Using MAME Overlays/Bezels and shaders with RetroArch in RetroPie

Lyle_JP

I'm guessing most retropie users use vanilla Emulation Station. If it helps, Attract Mode does have its own forums:
http://forum.attractmode.org/

stargamesrc

@Lyle_JP thank you

Zigurana

@Floob said in Using MAME Overlays/Bezels and shaders with RetroArch in RetroPie:

@Zigurana So you have the rom specific .cfg in the rom directory, using an lr-mame variant, have the rom specific cfg referring to an overlay .cfg, and in that overlay .cfg it specifies the .png (I put in the same dir, so no path needed)?
And all your paths in the above are correct?

Yes all was correctly place.

<cough> except for a case of - vs _</ coughcough>

Works like a charm now!

stargamesrc

@Zigurana

I needed args 0 SYS PSP or PSP eScript
it does not start the png this all ok
the problem and the inicilização error in the run command
my config so this

Generated by-Attract Mode v2.0.0

executable
/opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-ppsspp/ppsspp_libretro.so

args 0 _SYS_ lr-ppsspp "[romfilename]"
rompath / home / pi / RetroPie / roms / psp
.iso romext; .cso, .zip, .bin; .cbn; .img
system Sony PSP
info_source thegamesdb.net
import_extras /home/pi/.attract/psp-config
artwork flyer / home / pi / RetroPie / roms / psp
artwork marquee / home / pi / RetroPie / roms / psp
artwork snap / home / pi / RetroPie / roms / psp
artwork wheel / home / pi / RetroPie / roms / psp

Higgy

@Zigurana it is great that you are also creating files/config for another resolution.
That is a very common PC monitor resolution.

stargamesrc

@Floob
you have psp.cfg from Attract Mode in http://pastebin.com?

be able to pass I will be very grateful

Floob

@stargamesrc
I imagine it would look like this
http://pastebin.com/XbsDvYip

stargamesrc

@Floob
thank you and the teacher, solved my problem worked

Higgy

Just an update on the 1440x900 conversion.

I am running through each ROM to check that the screen looks good and there are no issues. Some had no scaling in their .cfg's, so did not fit the 'screen area'.

I am on the letter 'G'. Getting there slowly ;)

Anyone have a Flying Shark bezel? It was one of my fav ZX Spectrum games. I never played the (MAME) arcade game till a few years ago. I have currently dropped in one of the Standard Vertical bezels.

Zigurana

I finished my set of 1024x768 bezels and cfg's a while back. Just as batch crop followed by a resize action. Wrote a little script to recalculate the viewport size & position.

I haven't tested them all, but I am willing to share them anyways, if there is an interest.

Floob

@Higgy This ok?
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=21688361564337193935

You guys may also find this relevant:
http://smartretro.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8313&start=10#p9074

Higgy

@Floob - thanks for creating the download, but it seems to be a <10k file that Windows reports as a virus! Android downloads it, but like I said it is less than 10k and the file is broken/not a ZIP.

The bash file for conversion looks good. I am nursing a cold so I can't get my head around it at the moment. :(

Higgy

For the 1440x900 bash file it seems I have to swap out:

(CUSTOM_VIEWPORT_WIDTH * 2/3)
(CUSTOM_VIEWPORT_HEIGHT * 2/3)

with 3/4 & 8333/100 to convert the 1920x1080 to the 1440x900

How do I go about creating (this will be run on my RPI), could I have a simple guide please :

I then had a separate batch to run it for all files in the folder and rename it to the right <romname>.cfg format in a separate folder.

Sorry, I am not so good at this sort of thing normally, let alone with a cold.
I guess I start by using NANO to copy/past the text and save it as say 1440convert.bash

Floob

@Higgy Thats odd - its a 6MB download when I try, maybe there is something about the website it doesnt like. I'm on a mac at the moment.

Higgy

@Floob - I have the files now. It seemed to download ok with Internet Explorer.
I have created a bezel now thanks. It is not as good as the others but better than nothing.

xb

Hi guys, hey Floob it's my understanding that to get these overlays to display properly for my 1680x1050 display, I would need to resize the actual png's.
But do I also need to edit the game specific configuration that go with them?

They actually display ok on my screen, but the game is kind of offcenter to the right side. I'm willing to do the work to get it right for my screen, but I would just like a point in the right direction. I'm just not sure where to start. Thanks for all you do for the community, it's much appreciated.

Higgy

You have to edit each config file. The xxx.zip.cfg

Someone has made a batch file for 720p here:

Http://smartretro.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8313&start=10#p9074

I am not sure how to run it, but your understanding of Linux may be better.
The bash file reduces the file from 1080p to 720p so the width and height plus x and y start locations are divided by 2/3. I need to use 3/4 and 83.33/100 to goto 900p.

You will need to work out the factor to match your screen res.
I was hoping that the original poster on Smartretro (or someone who knows linux) would run the batch/bash file for all the common resolutions. The resulting files are not large. And it would only take minutes.

I am slowly converting each file one at a time for 1440x900p!

xb

@Higgy

Ok thanks for that. My uderstanding isn't that much better I'm sure, but it's a start!

xb

So I've edited a couple of them. 3 actually. Resized pngs, put the new values for x,y in configuration files for each, and man, it worked amazingly well!
Since I only have the 3 loaded onto the pi, I noticed though that when I choose any other rom to play, if it doesn't have the bezel yet, will take the bezel from the last game I played that had a bezel.

In other words, I have a donkey kong bezel, so I play that, then I goto play asteroids, which I haven't loaded a bezel to the pi for yet, and it comes up with the donkey kong bezel.
So is this sort of an all or nothing thing? Or is there some line I can change in a configuration that tells lr-mame 2003 that these particular roms do not have a bezel yet?
Thanks,
xb

Floob

@xb Its highly likely your system specific retroarch.cfg is saving all the settings. You probably had save on exit enabled at some point in RGUI. This is not a great idea. Set your system specific retroarch.cfg back to normal and youll be fine.