What would you like to see in future Retropie releases

[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

[paffley]

@herb_fargus thought so, thanks! :)

[Triquick]

That scripted that was created a while back to add background music to the menu screen to be integrated into the Retropie Setup Script similar to how splash screens are.

[crono141]

Here's a problem I would love see addressed by the devs, though my use case might be unique. I have retropie installed on a Pi3 in my kids playroom (they're 2 &4). Primarily, we use the thing as a Kodi box to play movies from my home server. Every now and again we dump out to attract mode (ES is too slow on startup with large game libraries) to play games. As they get older, they'll probably play more. Anyway, what I would like is the ability to use Kodi launcher plugins to launch games with. I have Advanced Emulator Launcher installed, and I point it to runcommand.sh with the correct arguments to run games. Problem is, since Kodi is running, it eats the framebuffer/foreground so the game starts behind (for lack of a better word) the kodi interface. Kodi also keeps eating the inputs as well. I think a (simple?) modification to runcommand could make this work, but I'm ignorant as to the details.

[HurricaneFan]

@crono141 Something like this might interest you: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/12416/retroplayer-kodi-18

[Cjax08]

Also the ability to play video snaps on the system select screen would be awesome. I can imagine a theme that plays a short commercial from back in the day for every system as you scroll through the list.

That and the ability to set a video screensaver or a group of screen saver videos that aren't game snaps from your game list. I'd like to be able to put the videos that I want to play randomly when the screensaver starts into a folder like you do for the boot up splash screens.

[Capeman]

Is it too late to share wishlists? Hahaha, i don't care im adding mine anyway:

1. 2-step verification for adding/removing favorites. Press Y once, get a dialog box, confirm to add, cancel to cancel.

Just pressing Y is too easy, and my kid recently cleared my whole favorites list because he was jamming Y on the player 2 controller when i exited a game, haha.

2. I like @paffley's idea to add animated gifs to the supported theming image types.

It would be cool to drop an animated megaman sprite onto a Mega Man custom collection theme without using video.

3. Ability to skip the carousel and jump right into gamelists.

The carousel is awesome for a standard tv setup, but just jumping into the first system on your list automatically, and forcing the "quick system select" option to be ON in the UI options would make for a quicker experience on an arcade cab or handheld. @hex was going to teach me how to do this in this thread... but I've been to busy(day)/lazy(night) to put in the effort. I need to get on that.

4. A quick lock-down mode that simply disables/reenables the following functions with 10 pushes of the select button on the ES menu:
- The main menu and options dialogs (via start and select buttons)
- Add/Remove favorites
- Runcommand
- Retropie system on the Carousel

I could probably think of more, but that's my wishlist.

[Capeman]

@cjax08 said in What would you like to see in Retropie 4.3:

I can imagine a theme that plays a short commercial from back in the day for every system as you scroll through the list.

You don't have a SEGA CD?!
What are you waiting for... NINTENDO TO MAKE ONE?!
Uh Huh Derrrr....
You have seen the games right?!
Uhhhhhhhh
Wrong answer man... Show em!