Runcommand System Splashscreens!

Rookervik

@Dochartaigh Well, 480x272 is PSP resolution. So it's a little high for most systems. But the Pi2 can handle PSP games as well. Smaller than that and the themes would have been a little too pixely for me. :D

Andrewpk200

Ok so having a bit of a strange issue,
tried the splash screens on my system and retropie loaded the splash screen but appears on mame (mame2003) to have locked up as soon as the emulator loads,
Checked on the megadrive emu and that appeared to work fine so looks like it is just Mame that has an issue,

any ideas

I am running retropie 4.1 on a pi 3

Andy

Rookervik

@Andrewpk200 My final burn doesn't work anymore. I don't think the splash screens are causing an issue, but let me try turning it off and see if Final Burn stops crashing on me. For me, mame works and final burn doesn't.

UPDATE: I can't be totally sure, but all the games I've had trouble with FinalBurn locking up the system seem to work now that I deleted the launching.png in the config folder. No troubles at all. All the games work. So I'm thinking there might be some hiccups with a couple systems and the run command splash images. Ooh this makes me excited cause I wasn't looking forward to trying to troubleshoot FinalBurn. Tho I NEVER would have thought it was the runcommand splash doing it. Thanks for mentioning this!

UPDATE 2: [CONFIRMED] Enabling the FinalBurn splash image on the run command causes the system to hang. Hard, too. Can't even SSH in and reboot... have to pull the power.

Andrewpk200

Yep, just a bit of an update myself,

it is just mame on my system that is an issue,
same as above though it does mean a HARD reset once it locks up
i have roms in the neogeo folder using final burn as emu and they seem to work fine,
all console emulators work, just Mame

also, i tried putting a rom in the mame-libretro folder (all my arcade roms live in the arcade folder) and same thing,

going to see if any other the other mame versions have issues

EDIT: have just had a play with some other mame versions,
Mame for all (both lr and non lr versions appear to work,
Mame2010 appears to load but drops straight into the retroarch menu (with out me pressing anything)

would really like to see this working on my mame2003 if possible

EDIT 2 so i just ran the setup script and updated retropie fully and it now works!

seems to work on all consoles again and neo geo still seams to work

Andy

Rookervik

@Andrewpk200 If it's fixed after an update, it must mean Buzz found the error and took care of it already. I haven't updated to the absolute newest. I like to wait a while (several versions) before I update things.

UDb23

@Rookervik I'm I daring too much... asking if it could be possible to implement runcommand function for PER GAME launch screens ?
I mean just the function, not asking to create the actual screens.

meleu

@UDb23 I think it would be pretty simple. Maybe only one line of code on runcommand.sh. But a naming convention is needed.

My suggestion is RetroPie/roms/SYSTEM/images/RomName-lanching.png (or .jpg).

UDb23

@meleu Sure. I totally agree.

meleu

@UDb23 It's done. The logic is the same of the system launching images (scraped image takes precedence if "Launch menu art" is on). Just update your RetroPie-Setup script / runcommand and then place the images with the naming convention we talked above. ;-)

I ended up making symbolic links to the cool game related splashscreens. Example, I made symbolic links for all my megaman games pointing to this image:

launching_megaman

Pretty cool, huh?! :-)

UDb23

@meleu Thanks !!!

Darksavior

How do you use the pce-cd loading screen? I have manually added pce-cd to the default carbon theme, which supports it. The problem is, pce-cd games use pcengine to load, so the pcengine loading screen is used. No big deal, just wondering if there was a way.

PokeEngineer

Hey @Rookervik ,

Can you make runcommand splashscreens for the 3 GameMaker games (Maldita Castilla, Super Crate Box, and They Need to be Fed)?

lilbud

@RetroPieNerd Here you go.

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Rookervik

@lilbud Thanks rook. :P

Actually I think I have a repo for these. And buzz made a change so that ports work. I'll have to chat with him tomorrow and get the correct directory structure. Then I can add these. But I will do them like the other run command screens. And probably fix Kodi. It looks turrible.

hiulit

@lilbud Awesome! Thanks! I'll try them when I get home right away!

Rookervik

Ok, got the titles pixelized and now just need the directory structure.

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hiulit

@Rookervik Ohhh!! Much better! ;) Thanks

PokeEngineer

@Rookervik

Directory Structure:

Maldita Castilla = /opt/retropie/configs/ports/MalditaCastilla
Super Crate Box = /opt/retropie/configs/ports/SuperCrateBox
They Need To Be Fed = /opt/retropie/configs/ports/TheyNeedToBeFed

Rookervik

@BuZz
Do you know what folder structure I'd use for the game-maker game splash screens? I have no idea where to add them in the repository. Everything else goes in ...configs/<system>/launching.png

Rookervik

@RetroPieNerd Thank you very much. :D