Announcing Pegasus Frontend
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@Darksavior Ah I see, you could do that by adding a
Text
element toGameGrid.qml
(or copy it fromGameGridItem
), set itstext
field tocurrentGame.title
and modify the properties mentioned earlier. To make it fit well, you could also modify thetopMargin
value ofGridView
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@fluffypillow
I edited PanelRight.qml and added the volume: 0.5 at line 155 (I tabbed the line a couple times, see link.I also edited PlatformCard.qml and edited the color at line 30, see link.
I copied the theme into /opt/retropie/configs/all/pegasus-fe/themes/grid-blue-volume
I can see two "Pegasus Grid" themes in the Settings menu (apart from the built-in) but nomatter which I choose, it says Theme loading failed :(
The Lastrun log is uploaded here
...after editing the qml files in TextWrangler, do I have to save them in a different way or...?
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@AndersHP hm, your changes seem to be correct though... does it produce the same error if you try to open the theme on desktop? I wonder if it's something path-related (ie. the symlinked config dirs on RetroPie).
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@fluffypillow
Uh, I only have this running on my Pi. But I noticed the icons on Mac finder changed from exec type file to documents. The files are saved as Linux type files. Is this wrong..? -
I was running an older version of Pegasus, this was the issue. My altered theme now works.
I can see that Pegasus now sorts games after their name instead of filename. My Dummy roms (filenames started with 0) are now placed down the order. I guess I'll have to move these up some other way. -
@fluffypillow Took me a while to figure out your instructions but I can't figure out the
topMargin
value. I tried to google instructions on qml values but this is all just beyond me to properly grasp. No matter what I change, it will hide the text when scrolling.I decided to spend all night doing trial and errors on
Gamepreview.qml
andPanelRight.qml
instead. This doesn't hide the text when scrolling. I just need to figure out how to move the text higher to center or further upper right and rectangle moved with it or gone..
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@Darksavior I've made a thingy like this:
Here's how to:
- In
GameGrid.qml
changeimport QtQuick 2.3
toimport QtQuick 2.9
at the top - Still in
GameGrid.qml
, add the following element at the bottom of the file (ie. right before the very last}
):
Text { // position the text at the top right corner of its parent anchors.top: parent.top anchors.right: parent.right // displayed text, color and alignment text: currentGame.title horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignRight color: "#fff" // font settings font.pixelSize: vpx(22) font.family: globalFonts.sans font.bold: true // some padding to make in pretty padding: vpx(8) leftPadding: vpx(16) rightPadding: leftPadding // transparent black backround behind the text Rectangle { anchors.fill: parent color: "#000" opacity: 0.75 z: -1 } }
In the end it looked fine like this to me, but you can play with positioning the box (
anchors.margins: <some number>
oranchors.topMargin
to just vertically), or withpadding
and font size to make the box/text bigger.Yeah, I know, I should really update that theme documentation :)
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@fluffypillow Thank you for taking the time. Time to spend another day implementing this :D
Update: Ok got it running with no problems. It's glorious. I'll test out different font sizes but the positioning is good. I don't have the skills to create something like the official Switch nes menu, but this is just as good. -
Thank you also @fluffypillow ! In case some folks are interested here are the changes I've made based on @fluffypillow's feedback to include:
- a video loop after which playback stops (very good to prevent Pi from overheating/crashing after a while).
Edit filePanelRight.qml
underlayer_gameinfo
.
Video { id: videoPreview visible: playlist.itemCount > 0 loops: 2 anchors { fill: parent; margins: 1 } fillMode: VideoOutput.PreserveAspectFit // fillMode: VideoOutput.Stretch playlist: Playlist { // playbackMode: Playlist.Loop playbackMode: Playlist.Sequential } }
- Metadata for date, players, genre, dev/publisher.
Edit filePanelRight.qml
underlayer_gameinfo
.
text: { var text_tmp = ""; if (!game) return text_tmp; if (game.releaseYear > 0) { //text_tmp += game.releaseYear ; if (game.releaseMonth == "5") var dateTime = Qt.formatDate(game.release, "d MMM yyyy"); else var dateTime = Qt.formatDate(game.release, "d MMM. yyyy"); text_tmp += dateTime ; } if (game.developer) { if (text_tmp) text_tmp += " \u2014 "; text_tmp += game.developer; if (game.publisher && game.developer !== game.publisher) text_tmp += " / " + game.publisher; } if (game.genre) { if (text_tmp) text_tmp += "\u000A"; text_tmp += game.genre; } if (game.players) { if (text_tmp) text_tmp += "\u000A"; if (game.players > 1) text_tmp += game.players + " players"; else text_tmp += game.players + " player"; } return text_tmp; }
Next after discovering this fantastic gameOS theme I'm going to try to implement rating as well! This theme is absolutely brilliant yet too demanding for my little Pi ;(
Also one issue I don't recall if it has been already reported back to @fluffypillow is as follows. It's a bit of annoying even if minor.
Description: after exiting a game once returning to Pegasus, the list focus is not on the game you just played. It's on the top/beginning of the list even if the game you just played is still being selected. You have to move to another game to set focus on the game you actually are selecting.
To reproduce: pick a system where you have many games available at least enough game to scroll down a few screens. Then scroll down by a few screens and start any game. Exit the game.Have a lovely day!
- a video loop after which playback stops (very good to prevent Pi from overheating/crashing after a while).
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@nemo93 thanks! Yeah the main theme collected a few issues during all the development, I'd like do some fixing on it eventually.
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Also a light weekly update! Still haven't had too much time, only slightly more than last week.
I've looked into the GOG crashes on Windows, but since it occurs with only specific games installed, I couldn't reproduce it yet. In case someone is interested, here's a list of games, apparently one of them crashes Pegasus, but I don't know which one yet.
As I was on Windows anyway, I've looked a bit more into adding LaunchBox support, and luckily it seems the files and metadata can be easily used. The only issue is actually detecting LaunchBox: since it's portable by default, there'd be a need to some UI panel for selecting where it is installed. I think I'll add some settingsfile-only field first.
I've also just added macOS releases for the Metadata Editor.
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@fluffypillow I just got a playstation classic to play around with since it goes for $30US here. I had a $20 credit from a cancelled amazon hdd order so it was $10 for me.
I currently use the retroboot option which boots me directly to retroarch (after I installed the bleemsync bootloader). Is there any interest in the future of porting pegasus to it? -
@Darksavior hm no idea whether it'd work, never worked with a PS Classic before. If I understand correctly, it can be made to run Linux distros, right? If it can run something like Debian, that'd increase the possibilities. The hardware specs seem to be closer to phone parts to me though, I wonder how well they are supported on Linux. If it can use hardware accelerated EGL, there might be a chance for a working port.
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@fluffypillow I have no idea myself. I followed some instructions to install bleemsync, modified boot loader with drivers that support more pads and file systems. After backing up the files it modified, I installed the retroboot distro to my usb stick which direct boots to retroarch.
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Greetings all!
I've been lurking for awhile, but I haven't posted anything yet. I don't have much experience with coding (or any really) - I took 2 java classes in college and an HTML class so it doesn't just look like matrix code (binary) to me.
I've been envisioning a theme and I've tried looking at the qml files for the themes that are available but I'm getting nowhere fast. I thought I might put a wishlist on here to see what advice/code you all could give me:
Here goes,
-Consoles are a vertical list to the left (similar to the simple theme where the gamelist is on the left).
-The highlighted console is the center of the list and stays centered whilest scrolling.
-The right 70% of the screen shows info of the highlighted console, with maybe a retail box of the console, video previews, release year, and description (also similar to the gamelist in the simple theme).
-The highlighted console font is colored in unlike the default pegasus theme - this can be done using system wheels from EmuMovies. The other consoles have a faded one color font (also similar to the pegasus default theme) that use the same logos that pegasus uses (from ES I believe).
-Once a console is selected (highlighted first then selected), a new page (or layer?) appears that is similar to the pegasus default theme only there is no menu at the top. Instead, the respective console wheel art is at the top left of the screen with a dark grey layer that that covers the entire top border (like pegasus - maybe the top 10% of the page). Grid view with a video snap on the left under the selected game description (again… like pegasus).
-Selecting a game brings up a new page that is the game page. This page can have a partly faded screen shot of the gameplay that covers the entire screen as a faded background layer. A 3D Box and a cartridge image can be on this game page somewhere as well as the amount of time played and a game rating. With the game description as well.
-I’d like to have background music playing. I figured on just getting a 1-2 hour mp3.
I'm on a Pi 3B+
Here is a rendering from the user lomax2k - this is pretty close to the game page that I'd like so big props to him/her cause this looks incredible.
Thank you guys for your amazing work on Pegasus and for any help you might could give me!!!
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Mostly the formatting on the left is a good example of how I’d like the consoles menu to look
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Hi,
Probably not the right place to post this, but I can find no other discussion for Pegasus online - so here goes. This is not a RetroPie based question about the FE.
On MacOS (Mojave) no video plays - I am guessing there is some config I am not doing, but have no idea where to start to resolve the dependency.
On Windows 10 initial startup crashes out after about a minute - gets to 82 games (my installed steam games amount) - then pops back to desktop, I can see no error in the log, but suspect I am not looking for the right thing...
If there is a better place for me to ask these questions please let me know.
sTeVE
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I have a launchbox importing program mostly working (metadata + assets). I will post the source code on github when it's in a state that's easily usable by other people. Also, for people that want to get 64-bit retroarch working in pegasus:
launch: am start --user 0 -n com.retroarch.aarch64/com.retroarch.browser.retroactivity.RetroActivityFuture -e ROM "{file.path}" -e LIBRETRO /data/data/com.retroarch.aarch64/cores/mesen_libretro_android.so -e CONFIGFILE /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.retroarch.aarch64/files/retroarch.cfg -e IME com.android.inputmethod.latin/.LatinIME -e DATADIR /data/data/com.retroarch.aarch64 -e APK /data/app/com.retroarch.aarch64-Lw-HOvybuHeHxQbE451e4g==/base.apk -e SDCARD /storage/emulated/0 -e DOWNLOADS /storage/emulated/0/Download -e SCREENSHOTS /storage/emulated/0/Pictures -e EXTERNAL /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.retroarch.aarch64/files --activity-clear-top -
@asahendrix Looks nice! Yeah, it's perfectly doable, and probably wouldn't be that difficult -- I know, I should really update the documentation :) I can't promise I'll be able to work on this (I keep making way too many promises); in case you're interested in the code, there's still the QML documentation collection, which unfortunately while not outdated, isn't particularly a fun read either. Hope I'll have some time soon...
@jetbootjack perhaps @PlayingKarrde could comment on the Mac issue? I'm afraid I can only do a limit amount of testing there :(
As for Windows, certain GOG games seem to cause a crash at the moment. This issue keeps popping up so I think I'll make GOG support off by default for now. Could you tell whether you have any of these games installed?
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Also as you've noticed there haven't been too many updates lately; I'm a bit low on development time at the moment, maybe for the next 1-2 weeks too, but after that I should have more time.
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