Delete or Archive unused overlays

Available since version 1.8.9.4 beta 7

With ARRM , it is possible to delete or archive unused overlays: these are overlays that you have in your overlays directories but for which no Rom (games) exists.

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Here's how to do it:

Check the correct frontend in the control panel, tab Batocera/Recalbox/Retropie/Screenscraper/TGBD

• Batocera
• Retropie
• Recalbox

In the Systems Stuff Panel, check that the Systems Folder and Bezels folder are correctly declared.

• Systems folder : Indicate here the access path to the roms directory (network or local).

It can be a network directory (if you are accessing your frontend by network):

• For Batocera : \\batocera\share\roms
• For Recalbox : \\recalbox\share\roms
• For Retropie : \\retropie\roms

or a local disk (if you access the memory card / disk of your frontend connected to your PC):

• E:\recalbox\share\roms (if you access the memory card / disk of your recalbox connected to your PC)

• Bezel folder:

It could be :

• from a local directory (recommended), in this case you will have to copy the directory
  • 'overlays' under \\recalbox\share for Recalbox
  • 'decorations' under \\batocera\share for Batocera
  • 'configs' under \\retropie for Retropie

• from the directory
  • \\recalbox\share for recalbox
  • \\batocera\share for batocera
  • \\retropie for retropie

When searching for overlays, ARRM will automatically add to the Bezel folder the path indicated in the file variable %appdata%\Nexouille soft\arrm\database\overlays_path.txt

• recalbox_directory_cfg_game for Recalbox
• retropie_directory_cfg_game for Retropie

• \decorations\%batocera folder 'bezels 16-9'% for Batocera

If access to the \\retropie directory is denied, you can indicate \\retropie\configs. In this case, you will have to modify the paths relative to retropie in the file %appdata%\Nexouille soft\arrm\database\overlays_path.txt as follows:

Before

# retropie
retropie_directory_input_overlay_game|/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/overlay
retropie_directory_input_overlay_system|/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/overlay

retropie_directory_cfg_system|\configs\
retropie_directory_overlay_system|\configs\all\retroarch\overlay\

retropie_directory_cfg_game|\configs\all\retroarch\config\
retropie_directory_overlay_game|\configs\all\retroarch\overlay\

After

# retropie
retropie_directory_input_overlay_game|/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/overlay
retropie_directory_input_overlay_system|/opt/retropie/configs/all/retroarch/overlay

retropie_directory_cfg_system|\
retropie_directory_overlay_system|\all\retroarch\overlay\

retropie_directory_cfg_game|\all\retroarch\config\
retropie_directory_overlay_game|\all\retroarch\overlay\

• Check the systems for which you want to check for the existence of unused Overlays
• Click on the button Unused overlays

Wait while ARRM searches for unused overlays.
At the end of the search, a form listing the unused Overlays appears.

To do: put unused screenshot overlays

All you have to do is select the overlays and click on the desired button among:

• Delete : Deletes the selected overlays
• Move to Backup : Move the selected overlays to the %appdata%\Nexouille soft\arrm\temp\backup_overlays directory
• Cancel : Return to the main screen
• All : Select all the overlays listed
• None : Select no Overlays

At the end of the operations, a report appears which indicates the operations carried out. It is located: %appdata%\Nexouille soft\arrm\temp\overlay_to_delete.txt