Nice MAME2003 overlays repository

meleu

@UDb23 said in Nice MAME2003 overlays repository:

Probably we need a /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/overlays/console-bezels/ folder
in addition to /overlays/arcade-bezels/

Actually since the config has a full path to the overlay config, it can be any valid folder. This path is not hardcoded in the script, the path is obtained from the input_overlay in the rom config.

To achieve what you're suggesting the current script doesn't need any change, just use the path you want in the input_overlay. If it points to an inexistent folder, the script creates it.

Summing up: choosing the proper folder to store overlays (configs and images) is a responsibility of the the rom config file's creator/maintainer.

meleu

@UDb23 said in Nice MAME2003 overlays repository:

Info.txt may include a line to "request" to :

pull game text from this global file
addgamedata = yes

and

add personalized game description (instead of official mame or for local language)
gamedescr = ".........."

Could you detail these suggestions/new features on your repo issue tracker? Create an issue named "script feature request" or something. ;-)

GreenHawk84

@Graboid these are perfect. Do they make them in 16:9 for 1080p screens?

meleu

@GreenHawk84
Take a look at the repo README. ;-)

UDb23

@meleu said in Nice MAME2003 overlays repository:

To achieve what you're suggesting the current script doesn't need any change, just use the path you want in the input_overlay. If it points to an inexistent folder, the script creates it.

fantastic !

UDb23

@meleu will do.
After finalizing "River City Ransom" ;-)

UDb23

@meleu said in Nice MAME2003 overlays repository:

Could you detail these suggestions/new features on your repo issue tracker?

Created new issue:
https://github.com/UDb23/rpie-ovl/issues/21

Please let me know if you need more detailed info.

meleu

@UDb23 detected some problems in some info.txt files from your repo while working on the new script. Take a look at the Pull Requests when you have time. ;-)

Cheers!

UDb23

@meleu Argh.. about 10% of info.txt files had errors.
That's what happens doing this stuff at night during the week ;-)
Thanks for detecting and fixing 'em.
Meanwhile I finished a small vb routine that generates the cfgs and info.txt automatically.

UDb23

@UDb23 Repo pull requests merged

meleu

Hey guys, I think I've made some progress in the new script. It's a beta version but I think some guys can start the tests and give feedback ( @UDb23 and @backstander , I'm looking at you :) ).

We don't need to publicize the script for now. I still need to trim some edges, but we can start the tests.

How to use the script

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/meleu/rpie-art
cd rpie-art
./rpie-art

The script repository has several info.txt files I created for tests. They are for launching images only. If you look into them you'll notice that the launching_image entry can be a http[s] URL (cool feature, huh?).

Feedback about the User Experience is very appreciated.

Current features:

install overlays for arcade games.
install generic overlays for any system
install overlays for any game/system (not only the arcade ones) - note: I need to improve the ROM searching (look in gamelist.xml, etc).
install generic launching images for any system
install game specific launching image (any system)
cool feature: the *_image entries in the info.txt file can be a URL (only http/https supported).

UDb23

@meleu Wow! Excellent work. Will do some testing asap.
Great idea the URL pull for images; creators should consider dedicated images to limit web access time.

meleu

@UDb23 there are more Pull Requests on the repo. :)

Would you mind if I put some files on your repo? maybe in a folder like contrib/meleu/, what do you think?

My intention is to put those info.txt files and folders I have in my repo and let the repo with the script related content only.

UDb23

@meleu Done & Done ;-)

backstander

@meleu
How do you setup info.txt for multiple clones? Do you separate them with semi colons?

I'm trying to add the other 2 NES Robocops as "clones". Here is what I have:

rom_clones = "RoboCop 2 (USA) (Rev A);RoboCop 3 (USA)"

https://github.com/backstander/retropie-ovl/blob/master/nes/RoboCop/info.txt

UDb23

@backstander I'm not @meleu but answer is yes. ;-)
Full details on info.txt structure here.

meleu

As @UDb23 said, the answer is yes.

@backstander said in Nice MAME2003 overlays repository:

https://github.com/backstander/retropie-ovl/blob/master/nes/RoboCop/info.txt

I've just noticed that you repeated the .zip.cfg files for RoboCop 2 and 3 on your repo. There's no need for that. The script will use only the rom_config in info.txt file.

Currently the script doesn't deal with rom_clones yet, but it will work in the way I described above. :-)

backstander

@meleu @UDb23

I've just noticed that you repeated the .zip.cfg files for RoboCop 2 and 3 on your repo. There's no need for that.

I originally just put that in there for me so I could test with RoboCop 2 and 3
I wonder if I should use the optional rom_config_N variable instead of the rom_clones for RoboCop 2 and 3?

This is different because I have 1 overlay that works with 3 games.

meleu

@backstander said in Nice MAME2003 overlays repository:

I wonder if I should use the optional rom_config_N variable instead of the rom_clones for RoboCop 2 and 3?

If you want to use the same config/art for several games, just put the game names in the rom_clones.

In this case you should use the rom_clones.

Why?
Because the rom config content is exactly the same for every ROM you want to configure.

The rom_config_N is to be used when you want to provide an optional config/art, different than the default ones.

backstander

@meleu

Because the rom config content is exactly the same for every ROM you want to configure.

Okay, makes sense to me!

Also I will leave my repeated .zip.cfg files for RoboCop 2 and 3 on my repo until your script has added support for the rom_clones variable. No pressure ;-)