[robertybob]

I like it the way it is, vibrant colours make a nice contrast to the Simple theme. It’s about time a new Theme was completed by a forum member here and added into RetroPie/EmulationStation

[robertybob]

I hope you get answers, I’m sure you’re not the only person who’d be interested in this.

[robertybob]

I’ve been having this exact same problem for a week or two, not sure what has caused it. I thought it might be a power issue – randomly I unplugged the LAN cable from my Pi and the keyboard worked, but then the next day it stopped working again.

Let us know if you find a fix!

[robertybob]

Wouldn’t using the RetroPie Setup screen to install/compile ES, upgrade it to the newest version?

[robertybob]

I like this idea, however if it is theoretically possible then my only fear is how processor or RAM-intensive it would be.

[robertybob]

You’ve put ROMs into the correct folders before loading Emulationstation?

[robertybob]

I haven’t looked at your work, but I’d highly recommend you post these (in one post) over at the EmulationStation.org forums

http://emulationstation.org/forum/index.php?topic=35.0

[robertybob]

Delete all of the folders in the ‘ROMS’ directory which aren’t SNES, then put your ROMS into that remaining folder. Simples :)

[robertybob]

I’ve already opened this as an ‘Issue’ on the RetroPie GitHub page.. just waiting to see what happens next :)

[robertybob]

Separately :)

[robertybob]

I’ll probably attempt the first solution, thank you!! :) :)

[robertybob]

Ah thank you so much! Just got everything working and it looks great :) Is it possible to have a script that opens the RetroPie setup screen? I thought it would be #!/bin/bash sudo ./retropie_setup.sh but it says it can’t be found.

I only ask because I guessed that the Raspi-Setup screen would be as simple as

#!/bin/bash
sudo raspi-config

and I’ve got that working ok.

Many thanks for your help :)

[robertybob]

Thanks very much! Is this in the RetroPie Wiki anywhere? If not I think it would be great if it could be :)

Now if only I was able to create an ‘Apps’ SVG file to create my own Apps theme.. lol.

It must have taken you such a long time to customise your setup to make it look so awesome, so I applaud you for that!

[robertybob]

Hi Floob,

It’s saying the video is private (?)

[robertybob]

Right;

Please see image below

(I installed LXDE and can’t figure out how to stop the Pi booting to the graphical log-in screen- but I’m not worried about that at the moment lol).

these are my PuTTy settings

and this is the error message I receive

The assumptions Selph made were correct, if I connect this Pi to my router via LAN, I can SSH successfully.

I have scanned using Angry IP Scanner and it didn’t pick up my Pi :(

[robertybob]

Wow thank you for such a thorough reply! I think what you’ve written is great :)

I was reading through it and had an idea – tell me what you think:

Some sort of webpage that generates your scripts above (to be used with 2.6), but that someone can customise. The output would be one long script that someone can simply cut and paste into Putty (for example) in one go:

For example:
Selecting which emulators they don’t want using checkboxes (this would generate the particular script to remove these from ES and RetroPie)

Whether they want to use your controller config files for the various emulators

Remove themes of systems they don’t want

etc etc.

Just trying to think of ways to make it as simply as possible for the most n00bish of people :)

[robertybob]

So to confirm; you’re not building RetroPie from source or binaries, you’re taking a fresh 2.6 image and adding and removing bits from it?

It’s an interesting idea to remove the RetroPie folders and ES Themes of the emulators you won’t be using – is there any benefit to it, other than saving a bit of space?

You mention downloading sounds for ES – are these not installed by default?

What is ‘fix zip support’?

Is Sega CD emulation any good on the Pi? I tried 32x and it was pretty unreliable and slow.

[robertybob]

I’ll have a go at all of your suggestions tonight and report back :)

[robertybob]

I would like to take the default ‘Simple’ theme and change the background images for all systems , and then add a new system theme (PSP, as this has been successfully compiled on the Pi2) but I can’t find ELI5 instructions to do this myself –

Would a PHP script like the one you’re proposing be able to achieve something like that?

[robertybob]

I haven’t tried PiTV yet, but having looked at the website it looks very promising :) +1 from me if it works as advertised lol.

[robertybob]

I love your intro video and the Apps section. I’ve read the guide on adding in Kodi but how did you create shortcuts to all of those other settings? :) Please share!! :) :)

[robertybob]

Nice :)

[robertybob]

Wow great stuff! Is there a way to have the video load, followed by the main ES screen (i.e. without the Emulationstation Loading Screen) ?

[robertybob]

Not much help I know, but the only thing I can think of is the path to the images is the issue.

[robertybob]

I really like this idea – I just hope it’s possible to implement.

[robertybob]

Hiya, thanks for the replies.

I’ve tried using Putty and WinSCP to connect but they come back with Timeout errors.

I don’t know how to connect using just a hostname with those two programs , could you tell me how?

I can ping Google and my Pi is picked up using Nmap (a network scanner tool) but attempting to ping the Pi results in a timeout error message too. I’m beginning to think, as it works perfectly fine via LAN, that it’s a router issue :(

[robertybob]

I’ve not backed up my RetroPie before, but the way I would do it is to put the SD card into my laptop and use Win32DiskImager to ‘Read’ (save) the SD card onto your PC/laptop.

[robertybob]

Also, I have not assigned a static IP.. and the reason why Googling is pointless is that the things that worked for other people can’t work for me

e.g.

editing /etc/xinetd.d/ssh < doesn’t exist in RetroPie (?)

[robertybob]

Nice!

[robertybob]

It looks like a great idea. I’m assuming this overrides the normal (static) splash screen? Could you have made the video longer, or is 8 seconds chosen for a specific reason? Just wondering :)

[robertybob]

Thank you so much for such a thorough walkthrough!

[robertybob]

Has anyone tried Sega CD and/or Sega32x? These weren’t running all that well before – has the Pi 2 improved their emulation speeds?

[robertybob]

[quote=86596]I’ve found GoldenEye to be running around 25-50% under what it should be, depending on how many polys are on screen. Smash Bros was a bit slow in a 1 on 1 with Mario and Link, but against 3 Yoshis it was really, really slow. Mario Kart 64 is the best so far.
As others have said, StarFox on the SNES is running like a dream.
[/quote]

Ah that’s disappointing to hear. Hopefully it’s the software that’s the problem and someone somewhere will get it up to a better speed on the Pi.

[robertybob]

[quote=86577]
If there are any games you want me to test, let me know.
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I’m very interested in the reported improvements to the N64 games. I presume it’s not possible to show on screen the FPS rate, so I wondered whether you could see whether Perfect Dark, Super Smash Bros and Mario Party 2 are playable. If so, does it appear to be slower than it was running on a ‘normal’ PC ?

[robertybob]

Any luck? :)

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