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    rpie-art: easy way to install art on your RetroPie

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    • lilbud
      lilbud @meleu last edited by

      @meleu Now it should be good: https://github.com/lilbud/RetroPie-Overlays/tree/master/Secret of Mana

      But in all seriousness, there has to be a way to add overlays that aren't specific for any one game.

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      • meleu
        meleu @lilbud last edited by

        @lilbud said in rpie-art: easy way to install art on your RetroPie:

        there has to be a way to add overlays that aren't specific for any one game.

        There is such way. But it has to be specific to a system.

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        • UDb23
          UDb23 @meleu last edited by

          @meleu said in rpie-art: easy way to install art on your RetroPie:

          There is such way. But it has to be specific to a system

          @lilbud: that's because actual game area is different for each system and therefore the overlays must be specific to fit correctly.

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          • Mebejedi
            Mebejedi last edited by Mebejedi

            So I installed this. It worked for some ROMs that were on the list. When I went into Retroarch and manually set the cfg, it worked for others. I'm now in the process of manually moving all the art into /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/images/overlays/ (so it's with all the other art and video previews.) This is working great...however, when I go to set the .cfg location, it always defaults to "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/overlay". Is there a way to change the default directory to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/arcade/images/overlays/"?

            [EDIT]
            Ok, two problems:

            1. Games that were on the rpie-art install list don't respond to a keypress for the launching.png/runcommand window

            2. Games that weren't on the install list, to which I've manually added art, aren't showing the overlay. And I don't know how to install the launching art.

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            • UDb23
              UDb23 @Mebejedi last edited by

              @Mebejedi
              Manual install explained here: https://github.com/UDb23/rpie-ovl

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              • Superman550
                Superman550 last edited by

                hey im unable to install launching images for arcade games it always says no rom found when i do have the rom in the folder i am trying to install the image to does anyone know of a fix for this

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                • UDb23
                  UDb23 @Superman550 last edited by

                  @Superman550 where do you place the images ?
                  what exact message are you getting ?

                  The image must be placed at $HOME/RetroPie/roms/SYSTEM_NAME/images/ and named as RomName-launching.png (or .jpg), where RomName must be the exact name of the ROM minus the trailing extension.

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                  • Superman550
                    Superman550 @UDb23 last edited by

                    @UDb23 i can install the images manually just not through the rpie-art script as for the exact error message with the script its "rom for "game name" not found no art installed"

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                    • UDb23
                      UDb23 @Superman550 last edited by

                      @Superman550 What core are you using ?
                      Script has been written by @meleu, maybe he can help you.

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                      • Superman550
                        Superman550 @UDb23 last edited by

                        @UDb23 thanks for your help i should have followed the first rule of trouble shooting do the simplest thing first it was as simple as renaming the roms to the correct names

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                        • aaciii
                          aaciii last edited by

                          How do I remove ripe-art from my system?

                          It is installed to my RetroPie menu - I would like to completely remove it and anything it installed

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                          • meleu
                            meleu last edited by meleu

                            @aaciii My suggestion:

                            1. Run the rpie-art script, choose the last option Uninstall art and then uninstall the files you have installed.

                            2. After that, you can probably achieve something near to what you want with the commands below. But first that good'old warning PERFORM THESE COMMANDS AT YOUR OWN RISK:

                            # go to the RetroPie files directory
                            cd ~/RetroPie/
                            
                            # deletie the files from the art repositories
                            rm -rf art-repositories
                            
                            # remove rpie-art from your RetroPie menu
                            xmlstarlet ed -L -d '/gameList/game[path="./rpie-art.sh"]' retropiemenu/gamelist.xml
                            
                            # delete the script and the art-repo list
                            rm retropiemenu/rpie-art*
                            
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                            • Zericote
                              Zericote @meleu last edited by

                              @meleu I ran the script today for the first time and installed an overlay for elevator.zip. It placed everything in the correct spots but no overlay appeared in game. It did say that the elevator preset was active. I also noticed that the elevator preset became active on all mame roms after running.

                              I'm on a pi4, newest build. I removed the elevator.zip.cfg file in the ROM directory and was able to get the overlay working. Just wanted to post what happened to me since I'm on pi4 and there hasn't been much feedback.

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