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omegaman:
Misterh-
There are several things that can be done for missing artwork. You can setup a global filter that will hide majority of the roms without art. Filtering out stuff like clones, Quiz,Trivia,Mahjong,Adult,Fruit,Mature,Puzzles and Casino games for example will hide a good chunk with missing art. You can even take it one step further by filtering out individual games.
Another method is to edit your romlist manually or use a program like romlister to achieve the same result as above. You could also do a combination of both.
You could also make a favorites list by adding all the games with art to it. Though, this method is tedious.
And, even more tedious is adding your own art.
progets:
Misterhollyw00d,
Omegaman's comments are accurate. To touch on some of your other questions...
You can delete any menu by pressing the "Tab" key then choose "Displays"--><display you want to remove>-->"Remove This Display". A better idea would be to leave the menu and just hide it. You can hide any menu from displaying by pressing the "Tab" key then choose "Displays"--><display you want to hide>-->"Show in Cycle = no" and "Show in Menu = no". This way you can always put them back if you need them (even if it's temporary just for maintenance). Another option is to change the where Attract-Mode starts by pressing the "Tab" key and choose "General"-->"Startup Mode" and choosing a different option. If you want to do any of these you'll have the issue of not being able to have a poweroff option which can be fixed by pressing the "Tab" key and choosing "General"-->"Exit Command" and entering something like "sudo poweroff".
Your question about other emulators is a good one. RetroPie allows you to choose an alternate emulator for specific roms, to my knowledge this can't currently be done in the Attract-Mode graphical interface (it can be done from the command line but will require modifications to the list.txt file produced or rules applied to get it working as you've described). You can set up and use other emulators for MAME (or any system) but they will appear on a different screen since Attract-Mode displays screens based on emulators (RetroPie displays screens based on systems).
The other RetroPie Arcade emulators can be found in these locations:
/opt/retropie/emulators/advmame
/opt/retropie/emulators/gngeopi
/opt/retropie/emulators/mame4all
/opt/retropie/emulators/pifba
/opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-fba
/opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-fba-next
/opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame4all
/opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame2003
/opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame2010 (not installed in Floob's image)
/opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mame (not installed in Floob's image)
Understand that each of these emulators uses a different version of the MAME rom sets. First make sure you have any BIOS files that are needed installed in the rom folder (neogeo.zip for example). Chances are if a rom isn't working properly it probably isn't from correct MAME rom set or isn't supported at all in these versions. This is beyond the scope of this forum but there is plenty of information elsewhere. You can start at https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/Managing-ROMs. Floob provided the two best running and most compatible in his configs (mame2003 and fba-next). The ones that he doesn't have installed are experimental at this point.
progets:
Just a tip for those that aren't regular Linux users or are stronger Windows Users. Build out Attract-Mode in Windows and getting it working how you like on a PC or laptop and then move it (in full or more likely by Attract-Mode subdirectory excluding "emulators") to your Raspberry Pi. Floob has done a great job with his image but since you need your own artwork, roms, romlists, etc. and any other modifications you might want, this is a great method to get all the pieces you need working. You can even build it on a USB stick and use relative paths which make transferring to the Pi (or a friend's computer) easy.
Everything is portable/compatible in Attract-Mode between Windows and Linux except for the emulators (which aren't part of Attract-Mode). You can setup and configure everything in Windows without the emulators installed (of course you can't play games this way) but you can setup your romlists, artwork, displays, layouts, filters, etc. If you want to play the games in Windows, RetroPie uses RetroArch for 90% if its emulation and is easy to setup on Windows (and a free download).
A few warnings:
1) your emulator configs will be different/need changes since the emulators and paths will be different between Windows and Linux
2) remember that your display resolutions might be different between Windows and the Pi so keep this in mind when working with the layouts and artwork
3) your Windows machine will likely play high resolution/HD videos but these video might not work on the Pi yet (I've been using lower resolution files as a result)
I prefer this method because it allows me to sit in an Easy Chair and watch TV with my laptop while I casually setup Attract-Mode and test many things. Once it's how I like it, I send it to the Pi (using SSH/FTP/SAMBA/USB).
efraimsangil:
Hi all!
Floob, first, thanks for your image :)
I am uploaded some roms in /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-libretro but in Front End appear in "Nintendo DS" !!!
Then I am uploaded some roms in /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/neogeo and in Front End appear in "Game Boy Color" !!!
What's I doing wrong?
Thanks!
Floob:
@efraimsangil
Thats odd as I havent set a Nintendo DS display or emulator up in the image I uploaded?
After you upload your roms to the relevant folder, run the "Generate Collection/Rom list" option found under the emulator menu.
This should make your roms available in a display.
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