EmulationStation mod

jacobfk20 · 2 Sept 2016, 17:59

@meleu I will consider adding a message on shutdown. I'd like for you to do one final test for right now if you wouldn't mind. I cleaned the branch up and changed how it works slightly and I just want to make sure it still gets you down to 10 seconds. It doesn't keep time this time but it keeps cycles.

You can get this test build in the usual place.

Please send a copy of the es_log when done :)

meleu · 3 Sept 2016, 19:55

@jacobfk20 Done! It took 8 seconds to exit and the lastplayed/timesplayed were correctly updated.

I have noticed some lvl1 warnings about data type:

lvl1:    requested mismatched theme type for [detailed.md_lastplayed] - expected "datetime", got "text"

But the lastplayed info displayed in ES is correct.

You can see more details in the files I've sent.

jacobfk20 · 3 Sept 2016, 20:14

@meleu I get a mismatch warning from the official retropie build but it's to do with ratings. This could be from the theme you're using. Does it report that warning when you run the official retropie branch?

meleu · 3 Sept 2016, 22:18

@jacobfk20
I checked more carefully now, with 3 different themes: Pixel, Simple and Carbon. The mismatch occurs only on Carbon. All the tests were made with the official RetroPie ES. So, it's not an issue with your branch. Phew~

BuZz · 3 Sept 2016, 22:53

I caused the error with carbon - will fix.

quantum.hero · 3 Sept 2016, 22:57

Looking forward to all the features being worked on here! Keep up the great work.

BuZz · 3 Sept 2016, 23:26

@meleu please can you update the carbon theme and let me know if the error is gone now ?

meleu · 4 Sept 2016, 01:15

@BuZz updated and tested the Carbon theme. The type mismatch error is gone.

Arcuza · 16 Sept 2016, 20:31

How are things progressing with the grid view? I would love to have this game browsing mod installed.

lilbud · 16 Sept 2016, 20:40

@Arcuza What is that specifically?

Also, I want folders to work in grid view

mediamogul · 16 Sept 2016, 21:27

@lilbud said in EmulationStation mod:

Also, I want folders to work in grid view

I've been hoping that folder support would be possible as well.

trekdrop · 17 Sept 2016, 11:54

Just so that I don't f*ck up. Do I need to update my manually? Or can I do it through the setup from retropie. I ask because I update though the setup menu and everything is weird... It's all white the text is everywhere. So I just want to know if this is normal or I need to update manually.

jacobfk20 · 17 Sept 2016, 18:12

@trekdrop To use this version of ES you need to install it manually.

@Arcuza Things are going fairly slow right now but I'm getting a good chunk of the weekend to work on it.

@lilbud, @mediamogul I haven't looked in to adding folders yet but It is on the todo.

mediamogul · 17 Sept 2016, 18:15

@jacobfk20 said in EmulationStation mod:

@lilbud, @mediamogul I haven't looked in to adding folders yet but It is on the todo.

Very keen! Thanks for all your work here. It's very exciting and I look forward to trying it.

trekdrop · 17 Sept 2016, 19:46

@jacobfk20

Do I need to copy the emulationstation.sh file from the download to the pi?

jacobfk20 · 17 Sept 2016, 20:44

@trekdrop There is no emulationstation.sh file in that link. It is just an emulationstation file. Unless you're downloading from the github page. But you just copy over the emulationstation file, make it executable with chmod +x emulationstation in terminal and then if you want to boot it instead of the normal ES you copy it to the /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation directory. This will overwrite the ES currently in there so be sure to make a backup.

Erick · 17 Sept 2016, 21:58

@jacobfk20 said in EmulationStation mod:

@trekdrop There is no emulationstation.sh file in that link. It is just an emulationstation file. Unless you're downloading from the github page. But you just copy over the emulationstation file, make it executable with chmod +x emulationstation in terminal and then if you want to boot it instead of the normal ES you copy it to the /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation directory. This will overwrite the ES currently in there so be sure to make a backup.

Thanks, and this will give me the updated version off the gridview?

jacobfk20 · 17 Sept 2016, 22:26

@Erick No. It will get merged to this fork in the future though. It still has some problems.
If you want to use the latest gridview you can get it here. but it will only have gridview added.

trekdrop · 18 Sept 2016, 09:03

@jacobfk20 said in EmulationStation mod:

@Erick No. It will get merged to this fork in the future though. It still has some problems.
If you want to use the latest gridview you can get it here. but it will only have gridview added.

So Nice, looks great! Only one question. My background is white while in the gridview mode in the carbon theme. Can I change that somehow?

jacobfk20 · 18 Sept 2016, 15:19

@trekdrop That's weird. Carbon usually works fine with that version of Grid. You can try adding in "grid" in its main theme xml. You can do that with nano:
sudo nano /etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/carbon.xml
scroll down until you see this line:
<view name="basic, detailed">
and add "grid" so it'll look like this:
<view name="basic, detailed, grid">

ctrl+x to save, y, enter.