After more than two years, I finally found the motivation to work on this project again and improve it.

Download: Release ArcadeManager v25.1

New features

The biggest new feature is the ability to check a romset against a DAT file, and to transform a romset into a non-merged one. Several common DAT files are provided: MAME for the latest Batocera and Recalbox versions, MAME2003 in different flavors, and FBNeo. Merged and split sets are not supported, as they make no sense in the context of this tool.

Other new features:

Completely rewrote the "top x" lists in the wizard and added some new selections Added some new games lists in the wizard (4 buttons, vertical, multiplayer vs/coop) Before copying files listed in a CSV, the app now lists the missing ones Added the possibility to help translate using Weblate New translation in Swedish - please contribute to other languages if you can, it's not hard! A new console application has been created, in case you want to automate things In the latest MAME versions some files (other than samples and bioses) are needed, they are now copied along with the roms Fixed bugs The Windows zip file version launches the debug window upon starting Crash when a CHD file already exists 404 link in the help section Encoding error in some JS error messages Path with "+" doesn't work

@andymarham said in Bezel removal:

I hate having to ask but can't work out how to do it.

Are all your previous posts related to this image? These are the problems associated with incorrectly configured 3rd party images that often have illegal content - and nobody can predict or offer solutions because nobody knows. Everyone here has the same starting point as the image is official and known hence support from hundreds using it. See point 5 in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first
You would save yourself hours of frustration doing it according to the easy to follow guide. This is not a plug and play solution and neither is it meant to be.

@dishins I ran these test on a stock installation of RetroPie. My Retroarch config is “hard coded” for my Xbox 360 wireless 4 player setup. It doesn’t play well with other setups unfortunately.

New releases for both repositories!

Artwork overlays v1.1 - 1220 games
V1.1 integrates overlays from the MotionBlue Retropie image.
https://github.com/cosmo0/retropie-overlays-arcade-artwork/releases/tag/v1.1

Realistic overlays v1.1 - 554 games
V1.1 integrates OrionsAngel overlays up to pack 35.
https://github.com/cosmo0/retropie-overlays-arcade-realistic/releases/tag/v1.1

New release : v1.4

https://github.com/cosmo0/retropie-overlays/releases/tag/v1.4

Found out about Recalbox "complete" pack, so I grabbed a few more systems from there.

Adds a few systems: Atari 800, Atari ST, MSX1/2/Turbo, Odyssey2/Videopac, Supergrafx, Samcoupe, X1, ZX81. And also Apple 2 but the emulator is not Libretro, so it doesn't display it. Changes Channel F & PCFX

@UDb23 lol, msword comes, thanks for your hard work

@kmetz7547 Glad to know you could solve :-)

@mrjordaaany @Riverstorm Far too kind. Thanks!

@Floob Thanks for stopping by! :)

The overlays I'm trying to convert are OrionsAngel's.
The only config files I have are the mameconfig and the mamelayout (in the zip)

I have generated the cfg just using the values in the mamelayout file, but they are pretty much all configured with the same values (unless my conversion script is wrong, which is possible), so I'm starting to think the values in the mameconfig file are important as well... but I just can't figure out what I should multiply.

For now I'm resigned to measure the values "by hand" in Photoshop (I have done about 20 of 250...) which will take some time but is not very hard.

Alright, so I double checked photoshop and both layers are at 100% opacity with a Normal blend mode @edmaul69. The opacity is definitly set to 1.0 in the retroarch settings and yes, I do have a viewport set to the size of the transparent area of the overlay @AndrewH:

video_fullscreen_x = 1920
video_fullscreen_y = 1080
custom_viewport_width = 1440
custom_viewport_height = 1080
custom_viewport_x = 240
custom_viewport_y = 0
aspect_ratio_index = 22
input_overlay = "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/overlay/tv-old/Nintendo.cfg"
input_overlay_enable = true
input_overlay_opacity = 1.000000
input_overlay_scale = 1.000000
video_smooth = "true"
video_scale_integer = "false"
video_shader_enable = "false"
video_font_size = "16"
video_message_pos_x = 0.17
video_message_pos_y = 0.06

@edmaul69, I'll try using two overlays but I have a feeling I'll either get none or it'll display only the first one that appears in the cfg file.

@AndrewH How do I get the config file location, when I am installing the files and the overlays. changed to

input_overlay = "/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/overlay/arcade-bezels/galaga-AH.cfg" <----This a correct statement
input_overlay_enable = "true"
input_overlay_opacity = "1.000000"
input_overlay_scale = "1.000000"

This initially is being pointed at input_overlay = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/overlays/arcade-bezels/galaga-Ah.cfg" (belive this is where it was pointed) this does not work with retropi 4.X . This is for all the config files I have installed. DK - Frogger galaxian.

Also how do I get the rom to fit in the 1280x1024 5:4 overlay . The rom output is slightly larger then the overlay. I redid a couple of them to fit.

Otherwise thanks for putting this toghther you saved me a lot of trouble .

@UDb23, @meleu : ok - repo is now set up, and (I think) ready to be added to the installation script.
I've submitted an issue with the details.

Also, sorry for the threadjack, and thanks for your patience.

This is an old question but an answer is necessary!

The support for M.A.M.E.'s artwork using external zipped archive (containing .art and .png files, archive placed in the artwork directory) is present from 0.61 to 0.106 versions. After 0.106 version the .art file has been subsitutedd by .lay xml file.

In versions previous than 0.61 the artwork is supported at driver level, so it is hardcoded.

mame4all is a version based on 0.37b5 so it will never works

@stuart2773 Thanks. Yes I already use this site, they have some really good scans.

@riverstorm said in New overlay: Zaxxon:

Very creative with the vertical logo

Thanks.
The vertical logo was used for the arcade cabinet side art. Finding no original scan but only some low res pictures I recreated something that looks quite close.
Should be adding some detail like the "starfield" background and some more "starships".

@udb23 thanks mate for your reply , i look into it speaking to dankcushions. keep up the good work on your bezels they look great