EmulationStation Grid View v1 ready for wider testing

paffley

@a12c4 said in EmulationStation Grid View v1 ready for wider testing:

@paffley You can still uses 'up' and 'down' because 'horizontal' doesn't mean it will be a single line ;)

paffley

@A12C4 have you had much feedback on the grid view? its absolutely flawless on my pi with latest build, I cannot pick anything out with it and that's not normal for me haha :)

A12C4

@rxbrad Have you found the root of the problem or any additionnal information about your issue when changing the background image ?

RxBrad

@a12c4 I actually haven't been able to reproduce it when fiddling around with it this morning. So, everything honestly seems to be working well in emulationstation-dev.

paffley

Hi @A12C4 any new news on the Grid? I was just wondering if you think v1 is good enough to move across to the stable release?

A12C4

@paffley I don't think the grid view will move to the stable branch anytime soon.

paffley

Hi @A12C4 any chance of adding '<scrollSound>' to the grid view please? I'm testing on pi3 on emulationstation-dev package.

A12C4

Hi @paffley , it was originaly planned for me to refactor the way the sounds are handled in EmulationStation, because I feel like it is done poorly, and I don't think I'm not the only one sharing this opinion seeing how often this discussion come back.

paffley

Hye @A12C4 thanks mate, yeh some seem to work and some do not. <scrollSound> to md_name would be cool for the grid view as this would work when flowing through the grid im guessing?. I love this grid view you've worked on, very very well done with this, its awesome! keep up the great work mate!

A12C4

@paffley <scrollSound> to md_name ? You mean to put the "scrollSound" tag on the md_name ? No that would be wrong, if I do a cheap implementation I would put it on the grid like you first said.

What I meant is, ultimately, a theme should be able to define sounds globally with a syntax like this :

<view name="grid, basic, detailed, video">
	<sound name="launch">
    		<path>./art/launch.wav</path>
    	</sound>
	<sound name="back">
		<path>./art/back.wav</path>
	</sound>
	<sound name="scroll">
		<path>./art/select.wav</path>
	</sound>
</view>

<view name="menu">
	<sound name="launch">
    		<path>./art/launch_menu.wav</path>
    	</sound>
	<sound name="back">
		<path>./art/back_menu.wav</path>
	</sound>
	<sound name="scroll">
		<path>./art/select_menu.wav</path>
	</sound>
</view>

That's what I planned to do originally and will see how it goes after I finish the grid view.

darknior

@A12C4 said in EmulationStation Grid View v1 ready for wider testing:

That's what I planned to do originally and will see how it goes after I finish the grid view.

For me it's perfect if you can do that :)
Thanks

paffley

@A12C4 ahh I got ya, I assumed as the scrollSound was implemented on the textlist/gamelist it would be the same for md_name. Your new plan sounds amazing! in fact it would be perfect for all scenarios. Looking forward to it, thank you!

paffley

@A12C4 is there any chance we can duplicate the grid in grid view? like in the original nes/snes classic mini? One grid with 5-6 tiles then another with 12-15 tiles. or is this asking for too much ha! ;)

paffley

Another quick one please @A12C4 .

Is there any chance we could have the marquee tag included within the grid view please (not the actually grid)

like this:

<view name="grid">

<text name="md_name">
	pos size etc
</text>

---------------------------

<imagegrid name="gamegrid">
	pos size etc
</imagegrid>

---------------------------

<gridtile name="default">
	pos size etc
</gridtile>

---------------------------

<gridtile name="selected">
	pos size etc
</gridtile>

---------------------------

<image name="md_marquee">
	pos size etc
</image>

</view>

paffley

Hi, will there be any more updates to the grid view?

paffley

Hi @A12C4 ….. Just a quick question on the gridview functionality.

Let's say I have a grid column of 6 with 2 rows, when you scroll down the selection stays on the bottom row, then when you move up, it still stays on the bottom row (but moves up).

My question is.....is there anyway the selection path can be within the grid view itself? so basically when you move around the grid that is in view only. Hope that makes sense.

regards,

A12C4

@paffley I don't understand.

paffley

@A12C4 said in EmulationStation Grid View v1 ready for wider testing:

@paffley I don't understand.

hi @A12C4 , the more im thinking of it, the more its like a pagination type of approach. the highlighted game selected can move about the grid that's 6 columns and 2 rows. Hope that makes more sense :)

Would you like me to create a gif to show how it works?

Edit: it wont let me upload gifs to here.

A12C4

@paffley The selected game is always centered unless its close to the beginning or the end of your game collection. When it move, it calculate its new position independently from its previous position. Doing so would allow it to have a smarter behavior, like showing more game in the direction you are actually scrolling. But it's really hard to do it with current code architecture, I tried but I failed and gave it up.

Hope this answer to your questions.

paffley

@A12C4 said in EmulationStation Grid View v1 ready for wider testing:

@paffley The selected game is always centered unless its close to the beginning or the end of your game collection. When it move, it calculate its new position independently from its previous position. Doing so would allow it to have a smarter behavior, like showing more game in the direction you are actually scrolling. But it's really hard to do it with current code architecture, I tried but I failed and gave it up.

Hope this answer to your questions.

Hi @A12C4 that's all super thank you, no worries at all...I love the grid view and what you have accomplished with it, You have done such A GOOD JOB with it and I cannot thank you enough. I have it on about 3 of my personnel themes. I think the only thing that is missing is scroll sounds, for me it would make it as good as detailed/video if it had this ability. I know you have talked about this in the past and imo I think that would finalise a lot for the gridview and make it final. But like you've said previously, the scroll sounds need an overhaul and not just adding to the gridview. Hopefully someone will pick this up in a future release.

Again, thank you for making the grid possible, for me it is the best feature that has become available for retropie, surpassing the video view imo.

Have a super weekend whatever you end up doing!