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    Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation

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    • InsecureSpikeI
      InsecureSpike
      last edited by

      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

      RPi 3 - RetroPie + 500gb HDD [consoles] + Razer Onza Tournament
      RPi 3 - RetroPie + 32gb USB [computers] + Keyboard
      both with AttractMode + FuzzBoxx Layout

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      • FinheadF
        Finhead
        last edited by

        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"

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        • InsecureSpikeI
          InsecureSpike
          last edited by

          ok, i'm starting with a fresh img,

          I WANNA START THEMEING!!!!!!

          or whatever its called

          RPi 3 - RetroPie + 500gb HDD [consoles] + Razer Onza Tournament
          RPi 3 - RetroPie + 32gb USB [computers] + Keyboard
          both with AttractMode + FuzzBoxx Layout

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          • FinheadF
            Finhead @InsecureSpike
            last edited by

            @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.

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            • InsecureSpikeI
              InsecureSpike @Finhead
              last edited by

              @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

              RPi 3 - RetroPie + 500gb HDD [consoles] + Razer Onza Tournament
              RPi 3 - RetroPie + 32gb USB [computers] + Keyboard
              both with AttractMode + FuzzBoxx Layout

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                AceGrace
                last edited by

                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? :-)

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                • FinheadF
                  Finhead @AceGrace
                  last edited by

                  @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.

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                  • InsecureSpikeI
                    InsecureSpike
                    last edited by InsecureSpike

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

                    RPi 3 - RetroPie + 500gb HDD [consoles] + Razer Onza Tournament
                    RPi 3 - RetroPie + 32gb USB [computers] + Keyboard
                    both with AttractMode + FuzzBoxx Layout

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                    • FinheadF
                      Finhead @InsecureSpike
                      last edited by

                      @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

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                      • InsecureSpikeI
                        InsecureSpike
                        last edited by

                        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

                        RPi 3 - RetroPie + 500gb HDD [consoles] + Razer Onza Tournament
                        RPi 3 - RetroPie + 32gb USB [computers] + Keyboard
                        both with AttractMode + FuzzBoxx Layout

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                        • FinheadF
                          Finhead @InsecureSpike
                          last edited by

                          @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?

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                          • InsecureSpikeI
                            InsecureSpike
                            last edited by

                            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

                            RPi 3 - RetroPie + 500gb HDD [consoles] + Razer Onza Tournament
                            RPi 3 - RetroPie + 32gb USB [computers] + Keyboard
                            both with AttractMode + FuzzBoxx Layout

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                            • FinheadF
                              Finhead @InsecureSpike
                              last edited by

                              @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.

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                              • InsecureSpikeI
                                InsecureSpike
                                last edited by

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

                                RPi 3 - RetroPie + 500gb HDD [consoles] + Razer Onza Tournament
                                RPi 3 - RetroPie + 32gb USB [computers] + Keyboard
                                both with AttractMode + FuzzBoxx Layout

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                                • FinheadF
                                  Finhead @InsecureSpike
                                  last edited by

                                  @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.

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                                  • InsecureSpikeI
                                    InsecureSpike
                                    last edited by InsecureSpike

                                    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.....

                                    alt text

                                    @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...

                                    RPi 3 - RetroPie + 500gb HDD [consoles] + Razer Onza Tournament
                                    RPi 3 - RetroPie + 32gb USB [computers] + Keyboard
                                    both with AttractMode + FuzzBoxx Layout

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                                    • InsecureSpikeI
                                      InsecureSpike
                                      last edited by InsecureSpike

                                      moved clock up to the lil space above attract mode logo
                                      added List Size info to the bottom where the clock was,
                                      thinking of adding play count just under the box art

                                      alt text

                                      RPi 3 - RetroPie + 500gb HDD [consoles] + Razer Onza Tournament
                                      RPi 3 - RetroPie + 32gb USB [computers] + Keyboard
                                      both with AttractMode + FuzzBoxx Layout

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                                        robertybob @InsecureSpike
                                        last edited by

                                        @InsecureSpike Coming along nicely!

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                                        • senkunS
                                          senkun @InsecureSpike
                                          last edited by senkun

                                          @InsecureSpike

                                          very nice! i love clean minimalist layouts, would look lovely on my largescreen 4k sony KD ;P

                                          but all my rpis mostly mostly putter around with tft screens ranging from 2.2" to a 7", and this won't work :(

                                          any chance for a matching (in look and feel) smallscreen version as well?

                                          ps; would be better have this in a AM Layouts thread y'think?

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                                          • InsecureSpikeI
                                            InsecureSpike
                                            last edited by

                                            mmmm, ok, are you running AttractMode at the moment, on any of your pi's?
                                            what layouts have you been using so far?? I'll gladly try n figure something out

                                            btw, thank you

                                            RPi 3 - RetroPie + 500gb HDD [consoles] + Razer Onza Tournament
                                            RPi 3 - RetroPie + 32gb USB [computers] + Keyboard
                                            both with AttractMode + FuzzBoxx Layout

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