Controller Friendly UI for Dolphin

[EagerStallion]

If anyone is familiar with Steam Big Picture, it's a controller-friendly interface for PC players that is very console-styled and I think it works for couch play. I have my main desktop hooked up to a large 60 inch screen as of writing, and I use Steam Big Picture with an Afterglow Wireless Controller for PS3. However, I have to whip out the wireless keyboard in the drawer in the coffee table to actually launch Dolphin to play console games - it's kind of...I want to say ironic but that's not the right word.

I know next to nothing about programming user interfaces but it would be really, really cool to have a theme or something for Dolphin similar to what Steam did for Big Picture. Maybe there'd be an option to toggle it in settings or something. I can design it in GIMP, but I can't program it. If anyone wants to help me with this, I would really appreciate it. Can I auto-run the Wii System Menu on Dolphin Startup?

[Jack Frost]

We've had a few ideas floating around for quite a while and you can check out the Design Document if you like, but the main issue is people actually working on it.

[DesiOtaku]

(10-31-2016, 11:24 PM)EagerStallion Wrote: If anyone is familiar with Steam Big Picture, it's a controller-friendly interface for PC players that is very console-styled and I think it works for couch play. I have my main desktop hooked up to a large 60 inch screen as of writing, and I use Steam Big Picture with an Afterglow Wireless Controller for PS3. However, I have to whip out the wireless keyboard in the drawer in the coffee table to actually launch Dolphin to play console games - it's kind of...I want to say ironic but that's not the right word.

I know next to nothing about programming user interfaces but it would be really, really cool to have a theme or something for Dolphin similar to what Steam did for Big Picture. Maybe there'd be an option to toggle it in settings or something. I can design it in GIMP, but I can't program it. If anyone wants to help me with this, I would really appreciate it. Can I auto-run the Wii System Menu on Dolphin Startup?

I worked on a proof of concept a while back (you can check out the post here). One of the big problems is to make a proper "pause/freeze" screen work within the Direct3D or OpenGL context. I can get back to work on just the launcher if there is enough people willing to help out with assets (like pictures, design, etc.).

[themanuel]

(10-31-2016, 11:24 PM)EagerStallion Wrote: If anyone is familiar with Steam Big Picture, it's a controller-friendly interface for PC players that is very console-styled and I think it works for couch play. I have my main desktop hooked up to a large 60 inch screen as of writing, and I use Steam Big Picture with an Afterglow Wireless Controller for PS3. However, I have to whip out the wireless keyboard in the drawer in the coffee table to actually launch Dolphin to play console games - it's kind of...I want to say ironic but that's not the right word.

I know next to nothing about programming user interfaces but it would be really, really cool to have a theme or something for Dolphin similar to what Steam did for Big Picture. Maybe there'd be an option to toggle it in settings or something. I can design it in GIMP, but I can't program it. If anyone wants to help me with this, I would really appreciate it. Can I auto-run the Wii System Menu on Dolphin Startup?

In the meantime, you can use controller companion, assuming your controller is supported.  I have a similar setup as yours where I send the output of my video card upstairs from the basement through a long HDMI cable to my living room.  I don't know how I got by without this app before.

[barat]

Maybe don't re-invent the wheel, but instead integrate something like this in dolphin:
https://github.com/scottrice/Ice

I used this tool to add my dolphin games to SBP - would be nice to have it built-in into Dolphin

[JOHN30011887]

(11-01-2016, 02:26 AM)Jack Frost Wrote: We've had a few ideas floating around for quite a while and you can check out the Design Document if you like, but the main issue is people actually working on it.

Nice Design

[ultradodger]

I would highly suggest Ice 

https://scottrice.github.io/Ice/

Automatically add Emulators + games to the Steam interface. It takes a little work to get it working, but it's totally worth it. I use steam exclusively for all PC and emulated games now. Because it runs via Steam, you even get the Steam Overlay to exit the program, etc.

[JOHN30011887]

(12-20-2016, 02:04 AM)ultradodger Wrote: I would highly suggest Ice 

https://scottrice.github.io/Ice/

Automatically add Emulators + games to the Steam interface. It takes a little work to get it working, but it's totally worth it. I use steam exclusively for all PC and emulated games now. Because it runs via Steam, you even get the Steam Overlay to exit the program, etc.

Thanks