@PetroRie I'd give it a go. I'm actually complaining about how it is explained to people by the experts not those asking the questions or having issues.

https://github.com/mickelson/attract/wiki/Compiling-on-the-Raspberry-Pi-(Raspbian-Jessie)

@tonberryhunter I've not used AM and know little about it technically. However if it is installed as an ES theme would be then I imagine you would need to have a copy of it in /home/pi/.emulationstation as this is where RetroPie looks for themes first. I learned the hard way that themes in /etc/emulationstation/themes are overwritten freshly when RetroPie is updated. I lost my custom theme which I had foolishly failed to backup. I don't know if AM is the same, just a thought.

@foreverclumsy I'm also trying to get my iBuffalo controller working with advmame - did you ever get a working .rc file?

Okay, installed everything from a fresh RetroPie 4.1 image and also clean install of AM from source. I'm on version 2.2.0 of AM and everything is working as expected. The ghosted keys are no longer an issue, and as a result I don't need to futz with different key settings for exiting a game in retroarch. I'd like to figure out why that was an issue for me, but for now what I have is working. In windows I programmed the "exit" buttons for my minipacs with the WinIPac program to be macros of "start+select" and it works perfectly.

As a side note, it seems the issue was with sfml-pi. This explains why my 2.2.0 AM was still giving me issues. I had not gone back all the way in the steps to the sfml-pi portion.

Thanks all.

@BuZz thanks to you!

@dipkid a brillant job! I'll try 👏. The 2.0 Is Better. I really like the curve of the Cab!

P.s. sorry for my english I'm italian😉

@ebtalk Here you can find more info https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/4820/video-preview-in-emulationstation

I tinkered around with the commands used in Mame and got it to work. I simply used the previous code written for the Command Argument and the Executable. I found that I have a few bad rom sets for Mame 2003, so I'll have to use ClrMame Pro to fix them. Neo Geo is actually working fine with the new commands that were added to the Command Argument and the Executable sections. My problem now is with PC Engine CD rom files. For some reason, I can't get those to launch from lr-beetle-pce-fast. You can look at that here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/post/42447

Thanks for your assistance :-).

I found a ton of them for free over at http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/files/
Use the left column to browse either arcade or console systems, then select your system, then game wheel packs. Still missing some, but it's a start.

I ended up changing /opt/Retropie/config/all/autostart.sh. Within this file I changed the word Emulationstation to attract. Worked great! Thanks!

After entering 'attract-mode' into the command line, I was able to get it to work. There doesn't seem to be any art readily available, so I'll follow Floob's video instructions on how to download everything into the required folders. I'll ask for help again if I run into any other problems.

Thanks :-).

@moonston333 said in How to shrink a retropie image?:

@mitu yep true

but im asking ow do i make an image from all my files as ive got all the files extract how do image them back up

Hello @moonston333 I'm digging up this thread to ask if there is any further info on how to do that as I am facing the exact same issue.

@twd oh i forgot to mention that it was for mame. my roms work for other emulators like snes and genesis on ES but not on AM.

also, not interested in using floobs image yet. I like to make it myself and know how to configure it manually. just seems like the right info isnt displayed anywhere online. i have a feeling i need to get floobs image tho, this shit is frustratingly difficult.

I also got this problem problem

Hi Floob,

I've installed your attract mode image and am really enjoying it. Everything is working awesome, except for Kodi. And I'm really stuck with this. Would really appreciate some help.

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/7971/linux-connected-to-internet-but-kodi-isn-t