Grid View EmulationStation Mod Ideas

jacobfk20

@dudleydes I don't know how, but I may have uploaded the wrong version. Did you get the normal RPi download or the x86? Do you have a "SYSTEM" option in the main menu? This is a build from 2 months ago... I'm going to re-upload both anyway to make sure they're the newest build.

jacobfk20

IF YOU DOWNLOADED THE LATEST UPDATE BEFORE THIS COMMENT WAS POSTED
You have a modified version of the original mod that I posted 2 months ago.
I have re-uploaded the update with the actual build this time.

Here is a link to my drive again.

You can confirm that you DO NOT have the old build by checking the MAIN MENU.
You should not have a "SYSTEM" menu within.

Sorry for this huge mistake.. :/

herb_fargus

@jacobfk20 this is why I just build directly from your branch with my gridview module ;) I still need to test out your latest changes, will when I can find the time. Keep up the good work

dudleydes

@jacobfk20 Thanks for swift fix. I can confirm that the box art scaling is working fine and there are no issues with the arcade system.

How long does it take build from source?

spannernick1

@jacobfk20 Can you make one for Mega CD (PAL)(not Sega CD) and Mega Drive please,look really nice..;)

spannernick1

Is there any skins for grid view for download..?

lilbud

@spannernick1 If you mean themes, then yes. The Material theme is one of the only to support grid view. But so far I've only done the US system variants.

jacobfk20

@dudleydes It depends. Small changes only take thirty seconds or so to recompile. Big changes or first time compiling can take twenty minutes.

@lilbud Just as I was about to hit submit you beat me to the answer lol.

lilbud

@spannernick1 Both are now added to the Material repository

pompitousofseth

@jacobfk20 I used the newest on and it works with the themes. Two things that I've found so far. Sometimes after loading a system with lots of games the menus become transparent and can't be read, and when this happened I loaded a random game and es came back completely white. Second some systems the titles go more than one line, others cut of with ellipses.

jacobfk20

@pompitousofseth How many games does the system have that causes this problem?

pompitousofseth

@jacobfk20 it was between 10-20. I was also going in-between systems really quickly.

jacobfk20

@pompitousofseth I cannot get the same problem you're having... Even jumping in/out of a system with 700 roms it still doesn't do what you're experiencing. What Pi are you using? Whats your GPU Memory split at? What theme are you using? Game Titles will get cut off into ellipses if they're too big to fit inside the tile. I will add a scroll option but that must be adding into ES's core components, so it'll have to happen slightly later.

@lilbud I will be changing <ninepatch> to <image> for gridtile_background and gridtile_background_selected in the next update. Just thought I would let you know. The reason is for backwards compatibility with vanilla ES. Just simply replace with image instead. You can actually do that now because I'm sure your theme is most likely broken on vanilla ES right now. Sorry :/

pompitousofseth

@jacobfk20 The split was at 256, I upped it to 512. Hopefully that will help. I am running a Pi 3, using a modified version of lilbud's material with just vertcal logos and the grid. I was used to the titles being cut off but some of them are showing multiple lines. Atari2600, Genesis, NES, and PSX all show multiple lines. Game gear, Gameboy, Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance, MAME, N64, PC, Ports, RetroPie, SNES, and Virtual Boy all are cut off.

http://m.imgur.com/Ih20zuv

jacobfk20

@pompitousofseth How many systems do you have?

pompitousofseth

@jacobfk20 15. The ones listed in the previous post.

Workman

Are there any updates for this?? I'm trying to put together an awesome Retropie image for my brother for Christmas and this grid view would make it amazing for him! If anyone knows anything more for this please reply or PM me. Thank you! :)

pompitousofseth

@Workman @jacobfk20 is the one doing the work on this and would be the one to give you an answer.

Edit: Also this version works very well. You just need a theme that supports grid view. @lilbud's material theme supports it or you can read the documentation on the theme items and make your own like I did.

jacobfk20

@Workman Yes, I am actively working on this still. I'll be releasing a minor update soon that fixes gridview eating too much vram. If you need help with anything, especially with installing this as it's still experamental and not officially supported, then just send me an email. (same username as here at gmail.)

Also, cool that you're making something for your brother for Christmas :)

Workman

I sent an email to you; any help you could give me would be amazing!