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    separating snes/super famicom games

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      groviar
      last edited by groviar

      The only thing about the <command> line is I'm not sure I'd know if something went wrong. I wish I could be sure how that affects things.

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        backstander @FlyingTomahawk
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        @FlyingTomahawk

        The only thing I cannot tell you 100% OK is the <command> line. Not sure that needs to be changed. Give it a try and see how it goes.

        Good eye! Yeah those need to be the same as the original like the tg16 should be:
        <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ pcengine %ROM%</command>

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          groviar
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          Ah, okay. So then I want to leave the <command> lines as they originally were:

          <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 SYS pcengine %ROM%</command>

          <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 SYS nes %ROM%</command>

          <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 SYS snes %ROM%</command>

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            FlyingTomahawk @backstander
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            @backstander

            That is what I thought too at least that is how I have it in my RPi.
            I created Capcom Play Stystem and NeoGeo using the FBAlpha as base and the command line is set to fba since I want to use those settings for all 3 systems (FBA, CPS and NEOGEO)

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              backstander @groviar
              last edited by backstander

              @groviar
              You can "Make" your own command directories like:
              mkdir /opt/retropie/configs/tg16
              and then just copy the data from the pcengine over to the tg16:
              cp /opt/retropie/configs/pcengine/* /opt/retropie/configs/tg16/

              But I don't see the benefit for doing this (unless you want them to use different default emulators and use completely different controller mapping or something else different).

              in other words don't do this lol

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                groviar
                last edited by groviar

                Okay I'll just change the <command> lines back and then copy the file over.

                To confirm, do I want to leave all 84 carbon themes in the "carbon-custom" folder?

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                  FlyingTomahawk @groviar
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                  @groviar

                  It's 1am over here and I have to take a shower and get some beauty sleep.
                  I hope you'll handle it otherwise backstander and other guys from the forum might/can chime in anytime too.

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                    FlyingTomahawk @groviar
                    last edited by

                    @groviar

                    If you don't use other themes then you won't need their folders. And if you need them one day just copy them over from the original carbon theme.

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                      groviar
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                      @FlyingTomahawk,

                      You've been extremely helpful. Thanks a ton! I'll try to get through the rest of this and I may just leave it alone until you share you logos tomorrow maybe.

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                        groviar
                        last edited by

                        Where can I find the original carbon themes in my Retropie? I can't seem to find them.

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                          FlyingTomahawk @groviar
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                          @groviar

                          You're very welcome.
                          I was in your position 3 months ago and I was also glad when others helped me out.
                          Yeah, I should be able to share the logos tomorrow. Just finished the Japanese MegaDrive logos.

                          https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/7357/tutorial-create-vector-logo-from-bitmap/30

                          So really gotta go now. have a nice day and catch you later guys.

                          @backstander
                          As always, really appreciate your help and support. Thank you.

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                            backstander @groviar
                            last edited by backstander

                            @groviar
                            If you goto the RetroPie menu option in EmulationStation and I think there's one called "ES Themes" you can update/install/uninstall themes from there. You should be able to fine "carbon" and another great theme is "pixel" and "pixel-metadata".

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                              groviar
                              last edited by

                              So then in the "carbon-custom" folder the only theme folders in there should be tg16, famicom, and superfamicom?

                              Or should all the systems I'm planning on using be in there? Not sure if I just need the new custom folders in there.

                              And do I leave the carbon.xml and theme.xml files in there?

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                                backstander @groviar
                                last edited by

                                @groviar
                                It might be best to just leave carbon-custom folder there. It won't hurt anything. You can use other themes without removing carbon-custom.

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                                  backstander @groviar
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                                  @groviar
                                  Once you have a theme installed, you can use/change to another theme from the "UI Settings" menu in EmulationStation by pressing the Select button on your controller:
                                  https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Themes/

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                                    groviar
                                    last edited by groviar

                                    Okay so right now I have the carbon-custom folder. It's the only folder I can see now in the themes folder through Windows explorer.

                                    Currently all 84 themes are in there from the carbon zip file I downloaded. Do I just need the 3 folders for tg16, famicom, and superfamicom?

                                    I copied the nes theme and named it famicom.
                                    I copied the snes theme and named it superfamicom.

                                    Do I just leave those and the tg16 theme in there? I'm still a bit confused over which folders need to be in my carbon-custom folder.

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                                      FlyingTomahawk @groviar
                                      last edited by

                                      @groviar

                                      Either is fine.
                                      Leave them there or delete the not needed system theme folders. I would leave them if they don't disturb your overview.

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                                        backstander @groviar
                                        last edited by backstander

                                        @groviar

                                        Do I just leave those and the tg16 theme in there? I'm still a bit confused over which folders need to be in my carbon-custom folder.

                                        I'd recommend leaving them there. They don't take up much room at all and they don't hurt anything being there.

                                        I found the supported platform names that the EmulationStation built-in scraper can use. Scroll down to "Platform Names":
                                        http://www.emulationstation.org/gettingstarted.html
                                        I don't see "tg16" on the list but they are bundling it with "pcengine"

                                        It also says this list is in the source code in src/PlatformId.cpp

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                                          groviar
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                                          @backstander,

                                          Great work finding that list of platform names! As you said it seems to bundle pcengine together with turbografx-16, so I'll make that change back to "pcengine" in the config. I'll also change famicom back to "nes" since the list doesn't show entries for the famicom.

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                                            groviar
                                            last edited by groviar

                                            How about these items that jdorina posted:

                                            -make a copy of the nes folder in /opt/configs/ and rename it famicom so you have /opt/configs/famicom

                                            -edit the emulators.cfg in /opt/retropie/configs/famicom to change any references from /opt/retropie/configs/nes to /opt/retropie/configs/famicom

                                            -double-check the retroarch.cfg in the same folder for similar things.

                                            I haven't done those yet. Should I wait until I finish up with the custom famicom and superfamicom themes tomorrow before I tackle that? Will I need to do that for famicom, superfamicom, and tg16?

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