Neo Geo X Build
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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.
Players Icon issue
Another issue I have is the Player thing on the bottom-right.
I get these white empty squares.
Marquees and Images issues
The following marquees are just screenshots.
For CPS
cworld2j-marquee.png
jyangoku-marquee.png
qndream-marquee.png
qtono2j-marquee.pngI 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.
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@flyingtomahawk said in Neo Geo X Build:
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.pngI 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. -
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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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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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. -
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... -
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.zipalso, 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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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:
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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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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.
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@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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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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@ruckage can you put the launching images on github so I can make them installable via rpie-art?
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@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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@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^.^dAnd a big big thanks for the donation you made, that's amazingly generous of you. I really appreciate it :).
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@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.
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@ruckage YUP 'Shoot 'em ups' is perfect, i think its this newest generation "Gen Z" that uses Shmups...
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@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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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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@ruckage if you dont want to bother crating TWO overlays for sytems "select a system" and "select a category" maybe just do "select" or "Choose" as an overall one-size-fits-all option...? or just eliminate completely, just thinking... but dealers choice ;)
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