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Thank you, JonahUK, for your fair and supportive words, they really mean a lot, i really appreciate you stepping in with clarity.

Just to make things clear for everyone:
This is a personal project, completely independent from any group, including CORE , COINS-OPS, etc...

I?m still actively working on the project, which includes several moving parts: custom theme design, integrated add-ons, and a heavily modified RetroFE build. Its a one-person effort, and development takes time, especially since Im learning, testing, and refining everything along the way.

For example, this past week I reworked the Search Results pop-up, which was previously pointing to an incorrect menuIndex. Fixing that meant exploring deeper layout logic and addressing new issues as they come up. Its been both a challenge and a learning experience definitely an adventure (and a bit of a brain pain 😅).

Once everything is stable and polished, I plan to release the modified RetroFE source code, in full respect of the GPL-3.0 license. Other parts of the project, such as add-ons, will be provided in a compiled form when ready everything is being prepared carefully to ensure it works well together.

Thanks again for your encouragement, and for everyone's patience. I'm looking forward to sharing the results as soon as everything is ready.

Thank you jonahuk I have just got a email saying that there has been new posts on here and i have just read them. I am waiting  for him to release his searching I just want it for my own build as i have a very large fruit machine build and sometimes it takes a long time to find a specific machine this would make the job so much easier. I have been looking for one for a long time (search my posts here and u will see that I asked for information on a retrofe search function along time ago)

Many thanks rob look forward to the tool if he decides to release it

Hi,
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and concerns. I understand where you're coming from, and I respect the work and passion many have contributed to this space over the years.

Just to clarify my position: everything I've shown so far is still a work in progress. This includes the RetroFE VLC-based version, multiple add-ons, and the custom theme design. It' s a one-person project, so naturally, things move slowly. Each change?especially removing working hardcoded(i add) elements?requires a lot of time, testing, and iteration to ensure it works well and is stable before being shared.

The video's I posted was meant to show progress and demonstrate what's being worked on. As stated, I?m fully aware of the GPL-3.0 license and take it seriously. My goal is to release everything?theme, add-ons, and modified source?together once it's ready and properly tested. Releasing half-working or unstable pieces would only hurt the effort in the long run.

I appreciate the discussion and hope people will see this for what it is: a personal project driven by passion, shared openly, and with the intention to contribute back when the time is right.

https://youtu.be/Jd3aGT8rrMI

Best regards

looks like i have new information in this secret

i have two retrofe instances installed in my linux . One is with Animatic layout and second one is CoinOps from arcadepunks.com

i mean , i think , if i have only 1 problem will not exist

but i really dont want delete one of my instances

how to fix it  ?

mame fails for me , i am in linux and have mame 0.185 so i try setup all for retroarch cores as runners

when i run other platforms , retroarch normal start , use parameters for select core , and finaly run a game for consoles

when i use mame2010_libretro.so as runner , it always complete fail

retroarch run , core mame2010_libretro.so is used , then at rom load (a path and rom) it fail with message missing rom files (inside rom)

i open zip file with rom for mame , there are exactly mame2010 content of rom , described missiong files are on the place in zip with game

looks like mame wont work in linux many different reasons .. phleaes coop with me and help with my problems