What would you like to see in future Retropie releases

[cyperghost]

@thex said in What would you like to see in Retropie 4.3:

Outside of RetroPie - add a column to the ES Themes page to identify "optimized for small screens?"

I started to make this happen with this list
But I already got a small talk with @hex - which small theme is really small.
So currently we have 3 optimized for 3,5"

• IO (cool theme, maybe the smallest in footprint!)
• GambeBoy Zero - GBZ3,5 (very cool theme)
• TFT theme

[pjft]

@hex I'm not sure that is accurate, in terms of the kids features not ever making it to the main ES. I think it's more a matter of time and testing, but I'm certainly keen on helping @Zigurana get those there.

[Hex]

I have no problems with kids mode. Just that I will not be working on that.

[edmaul69]

@hurricanefan change the permissions of the gamelist.xml files in

/opt/retropie/configs/all/emulationstation/gamelists/

So they dont have write permissions, they at least cant save to the gamelist.xml files. I would do the same thing with your images as well so they wont change any either.

[HurricaneFan]

@edmaul69 I didn't even think of that. That's a neat idea.

[lilbud]

@pjft I really hope es-kids becomes offical, cause I like to use it on my arcade so my brother doesn't screw up everything majorly

[psyke83]

@buzz

In fact 4.3 is basically around the corner. I have been rebuilding binaries etc recently to prepare for it.

FYI, lr-picodrive is currently broken on RPI3 with the latest source. I didn't file a bug due to it being an upstream issue (and I'm still trying to see if it can be fixed), but I'm letting you know here in case you want a working core to be distributed in the 4.3 image. The issue is due to the latest commit in the cpu/cyclone submodule (specifically: 66dda842eae01f47f5389b931ec9567fb0bbb6a1).

[ward614]

@buzz I will have to try reconfiguring my controllers then. When I last updated three weeks ago the shoulder buttons stopped working in the menu, but remained functional in all of the systems/games.

[lipebello]

I don't know if there's a way to prevent an image from slide or fade, but if there isn't, it would be awesome feature to have. I had success messing with zIndex to lock a layer on Fade mode, but the image still slide when the transition is selected.

[AkumaMax]

Controller settings for each emulator if possible. Along with a save state so you can switch between controllers.
So I mostly use 8bitdo and Wii U controllers.
When you select the game it should ask what controller you would like to play with. Maybe make this an On/off option for I'm sure some might not want this feature or even care about it.

[Hex]

@AkumaMax That is too ambitious. You will need to petition RetroArch for that

[Cjax08]

It would also be cool to be able to enable an "are you sure?" message prompt when launching a game that requires a keyboard and/or mouse. MS-DOS, ports, and Scummvm games sometimes are accidentally selected when just a controller is available, which then leaves with no choice but to shut down and restart to get back to the menu. Which is even harder if someone doesn't have a shut down switch which could lead to SD card corruption. Just a small addition I would think is cool.

I say small. I don't know a lick about coding, so I could be sorely wrong.

[edmaul69]

@cjax08 you can set dosbox to have a two button exit on your controller.

[Hex]

@Cjax08 You can actually edit your setup to do this. its a bit of a hack.

[pjft]

@akumamax I think @meleu has a very nice script that does just that. Maybe he can share more details.

[edmaul69]

@akumamax if you use joystick selection in the retropie menu you can set a specific controller to a specific system. If you dont have joystick selection go into runcommand in the retropie menu and enable it. Then reboot your pi. Now you will see joystick selection as an option.

[paffley]

Good thread!

Here's my thoughts...

• Ability to choose what is displayed on the helper section - maybe in main menu settings? favorites, random, scraper etc.

• Ability to disable the favorites 'button'. Similar to 'end editing custom collection' - This is so my kids don't press 'Y' by mistake and end up having about 100+ games in the favorites.

• Possibly one more image tag - maybe make use of the 'thumbnail' tag in themes to display an extra artwork of a rom.

• Gamelist's to use artwork instead of text - horizontal & vertical scrolling image gamelist carousel

• md_releasedate to display year only - e.g 1997

• rom count tag in gamelist view - e.g 25/268 as you scroll through the gamelist

• Video tag in system view - to be able to play specified video from a directory

• Gif support - for systemview and gamelist view (not sure if pi can handle gif?)

Just my 2 cents, what you guys have done with retropie in recent months is absolutely outstanding, I'm a massive supporter of all your work, keep up the great work, even if it doesn't get mentioned much, its hugely appreciated. Thumbs up!

Regards,

[paffley]

Can the pi handle swf flash files? I know flash is dead and buried now but thought it may be an option for some themes.

[robertybob]

@paffley said in What would you like to see in Retropie 4.3:

• md_releasedate to display year only - e.g 1997

This would be excellent. A lot of retro games don't have accurate release dates available (usually only MM/YY) due to there being no records.

[herb_fargus]

@paffley flash will never happen