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    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Projects and Themes
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    • meleuM
      meleu @ruckage
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      @ruckage I <3 you!

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      • FlyingTomahawkF
        FlyingTomahawk
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        YES, YES, YES! Finally the time has come!
        This is the highlight of this year.
        Thanks a ton @ruckage

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          LinuxArcadeGuy @ruckage
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          @ruckage YOU DA MAN RUCK!

          effing awesome!

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            LinuxArcadeGuy @ruckage
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            @ruckage one request: when you do categories, can you please include a "shooters" myself and many of my generation (40) are not a fan of the term "shmups"

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            • fellegF
              felleg
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              This is better than the original neogeo X
              LOL

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                LinuxArcadeGuy @ruckage
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                @ruckage also shouldnt it be aes-controls.xml and mvs-controls.xml :)

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                  LinuxArcadeGuy
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                  @ruckage where are the screenshots, am i missing them somewhere?

                  thanks...

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                    LinuxArcadeGuy
                    last edited by LinuxArcadeGuy

                    @ruckage neo-geo missing loading & marquees: bang bang busters (b2b), neo pong (neopong), poker night (poknight), bust-a-move 1&2 (us versions of jap games, as it wasnt know here as puzzle bobble until GBA i think) and the theme itself does not have a 4x3 layout just 16x9...

                    svcsplus is missing too "SVC Super Plus" (Bootleg), instead its just a dupe artwork of "SVC Plus"

                    "select a system" maybe not needed or when you do category labels obviously would be "select a catagory" i dunno... dealers choice...

                    thanks again for all your hard work :)

                    hope my feedback helps.

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                      LinuxArcadeGuy
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                      @ruckage, small favor for a high res image, otherwise i would do it, can you include an mvs controls image without "menu" and "options" words as in my specific cabinet i have put two buttons behind the coin door to handle the "administration options" because i dont want people accidentally playing with settings, and i have removed the retropie settings option in the list as well, as i can SSH into it for anything...

                      if not bro thaks anyway, will just edit image myself and deal with lower quality image, again bad-ass start and exemplary work, as always...

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                      • ruckageR
                        ruckage @LinuxArcadeGuy
                        last edited by ruckage

                        @linuxarcadeguy said in Neo Geo X Build:

                        @ruckage one request: when you do categories, can you please include a "shooters" myself and many of my generation (40) are not a fan of the term "shmups"

                        Being in that generation myself I'm not a fan of 'shmup' either but it was quicker to type. We called them 'Shoot 'em ups' which is what I'd label the category.

                        @linuxarcadeguy said in Neo Geo X Build:

                        @ruckage also shouldnt it be aes-controls.xml and mvs-controls.xml :)

                        Yeah, I was trying not to confuse people - I was going to label 'AES' 'console' instead as well. If I add more controls they will probably need a better naming scheme anyway.

                        @linuxarcadeguy said in Neo Geo X Build:

                        @ruckage neo-geo missing loading & marquees: ---------
                        and the theme itself does not have a 4x3 layout just 16x9...

                        I knew there would be some missing images as I was limited to what I could get from the Hyperspin website. I believe there are more wheel packs that would add many of the missing marquess but you have to be a paid member to get them. Some though like 'puzzle bobble/bust a move' are trickier as there is only one rom - it's just the in game title that changes when set to US. This is just an initial release though so I'll be able to add seperate zips of missing art as time goes on.

                        Already said about 4x3. I will sort something out for that but it's not a simple task as It will basically require a completely separate theme. I think I have an idea for it but you may have to wait a little while.

                        @linuxarcadeguy said in Neo Geo X Build:

                        @ruckage, small favor for a high res image, otherwise i would do it, can you include an mvs controls image without "menu" and "options"

                        So, to be clear would you like a controls image with the last 2 buttons removed completely? Or do you just want them to be labelled with a different function? If you can give me specifics then I can make any control art that is requested.

                        SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

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                        • ruckageR
                          ruckage @felleg
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                          @felleg said in Neo Geo X Build:

                          This is better than the original neogeo X
                          LOL

                          Thanks:) - though judging from the hate/critcism that the Neo-Geo X received I should hope so :D

                          SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

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                          • FlyingTomahawkF
                            FlyingTomahawk
                            last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                            @ruckage

                            First off, a big thank you for all your work. Well done.
                            To collect and edit all those marquees and launch images must have been a big pain in the rear.

                            It took me a while to pick all the right marquees and launch images for each system but I got it done. Now here some issues I have encountered thus far.


                            Video Player issue

                            Not sure about you or other guys but in my build I have to use the OMX player to play the videos since the VLC player doesn't do a good job at all. The downside of the OMX player is, it is always floating most top no matter what the index of all other elements are.

                            alt text


                            Players Icon issue

                            Another issue I have is the Player thing on the bottom-right.
                            I get these white empty squares.

                            alt text


                            Marquees and Images issues

                            The following marquees are just screenshots.

                            For CPS

                            cworld2j-marquee.png
                            jyangoku-marquee.png
                            qndream-marquee.png
                            qtono2j-marquee.png

                            I had the marquees so I created my own launch images and marquees. If you need the raw marquee images I can share them if you like and you can redo them your style.


                            Missing thus far was the following

                            For NeoGeo

                            maruko chan quiz game (marukodq-marquee.png)

                            For FBA or generic Arcade

                            Raiden II
                            Raiden DX


                            screenshot images issue

                            Was this theme meant to be a video based theme only or was it also intended to use still images like screenshots too? Because if a video is missing I get this here.

                            alt text

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                            • ruckageR
                              ruckage @FlyingTomahawk
                              last edited by ruckage

                              @flyingtomahawk said in Neo Geo X Build:

                              @ruckage

                              Video Player issue

                              Not sure about you or other guys but in my build I have to use the OMX player to play the videos since the VLC player doesn't do a good job at all. The downside of the OMX player is, it is always floating most top no matter what the index of all other elements are.

                              Unfortunately there is very little I can do about that, I can maybe add an option in the settings to move the marquee up slightly for those using omx player - would that be okay? I m not using video myself, just screenshots.

                              Players Icon issue

                              Another issue I have is the Player thing on the bottom-right.
                              I get these white empty squares.

                              That's strange - I haven't seen that myself. My initial thoughts are that it's something to do with the gamelist.xml - could you post an excerpt from you gamelist.xml from one of the affected games (or upload the whole xml somewhere for me to see)?

                              Marquees and Images issues

                              The following marquees are just screenshots.

                              For CPS

                              cworld2j-marquee.png
                              jyangoku-marquee.png
                              qndream-marquee.png
                              qtono2j-marquee.png

                              I had the marquees so I created my own launch images and marquees. If you need the raw marquee images I can share them if you like and you can redo them your style.

                              Yes please, I'll start a missing images pack.

                              screenshot images issue

                              Was this theme meant to be a video based theme only or was it also intended to use still images like screenshots too? Because if a video is missing I get this here.

                              Strange - It should scale the image up (I'm not using any video on my system - only screenshots.)
                              My only suspicion is that it's another issues caused by the OMX player. Can you test it in the default video player and see if it resolves it? If so then it's a bug that will need to be reported.

                              SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

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                                skj
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                                Where do I place the marquees pack ? And do I have manually edit the game metadata for them to display? Or will they auto show like the launching images, thanks

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                                • FlyingTomahawkF
                                  FlyingTomahawk @ruckage
                                  last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                                  @ruckage

                                  Unfortunately there is very little I can do about that, I can maybe add an option in the settings to move the marquee up slightly for those using omx player - would that be okay? I m not using video myself, just screenshots.

                                  To be honest I did not expect to have videos for this theme so I am good with screenshots only. I just renamed the video folder to deactivate the videos from appearing.


                                  Regarding the players icons, I know what caused it. For example, when a game is for 1 or 2 players I had the following entry in my gamelist.

                                  <players>1-2</players>
                                  

                                  this needs to be changed to

                                  <players>2</players>
                                  

                                  then it shows just fine. Of course the same has to be done for 1-3 or 1-4 players.


                                  Yes please, I'll start a missing images pack.

                                  Download here: Missing Marquees


                                  Strange - It should scale the image up (I'm not using any video on my system - only screenshots.)
                                  My only suspicion is that it's another issues caused by the OMX player. Can you test it in the default video player and see if it resolves it? If so then it's a bug that will need to be reported.

                                  You were right, I could fix that by switching back to the normal VLC video player. No clue why the video players should affect the images but as long it works I'm good.

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                                  • ruckageR
                                    ruckage @skj
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                                    @skj

                                    You could manually edit the gamelist.xml but that would be very time consuming. The easiest way to do it is to scrape you roms using sselph scraper and make sure to tell it to also get marquees (see the help options in sselph scraper).
                                    You can then just replace the downloaded marquees with the ones in my marquee pack.

                                    SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

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                                    • FlyingTomahawkF
                                      FlyingTomahawk
                                      last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                                      If someone is curious to see this theme in action here a short video.
                                      Sorry for the bad quality but it was a spontaneous thing and my phone cam is not the best.

                                      @ruckage
                                      Thanks again for all your hard work. This theme is really awesome!
                                      Now I only wish there would be some sort of profiles feature in RetroPie so that I can swap easier from Arcade mode (Arcade games) to Famicom mode (Console games). Maybe something that will come in the future...

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                                      • Stuart2773S
                                        Stuart2773
                                        last edited by Stuart2773

                                        @ruckage

                                        What an amazing theme, well done,

                                        not sure if this is any help to you, but here is a list of missing neogeo marquees & launch images from my rom sets

                                        Bang Bang Busters - b2b.zip
                                        Chibi Marukochan Deluxe Quiz - marukodq.zip
                                        Crossed Swords II - crswd2bl.zip
                                        Crouching Pony Hidden Dragon - chpd.zip
                                        Dragon's Heaven - dragonsh.zip
                                        Frog Feast - nfrog.zip
                                        Jockey Grand Prix - jockeygp.zip
                                        Last Hope - lasthope.zip
                                        Master of Syougi - moshougi.zip
                                        Neo No Panepon - neonopon.zip
                                        Neo Pong - neopong.zip
                                        Poker Night - poknight.zip
                                        Quiz Daisousa Sen/The last Countdown - quizdais.zip
                                        Quiz King Of Fighters - quizkof.zip
                                        Quiz Meitanitei Neo & Geo - quizdai2.zip
                                        Taisen Idol Mahjong Final Romance 2 - froman2b.zip
                                        Treasure of the Caribbean - totcarib.zip
                                        V Liner - vliner.zip

                                        also, here is a site that has logos that you may be able to use for the missing marquees,

                                        http://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/games/results?id=neo geo

                                        hope you find them useful.

                                        Stuart.

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                                        • meleuM
                                          meleu @FlyingTomahawk
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                                          @FlyingTomahawk

                                          Now I only wish there would be some sort of profiles feature in RetroPie so that I can swap easier from Arcade mode (Arcade games) to Famicom mode (Console games). Maybe something that will come in the future...

                                          You can get some inspiration in @TMNTturtlguy 's approach:
                                          https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/11499/change-es_systems-cfg-script

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                                          • TMNTturtlguyT
                                            TMNTturtlguy @meleu
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                                            @meleu @FlyingTomahawk i have already included a selection option for @ruckage neogeo capcom theme. Be sure to read the instructions. It works really well. You will need to manually switch your theme after you run the script.

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