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    • sikboyS
      sikboy
      last edited by

      @f-caruso hey, can this one be run in portable mode? I can pretty much run me must needed emulators, except redream. Any help will be great. Thanks for your effort and time. I hope this fork evolves a lot more than the current one. No disrespect to the current developer.

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      • f.carusoF
        f.caruso @sikboy
        last edited by f.caruso

        @sikboy Hi. Look at my package on http://fabrice.caruso.free.fr/EmulationStationMod.7z there is a EmulationStationPortable.exe that make it portable without the need of a batch (requires DotNet 4.0). Plus : it manages Nvidia GameStream (switch Power Schemes+disable secondary monitors) plus : it allows a Joy to Key Feature ( see es_padtokey.cfg ).
        Redream work perfectly for me my ES version and the command %HOME%\redream\redream.exe -fullscreen %ROM%

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        • sikboyS
          sikboy @f.caruso
          last edited by

          @f-caruso Thanks, Does your fork include those features also?

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          • ?
            A Former User
            last edited by A Former User

            EDIT

            Not sure what the problem was but it seemed to be more an issue with my controller than with this build.

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            • f.carusoF
              f.caruso @sikboy
              last edited by

              @sikboy No. These are separate executables written in DotNet, but I didn't publish the source code for those tools as they are not part of ES source code. My github only contains my changes on ES. I also have my own gamelist editor & scrapper, but I'm not ready to share it to the public for now... (maybe privately...)

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              • sikboyS
                sikboy @f.caruso
                last edited by

                @f-caruso Got it. Thank you for sharing, great work.

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                • jeroJ
                  jero @f.caruso
                  last edited by jero

                  @f-caruso you have made it work, you can see the videos in ES

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                  • f.carusoF
                    f.caruso
                    last edited by

                    Hi Everyone, A new release 2.10b is available on my github @ https://github.com/fabricecaruso/EmulationStation/releases
                    You can now theme menus. There are numberous optimizations (fonts size calculation, image loading), corrected systemmenu transitions when carousel has only one logo visible...
                    I also tried to introduce a delay timing in order to take less CPU (3-5% max CPU on my PC).
                    Tell me about....

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                    • ?
                      A Former User @f.caruso
                      last edited by

                      @f-caruso Any screenshots of what a themed menu may look like?

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                      • f.carusoF
                        f.caruso @A Former User
                        last edited by

                        @LiveFastCyYoung
                        Yes. You can have this :

                        0bf60baf-4c73-4dd4-8055-565abdaf5e69-image.png

                        Using that XML :

                          <view name="menu">
                            <text name="systemInfo">
                              <pos>0.0 0.61</pos>
                              <backgroundColor>00000000</backgroundColor>
                              <color>ECECEC</color>
                              <fontPath>./main/fonts/Dosis-Book.ttf</fontPath>
                              <fontSize>0.02</fontSize>
                            </text>
                            <menuText name="menufooter">
                              <fontPath>./main/fonts/Dosis-Book.ttf</fontPath>
                              <fontSize>0.02</fontSize>
                              <color>777777FF</color>
                            </menuText>
                            <menuText name="menutext">
                              <fontPath>./main/fonts/Dosis-Book.ttf</fontPath>
                              <fontSize>0.033</fontSize>
                              <color>DFDCDC</color>
                              <separatorColor>555555FF</separatorColor>
                              <selectorColor>006ca3</selectorColor>
                              <selectedColor>FFFFFF</selectedColor>
                            </menuText>
                            <menuTextSmall name="menutextsmall">
                              <fontPath>./main/fonts/Dosis-Book.ttf</fontPath>
                              <fontSize>0.02</fontSize>
                              <color>deec00</color>
                            </menuTextSmall>
                            <menuText name="menutitle">
                              <fontPath>./main/fonts/Dosis-Book.ttf</fontPath>
                              <fontSize>0.037</fontSize>
                              <color>DFECFA</color>
                            </menuText>
                            <menuBackground name="menubg">
                              <color>2D2C2C</color>
                          <!--    <path>./../main/frame.png</path>
                              <fadePath>./main/menuback.png</fadePath>-->
                            </menuBackground>
                          </view>
                        
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                        • ?
                          A Former User @f.caruso
                          last edited by

                          @f-caruso Looks great!

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                          • dukebloodersD
                            dukeblooders
                            last edited by

                            Hi,

                            I've tested your last version @f-caruso, it works fine (thanks by the way) except one thing : videos keep playing (with sound) after game launch. I'm using the 'showcase' theme.

                            Plus, it could be nice if you add the L and R buttons to scroll pages into gamelists (like the recalbox version).

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                            • PittStoneP
                              PittStone @f.caruso
                              last edited by PittStone

                              @f-caruso Thanks for your portable.exe! Can you make please a portable exe in Window Mode with 1280x720? I have a .bat file with this
                              "set HOME=%~dp0
                              emulationstation.exe --windowed --resolution 1280 720"

                              Im not shure it is possible, but i start the emulationstation in window mode borderless with this:
                              "set HOME=%~dp0
                              start WindowedBorderlessGaming.exe
                              sleep 05
                              start emulationstation.exe --windowed --resolution 1280 720"

                              Maybe its possible to make a exe with this parameters too?

                              I also have after gamelaunch the video is still playing with sound. Its need to go in pause after game launch. Only if i go in options and turn "hide when running game" On, its working for me. But without the loading screen.

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                              • jeroJ
                                jero @PittStone
                                last edited by

                                @f-caruso It's amazing how this is changing, thanks for all this work.

                                @dukeblooders @PittStone By the way I do not have the sound problem after starting the game, in my case the videos are not activated, only a flicker of the cover images. only that I do not know, maybe it's the thme in my case the ruckage.

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                                • ?
                                  A Former User
                                  last edited by

                                  Running into a strange issue with this build:

                                  Roms that are scraped with the "The" article placed at the end, are sorted at the top alphabetically, regardless if they would come later.

                                  For example..

                                  Goonies II, The
                                  1942
                                  1943

                                  In this example, Goonies should be last and not first. I do not have this issue with other builds of EmulationStation.

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                                  • PittStoneP
                                    PittStone @f.caruso
                                    last edited by

                                    @f-caruso Please Check the "Magazine Madnes Theme" I have found a Problem after the first start of emulation station, it jerks to the next system. Once you're through, the transitions are smoothly again. This is only on your Release!

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                                    • ?
                                      A Former User
                                      last edited by

                                      Themed the menu with @lilbud's angular theme font. Looks great!

                                      themed menu.png

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                                      • lilbudL
                                        lilbud @A Former User
                                        last edited by

                                        @LiveFastCyYoung Lets get that menu customization into the official ES on the Pi.

                                        I'd love to screw around with that on my cabinet

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

                                        Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                                        • sikboyS
                                          sikboy
                                          last edited by sikboy

                                          @f-caruso Do you plan to update your personal build with new features? Or everything new goes into the Github build?

                                          Edit:
                                          Another dumb question, on your personal build. How can I set hotkeys? Most of my emulators use xinput (Xbox 360 Controller), but I want to set hotkeys to save, load, quit... IE. Back+LB = F5 (Save)

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                                          • dukebloodersD
                                            dukeblooders @jero
                                            last edited by dukeblooders

                                            @jero For videos, I copy pasted the plugins folder from jdrassa version (which is not included in fcaruzo version). That should fix your flickering issue

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