Updated EmulationStation for Windows

GeekCritique

@nukethepeace said in Updated EmulationStation for Windows:

Thanks a lot for keeping the Windows Emulationstation alive.

Is it possible to quit a game and return directly to Emulationstation like on the Pi? With Select+Start or something?

I set Select as hotkey but when I press Select+Start the game quits to Retroarch, which I have to quit as well. I use 2.7.4RP on Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit.

I set a hotkey in RetroArch to exit the emulator, and it works just like on a RetroPie, closing RetroArch and dumping me back into EmulationStation.

Is there any better way to get around that 2gb limit for Wii/PS2 games? My gamelist.xml files are pretty messy, and I'd really prefer not to have to go through and redo them all. That being the case, I'll probably just stick with the older version of ES for now.

On a related note, is there any way to run one of those faster scrapers on PC? I'm pretty new to this, just made the jump from a RetroPie back over to PC.

mitu

@geekcritique said in Updated EmulationStation for Windows:

On a related note, is there any way to run one of those faster scrapers on PC?

Try Skraper (skraper.net), it's pretty fast and has a lot of options.

PittStone

@geekcritique I have used "ES Gamelist Generator" for my folders it have .bat files for my Windows Games. It makes a gamelist from anything you have in your folder. I have made a Gamelist for my .pdf and .cbr documents, too. And a system for "ComicRack" to Open my Retro Magazines via Emulationstation.

jero

392/5000
You are thinking about being able to make the menu can be played online, add friends, create rooms and join. Using the retroarch netplay

http://www.retroarch.com/index.php?page=netplay

Another thing is possible Music and sound background. For what is good for the job. See aki an example of a wweb in Spain that uses the ES to play online with mame

https://emupartidas.es/

PittStone

I have a Problem with the "favorites". If i add games to the favorites and restart ES for Windows, the added or un-added games are not saved. I have tested it with Parse Gamelists "on" and "off". Also Save Metadata on Exit.
Any Idea? Why is not saving the favorites as a gamelistfile in the gamelists folder?

mitu

@pittstone Favorites are not stored in a separate gamelist file, they're just a toggle stored on the ROM's entry in the systems' gamelists. What version of ES are you using and when did you last update it ?

PittStone

@mitu I used always the newest Version of Jrassa.
https://github.com/jrassa/EmulationStation/releases/tag/continuous-master

A Former User

Just popping in to say thanks to @jdrassa for this! Haven't been on the forums much these days as I built a very powerful PC but recently got this build to work and have found myself checking out the forums again.

PittStone

I have a Problem with "Kid-mode". Many Games are showing in emulationstation there are not defined as "<kidgame>true</kidgame>"

If i define the showing game as "<kidgame>false</kidgame>" its showing again in emulationstation. Not all games showing, but many that are not defined as kidgame.

HarmlessRaccoon

@mitu Help! i want to make Ultimate MK3 work with my ps4 controller, my sega genesis emu is "gens", i am using the version from emulationstation's official website... Can you help me? i really want to play with my friends :c

(in case you need it)

latest update of Windows, 8gb ram, amd a12-9800 apu.

ppuspfc

Hi everyone. I am new to the forum but an old fan of Emulationstation.

If is there anyone interested, I am in a project which automates the download and configuration of EmulationStation on Windows. It's really easy to use. If you are interested, you can find it here:

https://github.com/PRElias/win10_emulation_station/tree/choco-auto-install

By the way, the purpose for me being here it that I am having problems playing sounds on my themes and I am looking for help. I am sure that the theme is accessing the folder, because all svg files are being sucessfully loaded, but no sound, even usin ogg or wav files.

Is there someone with a tip on this? Thank you

Zenjiro

@jdrassa Are there any plans to update the Windows Version of EmulationStation to support the new TheGamesDB API?
Current scrapping is broken since it uses the old API.
Also are there any plans to support more scrappers?

Thank you for keeping the Windows version alive. Really appreciate it.

PittStone

@zenjiro Hello, i use "SkraperUI" for my Windows Emulationstation. Its great.
Download can be found on https://www.skraper.net/

Zenjiro

@PittStone Thank you for sharing that program. I will experiment with it.
It's a good alternative until the built in one is updated.

mitu

@zenjiro It is already updated, you just need a recent version of Emulationstation.

Zenjiro

@mitu Yeah I have been testing out the new continuous-builds from here: https://github.com/jrassa/EmulationStation/releases

And the scrapper works, but for some odd reason whenever I add a video snap to a game all the data gets obscured. I have not been using the current continuous-builds because of that, and it only happens mostly for Wii and PS2 games.

I thought maybe it might be due to https://github.com/jrassa/EmulationStation/issues/12

But I think that fix was already merged. If I do not use a video and just use the image/boxart I have no issue. It's only when a video is added that nearly everything (description, boxart, rating, etc) disappears, but it is not for all games.

The issue is not present in v2.7.3RP, but it is present in the build of 2.8.0-Dev.

greenberet

@zenjiro I have the same issue. I thought I had just done something stupid, but couldn't figure it out.

Zenjiro

Looks like the fix has not been merged yet: https://github.com/RetroPie/EmulationStation/pull/468

5 Days old at the time of this post, so I think we will see it merge in the near future.

ango

I´m building an EmulationStation system on my windows 10 pc. It contains a lot of emulators and pc games. All added into ES with screenshots or preview videos. Now I like to clean up my system and use the retroarch core for scummvm instead of the original scummvm emulator.

I´ve added the system for scummvm in es_system.cfg:
<system>
<name>scummvm</name>
<fullname>ScummVM</fullname>
<path>~.emulationstation\roms\scummvm</path>
<extension>.scummvm</extension>
<command>%HOME%.emulationstation\systems\retroarch\retroarch.exe -L %HOME%.emulationstation\systems\retroarch\cores\scummvm_libretro.dll "%ROM_RAW%"</command>
<platform>pc</platform>
<theme>scummvm</theme>
</system>

The corresponding gamelist.xml entry:
<game>
<path>./Baphomets Fluch/Baphomets Fluch.scummvm</path>
<name>Baphomets Fluch</name>
<desc />
<image>./images/Baphomets Fluch.png</image>
<releasedate>19000101T000000</releasedate>
<developer />
<genre />
<playcount>9</playcount>
<lastplayed>20180722T110721</lastplayed>
</game>

"Baphomets Fluch.scummvm" includes only the gameid "sword1" and must be in the game dir.

Its working. But there is a small cosmetic problem in ES.
In the SCUMMVM menu, there is a "Baphomets Fluch" subfolder. I have to go to this directory to start the game.
I like to start the game directly without going to the sub folder. Is there a way to hide the subdirectories in the gamlist.xml and start the game directly?

enderandrew

I'm putting together a "RetroCake" build on Windows. Their es_system.cfg has some issues out of the box so I had to fix a few things and I'll likely be looking to add a few systems there as well.

RetroPie is great, but I hope the Windows side eventually sees some love as well.