Disable the search function, change font size for scanning message

Libretro Lakka
#1

Hi there,

Really loving Lakka on my rPi3. Using it on 15khz resolution (320x224 pixels) and have found a pretty nice setup.

2 issues I cannot seem to find/fix are:

  • Whenever I press a certain button I’ve configured to be X, the search menu overlay pops up and I can only get it to disappear by rebooting the rPi. I’ve been strolling around google and the configs, but can’t seem to find out how to disable this feature. Example: https://imgur.com/a/XXry2SW
  • There is a text appearing on screen when scanning a folder for roms. Because my resolution size is so tiny, the text that appears is HUGE in comparison and doesn’t fit the screen. I can set the menu font, but this is fine. Can I set the font for just this line as well? Example: https://imgur.com/6bQYSr2

Many thanks in advance! :grinning:

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#2

Can’t help with that first question, but in menu Options | Onscreen Display | Onscreen Notifications you’ll find Notification Size – that’s what you want to change to fix the font size.

Or, look for the retroarch.cfg line:
video_font_size = "48.000000"
and edit whatever number’s there.

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#3

Awesome, thanks! I forgot to mention I did try out the menu option, but it didn’t change anything. I’ve now amended the config and it works, great!

Now all that’s left is the search popup :slight_smile:

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#4

Glad I could help! The menu option does actually work… but not instantly. It requires a restart of the menu, whether that be through loading new content or restarting RetroArch altogether.

If I could code my way out of a wet paper sack, I’d do something to add more indicators in the menu system for what changes need a restart to take effect. (And what settings and overrides are stored where, and whether a setting has changed from what’s saved to the config files, and and and…)

#5

I tried rebooting, but I find that more often it doesn’t work. No biggie though, if I find it in the config file I just switch the rPi on to make sure the change isn’t overwritten on the reboot or shutdown.

What you’re suggesting sounds like a nice-to-have functionality!

Come to think of it, I’ve been using the “pixel” theme as it looks great on this resolution, just the font is a bit big as well. Adjusting it doesn’t work the same way, do you have any idea about this one as well maybe? :slight_smile:

#6

That one’s specific to the menu driver. Check out Settings | User Interface | Appearance | Menu Scale Factor to find a percentage of original size. Changes require a reload of the menu.

My retroarch.cfg holds:
xmb_scale_factor = "75"

The big catch is that you’re running at a low resolution, so you’re not going to be able to go too much smaller… and pixel-type fonts tend to suffer large for being scaled to non-integer ratios. If you want smaller text, you’ll probably want to find and switch to a pixel font built to be even smaller than that one, or a non-pixel font that happens to work well at whatever size you’re going for.

I actually have a couple pixel fonts I’m working on that might fit the bill, but they’re not nearly ready for release yet, sorry!

#7

That does the trick indeed, except for the fact that it messes up the whole interface in regards to layout and images as well. Positive thing is that I can at least see thumbnails with this setting though :slight_smile:

Appreciate your replies, should you finish those fonts, where would I find them? :slight_smile:

#8

The font I’m thinking of is https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1524214/e-keet-winterlate-bc – download, point RetroArch at it (you don’t even have to install the font first!) and let me know how it works out for you!

I haven’t yet nailed down which characters are being used for the rightmost column of the Search overlay-ish thing, so apologies for that. I’m going to have to go digging in the source, aren’t I? Nevermind all that, I updated the font with the extra characters used in the keyboard overlay.

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#9

So much love for you right now, the font is excellent! Looks much better this way, thank you very much! :slight_smile:

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