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      Lodan-Zark
      last edited by

      I had posted those previewsly on the old forum, but since the links did expired, I decided repost them here:

      Preview:

      Completed:
      Main

      W.I.P.
      WIP

      All the files (PSD,PNG and CFG) can be found in the follow link:
      https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0Bx0l9x_pzmVEUXVNSUVLU1daNGs

      In case the link expires let me know for myself reupload.

      ;) Have Fun

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        A Former User
        last edited by

        Alright, this is cool, but how do we make them go into action? How do we set it up?

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          Lodan-Zark
          last edited by

          Well first of all you have to put the files into the the RPi, for that I use the WinSCP.
          You can put the files anywhere youwant, since you define the correct path it will work, personally I like to keep the overlay files inside the platform config folder.

          Lets make a quick example for the GBA:
          The GBA configs its located: /opt/retropie/configs/gba/

          and I have preference for the grid version of the overlay so I move the files gba1080p_grid.png and gba1080p_grid.cfg into the folder: /opt/retropie/configs/gba/overlay/

          then I open the file gba_video_settings.cfg to copy the content and paste it into the file: /opt/retropie/configs/gba/retroarch.cfg

          In this case the content it's:

          video_smooth = false

          aspect_ratio_index = "22"

          custom_viewport_width = "1140"
          custom_viewport_height = "760"
          custom_viewport_x = "390"
          custom_viewport_y = "160"

          input_overlay_enable = true
          input_overlay_opacity = 1.0
          input_overlay_scale = 1.0
          input_overlay = /opt/retropie/configs/gba/overlay/gba1080p_grid.cfg
          "
          and should it work ;)

          I am not good to explain but if you wanna learn something more you can check it out here:
          https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/wiki/Overlay-image-configuration

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          • UDb23U
            UDb23 @Lodan-Zark
            last edited by

            @Lodan-Zark NIce overlays.
            @Lodan-Zark , @itsnitro: For easy selection and installation of overlays @meleu has created a great script.
            Overlays and CFGs must follow a specific naming convention and be placed in the Github overlay Repository. If interested, check here.

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            • meleuM
              meleu @Lodan-Zark
              last edited by

              @Lodan-Zark Yeah, placing the files in a github repository makes things simpler. :-)
              I'm currently working in a tool to let the artist guys give more attention to making and releasing art and less in configs (or explaining how to config). It's an evolution of the script I've made for @UDb23 's github repository.
              If you follow the directions on the thread @UDb23 mentioned above, you'll can take advantage of this tool when it is released.

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                Lodan-Zark @meleu
                last edited by

                @meleu I don't know well how to send the files to github repository :\ if you want you can upload them yourself to make other people life easier.

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                • papinistP
                  papinist
                  last edited by

                  I would love to have this overlay for a 4:3 screen (actually 5:4, 1280x1024) to use in my bartop project! Doing this myself from your images is not ideal since I miss top and bottom part.
                  To have a decent quality from suc a low resolution games, I'm using x4 resolution for gb, gbc, gg, lynx and ngpc, and x3 for gba.

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                  • HurricaneFanH
                    HurricaneFan
                    last edited by

                    @UDb23 Any chance these can get added to your GitHub?

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                    • UDb23U
                      UDb23 @HurricaneFan
                      last edited by

                      @hurricanefan Will have a look at these; shouldn't be difficult to create the info files required to be used with the install script.

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                      • HurricaneFanH
                        HurricaneFan @UDb23
                        last edited by

                        @udb23 That is amazing news! You rock.

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                        • UDb23U
                          UDb23 @HurricaneFan
                          last edited by

                          @hurricanefan @meleu
                          created required files and uploaded gamegear overlay to the Repo as test.

                          Could you kindly check if it installs as expected ?

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                          • HurricaneFanH
                            HurricaneFan @UDb23
                            last edited by

                            @udb23

                            Hi UDb23, I installed the gamegear overlay this morning after seeing your message. I don't see the overlay working through when I start up a game.

                            I am using lr-genesis-plus-gx as the emulator.

                            0_1537623229465_Screen Shot 2018-09-22 at 9.28.04 AM.png

                            0_1537623241516_Screen Shot 2018-09-22 at 9.28.18 AM.png

                            0_1537623255449_gamegear.png

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                            • UDb23U
                              UDb23 @HurricaneFan
                              last edited by

                              @hurricanefan I think we need @meleu's help ...

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                              • HurricaneFanH
                                HurricaneFan @UDb23
                                last edited by

                                @udb23 I got it working.

                                The only thing missing was a retroarch settings update:

                                In /opt/retropie/configs/gamegear/retroarch.cfg

                                Add the following:

                                video_smooth = false
                                
                                aspect_ratio_index = "22"
                                
                                custom_viewport_width = "960"
                                custom_viewport_height = "876"
                                custom_viewport_x = "480"
                                custom_viewport_y = "102"
                                
                                input_overlay_enable = true
                                input_overlay_opacity = 1.0
                                input_overlay_scale = 1.0
                                input_overlay = /opt/retropie/configs/gamegear/overlay/gg-1080p_grid_LZ-ovl.cfg
                                

                                Overlay screenshot working:
                                0_1537737522632_gamegear.jpg

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                                • HurricaneFanH
                                  HurricaneFan @UDb23
                                  last edited by

                                  @udb23 I think I found what happened, the gamegear retroarch.cfg got copied to the gba config folder. So something in the install went wrong with the overlay tool.

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                                  • meleuM
                                    meleu @UDb23
                                    last edited by

                                    @udb23 thanks to the @HurricaneFan discoveries above I've submitted a PR with the fix:
                                    https://github.com/UDb23/rpie-ovl/pull/52

                                    Cheers!

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                                    • HurricaneFanH
                                      HurricaneFan @meleu
                                      last edited by

                                      @meleu Thanks for fixing the code!

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                                      • UDb23U
                                        UDb23
                                        last edited by

                                        @HurricaneFan @meleu Merged.
                                        Sorry I couldn' t help on this but I was on a business trip abroad.
                                        On the weekend I'll add the other handheld overlays.

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                                        • HurricaneFanH
                                          HurricaneFan @UDb23
                                          last edited by

                                          @udb23 It's ok. It was fun to troubleshoot.

                                          Thanks for your help with this! I really appreciate it.

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                                          • UDb23U
                                            UDb23 @HurricaneFan
                                            last edited by

                                            @hurricanefan Gameboy added.

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