BezelProject Issue...

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Hi,

I have installed the BezelProject script for retropie, and it does appear on the menu. I am able to see the bezels for each of the systems, but not of each game. I believe that is possible or am I wrong. I seen a video on youtube from ETA Prime showing each game has it's own bezel. I am unable to see the bezel for each game only each system. So for example: Atari 7800 I am able to see the default Atari-7800.png bezel, but I see the same bezel for each 7800 game, when I should see the game bezel. I do have all pngs for each system, they are in the following path:

/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/overlay/

ArcadeBezels
GameBezels

and in the above path ending with overlay, I have all the system bezel files, such as: Atari-2600.png and Atari-2600.cfg files, so I don't think there is a conflict here, just something in retroarch, maybe to configure? Anyone know?

sleve_mcdichael

@retroB-0

NOTE To have global support, these bezel packs will only work if the ROMs you are using are named according to the No-Intro naming convention used by EmuMovies/HyperSpin.

Are your roms named correctly? 'Asteroids (USA).7z', etc.

retroB 0

@sleve_mcdichael said in BezelProject Issue...:

@retroB-0

NOTE To have global support, these bezel packs will only work if the ROMs you are using are named according to the No-Intro naming convention used by EmuMovies/HyperSpin.

Are your roms named correctly? 'Asteroids (USA).7z', etc.

Yes they are (only thing is my roms have a zip not 7z extension, but I don't think that matters). I have the Motion.Blue.Unified romset Motion.Blue.Unified.Rom.Sets-PiPiggies is the name, I don't change the folder name after download.

sleve_mcdichael

@retroB-0 said in BezelProject Issue...:

Yes they are (only thing is my roms have a zip not 7z extension, but I don't think that matters).

Right, .zip should be fine, as long as the first part still matches.

A verbose log will show which configs are or are attempted to be loaded; please generate and share the log for a game that doesn't show the bezel. The log can be quite large, so please upload it to pastebin.com or similar, and share the link here.

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@sleve_mcdichael said in BezelProject Issue...:

@retroB-0 said in BezelProject Issue...:

Yes they are (only thing is my roms have a zip not 7z extension, but I don't think that matters).

Right, .zip should be fine, as long as the first part still matches.

A verbose log will show which configs are or are attempted to be loaded; please generate and share the log for a game that doesn't show the bezel. The log can be quite large, so please upload it to pastebin.com or similar, and share the link here.

Where would I find the log file? I have selected verbose logging, and I don't know where to find the log file that was generated. Also, I may have to do it again, if so, how can I get the generate log screen to appear again, it doesn't want to display anymore.

sleve_mcdichael

@retroB-0 said in BezelProject Issue...:

Where would I find the log file?

/dev/shm/runcommand.log

how can I get the generate log screen to appear again, it doesn't want to display anymore.

Press any key or button when the launch dialog is on screen. If you have launch images enabled, the dialog is not displayed; in this case, press a key or button as soon as the image disappears (within two seconds).

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@sleve_mcdichael said in BezelProject Issue...:

@retroB-0 said in BezelProject Issue...:

Where would I find the log file?

/dev/shm/runcommand.log

how can I get the generate log screen to appear again, it doesn't want to display anymore.

Press any key or button when the launch dialog is on screen. If you have launch images enabled, the dialog is not displayed; in this case, press a key or button as soon as the image disappears (within two seconds).

Thank you! Here's my runcommand.log:

Parameters: 
Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-prosystem/prosystem_libretro.so --config /opt/retropie/configs/atari7800/retroarch.cfg "/home/brian/RetroPie/roms/atari7800/Ballblazer (Europe).zip" --appendconfig /dev/shm/retroarch.cfg

Here is the overlay / bezel currently be shown, it's not the game bezel it's the console default which I don't want.

Screenshot from 2022-11-15 15-21-14.png

sleve_mcdichael

@retroB-0 that log isn't verbose but I think I see the issue anyway. You're using a European rom for that game, but The Bezel Project only has config for the US version.

Easiest solution would be just use the USA rom, or else you can copy/rename that config file to use the (Europe) filename.

Don't change the file's content, only it's name. Inside, it should still point to the USA config (the other config; there's 2 layers of them in TBP), or you'll have to copy/rename that one too.

retroB 0

@sleve_mcdichael said in BezelProject Issue...:

@retroB-0 that log isn't verbose but I think I see the issue anyway. You're using a European rom for that game, but The Bezel Project only has config for the US version.

Easiest solution would be just use the USA rom, or else you can copy/rename that config file to use the (Europe) filename.

Don't change the file's content, only it's name. Inside, it should still point to the USA config (the other config; there's 2 layers of them in TBP), or you'll have to copy/rename that one too.

Here is another log file, this time I made sure it was verbose. I did not change anything at all. I tried baseball stars pro.

Here is the more verbose log:
https://pastebin.com/ZBft303b

...and the undesired (Arcade) Bezel:
Screenshot from 2022-11-16 08-50-50.png

I would like to show game bezels / overlays when launching the game.

..Also, how can I correctly adjust the horizontal / vertical position of the game. I would like to center all of them is there a way to do it once and effect all games? Can you explain how I should go about changing the alignment?

Regards,
RetroB

sleve_mcdichael

@retroB-0 It looks as if the "enable/disable" functions of the BP script do not update the MAME (latest) or FinalBurn Neo directories as they do FB Alpha and the other MAMEs (2003, '03-plus, and '10) for the arcade system.

In my tests this meant that the bezels did still show in FBNeo, even after "disabling" them. This doesn't explain how yours became disabled in the first place, but it would prevent them from being re-enabled by the script, if they had been disabled by other means after initial download.

There is a FinalBurn Neo folder in the repo, though, so it should work immediately after that initial download. TBP should have placed a config at "/home/brian/.config/retroarch/config/FinalBurn Neo/bstars2.cfg"*. Your log at line 17 says this file does not exist -- can you confirm? What are the contents of this "FinalBurn Neo" folder, and the parent config folder? This file does exist in the repo.

*the script places it in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch but the one in /home/brian/.config/retroarch should be a sym-link to this other location. Can you confirm this as well? What is the output of:

ls -l /home/brian/.config/retroarch

If you don't see the folders here (specifically the one for FinalBurn Neo) or if don't have the configs in that they should, then you can try and "update" the MAME bezel pack through the BP script. This should re-download the repo and put the configs where they belong.

@retroB-0 said in BezelProject Issue...:

..Also, how can I correctly adjust the horizontal / vertical position of the game. I would like to center all of them is there a way to do it once and effect all games? Can you explain how I should go about changing the alignment?

It looks like the aspect ratio is off. Please post the contents of:

/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg

...and:

/opt/retropie/configs/arcade/retroarch.cfg

retroB 0

@sleve_mcdichael said in BezelProject Issue...:

@retroB-0 It looks as if the "enable/disable" functions of the BP script do not update the MAME (latest) or FinalBurn Neo directories as they do FB Alpha and the other MAMEs (2003, '03-plus, and '10) for the arcade system.

In my tests this meant that the bezels did still show in FBNeo, even after "disabling" them. This doesn't explain how yours became disabled in the first place, but it would prevent them from being re-enabled by the script, if they had been disabled by other means after initial download.

There is a FinalBurn Neo folder in the repo, though, so it should work immediately after that initial download. TBP should have placed a config at "/home/brian/.config/retroarch/config/FinalBurn Neo/bstars2.cfg"*. Your log at line 17 says this file does not exist -- can you confirm? What are the contents of this "FinalBurn Neo" folder, and the parent config folder? This file does exist in the repo.

*the script places it in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch but the one in /home/brian/.config/retroarch should be a sym-link to this other location. Can you confirm this as well? What is the output of:
ls -l /home/brian/.config/retroarch

https://pastebin.com/UP3A6t84

If you don't see the folders here (specifically the one for FinalBurn Neo) or if don't have the configs in that they should, then you can try and "update" the MAME bezel pack through the BP script. This should re-download the repo and put the configs where they belong.

@retroB-0 said in BezelProject Issue...:

..Also, how can I correctly adjust the horizontal / vertical position of the game. I would like to center all of them is there a way to do it once and effect all games? Can you explain how I should go about changing the alignment?

It looks like the aspect ratio is off. Please post the contents of:
/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg

https://pastebin.com/4QAY6rgB

...and:

/opt/retropie/configs/arcade/retroarch.cfg

https://pastebin.com/87UP68N7

I tried to create a FinalBurn Neo folder inside the above path /home/brian/.config/retroarch/FinalBurn Neo, and then ran the update in BP for mame but nothing changed other than the default bezel, but it did not change to the game bezel. I updated the system bezel not theme bezel.

Any other suggestions?
Brian

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@sleve_mcdichael said in BezelProject Issue...:

@retroB-0 It looks as if the "enable/disable" functions of the BP script do not update the MAME (latest) or FinalBurn Neo directories as they do FB Alpha and the other MAMEs (2003, '03-plus, and '10) for the arcade system.

In my tests this meant that the bezels did still show in FBNeo, even after "disabling" them. This doesn't explain how yours became disabled in the first place, but it would prevent them from being re-enabled by the script, if they had been disabled by other means after initial download.

There is a FinalBurn Neo folder in the repo, though, so it should work immediately after that initial download. TBP should have placed a config at "/home/brian/.config/retroarch/config/FinalBurn Neo/bstars2.cfg"*. Your log at line 17 says this file does not exist -- can you confirm? What are the contents of this "FinalBurn Neo" folder, and the parent config folder? This file does exist in the repo.

*the script places it in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch but the one in /home/brian/.config/retroarch should be a sym-link to this other location. Can you confirm this as well? What is the output of:
ls -l /home/brian/.config/retroarch
If you don't see the folders here (specifically the one for FinalBurn Neo) or if don't have the configs in that they should, then you can try and "update" the MAME bezel pack through the BP script. This should re-download the repo and put the configs where they belong.

@retroB-0 said in BezelProject Issue...:

..Also, how can I correctly adjust the horizontal / vertical position of the game. I would like to center all of them is there a way to do it once and effect all games? Can you explain how I should go about changing the alignment?

It looks like the aspect ratio is off. Please post the contents of:
/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg

https://pastebin.com/Yaqb0zPi

...and:

/opt/retropie/configs/arcade/retroarch.cfg

retroB 0

@retroB-0 said in BezelProject Issue...:

@sleve_mcdichael said in BezelProject Issue...:
@retroB-0 It looks as if the "enable/disable" functions of the BP script do not update the MAME (latest) or FinalBurn Neo directories as they do FB Alpha and the other MAMEs (2003, '03-plus, and '10) for the arcade system.

In my tests this meant that the bezels did still show in FBNeo, even after "disabling" them. This doesn't explain how yours became disabled in the first place, but it would prevent them from being re-enabled by the script, if they had been disabled by other means after initial download.

There is a FinalBurn Neo folder in the repo, though, so it should work immediately after that initial download. TBP should have placed a config at "/home/brian/.config/retroarch/config/FinalBurn Neo/bstars2.cfg"*. Your log at line 17 says this file does not exist -- can you confirm? What are the contents of this "FinalBurn Neo" folder, and the parent config folder? This file does exist in the repo.

*the script places it in /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch but the one in /home/brian/.config/retroarch should be a sym-link to this other location. Can you confirm this as well? What is the output of:
ls -l /home/brian/.config/retroarch

https://pastebin.com/LWacwu6K

If you don't see the folders here (specifically the one for FinalBurn Neo) or if don't have the configs in that they should, then you can try and "update" the MAME bezel pack through the BP script. This should re-download the repo and put the configs where they belong.

@retroB-0 said in BezelProject Issue...:

..Also, how can I correctly adjust the horizontal / vertical position of the game. I would like to center all of them is there a way to do it once and effect all games? Can you explain how I should go about changing the alignment?

It looks like the aspect ratio is off. Please post the contents of:
/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg
https://pastebin.com/Yaqb0zPi
...and:
/opt/retropie/configs/arcade/retroarch.cfg

https://pastebin.com/czidM87y

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sleve_mcdichael

@retroB-0 said in BezelProject Issue...:

@sleve_mcdichael said in BezelProject Issue...:
Please post the contents of:
/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg
https://pastebin.com/4QAY6rgB

I bet this is the issue. This one looks like what can happen when you save a configuration from inside RetroArch. This is not the recommended approach as it will break the integration with RetroPie's hierarchy of configs and overrides. To repair, you can delete this file all/retroarch.cfg and re-install RetroArch (through the Setup script) to restore the RetroPie-friendly default version.

In the future, you can use the RetroArch menu to explore different options but you shouldn't save them this way*; to make permanent, you should set them through the configuration editor or edit the config file manually. *(Exception: controller remaps and shader presets can be saved through the quick menu without breaking anything. Everything else, use the configuration editor.)

retroB 0

@sleve_mcdichael said in BezelProject Issue...:

@retroB-0 said in BezelProject Issue...:
@sleve_mcdichael said in BezelProject Issue...:
Please post the contents of:
/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg
https://pastebin.com/4QAY6rgB
I bet this is the issue. This one looks like what can happen when you save a configuration from inside RetroArch. This is not the recommended approach as it will break the integration with RetroPie's hierarchy of configs and overrides. To repair, you can delete this file all/retroarch.cfg and re-install RetroArch (through the Setup script) to restore the RetroPie-friendly default version.

In the future, you can use the RetroArch menu to explore different options but you shouldn't save them this way*; to make permanent, you should set them through the configuration editor or edit the config file manually. *(Exception: controller remaps and shader presets can be saved through the quick menu without breaking anything. Everything else, use the configuration editor.)

I deleted the all/retroarch.cfg file, should I update the bezelproject overlays?

retroB 0

@sleve_mcdichael

I deleted the retroarch.cfg in the all/ path, then updated the atari 7800 and mame system bezels, but still hasn't changed. :( I am wondering if it has something to do with re-installing retropie all over again, what do you think?

sleve_mcdichael

@retroB-0 is there a file now at /opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/config/FinalBurn Neo/bstars2.cfg?

What does your new all/retroarch.cfg look like?

What hardware are you on & how did you install RetroPie?