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      simbz23
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      @UDb23 thanks man! I guess if non user generated events are not possible for light up effects, I could change the overlay to light up the LEFT/RIGHT red tabs and the "lock on" light whenever the user clicks on the missile button

      I know you have edited the wiki for the overlay page on retroarch, trying to do it now, but some of it is hard to grasp.....

      Should I create 3 additional "overlays" that are just each of those lights in the "off" state, and then apply the alpha effect? Or should I create 6 of them, each light with a on/off graphic?

      Not sure how to start here?

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        simbz23 @UDb23
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        @UDb23 @meleu @dankcushions Ok I think I was going about this on a false assumption. I thought that if I implemented buttons into the overlay, that different parts of the overlay would visually show being pressed down.

        However, I looked at the beginning of the retroarch wiki for overlays, and it says for mouse/touch input...... :-/

        I feel dumb for not reading something from the beginning but, I could have sworn I saw video somewhere of an overlay that showed buttons that light up! Am I dreaming or was the video I saw captured from an iPhone or some computer with mouse input???

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          UDb23 @simbz23
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          @simbz23 said in Top requested arcade games for overlays:

          and it says for mouse/touch input

          I'm not the author of that wiki.
          I only edited minor parts of that wiki, related to correct use of overlay file names.

          That said, the wiki states:
          button corresponds to the input event being generated. The names are the same as in the general input config, e.g. input_player1_start would translate to start here. overlay_next is a special bind designed to swap to the next overlay, or wrap around to the first one. Button nul means no input.

          For an up-to-date view of what buttons are called, check the input_config_key_map variable in: https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/blob/master/input/input_keymaps.c

          This means it should work with actual buttons of a keyboard or of the gamepad.
          If so it should be possible, thru code, for the specific rom emulation to "activate"(light up) overlays buttons. This requires possibility in the code to simulate user pressing buttons; not sure about that.

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            meleu
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            @simbz23 your info.txt for Donkey Kong has an inexistent file for overlay_image. @backstander submitted a PR fixing it 4 days ago, take a look there. ;-)

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              meleu
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              @simbz23 Also, I think every new overlay you create deserve its own topic in this forum. Posting everything here makes it less visible for the users that aren't following this topic.

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                UDb23 @meleu
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                @meleu said in Top requested arcade games for overlays:

                visible for the users that aren't following this topic.

                With growing number of overlays I was thinking it may be useful at some point to create a "summary sheet image" to provide a graphical overview to users/readers.

                What do you think ?

                This would require nice "in game" screenshots for every overlay. Any contributors for that ?
                @hurricanefan looking at you ;-)
                I would then combine them creating the "summary image".

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                  HurricaneFan @UDb23
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                  @UDb23 I'd be up for that when I get back from my trip next week. I'm gone until Thursday night.

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                    meleu @UDb23
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                    @UDb23 said in Top requested arcade games for overlays:

                    What do you think ?

                    If there's a volunteer to keep track of the overlays I think it's great. But maybe each overlay with its own topic with the overlay tag can be enough (and it's simpler).

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                      UDb23 @HurricaneFan
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                      @HurricaneFan just an idea. No time plan to commit to.
                      If you can it's big support, thanks!

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                        UDb23
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                        Rampage World Tour done.
                        Check here.

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                          simbz23 @meleu
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                          @meleu My bad, accepted the PR! And I will create a new topic for each overlay from now on :-)

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                            jozzy1 @UDb23
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                            @UDb23 alt text

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                              UDb23 @jozzy1
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                              @jozzy1 ?

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                                jozzy1 @UDb23
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                                @UDb23 Sorry mate my bad. I read your post wrong. I thought you wanted screenshots of the overlays.

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                                  UDb23 @jozzy1
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                                  @jozzy1 said in Top requested arcade games for overlays:

                                  I thought you wanted screenshots of the overlays.

                                  Ops, I had some slowdowns with the forum. I couldn't see the image... thats's why I posted "?'.
                                  Yes I appreciate screenshots, thanks. @HurricaneFan makes those directly on the Pi.

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                                    jozzy1 @UDb23
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                                    @UDb23 no worries mate. just wanted to show salamander off. thanks again. next request I think has got to be r-type. any chance when you next get a minute?

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                                      UDb23 @jozzy1
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                                      @jozzy1 Next overlays already in the works are shmups btw :-))
                                      Macross Plus & Last Resort.
                                      Will add R-type too.

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                                        sonicsheppard
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                                        Awesome news, love your overlays @UDb23 and @simbz23!

                                        Would love to see some of the Cave shooters if you're doing shmups. DoDonPachi, Espgaluda, Dangun Feveron, etc! Looking forward to whichever ones you guys come up with though. Thanks so much!

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                                          UDb23 @sonicsheppard
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                                          @sonicsheppard said in Top requested arcade games for overlays:

                                          doing shmups

                                          Meawhile I just finished overlay for Gunbird 2.
                                          [Already have some DoDonPachi series artwork... will check if good enough for making overlays.

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                                            iantweed @UDb23
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                                            @UDb23 Hi, first post here.

                                            I'd love to see overlays for fighting games with move lists. That would be so useful. In particular, I'd love to something like this http://www.neogeoforlife.com/images/photoalbum/album_174/518600_2981x1176.jpg for The Last Blade 2.

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