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    • lilbud
      lilbud @fluffypillow last edited by

      @fluffypillow said

      Of course, I'll add these details to the build guide (which I actually started writing last night).

      Is this what the build guide will look like?
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      • fluffypillow
        fluffypillow last edited by

        Yeah, and here's me writing it:

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        • shantigilbert
          shantigilbert @fluffypillow last edited by

          @fluffypillow Thank you.
          I am building QT 5.8.0 from source, but I guess those modules don't get build. I am a newbie on compiling stuff from scratch on Linux so I will have to do some research as to how to compile them.

          Thanks for the reply!

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          • lilbud
            lilbud @fluffypillow last edited by

            @fluffypillow And someone reading how to build Pegasus
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            • fluffypillow
              fluffypillow last edited by

              Actually, if you're building from source, by default the build system will try to build all Qt modules if possible. The output of the configure step shows it in detail what will Qt try to build. Make sure everything under QML and Qt Quick is selected ("yes"), except DirectX 12. You'll also need EGLFS under QPA backends, and at least one of the EGLFS details, that matches your device (eg. EGLFS Rasberry Pi). You'll probably want the X11 options off too.

              Yeah, building Qt is not really trivial.

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              • shantigilbert
                shantigilbert last edited by shantigilbert

                @fluffypillow could it be that I am compiling qtbase? (in my defense, it was the only thing I could find instructions for)

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                • fluffypillow
                  fluffypillow last edited by fluffypillow

                  Ok, I've wrote a Qt cross compilation guide, and you can also find all the config options I used here: https://github.com/mmatyas/pegasus-frontend/wiki/Qt-cross-compilation

                  PS: The first note is for the future users

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                  • shantigilbert
                    shantigilbert @fluffypillow last edited by

                    @fluffypillow Thank you! this will be of great help! I will let you know how it goes after I try it.

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                    • fluffypillow
                      fluffypillow last edited by fluffypillow

                      And I guess this will do as a build guide for now: https://github.com/mmatyas/pegasus-frontend/wiki/Building.

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                      • Twitch0815
                        Twitch0815 last edited by

                        @fluffypillow Have compiled, and have it up and running.
                        So far I can Launch it and exit trying to open the settings menu and or the controls menu via enter or left click on mouse is not responding it does exit and open no problem via enter and or mouse input. Any beginner documentation. Also I would like to add some content to the wiki, possible to allow write privilege to twitch0815 my git account?

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                        • fluffypillow
                          fluffypillow last edited by

                          @Twitch0815 yes, Settings and Controls don't do anything right now, as they are not yet done -- it's still in alpha after all. There'll be more documentation as more and more features are complete; I can't write a guide for the settings menu, for example, when there's no settings menu :)

                          As for the wiki, I've set it up as a separate Git repository, which will auto sync with the actual wiki, see https://github.com/mmatyas/pegasus-frontend/wiki#want-to-contribute-to-this-wiki.

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                          • Allanbuzzy
                            Allanbuzzy last edited by

                            It'd be awesome to take the Pegasus GUI and turn it into a PS3 XMB style menu. That'd be very awesome.

                            "What do you play games on?"
                            "A LEGO brick."
                            "LEGO What?

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                            • meleu
                              meleu @Allanbuzzy last edited by meleu

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                              • Allanbuzzy
                                Allanbuzzy @meleu last edited by

                                @meleu Yes but it doesn't have RetroPie's Ports, video splash screens, etc.

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                                "A LEGO brick."
                                "LEGO What?

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                                • fluffypillow
                                  fluffypillow last edited by fluffypillow

                                  Actually, creating an XMB theme is not really difficult (compared to the current grid style), it might even work well as a theming tutorial. Here's a quick demo I just made: https://webmshare.com/qN5Yr

                                  You could even replicate the PS3 wave animation:

                                  , though that's a somewhat more complicated topic.

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                                  • lilbud
                                    lilbud @fluffypillow last edited by

                                    @fluffypillow How long did it take you to make that?

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                                    • fluffypillow
                                      fluffypillow last edited by

                                      Mm, dunno, I had a dinner break between. Less than a hour I guess.

                                      And an additional 30min trying to decide whether I should set the height of one of the elements to 200 or 210 px...

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                                      • lilbud
                                        lilbud @fluffypillow last edited by

                                        @fluffypillow So is that what can be done with themes?

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                                        • fluffypillow
                                          fluffypillow last edited by

                                          However, Qt/QML does have some initial learning curve, so this isn't really a "fair" comparison.

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                                          • fluffypillow
                                            fluffypillow last edited by fluffypillow

                                            You can do whatever you want with a theme. Literally. All you need is to call about 3 Pegasus-specific functions to be able to start games. The rest is completely up to you. You can even write a whole game, whatever.

                                            Here's another Qt demo if you're interested:

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