attract-mode

1. Installation

• image "Motion Blue" :
  • YouTube link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pzxL7dKqUA
  • Download link : https://mega.nz/#!ABVEQI5J!X0YsPYPqm62_C9P905TlAyLh0RYGZMTPoDhzE4lqoYg
  • Decryption key if it’s asked for: !X0YsPYPqm62_C9P905TlAyLh0RYGZMTPoDhzE4lqoYg
• Windows : SDFormatter + Win32DiskImager
• upgrade everything (very long ~ 2h)

2. PS3 Constrollers

• install driver through Retropie main menu
• reboot with PS3 controller plugged in with USB cable
• pair with Shanwan
• push buttons while pairing
• config controller through ES
• from Retropie Setup entry menu, launch Retroarch /!\ WARNING /!\ Activate Rewind + Don't ever save a retroacrh conf from a game. If so, général conf will be omittied !!!
  • driver -> menu = xmb
  • menu config wallpaper (TODO), color = dark, animated menu = false
  • input config (PS3 Mapping)
    • up = 4
    • down = 6
    • left = 7
    • right = 5
    • analog left up = up
    • analog left down = down
    • analog left left = left
    • analog left right = right
    • L3 = 1
    • L1 = 10
    • L2 = 8
    • select = 0
    • start = 3
    • home = 16
    • analog right up = Uneg
    • analog right down =Upos
    • analog right left = Zpos
    • R3 = 2
    • R1 = 11
    • R2 = 9
    • square = 15
    • cross = 14
    • circle = 13
    • triangle = 12
  • Hotkeys mapping
    • rewind = 7 = left
    • fast forward hold = 5 = right
    • enable menu button = 16 = home
    • quit = 3 = start
    • reset = 14 = cross
    • menu = 12 (dont' succed to change it) = triangle
    • savestate = 15 = square
    • loadstate = 13 = circle
    • savestate slot up = 4 = up
    • loadstate slot down = down
    • previous disk = 10 = L1
    • next disk = 11 = R1
  • Use analog stick as a dpad /!\ Important /!\
    • RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup#1060
  • Configuration Save on exit = On
  • /!\ Conf per Emulator /!\ Warning !!! In case of there is a conf set for a specific emulator and you want to keep general config, go to /opt/retropie/configs select your emulator and modifiy retroarch.cfg to match the one in an other system which has general conf.
• /!\ Controller mapping : https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/RetroArch-Configuration#default-joypad-hotkeys
• /!\ Change "Select" by "Home" : https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/RetroArch-Configuration#determining-button-values

3. Don't display RunCommand tool when launching a game

• Go To RunCommand utility
• Disable "Launch Menu"
• https://github.com/retropie/retropie-setup/wiki/runcommand#configuring-runcommand

3. Mausberry Power Switch

• Links :
  • http://mausberry-circuits.myshopify.com/pages/setup
  • https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/Mausberry-Switch-Power-On-off-%28EN%29
• Steps :
  • ssh connection : ssh pi@retropie (pwd: raspberry)
  • cd Retropie-Setup/tools
  • mkdir mausberry
  • cd mausberry
  • sudo wget http://files.mausberrycircuits.com/setup.sh
  • sudo bash setup.sh
  • sudo reboot

4. External Storage

• https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Running-ROMs-from-a-USB-drive

5. Scrapper

6. Shader

• Download that https://github.com/pinkeen/libretro-common-shaders-glsl/blob/master/scanline.glsl into :
• smb://retropie/configs/all/retroarch/shaders/shaders(i just remembre that you have to access from smb instead of ssh for convinience)
• go on folder above (-> smb://retropie/configs/all/retroarch/shaders/), create a scanline.glslp from crt-pi.glslp and replace the name into the file
• go to smb://retropie/configs/all/retroarch.cfg and change video_shader to scaneline.glsl

7. N64 Audio volume

• mupen64plus.cfg is erased each time you start a game so first :
• /opt/retropie/emulators/mupen64plus/bin $ sudo nano mupen64plus.sh
  • In function SetAudio :
    • change
    • AUDIO_PLUGIN="mupen64plus-audio-omx"
    • by
    • AUDIO_PLUGIN="mupen64plus-audio-sdl"
• in /opt/retropie/configs/n64/mupen64plus.cfg
  • Change
  • AudioPlugin = "mupen64plus-audio-omx.so"
  • By
  • AudioPlugin = "mupen64plus-audio-sdl.so"
• https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/issues/596
• explanation here : https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/1756/n64-mupenplus-sound-volume/3
• https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroPie/comments/47ywux/sound_issues_with_some_emulators/?st=izwtf4x0&sh=e6c0ca12

/!\ IMPORTANT SINCE 4.X /opt/retropie/configs/all/autoconf.cfg

• Change to this : mupen64plus_audio = "0" -> https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:1x5pAIpOrdwJ:https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/4479/n64-mupen64plus-cfg-changes-keep-getting-overwritten+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=fr

8. N64 Hotkeys

• mupen64plus.cfg is erased each time you start a game so first :
• /opt/retropie/emulators/mupen64plus/bin $ sudo nano mupen64plus.sh
  • Comments the 2 lines above :
    • iniConfig “=” “\” $configdir/n64/mupen64plus.cfg”
    • iniSet “${hotkeys_m64p[$i]} “$bind”
    • These lines are just after : # write hotkey to mupen64plus.cfg
    • DOC : http://blog.petrockblock.com/forums/search/?bbp_search=hotkey
• in /opt/retropie/configs/n64/mupen64plus.cfg
  • Put
  • Joy Mapping Stop = "J0B16/B3"
  • Joy Mapping Save State = "J0B16/B11"
  • Joy Mapping Load State = "J0B16/B10"

/!\ IMPORTANT SINCE 4.X /opt/retropie/configs/all/autoconf.cfg

• Change to this : mupen64plus_hotkeys = "0" -> https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:1x5pAIpOrdwJ:https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/4479/n64-mupen64plus-cfg-changes-keep-getting-overwritten+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=fr

8. N64 Video In run command (ESC before game start), choose default emulator : mupen64plus-gles2n64

9. In Game :

• from Retropie Setup entry menu, launch Retroarch /!\ WARNING /!\ Activate Rewind + Don't ever save a retroacrh conf from a game. If so, général conf will be omittied !!!
• Rewind : https://github.com/libretro/Lakka/wiki/Rewind
• Save state : https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/241/strategy-for-save-states-and-saves/3

10. Chante TimeZone

• https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4977&f=5
• Copy tzselect return in bach
• Past it in /home/pi/.profile at the end of the file to make it permanent

11. Game Station Theme V2 HD

• Download theme :
  • http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=505.0
  • http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=505.0;attach=850
• Unzip it there : /home/pi/.attract/layouts
• Video wheel is too slow on pi 3 with a large amounbt of games in a system (has also side effects with PS3 controller)
  • go to : /home/pi/.attract/layouts/Game Station HD/layout.nut
  • change :
    • m_obj.height = wheel_h[slot] + p * ( wheel_h[slot+1] - wheel_h[slot] );
    • to
    • m_obj.height = ( wheel_h[slot] + p * ( wheel_h[slot+1] - wheel_h[slot] ) ) / 2;
  • It will divide the height of the element in the will, but won't increase the number of visible element in the wheel
  • Config the Layout to display wheel image and not span in the wheel

12. Video Intro

• Full custom templates !!!! : https://www.velosofy.com/template/intro-template-090
• Futur : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9WQVoVSWwM&list=PL_ik_t59tpUxdncwMtsFNjIxfiMipQLla&index=12
• Loading : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-8islalTN8&list=PL_ik_t59tpUxdncwMtsFNjIxfiMipQLla&index=13
• Qasar PS1 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPgISBwRhSo&list=PL_ik_t59tpUxdncwMtsFNjIxfiMipQLla&index=28
• Retro gaming : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8tFidG43-4&list=PL_ik_t59tpUxdncwMtsFNjIxfiMipQLla&index=35
• Glitch : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgHz35ikAkY&list=PL_ik_t59tpUxdncwMtsFNjIxfiMipQLla&index=49
• SEGA : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwRfr0a25QY&index=21&list=PL_ik_t59tpUxdncwMtsFNjIxfiMipQLla
• NeoGeo : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Umhvuqfqt6Q&list=PL_ik_t59tpUxdncwMtsFNjIxfiMipQLla&index=22
• Gameboy : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWc-g87YSBE
• Sega Naomi : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPDZZjwyPJE

0. Deprecated

• image "pure" : http://smartretro.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8277
  • for video snaps : https://github.com/mickelson/attract/wiki/Compiling-on-the-Raspberry-Pi-%28Raspbian-Jessie%29 > Method 2: build FFmpeg with mmal support (hardware accelerated video decoding) (Long)
• Since you installed ffmpeg after attractmode you need to update/reinstall attractmode. You can do this by using the retropie setup and and under attractmode choose "Update from source".