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    [Solved] Lakka theme in Emulationstation

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      magarto
      last edited by magarto

      Hi,

      I know Lakka theme is a XBMC/Kodi theme but, is it possible to have something similar in EmulationStation/RetroPie?
      I really love Lakka theme and loading states from the menu but I use and need EmulationStation/RetroPie.

      Thanks in advance!

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        lilbud @magarto
        last edited by

        @magarto Lakka is retroarch. When in a game, press select+X and you will be in the XMB. This is essentially Lakka

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

        Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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          magarto
          last edited by magarto

          Mmm, thanks!. So is there any way to have that XMB theme in Retroarch in a Raspberry Pi?
          Lakka OS includes it but I do not know how to add and set up it.

          Edited: It is supposed to be in the next menu but I couldn't find it: Settings tab (Select + Triangle in my case in a PS3 controller) --> Menu --> XMB Theme

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            magarto
            last edited by magarto

            I found in Lakka OS the directory /usr/share/retroarch-assets/xmb where the xmb files are stored... Where should I copy this directory in RetroPie? I can find only ~/RetroPie and /opt/retropie directories, not /usr/share/retroarch-assets/

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            • suprjamiS
              suprjami
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              Lakka uses the RetroArch XMB menu driver, RetroPie uses the RetroArch RGUI menu driver.

              You can change to the XMB driver on RetroPie but no XMB theme is included, so you just get black squares where the icons would be.

              You could include the Lakka XMB theme, or any of the XMB themes shipped with upstream RetroArch.

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                magarto @suprjami
                last edited by magarto

                Thanks, so how can I add it? I can check this but I do not where is the menu to download it and where to save it: https://github.com/libretro/Lakka/wiki/Menu-drivers

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                  magarto
                  last edited by magarto

                  I can see that if I select "xmb" in retroarch setting "setting/driver" and I addhttps://github.com/libretro/retroarch-assets/ folders in ~/.config/assets/ and "save settings" ("save settings on exit" should be enabled before), in "settings/menu" I can select (after exiting retroarch and opening again) retroactive but there are no icons as you told me.

                  Should I move /usr/share/retroarch-assets/xmb/retroactive/png/ or svg/ files to ~/.config/assets/xmb/retroactive?? Or I have to do something different?

                  Thanks in advance.

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                    magarto
                    last edited by magarto

                    Anyone could help me? I have black icons.
                    Thanks in advance!!

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                    • suprjamiS
                      suprjami
                      last edited by

                      I can see there's an empty directory /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/assets, try that.

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                        magarto
                        last edited by

                        Yeahhh! It works!!! Thanks!

                        Solution is: select "xmb" in retroarch setting "setting/driver" and add https://github.com/libretro/retroarch-assets/ folders in /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/assets and "save settings" ("save settings on exit" should be enabled before).

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                          Concat
                          last edited by

                          Just a note that I encountered issues with the XMB theme in RPi:

                          https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/1815/hotkey-for-retroarch-quick-menu-in-game-menu

                          Worth noting in case you also encounter some weird issues.

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                            magarto @Concat
                            last edited by

                            @Concat said in [Solved] Lakka theme in Emulationstation:

                            Just a note that I encountered issues with the XMB theme in RPi:

                            https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/1815/hotkey-for-retroarch-quick-menu-in-game-menu

                            Worth noting in case you also encounter some weird issues.

                            Thanks!

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