Top requested arcade games for overlays

simbz23

Lol thanks is in order to both @meleu @UDb23 then!

UDb23

@simbz23 said in Top requested arcade games for overlays:

my macbook pro keyboard or OS might be an issue! Good to know. I dunno how I am supposed to prevent that?

I'm using my old Macbook Air bought during a holiday in the US (in addition to my windows PC); it has english (QWERTY) keyboard and only one " key (to the left of return key). That key provides the correct quote sign.

And yah I dont mind, they are not mine, this guy posted it as a link with his youtube video, I will try to find his video link again to try and find a name.

Now that you got your own Repo you should add these to it also.

simbz23

@UDb23 Thanks for the heads up, and I will add any overlays I have that aren't ones that you or I made!

simbz23

Just finished an MK2 overlay! Available at my repo...

https://github.com/simbz33/retropie-overlay

UDb23

@simbz23 nice!

UDb23

@simbz23 Take care: making overlays can be addictive :-)

simbz23

@UDb23 Likewise brother! You are so right about that lol. Especially when you see there aren't any quality overlays for certain games! I am also future proofing and making 4k overlays. That transition wont be too far away ;-)

simbz23

@UDb23 Edited the Moonwalker overlay with your suggestion, hope it came out alright!

simbz23

Spider-Man overlay complete

meleu

@simbz23 There's an issue with the Spider Man overlay files on your repository. ;-)

simbz23

@meleu said in Top requested arcade games for overlays:

@simbz23 There's an issue with the Spider Man overlay files on your repository. ;-)

So weird, I thought I uploaded and saved the changes. Files should be there now!

UDb23

@simbz23 overlay image filenames should include artist name: gamename_simbz-ovl.png
Script works fine even without it ... but people should know you made that overlay ;-)

meleu

@UDb23 I was thinking about it. We can create an optional field in the info.txt. I'm not sure about the best name: artist or maintainer? Maybe both :).

They will be completely optional. My intention is to give some credits in the dialogs while installing the files...

Suggestions?

UDb23

@meleu What about creator, author(more for books...), producer.
Or even simpler: Made_by

meleu

@UDb23 let's stick with creator. You can use it in your files if you want from now on. I'll make the new script show this info in the dialogs.

It's completely optional, so you don't need to update all the info.txt files in your repo.

UDb23

@backstander said in Top requested arcade games for overlays:

do you think you could make an overlay for River City Ransom

Available now here: 2 versions and launching image.

backstander

Thank you @UDb23!

meleu

@UDb23 said in Top requested arcade games for overlays:

@meleu said in Top requested arcade games for overlays:

I think it might be best if @simbz23 makes his own repo

Right. Makes sense.

I changed my mind about it. If the overlay creator is just a casual creator, maybe it's better to contribute to @UDb23 's repo.

The @UDb23 's repo is more active, and we can fix eventual problems in the info.txt and/or config files more quickly.

@UDb23 maybe you should create a contrib folder on the repo to put files sent by others.

UDb23

@meleu OK.
Only good quality overlays (talking about image quality, not personal taste) and supplied with cfgs and info.txt can be accepted for inclusion in the "official" Repo.

simbz23

@meleu @UDb23 this sounds like a good idea. How should I transfer over my existing and new stuff down the road to you @UDb23 ?