RetroPie forum home
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Home
    • Docs
    • Register
    • Login

    Feature Request: Theme Reload Button

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Ideas and Development
    idea
    18 Posts 6 Posters 2.2k Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • E
      EctoOne
      last edited by

      I am not sure if I had fully understood why you need it.
      It's about creating themes and the fact that ES crashes when it can't resolve a path to some of the resources, right?

      lilbudL 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • lilbudL
        lilbud @EctoOne
        last edited by

        @ectoone That sounds right. A while ago, you could press F4 and instantly restart ES. I was wondering if a feature like that could be brought back and mapped to the gamepad.

        Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

        Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

        E 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • E
          EctoOne @lilbud
          last edited by EctoOne

          @lilbud But then what's wrong with using --debugand pressing ctrl+r? I know that it has its own little flaws, like not reloading background images, but for the most part it works fine for me.
          Maybe it's because I how I code. Mostly I'm using a template when I mess with theme stuff. And when I have to try something new, I leave out all parts - from which I know will crash ES - until the end.

          lilbudL 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • lilbudL
            lilbud @EctoOne
            last edited by

            @ectoone said in Feature Request: Theme Reload Button:

            But then what's wrong with using --debugand pressing ctrl+r?

            Don't have/want a keyboard set up

            Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

            Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

            E lilbudL 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • E
              EctoOne @lilbud
              last edited by EctoOne

              @lilbud that's a pretty good reason.
              Didn't expected that you're creating themes directly on your Pi.

              Edit: Wait, so the problem with ES freezing when selecting a system happens also on the Pi? Thought that was fixed recently. Haven't really used Retropie for quite some time now.

              lilbudL 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • lilbudL
                lilbud @EctoOne
                last edited by lilbud

                @ectoone Well I did originally, then switched to making themes on my computer with ES on windows, and then ES on Windows started crashing when switching to the game list, so now I switched back to making themes on the Pi.

                ES only freezes on Windows, its fine on the Pi

                Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

                E 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • E
                  EctoOne @lilbud
                  last edited by

                  @lilbud Oh yeah, then I fully understand why you want that now. The bug is so annoying on the windows build. It almost made me stop working on themes when I was trying out all the variables stuff, especially since I had some weird problems with them as well.
                  I'm curious if @jdrassa knows about it. I was so happy when I saw that it was fixed, and then so sad when I noticed that it was not applied to the windows build for whatever reason.

                  J 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • J
                    jdrassa @EctoOne
                    last edited by

                    @ectoone I was aware of the bug affecting Ubuntu, but this was the first report I have seen that it affected the Windows version. The Windows builds that I provide are automated and should reflect the latest code in the RetroPie repository. The fix should have been applied to the Windows version, but I am unable to verify currently as I am away from my main computer. There is a delay between when a change lands in the RetroPie repository and when the Windows build is updated, but it normally shouldn't be more than 1-2 hours. A simple work around you can use for now is to disable the on screen help option in the UI settings menu.

                    @lilbud back to your original question, is there a reason that the existing keyboard shortcut when running in debug mode is not sufficient?

                    Get latest build of EmulationStation for Windows here

                    1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • lilbudL
                      lilbud @lilbud
                      last edited by

                      @ectoone said in Feature Request: Theme Reload Button:

                      But then what's wrong with using --debugand pressing ctrl+r?

                      Like I said before

                      @lilbud said in Feature Request: Theme Reload Button:

                      Don't have/want a keyboard set up

                      Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                      Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

                      BuZzB 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • BuZzB
                        BuZz administrators @lilbud
                        last edited by

                        @lilbud it would seem like a good idea if doing theme development to get a keyboard.

                        To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

                        1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • First post
                          Last post

                        Contributions to the project are always appreciated, so if you would like to support us with a donation you can do so here.

                        Hosting provided by Mythic-Beasts. See the Hosting Information page for more information.