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    • cyperghostC
      cyperghost @hiulit
      last edited by cyperghost

      @hiulit Create the splashscreen in this folder and make a symlink into system folder? Maybe @meleu can tell more?

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      • hiulitH
        hiulit @cyperghost
        last edited by

        @cyperghost hmmm.. Ok! :) I'll take a look. Thanks!

        My little contributions to the RetroPie project:

        • Shell-Script-Boilerplate
        • Fun-Facts-Splashscreens
        • Limit-Last-Played-Games
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        • hiulitH
          hiulit
          last edited by

          BTW, @meleu , how did you manage to cover all the themes? I mean, I've look at some of the popular themes and they don't seem to have a naming convention for folders or graphics :S

          My little contributions to the RetroPie project:

          • Shell-Script-Boilerplate
          • Fun-Facts-Splashscreens
          • Limit-Last-Played-Games
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          • meleuM
            meleu @hiulit
            last edited by

            @hiulit
            You ended up reminding me of an item on my ToDo list: https://github.com/meleu/generate-launching-images/blob/c55e61ee0066438068cf5b72c62430337bb1e3d5/generate-launching-images.sh#L403

            Actually my script isn't able to deal with ALL themes. I made it deal with most of them using an or, as you can see on the lines below that one I linked above.

            About the art location, I get the paths from the xml files using xmlstarlet.

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            • cyperghostC
              cyperghost @hiulit
              last edited by

              @hiulit Just one suggestion! May you can introduce a second parameter where the theme that should be used can be entered ;)

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              • hiulitH
                hiulit @cyperghost
                last edited by

                @cyperghost We already grab the current theme being used :) https://github.com/hiulit/RetroPie-Fun-Facts-Splashscreens/blob/24cddbe8e69dee7939dcc74ddc99e9bfbd03c59a/fun-facts-splashscreens.sh#L383

                My little contributions to the RetroPie project:

                • Shell-Script-Boilerplate
                • Fun-Facts-Splashscreens
                • Limit-Last-Played-Games
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                • hiulitH
                  hiulit @meleu
                  last edited by

                  @meleu As always, I'll end up using your amazing scripts ;) Thanks!

                  My little contributions to the RetroPie project:

                  • Shell-Script-Boilerplate
                  • Fun-Facts-Splashscreens
                  • Limit-Last-Played-Games
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                  • cyperghostC
                    cyperghost @hiulit
                    last edited by cyperghost

                    @hiulit I sended you a pull request .... Nevertheless I can't integrate into your script - it's to huge :(

                    But I hope you now understand ;)

                    I would create a switch --set-theme "$MANUAL_SET_THEME"
                    if it's empty then ... like you did, try to select it via emulationstation.cfg
                    If there is a fail, set to "carbon"
                    Hope it is clear now ;)

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                    • hiulitH
                      hiulit @cyperghost
                      last edited by

                      @cyperghost Hey, thanks for the PR ;)

                      But I would prefer not to add any more arguments to fun-facts-splashscreens-runcommand-onend.sh. You see, --create-fun-fact calls check_config() were all those checks are made.

                      I like the idea of adding --set-theme, though. And as we are at it, maybe add --set-font as well ;)

                      Thanks for the idea :D

                      My little contributions to the RetroPie project:

                      • Shell-Script-Boilerplate
                      • Fun-Facts-Splashscreens
                      • Limit-Last-Played-Games
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                      • hiulitH
                        hiulit
                        last edited by

                        Some progress...

                        Now, the create_fun_fact() function is divided into 2 separate functions:

                        • create_fun_fact_boot(): It creates a boot splashscreen.
                        • create_fun_fact_launching(): It creates launching images.

                        create_fun_fact_launching detects if the game has boxart (scraped images).
                        If it does, the launching image looks like this:

                        0_1519056209743_ff-launching-boxart.jpg

                        If it doesn't:

                        0_1519056225663_ff-launching-no-boxart.jpg

                        All the launching images are created using runcommand-onend.sh.

                        My little contributions to the RetroPie project:

                        • Shell-Script-Boilerplate
                        • Fun-Facts-Splashscreens
                        • Limit-Last-Played-Games
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                        • C
                          CapNinja
                          last edited by CapNinja

                          Er... Hi, noob here. And I did some mistake...
                          running retropie 4.4.2 in a raspberry pi 3, I'd installed the zerojay stuff to access this splash screen awesomeness, but even following the rules I didn't quite understand what to do. And in my improvise I messed up.
                          searching for a way to activate this splash screen I selected "start on boot - enable" or something like this and now emulation station did not open anymore. The splash setup can't initialize and I can't type anything.
                          help, please?

                          Edit: still with this problem, but what I want to ask is another thing. One tutorial more like that "explain like I was 5", you know? This is good, please dont misundertand me, just another one.

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                          • hiulitH
                            hiulit @CapNinja
                            last edited by

                            @capninja Hi there! It's weird that my script would mess with the emulationstation startup process, but it could be possible. Sadly, I don't know how to fix this problem for you. You could try and look up 'emulationsation doesn't launch on startup' (or open a new thread in the forum) or something like that.

                            My little contributions to the RetroPie project:

                            • Shell-Script-Boilerplate
                            • Fun-Facts-Splashscreens
                            • Limit-Last-Played-Games
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                            • hiulitH
                              hiulit @CapNinja
                              last edited by

                              @capninja On the 'explain like I was 5' tutorial, I'll be releasing a new and more stable version of the script, with a simplified GUI so it will be easy to use. A new documentation will come with this news version that hopefully will be more friendly :)

                              My little contributions to the RetroPie project:

                              • Shell-Script-Boilerplate
                              • Fun-Facts-Splashscreens
                              • Limit-Last-Played-Games
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                              • C
                                CapNinja @hiulit
                                last edited by

                                @hiulit
                                Thanks man, format resolved. I Will wait for you then, because this IS awesome beyond awesomeness

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                                • hiulitH
                                  hiulit @CapNinja
                                  last edited by

                                  @capninja Thanks! Glad you like it :D

                                  My little contributions to the RetroPie project:

                                  • Shell-Script-Boilerplate
                                  • Fun-Facts-Splashscreens
                                  • Limit-Last-Played-Games
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