New Comic Book Theme!

meleu

@serotonin said in New Comic Book Theme!:

I have a pi now and a pc, it would be sweet if they worked and looked the same.

I have the same and they look identical. Not sure what you're talking about...

serotonin

I didn't think the PC version of emulator station had been updated in a long time ?? I thought they were just updating the pi version. How do you update es PC version ? Do I have to download a full new version and install again or is there a update feature in the app?

meleu

@serotonin I use RetroPie-Setup scripts to update ES on my PC. Exactly the same way I do on the pi, except that on a PC it doesn't have the "update from binary" option, you have to always update from source.

Just to remember:
retropie_setup >> manage packages >> core >> emulationstation >> update from source

pjft

@meleu it might be worth asking what @serotonin means by PC :)

@serotonin What OS are you referring to?

serotonin

Windows 10 64bit is what I mean by PC :) will your method still work as you described below ?

meleu

@pjft Did I miss something?! Is there a trick to install RetroPie-Setup on Windows?!

Only today I saw three posts about support on a Windows environment.

The @serotonin post above (OK, not exactly asking for support).
This post here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/11016/emulation-station-launch-windows-game-additional-exe
And this one: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/11026/multiple-rom-path-for-a-single-system

pjft

@meleu Oh, no, no, sorry. Actually, you may be well ahead of me.

As far as I knew, RetroPie doesn't install on Windows, only on Linux as far as PCs go - what @serotonin means is how to update his ES on his Windows machine. It's not as much related to RetroPie at this stage, unless we recently got Windows support :)

I might be wrong there, as usual.

So, @serotonin , to update your ES there are a few unfortunate avenues you may be inclined to follow, to the best of my knowledge:

Compile ES form source yourself: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/5202/step-by-step-how-to-build-emulationstation-on-windows
Have someone provide you with the binary. I believe @jdrassa provides some ES builds every now and then. This is his latest, from 15 days ago: https://github.com/jrassa/EmulationStation/releases . I don't know how up to date it is, but it won't hurt to try it out.

Best.

soulfunkdjx

Hi. I downloaded that theme from retropie menu and is amazingly beautiful!!!! My only problem is that on Virtual Boy system it gives me the artwork inside the small grey space and not inside the big black space as it is for the other systems. See for yourself. I am also full updated.
http://imgur.com/a/iXbo1

TMNTturtlguy

@soulfunkdjx what view mode are you in? Video/Detailed/automatic? In video and automatic view videos will display in the large back box. In detailed view the boxart will show in the large black box.

Are you running videos? If you are not, change to detailed view. If you are, check your gamelist to make sure they are correct. I just checked the code and everything looks like it should be working correctly.

meleu

@TMNTturtlguy hey man, could you create an extra system logo for your arcade/art? Sorry for bothering you, but I think it's just a matter of choosing a font and applying some photoshop filter... Forget it if it requires much work.

Well It can be exactly like the existing one below, but saying "MAME ROW":
arcadelogo

I'm asking that because I use the arcade folder to put the games we got for MAME ROWs.

cyperghost

Yes a MAME ROW section would be usefull. I currently use my fav-launcher to create these and it really makes live easier!

pjft

@TMNTturtlguy Yeah, this is really working as intended.

Thank you!

meleu

@cyperghost My request to @TMNTturtlguy is just to create an extra logo. My intention is to use the arcade folder for MAME ROWs. But, of course, you can create an extra custom ES system specific for this.

cyperghost

@meleu That's just a user habit

TMNTturtlguy

@meleu I will create this for you, but it will be a few days before i can get to it.

VGMonkey

How can I set up so I have snapshot in the big box and box art in the little?

It works with videos but as soon as I replace the video with images I get boxart in both spaces instead

Thanks

TMNTturtlguy

@VGMonkey that is not currently supported by ES, so it is not possible

VGMonkey

@TMNTturtlguy thanks.
It works with videos and box art and I thought, let's save some space and just have snapshot and box art.
How about just snap shot in the big box ?
Sorry I am new to all this and love your theme

TMNTturtlguy

@VGMonkey ES allows us to place 1 video, 1 image, 1 marquee for each rom. We are currently not able to place 2 images for 1 rom. so we cannot have a snapshot and box art. Snapshots and box art are both image files. We have asked for ES to be updated to allow for more images to be placed, until that happens I cannot do what you are asking.

For the time being go to the start menu and ui options. at the bottom change the view to detailed. This will show your image file in the large black box.

VGMonkey

Thanks for letting me know,. I wasn't asking you to do anything, just thought I may have been able to swap the video for an image. 😀

Can't thank you enough for the quick response.
Loving the theme.