runcommand launching images for ANY theme

meleu

@daeks Would you know how to put a semi-transparent belt behind the logo?

Look at this image and you'll see how a semi-transparent white belt behind the logo can be useful.

tg16

I know the Image Magick docs are very rich, but if you already know the trick it would be greatly appreciated. :-)

BTW, I think it's something with the -draw 'rectangle ...' option.

meleu

F#CK YEAH! I've implemented the "semi-transparent white belt behind the logo" option!

--logo-belt                  Put a semi-transparent white belt behind the logo.

Example:
Command:

./generate-launching-images.sh -t clean-look --extension jpg --logo-belt --system pcengine

Generated image:

Update your script:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/meleu/share/master/generate-launching-images.sh

backstander

@meleu
Awesome! Works great but I should note something...

./generate-launching-images.sh -t clean-look --extension jpg --logo-belt --system pcengine

The "clean-look" doesn't have art for "pcengine" so if you type the above in exactly, you get an error.

meleu

@backstander said in runcommand launching images for ANY theme:

The "clean-look" doesn't have art for "pcengine"

It's not true on my RetroPie:

prompt$ ls -l /etc/emulationstation/themes/clean-look/pcengine/
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 10 14:54 art/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3300 Jan 10 14:54 theme.xml

Maybe there's something with you customized ~/.emulationstation/es_systems.cfg file...

EDIT: I think I need to improve the errors feedback to the user...

meleu

@backstander could you run it again redirecting the stderr to a file and then post the content of the file here?

Step 1
Run the following command:

./generate-launching-images.sh -t clean-look --extension jpg --logo-belt --system pcengine 2> error_msgs.txt

Step 2
Paste here the content of error_msgs.txt file.

backstander

@meleu
error_msgs.txt

WARNING: failed to prepare the background image for "pcengine" system!
WARNING: The launching image for "pcengine" was NOT created.

It does have art but on ES, I get the white screen for "pcengine"...oh wait! I'm asking it for the "tg16" art!

ls -l /etc/emulationstation/themes/clean-look/tg16
ls: cannot access /etc/emulationstation/themes/clean-look/tg16: No such file or directory

Sorry, forgot that detail ;-)

meleu

@backstander the tg16 logo seems to be the default on clean-look (rather than pcengine).

Could you please execute this:

bash -x ./generate-launching-images.sh -t clean-look --extension jpg --logo-belt --system pcengine 2> error_msgs.txt

And then paste the error_msgs.txt in ghostbin.com? (it'll be a big file this time)

meleu

@backstander Oh! Now I've got what's the problem in your system. Your es_systems.cfg has this config:

    <platform>pcengine</platform>
    <theme>tg16</theme>

And the clean-look has no tg16/theme.xml.

Here is the workaround for it:

cd /etc/emulationstation/themes/clean-look/
sudo ln -s pcengine tg16

In other words, create a symbolic link to pcengine theme directory named tg16. It worked fine here. ;-)

backstander

Thanks @meleu
I just tested this with the link and it works great!

meleu

Update:

added --list-systems option to List the installed systems on your RetroPie (get this info from es_systems.cfg).
added more info about the errors found while trying to create the images. Example:

Any feedback is welcome. :-)

meleu

UPDATE
Added the --all-systems option to Create image for all systems of the chosen theme. I think it can be useful for theme makers who want to release a launching images pack for his/her theme.

FlyingTomahawk

@meleu

How do you install scripts?

backstander

@FlyingTomahawk
It's on the first post

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/meleu/share/master/generate-launching-images.sh
chmod +x generate-launching-images.sh

meleu

There's a hope to see it as a part of RetroPie-Setup: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/pull/1881

:-)

FlyingTomahawk

@backstander

Are you following me? Hehehe...
It's the second time that you helped me out.
Thanks! ;)

@meleu
That would be really awesome. It's a very nice feature and looks waaaaaaay better than that ugly interface.

backstander

@FlyingTomahawk

Are you following me? Hehehe...

Haha, I just happened to be "Watching" a couple of the same threads that you've been posting on and I just happened to be on when you posted that ;-)

FlyingTomahawk

@meleu

Finally I got it working. Had a bit trouble with all those commands. Linux is very new to me.
I had trouble to use this with my Futura theme but that is my fault. I had a space in the theme name Futura 10px that is not good, something that I have to change in the next update.
It should say futura-10px then I can run the linux command to create the images.
It worked great even with my custom systems like CPS or Psikyo.

Thanks again for all the work. Now I just wished the roms would take longer to load. Haha... before I was always happy if they loaded fast so that I don't have to see that ugly grey box.

meleu

@FlyingTomahawk Is your theme available somewhere?

backstander

@meleu

@FlyingTomahawk Is your theme available somewhere?

https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/7032/futura-theme

fnkngrv

@meleu that simple theme set of screens looks awesome. It would be nice to have established packs that people could snag as well as learning all the scripting. so similar to being able to download the pixel pack. just a thought. your work is awesome!