/vr/ - Retro Games

I find it to be pretty simple, much better than the older interface. Then again, I've always liked the XMB on the PSP and PS3.

>>6222256
It's an interface designed for a handheld, yet they put it everywhere it doesn't belong, like on computers, HTPCs, Pis, etc, where you could easily hook up a wireless kb+m, or just a mouse, and navigate 100 times faster and more intuitively. And the UI is only one of several problems with RA.

>>6222256
Nothing.
Tards just don't give it long enough to realize it's the right design for a controller based interface.

>>6222315
And that makes it suck for mouse and keyboard.

>>6222353
Why are you playing console games with a keyboard?

>>6222353
>hurrr I play my console games with keyboard and mouse

>>6222256
literally the worst ui when it comes to emulation and I use it every day.
text is the wrong size and you barely see any information at one time. you also have to wait for text to scroll to see file types. a bit of a nightmare when you're try to see if a file is bin or cue.
and of course its controller/keyboard only and stacks menus to the point where its going full feature creep and making shit redundant.

I hope they streamline saving at some point. juggling retroarch save settings and various core/game overrides and realizing something didn't work the way it was supposed to so you have to edit a text document is aids.

>>6222362
>>6222364
I'm not playing them with m+kb, but I prefer using m+kb for the UI before switching to the controller for actually playing. Controller for all the other stuff just isn't that good.

>>6222353
It works just fine with a keyboard.

>>6222285
>designed for a handheld
Isn't it literally ripped straight from the ps3?

>>6222382
IIRC the PSX (the actual PSX, not the PlayStation) had it first.

>>6222256
Look at this autistic piece of crap UI. How the hell do RetroArch cultists defend this?

>>6222378
Well, it seems you're in the minority.
I prefer being able to control almost everything from the couch without having to switch interface devices.

>>6222384
You know there's like 6 different GUI themes right? And you can download more.

>>6222384
don't knock it until you try it

>>6222382
I switched to rgui because every time I started ra while someone else was around they'd ask if it was a ps3 emulator

>>6222384
>>6222386
Lol, this. There is even a "desktop" theme for us OGs.

Its shit. I refuse to have this crap installed on my xbox. The standalone works so much better and easier.

looks like ozone is the default for retroarch now?
works pretty well but just needs mouse support. also a way to display the tooltips would be nice. they're a waste of text when scrolling once you know what the options do imo.

>>6222494
>display
I meant disable but yeah. having another line explaining what each option does just adds to more scrolling.

>>6222256
XMB is very eay to use, provided it's implemented well and used to control something that needs/works well with it. The shit in your pic fails all those criteria.

Ozone is much cleaner and easier to navigate. This, and the ability to individually hide menu options you don’t care about, has improved RetroArch tremendously

It's not hard, but it sure is the ugliest menu driver in my opinion.

Is there a way to get different UIs for RetroArch? I don't mine the default one but I feel like I've seen some cool ones

>>6222382
PSP and PS3.

>>6222256
nothing, it's still shit though. They need some devs with UI design experience. Also I really just want some metadata. At least give me the option to scrape some fucking descriptions.

>>6222383
Thank you for remembering.

>>6222256
>(Europe)