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    • fnkngrvF
      fnkngrv
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      So how can we go about being able to figure out a way to generate for systems that are not in a theme that we choose? Example is I am going off the Tronky (sp?) theme. It doesn't generate for PCEngineCD, TG16, and TG16CD. Thanks!

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      • meleuM
        meleu @fnkngrv
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        @fnkngrv said in runcommand launching images for ANY theme:

        So how can we go about being able to figure out a way to generate for systems that are not in a theme that we choose?

        With some knowledge of how to use GIMP, Photoshop, etc. :)

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        • lilbudL
          lilbud @meleu
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          @meleu Is the logo supposed to be blurry?

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          • meleuM
            meleu @lilbud
            last edited by

            @lilbud the script doesn't apply any blurry effect to the logo. Can you show me some example?

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            • lilbudL
              lilbud @meleu
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              @meleu The Megadrive logo itself 0_1489806228199_upload-f66659ef-cbb5-44fa-8139-3a319b5519ff It has a faint, but noticable blur to it.

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              • meleuM
                meleu @lilbud
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                @lilbud oh yeah, I noticed it too. Not sure, but maybe the logo file isn't in svg format.

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                • FlyingTomahawkF
                  FlyingTomahawk
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                  As far I know it happens only with png format logos. SVG shows just fine.

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                    backstander @fnkngrv
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                    @fnkngrv

                    So how can we go about being able to figure out a way to generate for systems that are not in a theme that we choose? Example is I am going off the Tronky (sp?) theme. It doesn't generate for PCEngineCD, TG16, and TG16CD. Thanks!

                    I had a similar issues and meleu had me create a symbolic link to pcengine
                    https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/7193/runcommand-launching-images-for-any-theme/70

                    Something like this:

                    cd /etc/emulationstation/themes/tronkyfran/
                    sudo ln -s pcengine tg16
                    sudo ln -s pcengine pce-cd
                    sudo ln -s pcengine tg-cd
                    

                    Even though this will create a pictures saying "PC Engine" when you launch a TG16 or TG-CD game.

                    Maybe @meleu should put something about this on the first post? ;-)

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                    • FlyingTomahawkF
                      FlyingTomahawk
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                      Can anyone check if they can access the launch menu by pushing the A button while the launching.png screen is showing.

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                      • dankcushionsD
                        dankcushions Global Moderator @FlyingTomahawk
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                        @FlyingTomahawk no one can.

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                          EctoOne @FlyingTomahawk
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                          @FlyingTomahawk It's not always the A button on the controller. It's whatever key is 0 in your config. For me it's the B button, so I changed the text to that. Also you need to press it after the image is gone, it's a very small time limit.

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                          • FlyingTomahawkF
                            FlyingTomahawk
                            last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                            I see... I'll just give it another try then. Thanks guys.

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                            • herb_fargusH
                              herb_fargus administrators @FlyingTomahawk
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                              @FlyingTomahawk mash buttons til it works

                              If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                              Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                              • FlyingTomahawkF
                                FlyingTomahawk @herb_fargus
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                                @herb_fargus

                                lol, will try. Thanks. :-))

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                                  backstander @FlyingTomahawk
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                                  @FlyingTomahawk
                                  I just do what @herb_fargus mentioned "mash buttons til it works" but sometimes it will put me in where I am choosing which emulator to use and I have to back out one menu.

                                  I think I read somewhere on here that the Runcommand looks for the button pressing either the last millisecond that launching.png is on screen or just right after it goes away.

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                                  • hooperreH
                                    hooperre @backstander
                                    last edited by hooperre

                                    @backstander I just press it once after the launching screen goes away and it works every time.

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                                    • meleuM
                                      meleu @FlyingTomahawk
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                                      @FlyingTomahawk After the image is gone you have 2 seconds of black screen where you can press the button 0 and access the runcommand menu. But if you press the button 0 while the image still on screen the image disappears and then you have those 2 seconds to press button 0 and access the runcommand menu.

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                                        backstander @meleu
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                                        @meleu
                                        I couldn't had said it any better! Maybe you should put something about this on the Runcommand Wiki page?

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                                        • herb_fargusH
                                          herb_fargus administrators @backstander
                                          last edited by

                                          @backstander sounds like a good idea to me. This is the only time on retropie I'll ever recommend button mashing as a solution to a problem!

                                          If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                                          Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                            masteryoer
                                            last edited by masteryoer

                                            Hmm, I built a custom theme and placed it in /etc/emulationstation/themes and the script picks it up, but when I try generating images, it tells me WARNING: image for <system> was NOT created!

                                            That's all it tells me. It works on the stock carbon theme, and any themes downloaded through the retropie es themes menu, but if I manually upload a theme via ftp into the /etc/emulationstation/themes folder, it doesn't generate loading images for them.

                                            To see if maybe it was a permissions issue, I modified the esthemes.sh script to add in my theme at it's github repository, and even after installing the script, it still doesn't allow me to generate images for my theme.

                                            (It's saying 'failed to add the logo image' in the systems that I do have)

                                            My theme can be found at https://github.com/Ex0r/es-theme-xcade

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