Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation

Brigane · 25 Apr 2016, 07:36

@Finhead said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

@Brigane said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

@Finhead said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

I get all mine from here, but I'm dealing with only MAME stuff and Daphne so might not help you out.
MAME snaps

Did that help on changing the pointer to what you wanted?

Haven't had time to look at that just yet, but when I do I'll let you know. A smarter solution would be nice though. You could easily screw up the Layout.nut file :)

LOL your welcome. You'll have to ask someone else if I'm not smart enough. ;)

Thanks for your help of course, I didn't mean to offend you in any way. But of course you already knew that :)

zerojay · 25 Apr 2016, 11:25

I attemped to get runcommand working through this, but without any luck. If I use the script raw, it sits there waiting forever (but does appear to get the right parameters). If I attempt to open the script in an xterm, it just returns right away.

Floob · 25 Apr 2016, 20:10

@zerojay I haven't had much luck either. Its as though the inputs arent reaching it. Or at least its not accepting them.
As you say, it appears on the screen fine, and shows the correct values, but doesnt seem to listen to input.

Finhead · 26 Apr 2016, 00:44

Curious if anyone that has tried out Attract Mode has setup AdvanceMAME yet?
I've been trying to get it running with no sucess, Emulation Station runs the ROMS for it perfectly so I know they work.
If anyone has the Executable and Command Arguments they use that would be fantastic. :)

InsecureSpike · 26 Apr 2016, 15:37

ok having some shitty issues with the latest release....
tried to generate a game list for my neo geo stuff, says it finds them all, but shows none??
added some snes roms had the same issue, nw the damn thing won't go any further than the login screen, just goes black screen

running on a pi b+ 2, 8gb kingston class 10 card

Finhead · 26 Apr 2016, 15:40

Wanted to put this here since someone else my try and run AdvMAME as well.
"advmame has SDL issues with hardware scaling on x-windows. "
So it's broken and does not work, no point messing with AdvMAME for Attract Mode"

InsecureSpike · 26 Apr 2016, 15:43

ok, i'm starting with a fresh img,

I WANNA START THEMEING!!!!!!

or whatever its called

Finhead · 26 Apr 2016, 15:46

@InsecureSpike said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

ok having some shitty issues with the latest release....
tried to generate a game list for my neo geo stuff, says it finds them all, but shows none??
added some snes roms had the same issue, nw the damn thing won't go any further than the login screen, just goes black screen

running on a pi b+ 2, 8gb kingston class 10 card

Did you setup your display after generating your list? It needs to all be setup after you get your roms list built.

InsecureSpike · 26 Apr 2016, 15:48

@Finhead said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

@InsecureSpike said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

ok having some shitty issues with the latest release....
tried to generate a game list for my neo geo stuff, says it finds them all, but shows none??
added some snes roms had the same issue, nw the damn thing won't go any further than the login screen, just goes black screen

running on a pi b+ 2, 8gb kingston class 10 card

Did you setup your display after generating your list? It needs to all be setup after you get your roms list built.

Ahhh, that may well be it! i'm glad, theres peeps who know about these things! many thanks

AceGrace · 27 Apr 2016, 08:30

I don't suppose anyone has done an img with it all set up including a theme (but no roms obviously) with instructions on where to put each set of roms have they? :-)

Finhead · 27 Apr 2016, 15:09

@AceGrace said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

I don't suppose anyone has done an img with it all set up including a theme (but no roms obviously) with instructions on where to put each set of roms have they? :-)

You put your ROMS in the same place you do RetroPie, in fact it's running ontop of RetroPie.
If you watch the video Floob posted it goes through everything on how to get it all running and setup.

InsecureSpike · 27 Apr 2016, 16:13

ok, is anyone currently theming?
i've currently started, i'm just stuck on one thing....
adding system logos

Finhead · 27 Apr 2016, 16:43

@InsecureSpike said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

ok, is anyone currently theming?
i've currently started, i'm just stuck on one thing....
adding system logos

System logos? Are you thinking about Marquee or the wheel art or flyers? There are no system themes as you see in Retropie, just layouts that display your artwork in various configs.
For MAME you can get all that right here

InsecureSpike · 27 Apr 2016, 16:50

yup, I know that, but what I wanna do is have one layout, then have logo's that are selectable at will, in theory it should be possible. but every way I try to add the code I loose the layout completely, I guess I'll just mess around s lil more

Finhead · 27 Apr 2016, 17:02

@InsecureSpike said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

yup, I know that, but what I wanna do is have one layout, then have logo's that are selectable at will, in theory it should be possible. but every way I try to add the code I loose the layout completely, I guess I'll just mess around s lil more

Not sure I follow "logo's selectable at will" , not sure what you mean by logo's. Are you trying to setup one layout screen to access all the emulators like the Arcade spot in ES?

InsecureSpike · 27 Apr 2016, 17:16

never mind. I'll figure it out myself, I really can't be bothered to try in explain what I'm trying to build into this layout design

Finhead · 27 Apr 2016, 17:28

@InsecureSpike said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

never mind. I'll figure it out myself, I really can't be bothered to try in explain what I'm trying to build into this layout design

Ok no problem, I was interested in where you were going with this but if it's a bother then best of luck to you.

InsecureSpike · 27 Apr 2016, 17:33

sorry, if my response sounded rude, it wasn't my intention.
(I've had my Quetiapine has been upped to 400mg)

Finhead · 27 Apr 2016, 17:45

@InsecureSpike said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

sorry, if my response sounded rude, it wasn't my intention.
(I've had my Quetiapine has been upped to 400mg)

Lol No, like to see it if you figure it out though sounds interesting.

InsecureSpike · 27 Apr 2016, 19:11

as you can all see i'm unto my old tricks with a very light & clean "layout"
i built this on my mac, but i've not yet tried it on the Pi, theres a few more lil bits id like to add.....

@Finhead ok, maybe this will help explain a little better, where the snes logo is, i was wondering if there is code so as the user can choose what logo is displayed, is this a "marquee?" or somehow, the layout reads say maybe the rom folder in use as assigns the correct logo-marquee to the right system,
here i am using a wallpaper with the snes logo

edit....
ok this will not work at this moment, as each layout will need the boxart re-set to scale correctly,
this needs to be looked into more...