gameOS version 1.0 finally released [Pegasus Frontend Theme]

PlayingKarrde

gameOS

This is a clean and feature rich theme for Pegasus frontend. The goal is to bring all your games together in an experience befitting of today's big screen TVs, and to sit alongside other 10-foot experiences like Netflix or Apple TV.

This is a complete re-write from the ground up of the previous iteration of gameOS, hence the new thread. The focus for this version was both performance and features. It has been tested on Raspberry Pi3, Nvidia Shield and Windows and should run smoothly on them all.

The main features that have changed/been added are:

Complete overhaul of the theme, rewritten from the ground up
Focus performance without sacrificing features
New home screen
Cutsomization via the new settings screen
Search and filtering
Dynamic collections for better game discoverability
Responsive design to fit any screen aspect ratio or resolution
Many more additional changes and additions

A lot of time and effort has gone into this theme so I hope everyone enjoys it. Bear in mind you will need the latest version of Pegasus (not stable) to run this.

Download and install via the GitHub page.

benjamin_retro

Looks brilliant!

Can`t wait to try this out!

SP

Is there a tutorial on how to setup pegasus? I've tried to get previous builds of pegasus to work, but every time I click on a game the frontend closes. I don't use standalone emulators. Just retroarch.

fastpop72

Thanks!!!! I'm a serious fan of the old version of this theme... The new overhaul version is too much overhaul for me... i'll stick to previous version for now.

fastpop72

I tried to tamper a little the new version of the theme but i can't understand the new scheme. I'd like to disable some banners because i have a bartop environment (without a keyboard) and i don't need the "Search" or "Settings" options... and i don't like the starfield banner too!! I will try more this week...

bradbradbrad

Thank you for this! It's great. This is now my go-to theme.

PlayingKarrde

Have added the following features:

Option for viewing box art in the grid view instead of dynamic content
Mouse/touch support to settings
Option to toggle mouse hover (off by default)
Option for blurring background in game view (off by default)
Option for turning off game logo in game view, or text only (shown by default)

PlayingKarrde

@SP said in gameOS version 1.0 finally released [Pegasus Frontend Theme]:

Is there a tutorial on how to setup pegasus? I've tried to get previous builds of pegasus to work, but every time I click on a game the frontend closes. I don't use standalone emulators. Just retroarch.

I'll try and put a tutorial video together soon. I realise there's a big learning curve with Pegasus compared to other frontends so I think a setup video is needed.

rayw1986

This is brilliant. I've never used Pegasus before, so I'm a little confused with game ratings. I have a game added with, for example, a rating of 85%, and the front end loads it as 0.85 - is this intended behaviour or am I doing something wrong?

PlayingKarrde

@rayw1986 said in gameOS version 1.0 finally released [Pegasus Frontend Theme]:

This is brilliant. I've never used Pegasus before, so I'm a little confused with game ratings. I have a game added with, for example, a rating of 85%, and the front end loads it as 0.85 - is this intended behaviour or am I doing something wrong?

Actually that's working as intended. I actually forgot to implement the star system but will get around to it. But in a nutshell the rating is read as a 0-1 grade which is why you are seeing it as 0.85 rather than 85.

rayw1986

@PlayingKarrde no problem, I modified the theme for now to show it as a percentage. I look forward to the star system being implemented, keep up the great work. :)

PlayingKarrde

A bunch of fixes and new features have been added since initial release. Here's the full list:

v1.07

Added home settings (by @waldnercharles)
Added advanced settings to adjust item ratios (by @waldnercharles)
Fixed issue with font named incorrectly
Renamed settings sections

v1.06

Adding GNU license
Adding option for viewing box art in the grid view instead of dynamic content
Adding mouse/touch support to settings
Fixed settings button hover functionality

v1.05

Added option to toggle mouse hover (off by default)
Added option for blurring background in game view (off by default)
Added option for turning off game logo in game view, or text only (shown by default)

fastpop72

@PlayingKarrde Thank you! Your theme is growing well!

I have a suggestion: Could be great that you can't turn on/off the rows of media/top by/etc... in Game Details too, using toggle options like in Homepage settings.

joharibk

Anybody’s tried it on 3b+?

xFJSx

@joharibk yes I am using it on a rpi3b+, and it works pretty fine and fast enough

PlayingKarrde

@fastpop72 Sure I'll add it to the todo list.

@joharibk I was testing on rpi3 (not b) while making it so should be fine on 3b+.

joharibk

how do i install pegasus on my retropie? do i go thru experimental packages? or is there any other way to get the latest version?

im running 3b+ with latest version of retropie. thank you..

mitu

@joharibk said in gameOS version 1.0 finally released [Pegasus Frontend Theme]:

how do i install pegasus on my retropie? do i go thru experimental packages? or is there any other way to get the latest version?

https://pegasus-frontend.org/docs/user-guide/platform-retropie/

ExarKunIv

@PlayingKarrde sorry to bump a old post.

just seeing if you are willing to give some pointers
i have tried 3 different scrapers and also used the metadata converter.

i kinda get somethings to show but not all.
heres what im getting to work and not work
https://i.imgur.com/UaCw6Bo.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/XWiS3gv.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Lf5xafJ.jpg

i really did not want to ask since there is alot of info but im just lost on what files, where to get things to show

PlayingKarrde

@exarkuniv No problem on bumping the post.

Which scrapers are you using though? If you're using skraper.net then you need to get:

video
screenshot
fanart
box 2d
wheel
You need to convert the GameList.xml it creates using the online converter tool then enable Skraper.net assets in the sources of Pegasus. That should all be that's necessary (well you will need to add the metadata.pegasus.txt to Pegasus too but you seem to have already done that).