mholgatem

pimame menu will not launch on boot
@visy - yes, that check basically says: if pygame can initialize the screen: then goes on to return the screen object. It's related to your vga problems. All of the other gobbledy-gook that came before the Traceback (most recent call last): ar…

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Custom linux kernel
@MichaelL65 - yes, it will work on the older RPi, but it's not recommended as a lot of games will not run well with the small amount of ram that is provided.

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bug into menulaunch for gba game launch ?
If you are running .8 beta 7 or earlier, it is located in /home/pi/pimame/pimame-menu/config.yaml if you are using .8 beta 8 (or later), it is now a database. You can access it via the web frontend or it is located at /home/pi/pimame/pimame-menu/da…

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Xin-Mo Dual Controller not working
@jarirk - after some searching. It looks like it's actually the updated kernel, not piplay that is the problem. I let Shea know. We'll figure something out.

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Custom Menu Items
@Pristopher - Great! Definitely let me know! I'd love to see some other people custom themes!

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Custom Menu Items
@Pristopher - The art should go into /home/pi/pimame/pimame-menu/themes/[theme that you are using] Then edit the theme.yaml and under the menu_items section, add your item as follows: icon_id: (use the one that you specified in config.db) label:…

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Capturing emulator output via GPIO pins?
unfortunately, I have no idea where they would output to. what games/emulators are you using?

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0.8.beta 8 - MAME will not start - Invalid resolution for surface
you can edit the databases via the web front-end. just go to a computer that is on the same network as your pi, and type in the ip address of your pi. Otherwise, you can use ftp to copy the database files over to a windows computer and use sqlitevie…

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0.8.beta 8 - MAME will not start - Invalid resolution for surface
you can try forcing a resolution from database:config.db->table:options->column:resolution 0,0 will allow pygame to auto set the resolution, or you can force it by setting those values. You can also try changing your native resolution alterin…

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Capturing emulator output via GPIO pins?
I'm guessing, that you will need a script that watches the output file of the game, then sends corresponding signals to the gpio. Python has a dead simple gpio library that is installed by default on the RPi. just google: import RPi.GPIO as GP…

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PiPlay 0.8 Beta 8 Testers Wanted (Not for faint of heart)
@Pristopher - no, I don't unfortunately. I've been looking for a good place to get them without ripping off any one's hard work.

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Rom Scraper
Hey guys, I just noticed that I screwed up and the scraper is only finding images that are exactly named. To fix this, you just need to edit 1 line of code in '/home/pi/pimame/pimame-menu/scraper/scrape_script.py' line 434 needs to be ch…

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Where to get side scrolling theme, and how to install?
@joostvanpoppel - You need to upgrade to .8 beta 8 (good news, It just went live) I haven't checked yet, but you should be able to just use the normal updater as well. Then use the popup menu to change your theme and it will be included.

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PiPlay 0.8 Beta 8 Testers Wanted (Not for faint of heart)
@Freddy - In order to hide emulators, you need to edit the config.db -> menu_items table in the web frontend. The new slide menu is a theme. just press the menu button ('tab' or joystick button 3) then switch your theme to 'slide…

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PiPlay 0.8 Beta 8 Testers Wanted (Not for faint of heart)
@Gavat4r - Hey, I'm glad we at least got the debounce on the joysticks fixed!

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PiPlay 0.8 Beta 8 Testers Wanted (Not for faint of heart)
@Gavat4r - ok, I made some more changes if you want to try it out. You just need to copy pmcontrollerconfig.py from my repo to: /home/pi/pimame/pimame-menu/pmmenu/ let me know if this works. I set it so that there is a debounce delay after each but…

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Raspberry Pi 2?
@Paladin - That is definitely the top of our wishlist. Both @SSilver2k2 and I love the 64. So we'll see!

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PiPlay 0.8 Beta 8 Testers Wanted (Not for faint of heart)
ok. i'll have to check into it then.

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PiPlay 0.8 Beta 8 Testers Wanted (Not for faint of heart)
you have to download the images and put them into your /path/to/roms/emulator_name/images folder check the end of this post for a link to the images. can you post the error that you get when it crashes?

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Can't configure FBA for Neo Geo
you need to configure the neogeo.cfg file it should be /home/pi/pimame/neogeo.cfg

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PiPlay 0.8 Beta 8 Testers Wanted (Not for faint of heart)
@Pristopher - glad you like it! I can't wait to see what you have in mind! If you make any new themes that you'd like to share, just let me know and I'll host it on my repo.

Comment by mholgatem February 2015 permalink
xin-mo too sensitive on 0.8 beta 7 and pi 2.
@oggie - I have been working on this issue and I believe that it should be fixed in the next update (.8 beta 8). sorry, I'm not sure what you mean by your second question. it should be just as simple as pressing a button.

Comment by mholgatem February 2015 permalink
Issue using Xbox 360 controller and keyboard
The emulator might not be able to handle that sort of setup. If you have tried all of that, I would suspect that it needs both players to be on the same sort of setup. It's been a while since I looked at it's source code, but that's a…

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PiPlay 0.8 Beta 8 Testers Wanted (Not for faint of heart)
I know that we talked about it in the other thread, but for anyone that hasn't seen the scummvm thread, please take a look.

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PiPlay 0.8 Beta 8 Testers Wanted (Not for faint of heart)
@fluxb0x - you will need to manually configure your snes9x.cfg file. Edit lines 20-31 for your keyboard configuration (use this file to get the key codes) so if you want spacebar to be the player 2 'A' button, line 20 should look like th…

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Use RPi GPIO for controls?
yes. it's pretty easy. Check out this tutorial.

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Controller Help
If you have 3 tabs, then chances are that they are 'contact on open', 'contact on close', and 'ground'. Contact on open, will mean that the button is making the circuit when it's not being pressed. contact on clos…

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PiPlay 0.8 Beta 8 Testers Wanted (Not for faint of heart)
does it give you an error code when it says access denied? I've never used WinSCP, I always use Filezilla, but either should work.

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Do I need two coin buttons?
You can manage with a single coin button. You just map p1 coin and p2 coin to the same button. So when one person hits the button, both players will receive credits.

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Controller Help
it sounds to me like you have something wired wrong and you have 2 non-ground wires connecting

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