Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation

[robertybob]

@Floob There's been a number of important commits to Attract Mode in the last week, not to mention the numerous changes to RetroPie since August. Any chance of a new image in the near future? :)

[robertybob]

@Floob Sorry to bump this again, but since Attract Mode 2.2.0 has just been released and we're on RetroPie 4.1 , please please please can we have an updated image? :D

[juice]

@Floob is there any chance of a updated retropie image with the latest attract mode please floob. i used you last one and loved it .thanks

[Floob]

This is now in RetroPie via the Experimental menu:
https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/issues/1071#issuecomment-262113414

[robertybob]

@Floob It's not the same though, because Buzz won't implement the menu you added, nor FFMPEG with MMAL compiled. I'd argue there was still a need for your image :)

[Rion]

@robertybob Have you asked @BuZz to implement this feature?

[BuZz]

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

@Floob It's not the same though, because Buzz won't implement the menu you added, nor FFMPEG with MMAL compiled. I'd argue there was still a need for your image :)

I never said that.

I had an PR open with an initial attract mode module for testing.

You asked if it included floob's menu. I said it didn't. You asked if I would include accelerated ffmpeg support, and I said

I don't plan to include any optimised ffmpeg for now - but at some point I might include it for both retroarch and this but no plans currently."

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/pull/1749#issuecomment-261937388

I will be adding the RetroPie menu as it is in emulationstation, but it requires more work (which I have already started). I'm also implementing mehstation, so I need to make the retropie menu adding work in a modular fashion for all frontends.

[robertybob]

Sorry for jumping to conclusions, I do appreciate you adding this to RetroPie.

[BuZz]

The RetroPie menu is now included (Will need to remove/reinstall the retropie menu module if Attractmode already installed via RetroPie-Setup).

[gnome73]

[removed references to youtube channel that now promotes piracy]

Im considering the change to AM and thought this image that someone else has set up might be the way to go?

Does it pay to get a pre-configured image like this? I dont know much about linux/pi/AM so am hoping this will be a lot faster than me trying to download game images, pics, movies wal papers etc etc.

[InsecureSpike]

hi guy's, is there anyway we can boot straight into attract mode?
sorry if this has asked before

[BuZz]

@InsecureSpike add attract to /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh instead of emulationstation

[InsecureSpike]

great, thank you Buzz

[InsecureSpike]

i don't have an autostart.sh in that location??

[backstander]

@InsecureSpike
Go into the RetroPie-Setup Script -> Configuration / tools -> autostart

[InsecureSpike]

awesome, thanks mate

[BuZz]

@InsecureSpike if you don't then you have the old autostarting - choose "start emulationstation at boot" and it will create it.

[InsecureSpike]

@BuZz thank you buzz

[BuZz]

@InsecureSpike I have just changed the retropie-setup script so when updated if it detects the old autostart scheme, it will update it to the new one.

[robertybob]

@InsecureSpike

Welcome back :) Hope you're been well! Any chance of a new Attract theme set from yourself? :D