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    • ruckageR
      ruckage @felleg
      last edited by

      @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.

      If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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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.

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        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.

          If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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          • S
            skj
            last edited by

            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
                last edited by

                @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.

                If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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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
                      last edited by

                      @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
                        last edited by

                        @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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                        • FlyingTomahawkF
                          FlyingTomahawk @meleu
                          last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                          @meleu

                          Thanks meleu.
                          That I have installed already. ;-)
                          I mean choose a profile and it would be setup already with the right theme and all the necessary launch image options.
                          But the possibility to swap the es_system files is a good step forward.

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                          • TMNTturtlguyT
                            TMNTturtlguy @FlyingTomahawk
                            last edited by

                            @flyingtomahawk do you run your roms off of a USB? One suggestion is to store your roms on a USB, save your images and gamelist in the roms folder. Simply change the USB stick and run the Es_systems script and it will work almost as you wish. The only thing that won't work is the launching screens, however I believe you can set those up on a per rom launch as well.

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                            • FlyingTomahawkF
                              FlyingTomahawk @TMNTturtlguy
                              last edited by

                              @tmntturtlguy

                              Thanks.
                              I just tested your script and it works great. Only the theme needs to be switched manually but other then that all works great. Even the preset launch images.
                              I can live with the theme swapping.

                              Great work!

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                              • meleuM
                                meleu
                                last edited by

                                @ruckage can you put the launching images on github so I can make them installable via rpie-art?

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                                • cyperghostC
                                  cyperghost @ruckage
                                  last edited by cyperghost

                                  @ruckage @skj About the gamelist fix....

                                  It's should be okay if you use Notepad++ and scan for <players>1- and replace with <players> of course a nice script will also do the job :)

                                  @FlyingTomahawk Are you going to be kind of Terminator in RL? (red eye on screen?)
                                  Well done Famicom mod - indeed :) Is the joypad also selfmade?

                                  @TMNTturtlguy I will use the es_systems script for my next Pi embedded build. But not with the intention to exchange es_systems.cfg rather exchange /boot/config.txt

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                                  • ruckageR
                                    ruckage @FlyingTomahawk
                                    last edited by ruckage

                                    @flyingtomahawk
                                    Thanks for posting that video, shows it off nicely and I'm glad you've got it working properly now. Love the Famicom - great idea putting a power LED under the cartridge flap. b^.^d

                                    And a big big thanks for the donation you made, that's amazingly generous of you. I really appreciate it :).

                                    SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                                    If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                                    • ruckageR
                                      ruckage @meleu
                                      last edited by

                                      @meleu said in Neo Geo X Build:

                                      @ruckage can you put the launching images on github so I can make them installable via rpie-art?

                                      Sure, I'll get a github respository setup for them.

                                      SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                                      If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                                      • L
                                        LinuxArcadeGuy @ruckage
                                        last edited by

                                        @ruckage YUP 'Shoot 'em ups' is perfect, i think its this newest generation "Gen Z" that uses Shmups...

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                                          LinuxArcadeGuy @ruckage
                                          last edited by

                                          @ruckage just the labels removed, as the buttons do not have a secondary function just the peimary 1P & 2P start, the ES admin screens i have put under 2 other mapped buttons on a bracket in the coin door... make sense or am i an idiot again ? ;)

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                                          • L
                                            LinuxArcadeGuy
                                            last edited by

                                            im going to do some hi res in-game screenshots with phosphor scanlines if anyone would like them please let me know (180 games, all US, only 2 boolegs svcsplus and svcplus)

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