@Ninjaman The link is literally in the previous post - https://github.com/nono6493/overlays.

@bigcache I thought in CMD is would be simple as

move *.zip.cfg *.cfg

FIXED: Change 'common.cfg' aspect ratio index to 23.

@UDb23 I appreciate your help. I have never played this game before I saw your overlay. But something about using your overlays makes me feel like I'm a kid at the arcade again :D

Problem is I don't think that works with my overlay as I've set a custom viewport size and location so that would also have to be flipped

Thanks Mitu for link, seems they have MOVED custom setting number from 22 to 23.
Well know one of the tasks I will need to do over Christmas holidays, cfg file updates :/

@mbrett Do you have a screenshot to show the problem ? Have you tried toggling 'Integer scaling' on/off to see if it makes a difference ?

@zfa said in Retropie Bezel Project & lr-mame2003 cfg does not persist after update?:

I guess the real fix is to get The Bezel Project guys to use the names as per the Retroarch guys, or make sure they include symlinks where there are name changes across versions of a core. If this doesn't work then update your emus again in case you have a version reporting itself as being mame2003 as per @Virtualman post.

This name change/folder change came from RetroArch leadership rather than the mame2003 core. The code logic for this is kind of obscure but it has to do with enabling netplay between a broader range of different systems.

Based on the RA rationale for making the change I expect it will be permanent.

Beautiful graphics! Thanks!

This is great! I've been looking for a good computer monitor overlay for my DOS games. This is way better! XD

hey @dask, i spent a little time with this and managed to figure out a few things..

expanding on your idea of using the overlay/bezel system, it's possible to (using a hotkey combo) swap a transparent overlay with a control image overlay. this can be done on a per-system basis using the retroarch.cfg files located in /opt/retropie/configs/<system>

retroarch.cfg:

overlay_directory = "/your/path/to/overlays" input_overlay_enable = true input_overlay_hide_in_menu = true input_overlay = "/your/path/to/overlays/mame-controls.cfg" input_overlay_opacity = 0.9 input_overlay_scale = 1.0 input_overlay_next_btn = "6"

i think you can substitute the last line with input_overlay_next = "<keyboard key>" and input_overlay_next_axis = "<joystick axis>" to adapt this to your hardware scheme.

next, create the two images needed: transparent.png, and mame-controls.png

and here are the contents of mame-controls.cfg:

overlays = 2 overlay0_overlay = transparent.png overlay1_overlay = mame-controls.png overlay1_name = "mame-controls" overlay0_full_screen = true overlay1_full_screen = true overlay0_descs = 1 overlay0_desc0 = "overlay_next,400,460,rect,40,20" overlay0_desc0_next_target = "mame-controls" overlay1_descs = 0

there probably already exists a much better way of doing it, so this is just a proof of concept.
either way, hope it's enough to help you get started.

it looks very good, but unfortunately it is no longer available...
:-(

@udb23 Thanks for sharing the original cardboard bezel scan and the bezels that you created based on it. I wanted something slightly different to the bezel that you shared already, and came up with this:
asteroid-w-overhang-example.jpg

I'm using lr-mame2003-plus, and wanted an "integer resolution" bezel to support this.

I found that lr-mame2003-plus has better resolution core options than fbneo in my quick comparison. Two resolutions that the core offers that work well for me are 640x480 (with 2x integer scaling in retroarch) and 1280x960 (with the beam width = 2 set as a core option).

If anyone is interested I've put my bezel attempts here: https://github.com/busywait/retroboxes/tree/main/overlay/Asteroids

There does seem to be a little problem with letterboxing (black bars) at the top and bottom. Does anyone have any idea why lr-mame2003-plus doesn't fill the whole 960 height with the game? I ended up setting a custom resolution of 1280x1060 in the game.zip.cfg that does fill the space.

If it may be of help for anyone else i found a solution, even though it's not optimal. If i edit the game override file that was created and add:

input_overlay_enable = "true"

then the overlay is displayed. So, now i need to manually edit all the config files that should have an overlay which is not optimal but atleast it works. What i don't understand is why RetroArch don't add this line by itself when i save a game override with the overlay option turned on.

You can find more information about this at:
https://docs.libretro.com/guides/libretro-overlays/

When everybody else activate overlays and save, do you get the input_overlay_enabled added automatically?

@udb23 nice overlay buddy. Will try this weekend. I haven't updated in ages... thanks ☺