Grid View EmulationStation Mod Ideas

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!

enigma7

(http://i.imgur.com/SviqMo3.jpg)

Would this be possible? Pop out selected image while the rest have an opacity?

dudleydes

@enigma7 I have been working on a theme based on the Carbon theme that does something like this. You can see a preview here - ignore the white triangles, that's an issue regarding vram use.

You can download the theme here. Place it in /home/pi/.emulationstation/theme and you should be able to select it from the UI setting in EmulationStation. If you are using SNES or any landscape art, you can set Grid Size to Big in System UI Setting to make sure the art fits better across the screen.

Quick warning that this theme is very much experimental. The Grid View ES build I have is a vram hog so I would recommend restarting ES regularly otherwise you are likely to see the white rectangles appearing.

Also, I have manually edited my gamelists so Release Year occupies the Publisher field so it's likely your metadata may not appear as in the preview.

jacobfk20

@dudleydes I'll be pushing an update today that helps keep vram from leaking.

@enigma7 Steam's Big Picture Mode is my dream, though I'm more focused on stability.

enigma7

@dudleydes That looks good, thanks. I'll give it a shot.

@jacobfk20 Did the vram issue get fixed? I'd love to try this out. Is there a precompiled version available to download? I don't know how to compile.

radius

Hi guys, I'm trying to get the gridview working on a debian jessie VM but for some reason it's not,
I downloaded and compiled the source from https://github.com/jacobfk20/EmulationStation/tree/Gridview
but I don't have the gridview option, I downloaded the theme from @dudleydes and still it doesn't appear with the grid view, could you please help get this working ?

jacobfk20

@enigma7 vram leak is fixed. I'll upload a compiled version later tonight.

jacobfk20

@radius did you put the theme into '/etc/emulationstation/themes' ?

You may also build from the release-beta branch. It is more up to date.

radius

@jacobfk20 my bad I just discovered the grid option was in the "Settings" menu and not the Menu / UI Seetings ^^

herb_fargus

@radius press select while in the gamelist

radius

@herb_fargus ahah thanks I just figured that out now :'(

dudleydes

You can download the binary that I built earlier this week from my Google Drive. Bear in mind that it does not include commits from the last few days.

A word of warning. The vram issue is not fully fixed as, to make sure that the vram used doesn't get too high, I have had to reduce the file size of my boxart. (240 pixels wide and 24kb in size). They look fine on my 27" 1080p monitor but if you have a large TV, then they may look blocky. You could always make the grid bigger in the theme.

If you do wish to edit the theme, then I advise placing it in /home/pi/.emulationstation/theme.