RetroFE documentation

collections

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-10-25T05:58:49+0000

About collections A collection defines a set of games or menu level that generally have a common purpose, e.g. “Nintendo Entertainment System” or “Consoles”. RetroFE generally supports 3 types of collections: * (Sub-)Menu collections *

controls

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2023-02-18T09:24:26+0000

Controls The controls.conf file, located in your RetroFE directory, contains the controls for your RetroFE front-end. Multiple keys can be assigned to a single action, separated by a ,. Example: Up = Keypad 8, Up This will assign both the Keypad 8 (up arrow on your keypad) and the up arrow to RetroFE's Up control.

getting_started

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2017-05-25T06:04:25+0000

Getting Started For Windows users, and some Linux users, getting started with RetroFE is as simple as following these steps: * Download RetroFE from * Edit the global settings.conf file. * Edit the controls.conf file. * Run RetroFE to verify if the front-end loads (and exits) correctly.

global_settings.conf

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-03-28T16:32:58+0000

Global settings.conf The global settings.conf file, located in your RetroFE directory, defines how your overall system operates. See below for a list of configuration parameters that can be specified for your global settings.conf. Variable

launchers

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2017-05-14T16:12:34+0000

Launchers A launcher config file describes how to launch a program (i.e. emulator, application, or game) when a launchable menu item is selected. See below for a list of supported configuration properties. Launcher options Property Descriptionexecutable

layouts

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-09-03T21:14:38+0000

General Layout Information Layouts define the look and feel for your frontend. Each layout is a folder containing at least the following two main files. Directory Structure Path Description/layouts// Folder to store all image files for a particular asset. i.e. =

meta_information

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2018-11-04T15:52:29+0000

Meta information database RetroFE uses the following information to create the item lists for the menus: * menu.txt * Files in the roms directory * include.txt * exclude.txt * .sub More information about this can be found in the

settings.conf

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2018-10-20T19:42:57+0000

Collection settings.conf The settings.conf file in a collection defines the settings for that particular collection. See below for a list of configuration parameters that can be specified in your collection's settings.conf file. Variable Default value

start

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2017-05-26T08:22:48+0000

RetroFE Documentation Project Welcome to the RetroFE documentation project. The purpose of this project is to provide documentation regarding the usage of the RetroFE front-end, and all its features. RetroFE is a front-end, which can be used as a graphical user interface to display, select and launch your games, videos, and programs. Its most common usage is for game emulation. RetroFE allows you to define collections, which can be displayed using a menu structure with additional artwork like …