Please Test: Creating Custom Collections

pjft

@ohmycommodore No downside, you can just update ES from RetroPie-Setup at any time - binary is usually faster. In fact, you can do it straight away if you don't like this particular update.

Just make sure to exit ES before running these instructions, but yeah, you can install this and test it out.

Had you tested out any of the custom collection builds in this thread so far (sorry, it's a long thread and has been going on for a month)?

ohmycommodore

@pjft I have some of the themes that support collections, but didn't get into making custom collections yet. Threw a couple of ideas out when I felt it was helpful. Not a coder. Former TV production guy... so a creative guy and idea guy I suppose. Always good to keep the brain sharp and this is an interesting outlet :) Looking forward to trying this enhancement out. I'm all for anything that increases functionality and this certainly does.

So this is an ES thing, not a RPie thing, correct? And I take it your instructions above are essentially removing ES, and getting the permissions to replace it with this alternate version...

So if this is rolled into ES officially, it would then end up rolled into a RP image?

HurricaneFan

@ohmycommodore Yes, this is an EmulationStation feature. If this gets approved to be added into the master branch of ES, it will show up on a users installation if they choose to Update all packages. Or when the next official release of Retropie install image is out.

pjft

@ohmycommodore correct. This will just replace your current version of ES. If in doubt, make a copy of your current ES before running my instructions. Happy to share them when on my laptop tomorrow.

TMNTturtlguy

@pjft Thanks for working on the sorting! That is awesome - you are the best!

ohmycommodore

@pjft why in your instructions would we change to the directory just made? emulationstation isn't in that directory to remove...

HurricaneFan

@ohmycommodore Yeah, I skip this step as it doesn't do anything for the copy.

cd /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation

ohmycommodore

hmmm, i get "no such file or directory" when i try to remove ES. i guess those instructions are not complete enough for me.

pjft

@ohmycommodore it's highly likely I messed up the instructions as I just copied and pasted the old ones. I'll check them out tomorrow on my laptop. Sorry.

pjft

@ohmycommodore ah, I see. That's if you had already downloaded ES there in the past, as I'm this thread I provided several binaries. If it doesn't apply, just move forward. For instance, creating the folder will also give you an error if you have already done so in the past.

Hopefully it's all good.

HurricaneFan

@pjft Just saw that this was merged into the master branch. Congrats! I'm excited that this feature is now going to be available to everyone.

DigitalMonkey

@hurricanefan Does that mean it's available to everyone who updates through the retropie setup menu?

I updated just now and don't see anything different / added after restarting.

pjft

@digitalmonkey correct. If you're on version 2.6.0 - there's already a binary - you should now see, in the game collections menu, options for creating your own.

I'd recommend using a compatible theme for best experience.

ohmycommodore

updated all packages / script / themes and everything seems to be there for me. found the toggle to sort these custom collections to the end of the carousel - very nice :) will have to give setting up some collections a go this weekend.

now i'm not sure which thread the next round of "suggestions" should be posted... (start a new one perhaps?), but the first thing i thought of when scrolling through the "theme folder" collections... it could really use a WWF/WWE, or more useful perhaps, a WRESTLING theme folder.

ohmycommodore

...brother!

pjft

@ohmycommodore The idea is that you can create your own, in case they don't exist, and write whatever name you want to.

I certainly have one for games I play with my wife. And another for Backlog, and games I'm currently playing.

ohmycommodore

yeah, i got it. i just meant it could be an interesting collection to do in a theme, with artwork like mario, batman etc.

HurricaneFan

@ohmycommodore There is another post for standardized custom collection theme names.

Found it: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/12024/themes-custom-collection-standardized-naming/49

chizzer

Absolutely loving this. It's the best new feature in Emulation Station for a long time. Many, many thanks pjft.

cyperghost

@pjft I just came back from holiday ... so the PR merge is a nice surprise ;D

During holiday I had the idea of usage of the Y-button in ES system selction. What do you think of setting the Y-button as quick access to custom-collections or to auto-favorites or do you think I will properly collidate if your are in editing mode in custom-collections?

Thank you very much for your work on ES. I can't add more to @chizzer comment