For me... an MSX support (openMSX for example) will be great ;)
http://honkeykong.org/?p=1515

Could this kind of script be inclued in your piplay image ?http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=78&t=74702
It's kind of awesome! And with it no need anymore of ipac, xin-mo or others B-)
(but to be honest i still don't know how IT really works :-P)

I may have missed a solution for this but I would like to see the Actual Game names in the new front end instead of the file names. Some of those FBA file names are hard to figure out what game they are. Thanks

Out-of-the-box support for the GP-Wiz40 and related products. The buttons seem to work but the axes do not. Thanks!

@Conno123009
It's going well. Also, I just sent you a private message.

Alphabetical order is being worked on. Genres may come in future.

Swap Dgen for Kega Fusion for all Sega related emulation and better button mapping for Xbox 360 wireless controller is a must. Other than that I wanna say good job so far. Your operating system has helped understanding command shell a lot more better. Thank you.

Is it somehow possible to create a menu like the one in mame (Tab) for every emulator. This would make it easier to map controls & configure basic options.....

;-( just thought I would ask.

I was thinking of building a script that would run through all of the emulator button configs and allow you to assign each button accordingly, but I'm not sure that I am going to have much time in the near future.

@mholgatem I reckon if you could find the time... You would halve the posts on this blog. Lol
It would defiantly set Piplay superior from the others and make it easier for those with limited experience.
In saying that.... I am more than happy to wait however long!
Thanks ;-)

I would love to be able to play Super Mario All-Stars without the controller switching over.

@LogicallyRogue,

ssh - I literally just talked to Shea today about this. He keeps meaning to implement it, but it just keeps getting forgotten. He has now has it written on his whiteboard of things to add. In the meantime you can do this (this is what I have in mine)
type:

sudo nano ~/.profile

Then find the 4 lines that run the xbox driver and the python launchmenu and replace it with this:

if [ -n "$SSH_CONNECTION" ]; then
echo "Welcome to the Grid, User..."
else
sudo xboxdrv --silent --config /home/pi/pimame/config/xboxdrv_mapping.cfg --dbus session &
sudo python /home/pi/pimame/pimame-web-frontend/app.py &
cd /home/pi/pimame/pimame-menu/
python launchmenu.py
fi

You don't have to include the echo "Welcome to the Grid, User..." part, I just have a tron themed arcade, so I figured why not go all out?

assets - I am currently working on the ability to create themes right now, but on the side I have started a rom scraper that will be able to pull extra assets from the web and integrate them into the interface.

restart piplay - This is a good idea. Right now, you can ssh in and type 'sudo reboot', but you are right, it's a pain in the butt to totally reboot. I'm sure that we can work something in. We are also planning to work on building a controller config menu. That way there is no more guess work when configuring your controllers.

dedicated forum - could be useful. I meant to talk to Shea about adding a tag system to the forum so that we can easily keep track of specific problems and version numbers.

I wouldn't count on seeing xbmc for a while. There are still a lot of other pressing issues that need to be worked on. Personally, I would just get a second sd card and load an image of xbmc on it, or load up NOOBS and throw the images on it

A screensaver with screenshots of games?

A better UI?

thegamesdb.net api integration for UI info\images.

Excellent!! :D

and keybord optional. not essencial like in case of exiting to prompt, only with the keybord you can return to the UI.

Any news on when next version is out?

Looking forward to update got new SD card to test new features when they are implemented.

@dabamajo
The problem with nds emulators, is that they require a surprising good CPU to run. Even on a decent tablet or phone like an S4, it runs unplayably slow :(

Frontend Volume control? Maybe a slider to control the volume on systems that are in cabinets.


amixer set PCM -- 100% <--Full Volume

Awesome! I was trying to piece together some code for that earlier today in the app.py without any luck. Great job guys!

1) PS3 (wireless i mean + bluetooth dongle) support with Game Pad Controller (ps3?) Support in Menu !!! That would be great !!! Get rid of that keyboard !!

2) Wireless joystick support (?) + support in menus (e.g logitech f710)

3) Wireless keyboard support (?) --> i dont have one and i dont know if now people may use it

Question: Are we away from these 3 thoughts?? Thanks!