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      jacobfk20
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      @spannernick1 You need to set it to executable. In terminal, cd to its directory and run

      chmod +x emulationstation
      
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        spannernick1
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        Thanks that sorted it,all is working now,see network and systems but how do I active grid view,in the xml files.,.? oh I have made a image for the Mega CD system( Sega CD) If anyone wants it,the pal version,The original logo.

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          jacobfk20
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          @spannernick1 While you're in a gamelist hit select and then it'll be in "System UI Settings" This is changeable per system.

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          • spannernick1S
            spannernick1
            last edited by spannernick1

            How do I stop emulation station from counting how many times I have played,cos its writing to the gamelist.xml and messing it up,I had to put all my images for the box art cos they are PAL box art for Mega CD,and I can't find where ES saves the gamelist.xml when it exits it,it was there before I changed to the ES Mod or has that been removed..?

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              jacobfk20
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              @spannernick1 You cannot disable the play count or save metadata on exit with this mod. It still saves gamelists to ~/.emulationstation/gamelists. What exactly is it messing up?

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              • spannernick1S
                spannernick1 @jacobfk20
                last edited by spannernick1

                @jacobfk20 I am making my own games list,not using scraper so have to put the info of the games,box art and so on in,I have to shutdown ES so I can save the gameslist everytime i have changed it.its a pain,the scrapers don't download Mega CD Pal box art all the box atr is from the US.and sometimes it do0n't even find the game or the right one.

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                  ScottDesign
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                  Looks great! I like how it's more ascetically appealing and it seems like you have an emphasis on way-finding. I would like to see even more way-finding. I feel this is something that ES lacks considerably. Keep up the good work.-Scott Design Soulutions-

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                    paradadf @spannernick1
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                    @spannernick1 manually scraping roms is so much work... specially from ES, don't do that please! There are easier ways to do it and get the megadrive covers you want. As I told you on the other post, sselph added screenscraper.fr as a data source, where megadrive and genesis box arts are presents. You can try the Universal XML Scraper (Windows only) if you want to try another tool with a few more options. There is a RetroPie version...

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                      PokeEngineer @jacobfk20
                      last edited by PokeEngineer

                      @jacobfk20

                      Created a script on GitHub Gist just in case someone wants to install it on RetroPie.

                      Don't sweat it.
                      When in doubt, take a BYTE out of life.

                      😎

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                        silentq
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                        Been keeping an eye on this project and I have to say great work and I think this will go a long way towards making retropie more user friendly. Out of curiosity is there some kind of timetable for when and if this would make it into a retropie build or perhaps become available in the Retropie-Setup script?

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                          Kubris
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                          I've been following this thread for a few months now and I'm liking pretty much everything that has been brought up.

                          Do you if there is any chance this will get an official release within Retropie as, being a complete noob to all things PI (only just got a Pi 3 last week) i'd love the opportunity to use this without having to mess around too much with coding that I have no clue about.

                          Keep up the great work guys.

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                            Crescendo @herb_fargus
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                            @herb_fargus said in EmulationStation mod:

                            @jacobfk20 I see. well that may cause some confusion as it will take the .emulationstation folder over the /etc/emulationstation where the retropie scripts will generate the es_systems.cfg in the /etc location anytime you add a new system so I'm not sure what the best way is to address that

                            I presume this is a result of the save and apply button rather than just having a save button that caches it on restart

                            The best way to address that is to delete the one in ~/.emulationstation amd symlinked from the one in /etc/emulationstation.

                            I did it yday and no more confusion of it anymore.....

                            Btw, this ES build seems slow to start, it won't recognize the controller for about 20secs at start.

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                              Crescendo @PokeEngineer
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                              @RetroPieNerd said in EmulationStation mod:

                              @jacobfk20

                              Created a script on GitHub Gist just in case someone wants to install it on RetroPie.

                              Could you please help with System Update via ES?
                              It just throw an error for some missing script....

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                                jacobfk20
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                                @cresfang Which build are you using? The older version does not have the latest pr that sped up boot time. Also, the System Update From Latest Binary is for some friends that test for me. Anyone can make their own update script if they want but I will be removing that option eventually.

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                                  Crescendo @jacobfk20
                                  last edited by Crescendo

                                  @jacobfk20 said in EmulationStation mod:

                                  @cresfang Which build are you using? The older version does not have the latest pr that sped up boot time. Also, the System Update From Latest Binary is for some friends that test for me. Anyone can make their own update script if they want but I will be removing that option eventually.

                                  I'm using the one in your GDrive (precompiled) dated 2016 Sept 7.
                                  Is it the old one? I get that from https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByWG5kDXyr5NRTlWbVZGcjRwSUE
                                  If yes, where I can get the precompiled version? Or I need to compile it myself?

                                  Thanks you so much for answering ^^

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                                    jacobfk20
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                                    @cresfang np :) I do not host the latest version as it's not quite ready. You can build it from scratch if you want to try it out. Just follow @RetroPieNerd's script above and it does a pretty good job. It has some problems getting the wificonnect script though.
                                    Gridview needs a theme in the latest build to be decent and Material is the only one currently that supports it currently as far as I know.

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                                      Crescendo @jacobfk20
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                                      @jacobfk20 said in EmulationStation mod:

                                      @cresfang np :) I do not host the latest version as it's not quite ready. You can build it from scratch if you want to try it out. Just follow @RetroPieNerd's script above and it does a pretty good job. It has some problems getting the wificonnect script though.
                                      Gridview needs a theme in the latest build to be decent and Material is the only one currently that supports it currently as far as I know.

                                      Thanks, yup I just installed that script, and will be compiling it soon.... ^^

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                                      • PokeEngineerP
                                        PokeEngineer @jacobfk20
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                                        @jacobfk20 @cresfang

                                        I have hopefully tryed to fix the wifi thing, report back to see what you think...

                                        Don't sweat it.
                                        When in doubt, take a BYTE out of life.

                                        😎

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                                          jacobfk20
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                                          @cresfang Good to hear :)

                                          @RetroPieNerd Man, you fixed that 4 days ago.. I'm always behind.. It's compiling right now and I'll let you know if it works. Thanks :)

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                                            Crescendo @jacobfk20
                                            last edited by

                                            @jacobfk20 said in EmulationStation mod:

                                            @cresfang Good to hear :)

                                            @RetroPieNerd Man, you fixed that 4 days ago.. I'm always behind.. It's compiling right now and I'll let you know if it works. Thanks :)

                                            Btw, can I compile it in normal Ubuntu PC then use the binary in RPi?
                                            Coz compiling in RPi takes too much time....

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