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

[lilbud]

@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.

[meleu]

@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.

[UDb23]

@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.

[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.

[UDb23]

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

[Superman550]

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

[UDb23]

@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.

[Superman550]

@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"

[UDb23]

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

[Superman550]

@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