Homebrew Cover Collections - part 2

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I see, but if I use 4d45434e, I wont be able to have the Turbograf16-DVD covers without them beeing squeezed? Just the Jeweled ones?
You are right, that number is only for the Japanese PC-E.
For the TG-16 you have to use
4d45434d
It's almost identical except for the last letter, so I got confused.
 
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You are right, that number is only for the Japanese PC-E.
For the TG-16 you have to use
4d45434d
It's almost identical except for the last letter, so I got confused.
Ok, so I tried the 4d45434d one, the thing is that the Background dissapeard but the Boxcovers shows up properly. Thats nothing I can do about it then? Other than use the PC Engine background as before. It's hella confusing yes :lol:
 
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Ok, so I tried the 4d45434d one, the thing is that the Background dissapeard but the Boxcovers shows up properly. Thats nothing I can do about it then? Other than use the PC Engine background as before. It's hella confusing yes :lol:

Would I add something?

Perhaps you need to make sure in platform.ini, the system name for that specific magic number matches with the same Background name located at

Wiiflow/backgrounds/rhapsodii Shima/HERE


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Ok, so I tried the 4d45434d one, the thing is that the Background dissapeard but the Boxcovers shows up properly. Thats nothing I can do about it then? Other than use the PC Engine background as before. It's hella confusing yes :lol:
Exactly as @kokokool said.
I don't know if you're using the latest version of Rhapsodii Shima (5.4.7 v1), or an old one with an outdated platform.ini.
Or maybe you've updated Wiiflow after installing the theme, then you have to replace platform.ini with the one from Rapsodii Shima.
Either way, I suggest you to update it.
In your platform.ini you must have
Code:
[PLUGINS]
4d45434d=TURBOGRAFX
and
Code:
[FLOWS]
TURBOGRAFX=cart_box
So the background image for TG-16 is named TURBOGRAFX.png
 
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Would I add something?

Perhaps you need to make sure in platform.ini, the system name for that specific magic number matches with the same Background name located at

Wiiflow/backgrounds/rhapsodii Shima/HERE


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Exactly as @kokokool said.
I don't know if you're using the latest version of Rhapsodii Shima (5.4.7 v1), or an old one with an outdated platform.ini.
Or maybe you've updated Wiiflow after installing the theme, then you have to replace platform.ini with the one from Rapsodii Shima.
Either way, I suggest you to update it.
In your platform.ini you must have
Code:
[PLUGINS]
4d45434d=TURBOGRAFX
and
Code:
[FLOWS]
TURBOGRAFX=cart_box
So the background image for TG-16 is named TURBOGRAFX.png
Perfect, now it starting to look better! Turbograf background and the correct DVD covers works :D there is only 1 last image that says "?" (the small one when chosing the console)

[BUTTON_12]
autoboot=
cat_page=1
category=0
image=TURBOGRAFX.png
image_s=Turbo_Grafx.png
magic=4d45434d
source=plugin
title=PC Engine
 
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Perfect, now it starting to look better! Turbograf background and the correct DVD covers works :D there is only 1 last image that says "?" (the small one when chosing the console)

[BUTTON_12]
autoboot=
cat_page=1
category=0
image=TURBOGRAFX.png
image_s=Turbo_Grafx.png
magic=4d45434d
source=plugin
title=PC Engine
That's because you changed the button image in the source menu.ini
Leave it as it was before:
[BUTTON_12]
autoboot=
cat_page=1
category=0
image=Turbo_Grafx.png
image_s=Turbo_Grafx.png
magic=4d45434d
source=plugin
title=PC Engine[/QUOTE]
Button images and backrounds file names are not linked
 
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That's because you changed the button image in the source menu.ini
Leave it as it was before:
[BUTTON_12]
autoboot=
cat_page=1
category=0
image=Turbo_Grafx.png
image_s=Turbo_Grafx.png
magic=4d45434d
source=plugin
title=PC Engine
Button images and backrounds file names are not linked[/QUOTE]

Thanks! Now everything works great with replacing PCE with Turbograf! :toot:
 

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@Tetsuo Shima I have been trying to figure this out for long now, but how do I rename games like ScummVM and Turbo Duo-CD that have folders and not an actual .zip or .rom etc? It's driving me crazy to not figure it out.

#2 Also, I'm now at my last step of trying to change PC-Engine CD this time with Turbo Duo CD. What exactly do I have to change in the plugins by not messing everything up? The background image and Boxcover to DVD format needs to change aswell so I can use the DVD-covers.

I would appreciate if you could help me out with this one aswell. :unsure: My plugins lookslike this so far:

[BUTTON_13]
autoboot=
cat_page=1
category=0
image=Turbo_Duo.png
image_s=Turbo_Duo.png
magic=70636563
source=plugin
title=PC Engine CD-rom

[PLUGIN]
displayname=WiiMednafen PCECD
magic=70636563
coverfolder=wiimednafen/Turboduo (PC-Engine CD)
dolfile=wiimednafen-mod3.dol
romdir=wiimednafen/roms/Turboduo (PC-Engine CD)/wiiflow roms
filetypes=.cue
consolecoverid=
covercolor=ffffff
bannersound=PCECD.ogg
arguments={device}:/{path}/|{name}|{loader}
 
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1. This is the Cover thread, so let's discuss plugins related matters in the Plugins thread.
2. You are not using my plugins pack. I see you're using a wrong magic number that does not exist in platform.ini, and an outdated .dol.
3. If you use my plugins pack you'll find the answers you're looking for ScummVM the included ReadMe
To actually add games to ScummVM, you have to launch it for the first time from the Homebrew Channel, then add your games using the app's interface. After that, the file 'scummvm.ini' will be created inside apps/scummvm. Copy this file in wiiflow/plugins/scummvm.

Scummvm covers must be named after the game's id, that you can find between [ ] in scummvm.ini (e.g. [sky] is the id for Beneath a Steel Sky, so the cover must be named sky.png).
4. If you are using the Rhapsodii Shima theme you'll find how to replace backgrounds and button icons in the included F.A.Q.
-ISSUE:
I'd like to display a console from a different region in my backgrounds and buttons, but I can't do it.
-REASON:
I've included artworks for all consoles regional variants, but there's only one platform name that you can use for them in Wiiflow
-FIX:
Go to 'wiiflow/backgrounds/Rhapsodii Shima' and locate the background you want to change. Rename it to something else (e.g. rename MEGADRIVE.png to MEGADRIVE_USA.png). Then locate the new background you want to use and rename it as indicated between the brackets in the file name.
To change the source menu icons and the small covers, simply open your corresponding source menu .ini (e.g. console.ini) and change the image names with the desired ones, found in 'wiiflow/source_menu/Rhapsodii Shima'. Source menu icons and small covers have the same file names, beacause they are linked. Don't rename them.
 
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I keep popping in on this thread with eager anticipation of ToddofWar420's set. The day can't come soon enough. :)
Thanks Bro! I don't blame you and I'm really excited about this too. SNES has been long overdue for an update. I really want to get this set out ASAP for everyone. I work on it quite often everyday, several hours at most. The love, the attention, fine details, everything about these covers are being gone over and I'm taking care of them the best I can. I like showing my work off in the previews, to let everybody know it's still coming and it's going to be big AF.
 

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Here'a another SNES Shrunken Spine Remastered Update preview:
Awhile ago I redid all the Dragon Ball Z covers I first put together like 6 years ago in a previous cover thread (I was a noob then). I redid everything from new text, screenies, fixed barcodes, logos, all the works done right. This is to help give everybody an idea that all the fan translation game covers are going to be covered as close as it can be to its japan counter part. This will eliminate fan art covers from being primary and can be moved to secondary. (The way it should be actually) Doing this takes a lot of time, but the results are uncanny, see for yourself:
SNES Preview 3 - DBZ.png
 

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I edited some covers to use in the turbo sufami plugin, I hope you like it.

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Two more from famicom
 

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@OfficialRammy @Tetsuo Shima Sufami Turbo was an accessory launched in japan for the Super famicom, it was launched by Bandai, and it proposed games with support for up to 2 cartridges simultaneously, but unfortunately it only had about 14 games in its entire existence, they work perfectly on snes9x , snes9xrx and snes9x from retroarch, use injected bios roms.
 

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@OfficialRammy @Tetsuo Shima Sufami Turbo was an accessory launched in japan for the Super famicom, it was launched by Bandai, and it proposed games with support for up to 2 cartridges simultaneously, but unfortunately it only had about 14 games in its entire existence, they work perfectly on snes9x , snes9xrx and snes9x from retroarch, use injected bios roms.
so what do you mean by injected bios? what bios do i use for the base and what do i inject into it?
and what is the filename and what folder do i put it in?
 

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so what do you mean by injected bios? what bios do i use for the base and what do i inject into it?
and what is the filename and what folder do i put it in?

Searching for google you can find all already injected, the rom with injected a bios, it is about 1.5mb bigger than normal, example

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S - Fuwa Fuwa Panic 2 + ST BIOS (ST) [h1] .smc
Gekisou Sentai Car Rangers + ST BIOS (ST)
 

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SNES Shrunken Spine Remastered set is still in the works!! As I write this post I have over 470 unique games done with over 190 new covers added so far with less then 80 alternates. Here is another preview of some covers I added and redone myself from the ground up.
View attachment 232320

Famicom Detective Club Part II! I was hoping you'd include that one. :)
 

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