Arcade Manager: install overlays and manage roms in a user-friendly, fast and cross-platform GUI

Bandar · 23 Apr 2019, 20:06

Hi,
First of all thank you so much for the amazing work. This tool helped me more than you could imagine.
But I encountered an issue with the realistic overlays. For some reason the game still runs on full screen. I went to retropie config and from there I changed Retropie aspect ratio settings to config and yet they are full screen. So I set it custom and it works but now all the other games that don't have overlays are visually ugly because they are running on a different aspect ratio that I set for all games.
Is there a way to have the overlays running without affecting any other games?
Thanks :D

mike855 · 18 Oct 2019, 17:59

@Bandar Hello. I have the same problem the game are bigger than the Overlay screen

mike855 · 18 Oct 2019, 18:33

Ok I found the problem, it's the value of aspect_ratio_index which is 22. This retroarch update it needs 23

It is in the file : configs/all/retroarch/overlay/arcade-realistic/common.cfg

cosmo0 · 7 Mar 2021, 17:28

New release: v5.1

https://github.com/cosmo0/arcade-manager/releases

New features

Can now convert MAME DAT files to CSV
Small help pages improvements
Upgrades libraries to latest versions (but you don't care about that lol)

Bugfixes

Fixes some CSV parsing bugs

Known bug

Overlays installation doesn't seem to be working on Linux. It will require quite a lot of work to fix.

cosmo0 · 7 Mar 2021, 17:29

Oh and btw the overlays should have been fixed (it's not related to the software).

cosmo0 · 3 Aug 2021, 11:35

lol "about a year later"

bboy486 · 15 Mar 2021, 03:22

I want to make sure I understand the lists. I have used Simple Arcade filter which allows me to exclude mature, clones etc. It does not look like that is built into this program but rather you have curated csv files based on different filters. Where I am not following is on the github you wrote: Filters - fine-control filters if you have started with a large set and applied many filters.

However, since there is not a filter option in the software, I want to make sure you mean to run a csv list after an existing list is used. Ex. if I use set-noclone-noconsole.csv run it and save it into a folder, then I want to run filter-nonworking.csv and save into the same folder, wouldn't it add to the folder I used for set-noclone-noconsole.csv? Or do I need to Copy Rom first, then run delete roms from the destination foldeR?

cosmo0 · 15 Mar 2021, 09:03

@bboy486 Hello

As I understand, you want a romset without mature/clones, and with only working games?

Start with a complete romset, let's say in c:\roms\complete
In Arcade Manager, go to "Manage Games List" > "Download a pre-built games list" > select your emulator (MAME 2003 or 2010) > download:
- set-noclone (or noclone-noconsole if you don't want NeoGeo)
- filter-nonworking
- filter-goodclones
Go back to "Manage games list" > "Remove games in a file that are listed in another"
"Main file" = set-noclone, "Secondary file" = filter-nonworking, "Target" = selection.csv. This creates a file without clones and without non-working games.
Go back to "Manage games list" > "Add games from a file to another"
"Main file" = selection.csv, "Secondary" = filter-goodclones, target = selection.csv (not sure if it can overwrite a source file, maybe you'll have to rename the target). This adds clones that work when the parent does not.

You can now check if the list looks like what you're expecting. You can fine-tune it: you may want to use the quality-xx lists to remove crappy games (quality 10 to 40), use controls-analog and controls-alternative to remove games unusable with a simple pad, etc.

Alternatively, you can go to http://adb.arcadeitalia.net/lista_mame.php?lang=en , use "additional filters" to create a selection you like, then click on "export the results", select "CSV", then the version that matches your MAME version (in case the rom has changed name since).

Then copy your selection:

Go back to home then "Manage roms"
Copy listed roms > use set-noclone and use the selection.csv file to copy into another folder, like c:\roms\selection

I'll try to make a pre-built list that matches what you need. I guess many people want that, and I forgot to create it ^^'

Let me know if you have any more question :)

jdruding · 16 Mar 2021, 17:11

Hi, I just recently started a rebuild of one of my Raspberry Pi/Retropies. I installed the overlays and I've noted that the game screen is off-center (shifted left) and overlaps with the bezel by 1 inch or so. Any thoughts on what could cause this? Raspberry Pi 3+ with Retropie 4.7.1.

cosmo0 · 16 Mar 2021, 21:01

@jdruding Can you tell me which game has this issue please, and are you using "realistic" or "artwork" overlays?

I have updated a LOT of the bezels recently (like several hundred), and I have noticed a few of them have issues, and there might be a bug during overlay installation, but I have trouble reproducing it.

jdruding · 16 Mar 2021, 23:36

@cosmo0 I’m using the artwork ones. The ones I looked at were Pac-Man, Gyruss and Donkey Kong.

cosmo0 · 17 Mar 2021, 08:34

@jdruding hmm, being clipped isn't surprising, bug shifted to the left is weird. Could you provide me with a picture of the problem? Thanks!

jdruding · 17 Mar 2021, 15:52

@cosmo0 Here you go. It actually looks like it might be all games. I tried a few others and they seemed to have the same issue.

cosmo0 · 17 Mar 2021, 16:51

@jdruding Thanks! What's your screen resolution? Is it a regular 1080p screen?

jdruding · 17 Mar 2021, 18:15

@cosmo0 It is 720p. (in case you ask, I did select 720p resolution on install, I even did it over again just now to make sure I didn't misclick)

cosmo0 · 17 Mar 2021, 20:08

@jdruding Ok! There might be a bug with converting the values to another resolution, then. Can you output to 1080p (even just to try) or is it a 720p screen?

jdruding · 17 Mar 2021, 20:59

@cosmo0 Unfortunately, it is a 720p TV.

cosmo0 · 18 Mar 2021, 11:48

@jdruding Ok, I'll try to check if I can reproduce and fix the issue, but since I'm in the process of converting the app to another framework, I don't know when I'll have time.

In the meantime, you can try using my other tool: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/29966/mame-retroarch-overlay-bezel-conversion-tool

Example (edit the bold paths to point to the actual paths):

bezel-tools check --overlays-config path/to/overlays --roms-config path/to/roms --autofix --input-overlay-path /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/overlay/ --template-overlay templates/overlay.cfg --template-rom templates/game.cfg -d path/to/debug/ --target-resolution "1280x720"

Let me know if it helps (or if you need help using it).

elitist · 19 Mar 2021, 20:12

How would I go about filtering out lightgun/adult/mahjong/casino/etc. games out of an FBA romset? Thanks.

cosmo0 · 19 Mar 2021, 21:09

@elitist

Open Arcade Manager > Manage games lists > Download a pre-built games list

If you're using FBA: FBA2017 > download set-lite-analog.csv. Then go back to home > Manage roms > copy > use this list to copy roms from your full romset to your Retropie folder.

If you're using FinalBurn Neo, your best bet is to download the same file and hope the name of the zips haven't changed too much between versions. I don't know where you can build a list filtering on these kinds of criterias.