot_filename = "true"
video_vsync = "true"
pause_nonactive = "true"
keyboard_gamepad_enable = "true"
core_set_supports_no_game_enable = "true"
audio_enable = "true"
video_font_enable = "true"
core_updater_auto_extract_archive = "true"
threaded_data_runloop_enable = "true"
menu_throttle_framerate = "true"
menu_linear_filter = "true"
menu_horizontal_animation = "true"
dpi_override_enable = "true"
menu_pause_libretro = "true"
menu_mouse_enable = "true"
menu_timedate_enable = "true"
menu_battery_level_enable = "true"
menu_core_enable = "true"
quick_menu_show_take_screenshot = "true"
quick_menu_show_save_load_state = "true"
quick_menu_show_undo_save_load_state = "true"
quick_menu_show_add_to_favorites = "true"
quick_menu_show_options = "true"
quick_menu_show_controls = "true"
quick_menu_show_cheats = "true"
quick_menu_show_shaders = "true"
quick_menu_show_save_core_overrides = "true"
quick_menu_show_save_game_overrides = "true"
quick_menu_show_information = "true"
materialui_icons_enable = "true"
xmb_show_settings = "true"
xmb_show_favorites = "true"
menu_show_load_core = "true"
menu_show_load_content = "true"
menu_show_information = "true"
menu_show_configurations = "true"
menu_show_help = "true"
menu_show_quit_retroarch = "true"
menu_show_reboot = "true"
xmb_show_netplay = "true"
menu_navigation_wraparound_enable = "true"
menu_navigation_browser_filter_supported_extensions_enable = "true"
input_overlay_enable = "true"
input_overlay_enable_autopreferred = "true"
input_overlay_hide_in_menu = "true"
keymapper_enable = "true"
netplay_nat_traversal = "true"
history_list_enable = "true"
playlist_entry_remove = "true"
playlist_entry_rename = "true"
game_specific_options = "true"
auto_overrides_enable = "true"
auto_shaders_enable = "true"
audio_rate_control = "true"
netplay_check_frames = "600"
input_bind_timeout = "5"
input_turbo_period = "6"
input_duty_cycle = "3"
audio_latency = "64"
libretro_log_level = "1"
keyboard_gamepad_mapping_type = "1"
input_poll_type_behavior = "2"
network_cmd_port = "55355"
network_remote_base_port = "55400"
dpi_override_value = "200"
menu_thumbnails = "3"
xmb_alpha_factor = "75"
xmb_scale_factor = "100"
xmb_menu_color_theme = "4"
menu_shader_pipeline = "1"
audio_out_rate = "48000"
custom_viewport_width = "810"
custom_viewport_height = "1080"
custom_viewport_x = "555"
content_history_size = "100"
video_max_swapchain_images = "3"
aspect_ratio_index = "21"
netplay_ip_port = "55435"
video_aspect_ratio = "-1.000000"
video_scale = "3.000000"
audio_max_timing_skew = "0.050000"
input_overlay_opacity = "0.700000"
input_overlay_scale = "1.000000"
menu_wallpaper_opacity = "0.300000"
menu_framebuffer_opacity = "0.900000"
menu_footer_opacity = "1.000000"
menu_header_opacity = "1.000000"
video_message_pos_x = "0.050000"
video_message_pos_y = "0.050000"
slowmotion_ratio = "3.000000"
video_msg_bgcolor_opacity = "1.000000"
video_driver = "gl"
record_driver = "null"
camera_driver = "null"
wifi_driver = "null"
location_driver = "null"
audio_driver = "alsathread"
audio_resampler = "sinc"
input_driver = "udev"
core_updater_buildbot_url = "http://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/linux/armhf/latest/"
core_updater_buildbot_assets_url = "http://buildbot.libretro.com/assets/"
libretro_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/cores"
libretro_info_path = "~/.config/retroarch/cores"
content_database_path = "~/.config/retroarch/database/rdb"
cheat_database_path = "~/.config/retroarch/cheats"
cursor_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/database/cursors"
screenshot_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/screenshots"
video_shader_dir = "~/.config/retroarch/shaders"
core_assets_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/downloads"
assets_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/assets"
thumbnails_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/thumbnails"
playlist_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/playlists"
joypad_autoconfig_dir = "~/.config/retroarch/autoconfig"
rgui_config_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/config"
overlay_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/overlay"
screenshot_directory = "~/.config/retroarch/screenshots"
input_libretro_device_p1 = "1"
input_player2_joypad_index = "1"
input_libretro_device_p2 = "1"
input_player3_joypad_index = "2"
input_libretro_device_p3 = "1"
input_player4_joypad_index = "3"
input_libretro_device_p4 = "1"
input_player5_joypad_index = "4"
input_libretro_device_p5 = "1"
input_player6_joypad_index = "5"
input_libretro_device_p6 = "1"
input_player7_joypad_index = "6"
input_libretro_device_p7 = "1"
input_player8_joypad_index = "7"
input_libretro_device_p8 = "1"
input_player9_joypad_index = "8"
input_libretro_device_p9 = "1"
input_player10_joypad_index = "9"
input_libretro_device_p10 = "1"
input_player11_joypad_index = "10"
input_libretro_device_p11 = "1"
input_player12_joypad_index = "11"
input_libretro_device_p12 = "1"
input_player13_joypad_index = "12"
input_libretro_device_p13 = "1"
input_player14_joypad_index = "13"
input_libretro_device_p14 = "1"
input_player15_joypad_index = "14"
input_libretro_device_p15 = "1"
input_player16_joypad_index = "15"
input_libretro_device_p16 = "1"

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                                  • mituM
                                    mitu Global Moderator @Alturis
                                    last edited by

                                    @Alturis I didn't say it was because of the override - but can you try renaming it and re-start the game - I noticed there are some custom_viewport settings. And please use pastebin.com for large texts.

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                                    • AlturisA
                                      Alturis @mitu
                                      last edited by

                                      @mitu Indeed deleting that file seems to have resolved it. Not sure how the heck that came into existance... I gotta run but thank you for all your help!

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                                      • mituM
                                        mitu Global Moderator @Alturis
                                        last edited by

                                        @Alturis I think you saved a 'Game Override' at some point, that's how the game's .cfg file was produced and the aspect_ratio_index = "21" (that I mentioned in the beginning) was saved there.

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                                        • AlturisA
                                          Alturis @mitu
                                          last edited by

                                          @mitu Indeed. You were right all along. I really appreciate you helping me track that down. Its been a long time since I have messed with my RP and I had become more unfamiliar with everything than I was when I was more into it. ;)

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