@machtroid said in Installing a different version of Emulationstation:

So my question would be, if I install Emulationstation from this source, will it "hook up" to all of the places it needs to in retroarch (configs and such)

No, it will not - it won't even start, since it expects the Batocera filesystem layout and it won't be able to create/save the configuration file.

@chizzer
We've all been there. In fact I just recently was scripting some batch file operations and introduced a space after something that broke it all. Gotta love those facepalm moments.

Glad you got it sorted now.

@mitu Yea tbh I'm not sure what it uses, I just thought I would take a chance incase anyone knew.

@gamre And yet you still haven't answered the specific questions.
Please add more info about your setup, as detailed in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first.

@mitu said in Image inside folder wont load:

RetroBat

Thanks, my idea basicly is having a GUI to redirect all my roms to the best emulator, and if is open source is always better :)

@jharvey25 Sorry but we don't support 3rd party images. Please install RetroPie from this site and if you have an issue please check https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first and provide details of your setup.

You've probably modified one of the start-up services which you shouldn't have. Post the contents of /etc/profile.d/10-retropie.sh file from your system.

@stuckinthe90s You are using a disposable email address which is bouncing. Please switch to a working non disposable address or I will have to remove/disable your account.

The dot at the beginning of a directory name will be hidden by default on a Linux box I believe. (" . es" would be hidden. "es" would not.) That may help you track down more files.

@mitu said in Using ES Scraper - How can I automatically save images to ROM folders?:

@tpr said in Using ES Scraper - How can I automatically save images to ROM folders? png to ico:

Is there a way to force the built-in scraper to use those directories?

No, there is no option for the built-in EmulationStation scraper to change the download location. If space is a concern, then you can symlink the downloaded_images folder to a folder on the external drive.

Thank you very much for the explanation.

@simpleethat thanks for the info. Yeah, they are both 16x9, 1080 is 1920x1080 and 720p is 1366x768. I think everything is set to 1920x1080 on my pi currently. Hoping to find out if I have to change any settings to step down to 1366x768 (720p) for proper framing?

@DSilsbury said in Is it possible to RDP directly to the RetroPie GUI?:

OK, so here's my scenario. I have an arcade cabinet and a pi installed (lets call it prod), but I'm also working on a second pi (lets call it dev). I don't have a separate monitor for the dev pi, but I can RDP into Pixel and SSH into command line on it. But I have no way of testing the RetroPi GUI remotely at the moment. So basically I'm looking for a way to run emulation station, or what I would be greeted with if I booted it up with it's own monitor.
Can it be done?

You can use VNC without X

Here are the instructions:

run first

sudo apt-get update

Dispmanx VNC dependencies:

sudo apt-get install libvncserver-dev

Installation:

Clone github repo:

git clone https://github.com/hanzelpeter/dispmanx_vnc.git

Modify makefile :

nano makeit

and modify the following

-lGLESv2 to -lbrcmGLESv2 and -lEGL to -lbrcmEGL

make executable:

chmod +x makeit

Compile:

sudo ./makeit

run server:

sudo ./dispman_vncserver

Then you just need a VNC client. I use VNC Viewer on windows.

The disadvantage is only that you can't play games (screen tearing) and there is no sound on your client. But it is great for tinkering with your Retropie system.

I've been using VNC for a couple of years now because my raspberry is conneted on TV and the TV is mostly occupied by my family :)

@misanthrope whenever i have had issues with those controllers i have uninstalled and reinstalled the xpad drivers. also make sure what mode the switch on the front of your controller is set to

This feature is not supported, ES doesn't do any XML pre-processing, it just reads the node value as is.

@emrecaglar if you need any help to set it up please let me know - I went through some of problems with this combo (it's a bit more problematic than RetroPie for Pi :)).
For sure you can change priviliges for config files as you won't be able to save any config in RetroArch:

sudo chmod -R 777 /opt/retropie/configs/

Please just be mindful that this way you give access to this files and folders to EVERYONE which means that if someone connects to your computer then it has full access to all files and folders in this path.
In my case it does not matter as I don't have constant network access to this device (it sits in arcade cab with no lan/wifi) so not much of a deal for me :)

@squirrelraccoon Good to hear that you've solved your problem.

Nobody here (of consequence) will hold your inexperience against you. It's just that most beginners' answers are already covered in the very comprehensive documentation of this site. In your case, the link that @dankcushions gave you leads to a page with a section called "Boot to EmulationStation“ which for its part links to the FAQ with exactly the instructions you ultimately needed.

A typical approach of many veterans not only in this community is to help others at helping themselves by pointing them in the right direction, but at the same time expecting them to do the (usually manageble) learning by themselves.

Just trying to calm the waves a little. Welcome to this forum, and have fun with RetroPie. 😁

(@dankcushions beat me about his link while I was typing this.)

Thanks pal will do. Cheers
@windg

true but some people don't know how to create a .sh as I've said I don't know how this should be in implemented but it would be nice to be able to see your achievements when you're hovering over the game in ES