It’s there a way to make a config where RA automatically changes to a portrait layout when the phone is flipped to portrait?
Where you name the overlays, if they have “landscape” or “portrait” in the name, they should switch to them automatically.
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It doesn’t work for me at all. They are named “landscape” and “portrait”. The problem is when my phone auto rotates to portrait it just shows the landscape layout scaled smaller, but in portrait.
Does the default neo-retropad overlay rotate properly for you?
Yes it works properly.
This is the config file that I get. I can’t see anything that would make it not work so idk where the problem is.
overlays = 4
overlay0_name = "landscape"
overlay0_full_screen = true
overlay0_normalized = true
overlay0_range_mod = 1.5
overlay0_alpha_mod = 2.0
overlay0_aspect_ratio = 2.2222222
overlay0_descs = 21
overlay0_desc0 = "up,0.11846,0.49581,rect,0.03285,0.073"
overlay0_desc0_overlay = SKLC-Dpad-Up.png
overlay0_desc1 = "down,0.11846,0.74139,rect,0.03285,0.073"
overlay0_desc1_overlay = SKLC-Dpad-Down.png
overlay0_desc2 = "left,0.06359,0.61829,rect,0.03285,0.073"
overlay0_desc2_overlay = SKLC-Dpad-Left.png
overlay0_desc3 = "right,0.17287,0.61829,rect,0.03285,0.073"
overlay0_desc3_overlay = SKLC-Dpad-Right.png
overlay0_desc4 = "a,0.93606,0.61829,radial,0.03285,0.073"
overlay0_desc4_overlay = SKLC-Circle.png
overlay0_desc5 = "b,0.88209,0.74139,radial,0.03285,0.073"
overlay0_desc5_overlay = SKLC-Cross.png
overlay0_desc6 = "x,0.88209,0.49581,radial,0.03285,0.073"
overlay0_desc6_overlay = SKLC-Triangle.png
overlay0_desc7 = "y,0.82684,0.61829,radial,0.03285,0.073"
overlay0_desc7_overlay = SKLC-Square.png
overlay0_desc8 = "start,0.82684,0.3489,radial,0.03195,0.071"
overlay0_desc8_overlay = SKLC-Start.png
overlay0_desc9 = "select,0.17287,0.3489,radial,0.03195,0.071"
overlay0_desc9_overlay = SKLC-Select.png
overlay0_desc10 = "l,0.06359,0.3489,radial,0.03195,0.071"
overlay0_desc10_overlay = SKLC-L1.png
overlay0_desc11 = "l2,0.11846,0.2548,radial,0.03195,0.071"
overlay0_desc11_overlay = SKLC-L2.png
overlay0_desc12 = "r,0.93606,0.3489,radial,0.03195,0.071"
overlay0_desc12_overlay = SKLC-R1.png
overlay0_desc13 = "r2,0.88209,0.2548,radial,0.03195,0.071"
overlay0_desc13_overlay = SKLC-R2.png
overlay0_desc14 = "menu_toggle,0.93606,0.89867,radial,0.03195,0.071"
overlay0_desc14_overlay = SKLC-Menu.png
overlay0_desc15 = "toggle_fast_forward,0.06359,0.89867,radial,0.03195,0.071"
overlay0_desc15_overlay = SKLC-Speed.png
overlay0_desc16 = "left|up,0.05854,0.48449,rect,0.02516,0.05592"
overlay0_desc17 = "left|down,0.05824,0.75306,rect,0.02516,0.05592"
overlay0_desc18 = "right|up,0.17844,0.48449,rect,0.02516,0.05592"
overlay0_desc19 = "right|down,0.17943,0.75292,rect,0.02516,0.05592"
overlay0_desc20 = "overlay_next,0.82684,0.89867,radial,0.03195,0.071"
overlay0_desc20_overlay = SKLC-AnalogToggle.png
overlay0_desc20_next_target = "landscape-analog"
overlay1_name = "portrait"
overlay1_full_screen = true
overlay1_normalized = true
overlay1_range_mod = 1.5
overlay1_alpha_mod = 2.0
overlay1_aspect_ratio = 0.45
overlay1_descs = 21
overlay1_desc0 = "left,0.11373,0.78565,rect,0.073,0.03285"
overlay1_desc0_overlay = SKLC-Dpad-Left.png
overlay1_desc1 = "right,0.35942,0.78565,rect,0.073,0.03285"
overlay1_desc1_overlay = SKLC-Dpad-Right.png
overlay1_desc2 = "up,0.23709,0.73124,rect,0.073,0.03285"
overlay1_desc2_overlay = SKLC-Dpad-Up.png
overlay1_desc3 = "down,0.23709,0.84136,rect,0.073,0.03285"
overlay1_desc3_overlay = SKLC-Dpad-Down.png
overlay1_desc4 = "left|up,0.10107,0.7252,rect,0.0537,0.02416"
overlay1_desc5 = "right|up,0.37286,0.7252,rect,0.0537,0.02416"
overlay1_desc6 = "left|down,0.10107,0.84536,rect,0.0537,0.02416"
overlay1_desc7 = "right|down,0.37286,0.84536,rect,0.05370,0.02416"
overlay1_desc8 = "a,0.87829,0.78565,radial,0.073,0.03285"
overlay1_desc8_overlay = SKLC-Circle.png
overlay1_desc9 = "b,0.75668,0.84136,radial,0.073,0.03285"
overlay1_desc9_overlay = SKLC-Cross.png
overlay1_desc10 = "x,0.75668,0.73124,radial,0.073,0.03285"
overlay1_desc10_overlay = SKLC-Triangle.png
overlay1_desc11 = "y,0.63416,0.78565,radial,0.073,0.03285"
overlay1_desc11_overlay = SKLC-Square.png
overlay1_desc12 = "start,0.63416,0.65742,radial,0.071,0.03195"
overlay1_desc12_overlay = SKLC-Start.png
overlay1_desc13 = "select,0.35942,0.65742,radial,0.071,0.03195"
overlay1_desc13_overlay = SKLC-Select.png
overlay1_desc14 = "l,0.11373,0.65742,radial,0.071,0.03195"
overlay1_desc14_overlay = SKLC-L1.png
overlay1_desc15 = "l2,0.23709,0.61401,radial,0.071,0.03195"
overlay1_desc15_overlay = SKLC-L2.png
overlay1_desc16 = "r2,0.75292,0.61401,radial,0.071,0.03195"
overlay1_desc16_overlay = SKLC-R2.png
overlay1_desc17 = "r,0.87829,0.65742,radial,0.071,0.03195"
overlay1_desc17_overlay = SKLC-R1.png
overlay1_desc18 = "menu_toggle,0.87829,0.9119,radial,0.05787,0.02604"
overlay1_desc18_overlay = SKLC-Menu.png
overlay1_desc19 = "toggle_fast_forward,0.11373,0.9119,radial,0.05787,0.02604"
overlay1_desc19_overlay = SKLC-Speed.png
overlay1_desc20 = "overlay_next,0.63416,0.9119,radial,0.05787,0.02604"
overlay1_desc20_overlay = SKLC-AnalogToggle.png
overlay1_desc20_next_target = "portrait-analog"
overlay2_name = "landscape-analog"
overlay2_full_screen = true
overlay2_normalized = true
overlay2_range_mod = 1.5
overlay2_alpha_mod = 2.0
overlay2_aspect_ratio = 2.2222222
overlay2_descs = 15
overlay2_desc0 = "a,0.93606,0.61829,radial,0.03285,0.073"
overlay2_desc0_overlay = SKLC-Circle.png
overlay2_desc1 = "b,0.88209,0.74139,radial,0.03285,0.073"
overlay2_desc1_overlay = SKLC-Cross.png
overlay2_desc2 = "x,0.88209,0.49581,radial,0.03285,0.073"
overlay2_desc2_overlay = SKLC-Triangle.png
overlay2_desc3 = "y,0.82684,0.61829,radial,0.03285,0.073"
overlay2_desc3_overlay = SKLC-Square.png
overlay2_desc4 = "start,0.82684,0.3489,radial,0.03195,0.071"
overlay2_desc4_overlay = SKLC-Start.png
overlay2_desc5 = "select,0.17287,0.3489,radial,0.03195,0.071"
overlay2_desc5_overlay = SKLC-Select.png
overlay2_desc6 = "l,0.06359,0.3489,radial,0.03195,0.071"
overlay2_desc6_overlay = SKLC-L1.png
overlay2_desc7 = "l2,0.11846,0.2548,radial,0.03195,0.071"
overlay2_desc7_overlay = SKLC-L2.png
overlay2_desc8 = "r,0.93606,0.3489,radial,0.03195,0.071"
overlay2_desc8_overlay = SKLC-R1.png
overlay2_desc9 = "r2,0.88209,0.2548,radial,0.03195,0.071"
overlay2_desc9_overlay = SKLC-R2.png
overlay2_desc10 = "menu_toggle,0.93606,0.89867,radial,0.03195,0.071"
overlay2_desc10_overlay = SKLC-Menu.png
overlay2_desc11 = "toggle_fast_forward,0.06359,0.89867,radial,0.03195,0.071"
overlay2_desc11_overlay = SKLC-Speed.png
overlay2_desc12 = "overlay_next,0.82684,0.89867,radial,0.03195,0.071"
overlay2_desc12_overlay = SKLC-AnalogToggleOn.png
overlay2_desc12_next_target = "landscape"
overlay2_desc13 = "null,0.11804,0.62076,radial,0.07435,0.16522"
overlay2_desc13_overlay = SKLC-AnalogBorder.png
overlay2_desc14 = "analog_left,0.11732,0.62076,radial,0.05560,0.12356"
overlay2_desc14_overlay = SKLC-Analog.png
overlay2_desc14_range_mod = 2.0
overlay2_desc14_saturate_pct = 0.8
overlay2_desc14_movable = true
overlay3_name = "portrait-analog"
overlay3_full_screen = true
overlay3_normalized = true
overlay3_range_mod = 1.5
overlay3_alpha_mod = 2.0
overlay3_aspect_ratio = 0.45
overlay3_descs = 15
overlay3_desc0 = "a,0.87829,0.78565,radial,0.073,0.03285"
overlay3_desc0_overlay = SKLC-Circle.png
overlay3_desc1 = "b,0.75668,0.84136,radial,0.073,0.03285"
overlay3_desc1_overlay = SKLC-Cross.png
overlay3_desc2 = "x,0.75668,0.73124,radial,0.073,0.03285"
overlay3_desc2_overlay = SKLC-Triangle.png
overlay3_desc3 = "y,0.63416,0.78565,radial,0.073,0.03285"
overlay3_desc3_overlay = SKLC-Square.png
overlay3_desc4 = "start,0.63416,0.65742,radial,0.071,0.03195"
overlay3_desc4_overlay = SKLC-Start.png
overlay3_desc5 = "select,0.35942,0.65742,radial,0.071,0.03195"
overlay3_desc5_overlay = SKLC-Select.png
overlay3_desc6 = "l,0.11373,0.65742,radial,0.071,0.03195"
overlay3_desc6_overlay = SKLC-L1.png
overlay3_desc7 = "l2,0.23709,0.61401,radial,0.071,0.03195"
overlay3_desc7_overlay = SKLC-L2.png
overlay3_desc8 = "r2,0.75292,0.61401,radial,0.071,0.03195"
overlay3_desc8_overlay = SKLC-R2.png
overlay3_desc9 = "r,0.87829,0.65742,radial,0.071,0.03195"
overlay3_desc9_overlay = SKLC-R1.png
overlay3_desc10 = "menu_toggle,0.87829,0.9119,radial,0.05787,0.02604"
overlay3_desc10_overlay = SKLC-Menu.png
overlay3_desc11 = "toggle_fast_forward,0.11373,0.9119,radial,0.05787,0.02604"
overlay3_desc11_overlay = SKLC-Speed.png
overlay3_desc12 = "overlay_next,0.63416,0.9119,radial,0.05787,0.02604"
overlay3_desc12_overlay = SKLC-AnalogToggleOn.png
overlay3_desc12_next_target = "portrait"
overlay3_desc13 = "null,0.23709,0.78565,radial,0.16522,0.07435"
overlay3_desc13_overlay = SKLC-AnalogBorder.png
overlay3_desc14 = "analog_left,0.23709,0.78565,radial,0.12356,0.0556"
overlay3_desc14_overlay = SKLC-Analog.png
overlay3_desc14_range_mod = 2.0
overlay3_desc14_saturate_pct = 0.8
overlay3_desc14_movable = trueAh, that’s your issue, then: there’s no portrait version in that cfg, just the landscape one.
Hm but how?
What about this part though?
overlay1_name = "portrait"
overlay1_full_screen = true
overlay1_normalized = true
overlay1_range_mod = 1.5
overlay1_alpha_mod = 2.0
overlay1_aspect_ratio = 0.45oh whoops, it wasn’t scrolling when I looked at it before lol! my mistake!
ok, so it looks like you’re missing the one other necessary bit for autorotation: you need a button to go to the rotated overlay. It doesn’t have to be big (it can be as small as 1 pixel or even off-screen, I think), it just has to exist.
So, just like you have overlay0_desc20, just make a desc21 that points to the “portrait” overlay and tuck it away somewhere where you won’t hit it accidentally, and then do the same for portrait -> landscape.
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Ok, that finally worked! Tyvm!
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w00t, yeah, I had forgotten about that part. That’s the problem with this kind of automagic stuff…
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can negative values be used for x/y positioning to place this marker off-screen?
I believe so. I haven’t tested that myself, but I think it should work, yeah. If that doesn’t work, you can probably just go the other way. That is, >1.
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placing it @ 0,0 worked just great!
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Negative values are supported in RetroArch. Some builtin overlays using this to hide switch-buttons. Tick “Show offscreen” checkbox to reveal those buttons (sometimes requires small screen size).
Slider range is 0…1 in editor but values can also be entered manually in corresponding fields.
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Thank you! I’m gonna use that.
BTW Do you happen to know what does these commands/inputs do ? (Found it on one of the default portrait overlays)
overlay0_block_y_separation = true
overlay0_block_x_separation = falseThose are relatively recent additions. Using if “Auto-Scale Overlay” option is enabled (fixes distortion on different screen aspect ratios). By default buttons are shifted to sides.
overlay0_block_x_separation = true
This will keep overall aspect ratio and add empty bars to sides in landscape orientation. I think this should be used with fullscreen background image to keep buttons aligned wit it.
overlay0_block_y_separation = true
This should be same but for portrait. And for me this option had no effect - RA always behaves like it set to true (quite outdated version though)
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Perfect, so with this you can control the auto-scale overlay shifting of the elements. And thanks for confirming something that drove me crazy: i was trying to do a portrait overlay, making use of the auto-scale shifting, but (like you said), for some reason elements never shifted vertically. (does work in landscape mode) I hope this issue gets fixed sometime.
Btw i’m making good use of the editor, do you plan of adding features or updating it? cause i thought of a couple of things that could be useful. For example, when adding custom images, let them show at the top of the list/selection menu. And also adding the missing options for up|left / up|right / down|left / down|right to the selection menu/list.
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Combo commands can be entered manually in field. I did not include them intentionally. Even some builtin overlays has strange combinations (like r2|y in nintendo64). Also more than 2 commands may be used. So list will be to long with all “common variants”
New images placed at the end of list if has new names. If name already in list it remains in place… But moving all new files to top is good idea.
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I did some digging and this appears to be intentional:
If you guys are in a position to compile RA on your own, you might try removing that particular boolean check and see if it acts in a way that’s more sensible.
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