Runcommand System Splashscreens!

[Colossus]

@meleu : That's the solution! Thank you! I created a folder for every port in /opt/retropie/configs (/descent1|descent2|doom|duke3d|quake|quake3), adding launching.png and it works! Coooooool ...

[Rion]

@Rookervik said in Runcommand System Splashscreens!:

@Rion Check-check. EU SNES is now added to the SNES folder of configs. You'll have to rename them just as you would with Genesis/Megadrive. Use the original download link to get the updated zip file.

Also updated Pixel to 1.91 with the SNES addition. Pixel Post->

Thank you!
And good solution about differen names both in Pixel and Runcommand splashscreens. :)

@Colossus said in Runcommand System Splashscreens!:

@meleu : That's the solution! Thank you! I created a folder for every port in /opt/retropie/configs (/descent1|descent2|doom|duke3d|quake|quake3), adding launching.png and it works! Coooooool ...

Oh you don't say.. God find!

[meleu]

@Colossus a symbolic link in every one of these created directories pointing to ../ports/launching.png should save some kilobytes. :-)

[backstander]

@meleu @Colossus or you could have a unique and different splashscreen for each port :-)

[meleu]

@backstander I don't have talent with graphics software. I'm already very happy with what Master Rookervik made for us. :-)

[Rookervik]

@meleu Aww man, now people want individual port splash screens? Hahaha, like this?

I've already made images for all the ports. I don't think they were ever added to the distro like the RetroPie menu was. I even made a gamelist for them with images that can be linked in the roms folder.

[detron]

@Rookervik that is awesome!

[meleu]

@Rookervik oh man! How can I sleep knowing I have such big debt with you?!

I'm very very grateful. The Cave Story image is awesome!

[Rookervik]

Need some brave person to go get me the exact directory names for every port RetroPie has. Adventure Game Studio, LinCity, Warcraft, ev-a-ree-thang. :P

Got these so far, but I don't know if the directory structure is correct.

[Rookervik]

If you want to try these out and see if the folder names are correct... or try changing folder names until they work... download this. Once I have all the correct folder names, I can add it all to the same big fat download.

I just used the Ports images I created some months ago. Around the same time we updated the RetroPie menu with icons. Used 8-bit PNG to save space and fit with the whole Pixel theme.

Pixel Runcommand Splash Screens - PORTS -

[meleu]

@Rookervik The ports I have here are all at/opt/retropie/configs/ports/. Like this:

$ ls -l /opt/retropie/configs/ports/
total 28
drwxr-xr-x 3 pi pi 4096 Out  6 14:23 cavestory
drwxr-xr-x 2 pi pi 4096 Out  2 07:07 doom
drwxr-xr-x 2 pi pi 4096 Out  1 17:33 duke3d
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 2193 Out 13 02:27 launching.png
drwxr-xr-x 2 pi pi 4096 Out  2 07:08 quake
drwxr-xr-x 2 pi pi 4096 Out  1 17:34 quake3
drwxr-xr-x 2 pi pi 4096 Out  2 07:09 smw

BUT I'm not sure if every port is a subdirectory of .../configs/ports.

Keep in mind that currently to get the launching image shown for ports it needs a workaround, like @Colossus did above. So my suggestion is to name the images with the name of the port and put them in only one directory (let's say ports/launching-images/), and then the user rename the files he/she wants.

[Rookervik]

@meleu Yeah, I referenced the ports section of the wiki to get the directory names I could find. Some seem wrong? Like CaveStory should be cavestory (makes a difference, stupid linux) And some like Minecraft and such are not even in the ports folder. Perhaps if this is popular, we can work on a workaround or something. But at least there are the pictures for people to use if they want. :D

[PokeEngineer]

@Rookervik

Yeah...the Minecraft thing was kinda my fault, as I changed the module so that it installs the version from the Raspbian repositories (a.k.a. the packaged version)... Sorry about that.

[Rion]

@Rookervik Hi again... Um... would you please please make a runcommand splashscreen for Sega-Mega-CD?

[BuZz]

I have modified runcommand so it will look in /opt/retropie/configs/ports/NAME/, then /opt/retropie/configs/ports/ for a ports launching image so you can have a single launching image or have one per port if you really want.

[Colossus]

@BuZz Great, thank you!

[Zigurana]

@herb_fargus said in Runcommand System Splashscreens!:

@BuZz I'm already planning the party. I bring the cake you bring the beer

I have been thinking of an international IRL meetup for some time now...

[Rion]

@BuZz Awesome!

[lilbud]

@Zigurana I think a skype meetup would be more possible.

[Zigurana]

@lilbud I always try to aim high, as to leave some room to fall short... :-)