Switching from HS to LB - Rlauncher question

[damageinc86]

3 minutes ago, JoeViking245 said:

Yeah, I got that part.  I've never used RL so was curious what other [pause] menu items there could be.  "Menu items" being clickable things vs. just the aesthetics of it all.

There's a lot that they pack in their pause menu.  how to play docs, overworld map images, controller layout images, control panel images for arcade games, and their save and load states let you use the emulators full available slots (1-9 as an example) vs. launchbox just letting you save in one slot.  It also takes a screenshot of the emulator window when you save the game, so that you can see visually where you were when you load it.

There's all sorts of cool things you can have in RL's pause menu.  It's just painstaking to get all the media in there.  There are some packs out there.  But it's a lot of organization to have it fully operational.  It's basically like organizing an entire frontend again lol.  But the results can be pretty awesome.

[Shredder_guitar]

Edited Sunday at 06:45 PM by Shredder_guitar

[damageinc86]

9 minutes ago, Shredder_guitar said:

 

I really wish someone would release a huge download of just the folder structure from their Rocketlauncher media folder as one huge download (internet archive?) that you could unzip and it would put all those assets, controller images, manuals, etc., etc., into the folders correctly.  Only thing I would change for my personal taste is just to keep all the fonts more or less the default fonts, and no graphics like the mario next to the menu selection text.  Other than that, all the media there to look at is phenomenal.  It just really needs to be in one zip file on internet archive or something, so we can all benefit from the correct folder contents and structure already being set.

Also, for some reason my RL will not show me a controller menu item with a controller image in there.  Even though i've turned on that option to show that menu in RLUI. weird.

Edited yesterday at 08:10 PM by damageinc86

[Shredder_guitar]

3 minutes ago, damageinc86 said:

I really wish someone would release a huge download of just the folder structure from their Rocketlauncher media folder as one huge download (internet archive?) that you could unzip and it would put all those assets, controller images, manuals, etc., etc., into the folders correctly.  Only thing I would change for my personal taste is just to keep all the fonts more or less the default fonts, and no graphics like the mario next to the menu selection text.  Other than that, all the media there to look at is phenomenal.  It just really needs to be in one zip file on internet archive or something, so we can all benefit from the correct folder contents and structure already being set.

no point now...In my mind, rlauncher is going to be considered legacy. The idea of rlauncher is great, because of separation of duties, but nobody wants that duty and the people who have that duty don't want to change or improve anything...or cant. As i learn more about launchbox, it can do pretty much what rlauncher does...but it's just just missing some stuff. Perhaps with my bratty kid  bitchyness, that'll improve. 

Edited yesterday at 08:13 PM by Shredder_guitar

[damageinc86]

2 minutes ago, Shredder_guitar said:

no point now...In my mind, rlauncher is going to be considered legacy. The idea of rlauncher is great, because of separation of duties, but nobody wants that duty and the people who have that duty don't want to change or improve anything...or cant. As i learn more about launchbox, it can do pretty much what rlauncher does...but it's just just missing some stuff. Perhaps with my bratty kid  bitchyness, that'll improve. 

Well, there's a huge point for me! lol  I can't fathom leaving Rocketlauncher because of the 2 or 3 features that it just does phenomenally over launchbox.  It's been years and years, and while we've gone strides in LB, it just isn't there yet.  So I'd love the entire folder strucure of all that type of media to put in my rocketlauncher.  I've only ever just done the simple fades.  Never really delved into the true robustness of all the other media that can be there.  But disseminating it from all the various sources, and trying to manually get it all in there is a daunting task.  Surely someone has a personal setup that has most of the media for most of the systems like in that video you linked to, all ready to go.  I mean, just right click on the media folder and zip it up ya know lol.

[PadeMoNiuM Prods]

1 minute ago, damageinc86 said:

Well, there's a huge point for me! lol  I can't fathom leaving Rocketlauncher because of the 2 or 3 features that it just does phenomenally over launchbox.  It's been years and years, and while we've gone strides in LB, it just isn't there yet.  So I'd love the entire folder strucure of all that type of media to put in my rocketlauncher.  I've only ever just done the simple fades.  Never really delved into the true robustness of all the other media that can be there.  But disseminating it from all the various sources, and trying to manually get it all in there is a daunting task.  Surely someone has a personal setup that has most of the media for most of the systems like in that video you linked to, all ready to go.  I mean, just right click on the media folder and zip it up ya know lol.

Large downloads won't be happening right away! It's complicated and it's a bit buggy... blocked at 4g9 maximum if you exceed your file will be corrupted,

the fault of the servers running out of space.

I think they'll find a solution quickly but it's annoying : /

[damageinc86]

1 minute ago, PadeMoNiuM Prods said:

Large downloads won't be happening right away! It's complicated and it's a bit buggy... blocked at 4g9 maximum if you exceed your file will be corrupted,

the fault of the servers running out of space.

I think they'll find a solution quickly but it's annoying : /

when i have too much to post in the official downloads section I just have a link to my mega.nz drive.  Or you could also put it on the internet archive.  A lot of artwork (raw scan collections), roms, and all sorts of setups are on there.  Like I said, just need someone who has all of that stuff in it's proper place to zip up their media folder and post it up.  Then we can all have that killer pause menu content without having to spend a year to get it all sorted lol.

[PadeMoNiuM Prods]

14 minutes ago, damageinc86 said:

I really wish someone would release a huge download of just the folder structure from their Rocketlauncher media folder as one huge download (internet archive?) that you could unzip and it would put all those assets, controller images, manuals, etc., etc., into the folders correctly.  Only thing I would change for my personal taste is just to keep all the fonts more or less the default fonts, and no graphics like the mario next to the menu selection text.  Other than that, all the media there to look at is phenomenal.  It just really needs to be in one zip file on internet archive or something, so we can all benefit from the correct folder contents and structure already being set.

Also, for some reason my RL will not show me a controller menu item with a controller image in there.  Even though i've turned on that option to show that menu in RLUI. weird.

Why don't you go and look at Arcade Punk?

They offer a lot of things, and Coin Ops and the Retrofe team have very square structures on Rocket Launcher for example,

and their builds are known for being fine-tuned to the millimeter.

[damageinc86]

2 minutes ago, PadeMoNiuM Prods said:

Why don't you go and look at Arcade Punk?

They offer a lot of things, and Coin Ops and the Retrofe team have very square structures on Rocket Launcher for example,

and their builds are known for being fine-tuned to the millimeter.

Because their download links don't just directly link to a zip file of the media folder lol. 

I'm interested in stuff people are willing to share for the betterment of the entire emulation community.  I do it, other people do it.  We all benefit. 

[Shredder_guitar]

Just now, damageinc86 said:

Well, there's a huge point for me! lol  I can't fathom leaving Rocketlauncher because of the 2 or 3 features that it just does phenomenally over launchbox.  It's been years and years, and while we've gone strides in LB, it just isn't there yet.  So I'd love the entire folder strucure of all that type of media to put in my rocketlauncher.  I've only ever just done the simple fades.  Never really delved into the true robustness of all the other media that can be there.  But disseminating it from all the various sources, and trying to manually get it all in there is a daunting task.  Surely someone has a personal setup that has most of the media for most of the systems like in that video you linked to, all ready to go.  I mean, just right click on the media folder and zip it up ya know lol.

rlauncher is in desperate need of an update....but no one has the skills or desire to do it. "I can't fathom leaving Rocketlauncher Because of the 2 or 3 features that it does." Yep, I feel that way too, but rlauncher hasn't been cared for long enough that it's eventually just going to rot away. Agent 47 hasn't been fulfilling his duties to upkeep the rlauncher platform. (I will go on record and say i absolutely hate these platform names "hyperspin, launchbox, Big box, community theme creator, rlauncher, etc...that's a moot point now though) 
When I'm done with these Rlauncher style fades...which i found I can also do gameover screens...haven't tried pause menus yet. I'll release them in a pack (of the consoles i have)  and they will all be platform specific. 
 

Here is a preview of the rlauncher screens, also I've structured things in such a way that allows for multiple 'game over' screens to be utilized, each time the user quits the game, the game over screen will be different, if they have multiple game over screens. 
 

 

[Shredder_guitar]

16 minutes ago, PadeMoNiuM Prods said:

Large downloads won't be happening right away! It's complicated and it's a bit buggy... blocked at 4g9 maximum if you exceed your file will be corrupted,

the fault of the servers running out of space.

I think they'll find a solution quickly but it's annoying : /

What is a 'large download'?

*update*...nvm. I didn't read far enough 4 GB

Edited yesterday at 08:34 PM by Shredder_guitar

[damageinc86]

Yeah, but I mean all those controller images, device images, the video adverts, maps, guides, etc., etc.  Surely someone has a large, or close to full set of all of those pieces of artwork inside their RL Media Folder.

[Shredder_guitar]

3 minutes ago, damageinc86 said:

Yeah, but I mean all those controller images, device images, the video adverts, maps, guides, etc., etc.  Surely someone has a large, or close to full set of all of those pieces of artwork inside their RL Media Folder.

I mean that would probably be me, but I only share on a specific basis because 1. it's incomplete, 2 separation of duties....having everyone wearing the same T shirt is a bit dangerous. 3. I'm a greedy fuck and I've put in a lot of time scavenging random images off the internet from various sources. 

Edited yesterday at 08:38 PM by Shredder_guitar

[damageinc86]

it's pretty complete though compared to most pause media setups lol.  Yup, I get the putting in a lot of time.  I've spent years and years on each artwork set i've done, going back to the hyperspin days.  Most recent was a 2D reconstruction of all Sega Master System Boxes, and a full re-do of a GBA set.  Complete with a bunch of boxes I bought off ebay to finally have good scans of them, since I couldn't ever find any online.  You can be stingy, a lot of people are here.  But, it would just be nice if people weren't lol.  Because it does really improve the overall community and helps every setup to be more complete and fun.  oh well, moving on!

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