Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation

[Rion]

@Floob

Great job man!
All we need now is mehstation and where all set. Two new great frontend's.

Remeh mentions Here that he is willing to support Retropie and that mehstation can compile and run without x11.

[Floob]

@Rion said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

@Floob

Great job man!
All we need now is mehstation and where all set. Two new great frontend's.

Remeh mentions Here that he is willing to support Retropie and that mehstation can compile and run without x11.

I was struggling to get controller input set on mehstation, and I think its saved in a db, so its harder to manually edit.

[Rion]

@Floob said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

@Rion said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

@Floob

Great job man!
All we need now is mehstation and where all set. Two new great frontend's.

Remeh mentions Here that he is willing to support Retropie and that mehstation can compile and run without x11.

I was struggling to get controller input set on mehstation, and I think its saved in a db, so its harder to manually edit.

All I'm doing now is dreaming a little but if Remeh talks about supporting RetroPie all these things should probably be able to be solved some time in the future. Or it will take month's ho knows?

[Finhead]

@Rion said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

@Floob said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

@Rion said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

@Floob

Great job man!
All we need now is mehstation and where all set. Two new great frontend's.

Remeh mentions Here that he is willing to support Retropie and that mehstation can compile and run without x11.

I was struggling to get controller input set on mehstation, and I think its saved in a db, so its harder to manually edit.

All I'm doing now is dreaming a little but if Remeh talks about supporting RetroPie all these things should probably be able to be solved some time in the future. Or it will take month's ho knows?

I tried mehstation out as well compiles fine but dead stop and controller config same as Floob.

[Rion]

@Finhead said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

@Rion said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

@Floob said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

@Rion said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

@Floob

Great job man!
All we need now is mehstation and where all set. Two new great frontend's.

Remeh mentions Here that he is willing to support Retropie and that mehstation can compile and run without x11.

I was struggling to get controller input set on mehstation, and I think its saved in a db, so its harder to manually edit.

All I'm doing now is dreaming a little but if Remeh talks about supporting RetroPie all these things should probably be able to be solved some time in the future. Or it will take month's ho knows?

I tried mehstation out as well compiles fine but dead stop and controller config same as Floob.

@remeh probably could shed some light on that. This is way of my league.

[InsecureSpike]

new boot screen for theme set "phase-one" made it look a lil battered,
and, yes I've battered up all the logos too...... since these systems have a good few years on them

i'll remove the InsecureSpike part when i release the set

edit: thats if i release it! i may not fully remove it, i'll reduce the opacity down very low, so its barely visible........

[Finhead]

@InsecureSpike
I dig it, like the worn look. Great job.

[InsecureSpike]

Jaguar.......

Genesis.......

Sega CD.......

SNES.......

[Floob]

@InsecureSpike Looks really cool! I like it.

[Finhead]

As of this morning with huge help from Floob I now have Advmame and Daphne working with Attract Mode. :) Big thanks, Floob is a rock star.

[InsecureSpike]

@Finhead said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

@InsecureSpike
I dig it, like the worn look. Great job.

@Floob said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

@InsecureSpike Looks really cool! I like it.

thanks guys

[Mayki]

Thank you for your work Floob. I would like to ask you if you would not even install for Noobs, I want to create a multiboot system. Retropie with Attrack and Openelec. Thank you for answer.

[InsecureSpike]

OpenELEC is lightweight & awesome!!
i have it as a standalone with 4tb hdd!

[InsecureSpike]

guy's, how can i take screen shots in attract mode?
thanks

[Finhead]

@InsecureSpike said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

guy's, how can i take screen shots in attract mode?
thanks

Easy set your "Screenshot" key in the Configure/Controls menu. You'll find your screenshot in the /home/pi/.attract directory.

[InsecureSpike]

@Finhead thanks fella!

[InsecureSpike]

well, there are some previews of my WiP phase-one AttractMode layout set

[Floob]

Updated to v0.4
Video here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/93/attract-mode-with-retropie-alternative-to-emulationstation/

7th May 2016 - v0.4

• Kodi Installed
• Daphne Installed
• Updated some Attract Mode layouts
• Added more emulator configs

8th May 2016 - v0.4 Artwork

• As 0.4 but with MAME artwork
• Stored under the mame-libretro roms directory
• Credits to http://www.progettosnaps.net/ and omegaman on the AM forums
• Full credits and author details in the readme folder

Known Issues

• AM startup error
  AL lib: (WW) alc_initconfig: Failed to initialize backend "pulse"
  glGetError 0x500
  glGetError 0x500
  glGetError 0x500

To Do

• Auto resize image partitions
• Remove console output for clean boot
• Change scripts to not reboot when switching FE?
• Use integer scaling?
• Other Stuff

[robertybob]

@InsecureSpike said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

well, there are some previews of my WiP phase-one AttractMode layout set

Hi mate, probably a really silly question but how easy is it for you to replace the images with video snaps? Or Is it like the other AM themes where it displays a video by default unless one isn't found, in which case it'll fall back to an image?

[InsecureSpike]

@robertybob said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

@InsecureSpike said in Attract Mode with RetroPie - Alternative to EmulationStation:

well, there are some previews of my WiP phase-one AttractMode layout set

Hi mate, probably a really silly question but how easy is it for you to replace the images with video snaps? Or Is it like the other AM themes where it displays a video by default unless one isn't found, in which case it'll fall back to an image?

hey mate, well with this box art setup, no although, I think these layouts can have multiple choosalbe shown art, so it's upto the user, what type of layout to have,
but, I don't no how to do that yet, not sure when I'll get time to work on it, over the next few weeks as we are packing up to move, but it's something I'd like to look into