What would you like to see in future Retropie releases

Used2BeRX

@dankcushions I've got both of those links, so I will check them out. You should remove that second one since there are roms there. :)

I didn't even realize you had signed up over there. Arcade stuff is far down on my to-do list, so I didn't even see that conversation. I got really burned out after doing all that arcade testing and I don't even have a Pi 3 yet so I wasn't going to bother until I upgrade my Pi Zero.

Hope you didn't take too much offense about the "good coders" thing the one guy said. That's a pretty closed community over there compared to this one, and nobody here probably would have even known about it until I started coming over here. I've been working with some of those guys for about 12 years now. What we have on XBox is amazing and nearly perfect, but sadly hindered by the limitations of the system at this point. We've become pretty spoiled. Now that there's a bit of overlap in communities because of that, you might see a few things like that over there.

I admit I shit all over the RetroPie at first, but now that I've been learning a bit of Linux and Meleu has been making that amazing script I can see the potential and that the RetroPie is the future. Do I wish it was built different from the start? Sure. Can't put the crap back in the horse though. Just got to learn the new system now. I've been spending most of the last few months working only on the Pi and hyping it over there and providing some instructions on how to start using it through links to here and guides I've written.

Anyways. That's some pretty awesome scripting you've done if it can do all of that. I would love to see datfiles made that put the US versions first, the World/EU versions next and anything else after that (assuming those versions work, and removing the old parents when necessary). That was a TON of work on my own doing all of that manually, complicated by the fact that in many cases I was hunting down 10 year old romsets that were virtually non-existant today.

At some point I would go in with those sets, compare them to my database to make sure all the games were accounted for, and even make sure the controls were all good. That's a long time from now though, so who knows where the Arcade emulation on the Pi will be at by then?

Anyways, thanks again for the info. I can admit when I'm wrong, and I think you've sold me. :)

afiction

I would love to see a WiFi connection symbol, Bluetooth symbol and internet clock on the top right of ES home with theme support. I think it would look really neat and add a lot to the UI. And to expand on this maybe multiple user profiles with the profile avatar showing up on top left. I guess I'm thinking about the Switch UI.

Graphicsgod

@ectoone

Thank you! I'll try that. I swear I tried a similar code, but didn't see any change. I've removed the text and the raspberries from boot, so this is my next area.. I want to replace it with a little bit of text at the bottom that reads "EmulationStation Now Loading." But this will also do!

Also don't you mean..

<boot name="SplashScreen" value="false" />

not

<bool name="SplashScreen" value="false" />

I could be wrong, just checking..

Graphicsgod

@hex

Thank you!

The first one would be great for Arcade or mini arcade cabinets that are usually left running for long periods of time. Someone added in screen saver support recently (also very much thank you!!!), and it has a feature to play videos of the games installed and then allow you to press a button to start up said game in the video. This is both good and bad. But better to have options than not. I'd rather the system load the game then exit and load another until a user presses a button to stop it on said game. Also an image could load saying how to start the game at the bottom of the screen. Like "Press L & R to start" otherwise any other button would return you to the menu. Just a thought..

Awww.. was hoping you guys could program in a way to change it for "theming" purposes.. or just leave the image in a folder and have the program call for it, for easier access for users..
YES thank you thank you!! I'm so afraid of people coming over and wanting to play old school games and do something to screw things up and then I have to reinstall the image to get it back to normal. Both kids and adults..

Also possible to have animated GIFs and PNGs support?!?
That way we can have "attract mode" like looks in EmulationStation. Or at least animated areas of the screen to get your attention for things. Like arrows or buttons to access things..

Graphicsgod

@lilbud

Thank you! I found this via ETAPrime on youtube the other day, then found a thread here about how to get just one screensaver or a set of custom videos to run. I've already got this running on my Pi3!! Thanks for everyone that figured that out!!

Graphicsgod

@vikingrock

I like the "virtual keyboard" idea!! I can't tell you how annoying it is to have to grab my old USB keyboard into the living room to make changes to ES when I go into settings! How this will work, I have no idea.. Maybe just make the controller more supported in the DOS like menus in settings..

I also like the clock idea!

Graphicsgod

@vikingrock

I'm old school as well, I just can't see myself going below NES, Famicom, and the Master System as far as home consoles go!

EctoOne

@graphicsgod said in What would you like to see in future Retropie releases:

@ectoone

Thank you! I'll try that. I swear I tried a similar code, but didn't see any change. I've removed the text and the raspberries from boot, so this is my next area.. I want to replace it with a little bit of text at the bottom that reads "EmulationStation Now Loading." But this will also do!

Also don't you mean..
<boot name="SplashScreen" value="false" />
not
<bool name="SplashScreen" value="false" />
I could be wrong, just checking..

I'm pretty sure it's bool, because it's a bool value that either can be true or false. And if you take a look at the es_setting.cfg you'll see some other bool values.

Hyruleslink

I would love to see an official background music player for ES complete with song randomizer in the next release.

thedeathstar

I use save states quite a bit, and it would be cool to see that become more idiot proof. I have overwritten a game that I'm trying to load because I hit the wrong buttons. Something like a dialog box to confirm like "Loading Save State 2 - Ok/Cancel" etc. would make my life a lot easier. Not sure if that's even a Retropie thing though.

dankcushions

@thedeathstar there's 'undo load save state' in the retroarch RGUI menu (select + X)

A Former User

music player app to play whilst plying games

meleu

@thehuntedfew I think RetroArch can do that.

A Former User

@meleu any idea how ?

Panther7

I think the major update that is currently needed is better scraper integration. This could come in a few different flavors:

1.) More options for scrapers beyond gamesdb (which doesn't work half the time)
2.) Code that allows easier implementation of new (future) scrapers
3.) Ability to scrape missing/empty fields only

meleu

@thehuntedfew I read about it on the RetroArch 1.6.0 annoucement, but I didn't test it myself.
Follow that link and look for the Audio Mixer section.

Hex

To all those who want a music player built into ES, it is not happening any time soon. What I can offer is an interface with a python server that plays music. I wrote one in 2012 which still works well. and has an Android controller application.
Details -> https://github.com/hex007/pifm_server/blob/master/README.md

To those wanting GIF support, not now. A lot of new features are being added and they have the devs pinned with work.

@Panther7 Have you thought about contributing data to GamesDB? You can actually make edits and add metadata for missing games.

Gavlarr1

BBC Micro, Acorn and Archimedes without having to use MESS (not user friendly at all). Is this wishful thinking?

phulshof

@gavlarr1 said in What would you like to see in future Retropie releases:

BBC Micro, Acorn and Archimedes without having to use MESS (not user friendly at all). Is this wishful thinking?

Just curious: Why do you consider MESS to be not user friendly?

AndersHP

@hex Here's my personal list (apologies, if these are less possible to execute or only have to do with ES, I'm no coder, just a casual retrogamer) :

Grid view
Better Amiga emulation support:
with multidisk bootable directly from ES.
with keymapping through CFG files
WHDLoad support
Pegasus integration
Favourites: filtering favourites on/off toggle with a buttonpress.