New 16:9 1080p overlays

[ande.rocha]

Could they create this? One of my favorite games of all time

[nono6493]

@ande-rocha I like this game too. I have played on Amiga when I was young, and I have played to Badlands and Super Sprint on Arcade too. I think I will not do an overlay from scratch because it would be too long and I have already a long list to do. But if I can find some good material to start with, probably I will do something.

[Brigane]

@nono6493 amazing overlay collection so far. I noticed that some of the .zip.cfg files are missing, will they be created eventually? I can probably create them myself, I'm just not sure how to adjust overlay_opacity and overlay_scale. I'm not even sure I have to adjust them at all. Thank you

[nono6493]

@Brigane You're right and I am now working on it. I am reorganizing the repository to integrate it in the @meleu rpie-art script. I'm adding all the missing required files including the .zip.cfg files and renaming most directories. That's more work than what I was expecting, but I hope I will finish that this week.

[nono6493]

I am still working on rpie-art script integration. 25% done. Waiting that, here are some new overlays that you can still download directly or from the github repository. This week only classical games:

Alpine Ski:

APB - All Points Bulletins:

Altered Beast:

Golden Axe:

Next week, If I can finish it, I will post one of the bezels I like the more. So stay tuned.

[nono6493]

This is a new overlay for Cheeky Mouse from Universal. It's one of my favorites, but it will be the only one for this week. Too much work.
I am still working on rpie-art integration. I am renaming every directories, many files and creating the "info.txt" files required for the script. I am late, but the work is still progressing.

Cheeky Mouse:

I hope more next week, so stay tuned.

[nono6493]

I am happy to deliver 3 new overlays on the theme of circus and funfair. As usual, you can download them from here, or from my github repository.

But that's not all. My repository is now ready to be included in the @meleu rpie-art script. All the required files are now present in the right folders for my "personal overlays" that you can see above. The remaining work will be done fast now. But meanwhile, here are the new overlays.

Circus Charlie (from the original work by Krakerman):

Clowns:

Mr Do's Wild Ride:

I think I can go back to work now. So stay tuned.

[Brigane]

@nono6493 Great work as always. I can't wait to get my hands on these from meleu's rpie-art script.

[meleu]

the @nono6493's repo is now available in rpie-art script.

Just launch the script, select Update rpie-art script.and his repo will be available on the list.

For a fresh install:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/meleu/rpie-art
cd rpie-art
./rpie-art.sh

And to "install" the rpie-art script on the emulationstation's RetroPie menu:

./rpie-art.sh --install

(TBH I didn't even remember that feature, but it works! :P )

Cheers!

[Brigane]

I encounter that the text (game instructions) gets quite blurry and mostly unreadable in most cases when using the overlays, can I do anything about that?

[nono6493]

@Brigane, I have tried with the only two overlays that were not already in my personal retropie setup : Mr Do's Wild Ride and Circus Charlie. The first one worked fine, but unexpectedly the config file of the second one was not the same as the one expected. It was "trucated". I will investigate on that. Perhaps an issue in the file in my repository.

Concerning the "blurry" effect that you are talking about, it makes me think about a resolution problem. Those overlays are created for a 1920x1080 pixels screen. If your screen has a different resolution, retroarch will try to interpolate the missing pixels. This can create the "blurry effect". Can you confirm the resolution of your screen and the name of the games with which you have the problems ?

For me, once my config file completed for Circus Charlie, the overlay was exactly shown exactly as expected. The instructions were perfecly readable.

[Brigane]

@nono6493 I fixed the problem. Apparently I was using an older Retroarch version which made the overlays blurry and poor in quality.

[Menion]

Hello
Can you briefly explain how enable an overlay in Retropie (recent version)?
Thanks, bye

[nono6493]

@Menion The best way if you want to enable overlays for a specific arcade game is to use the rpie-art script from @meleu. Once in retropie, quit emulationstation and install it as described above in his previous post. After you will just have to launch it, choose a repository (mine is the second, but @UDb23's is also very recommanded), chose the game for which you want an overlay and let the script finish the job.

But if you want a more generic (but more complex) way to use overlays, you will find a great tuto from ETA Prime on You Tube.

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[nono6493]

This time it's war ! Just in games of course. I am pleased to deliver today 3 new overlays on the theme of war. The games are from SNK and two of them are among my favorites. And for the first time, they are available here, in my repository and in rpie-art script at the same time. So let's have a look at those overlays.

Guerrilla War:

Ikari Warriors:

SAR - Search And Rescue (this one is an original overlay from AlexDC22 that I have just modified a few):

So have fun and stay tuned for the next delivery.

[Menion]

@nono6493 said in New 16:9 1080p overlays:

@Menion The best way if you want to enable overlays for a specific arcade game is to use the rpie-art script from @meleu. Once in retropie, quit emulationstation and install it as described above in his previous post. After you will just have to launch it, choose a repository (mine is the second, but @UDb23's is also very recommanded), chose the game for which you want an overlay and let the script finish the job.

But if you want a more generic (but more complex) way to use overlays, you will find a great tuto from ETA Prime on You Tube.

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@nono6493 done that, but it does not work on my system. People asked to check the .cfg files, but since there are little information about it, also because this automated tools exist, I have trouble to debug it. There must be something in my system because other people use rpie-art with no issue

[UDb23]

@Menion Can you provide more info to support you ?
What HW and system are you using? What core (emulator) ? Where are your roms located ?
Also check this (bottom of the page) for manual install.

[nono6493]

Today is a good day to deliver 3 Wonders. There's the game from Capcom of course, but also two other gems from the mid 80's : Paperboy and Pang (aka Buster Bros. in the USA). You can download those new overlays from here, from my repository, or easily install them with the rpie-art script.

3 Wonders:

Pang!:

Paperboy:

That's all for this week, but I am preparing next week. So stay tuned.

[Brigane]

@nono6493 Thank you, these are amazing as always. Are you using Photoshop to create these?

[nono6493]

@Brigane thank you for your support. I use Photoshop and Paint .Net. That's strange but Paint .NET have some powerful and very useful functions that Photoshop do not have out of the box.