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• what are overlays and bezels
• what's the difference between RA and MAME (mame is more complex, multiple views, multiple elements, etc)
• why do you need this tool
• what's in a RA overlay config
• what's in a RA rom config
• what's in a MAME bezel

I downloaded a set of Retroarch bezels with a lot of missing cfg files for PSX games. the cfg file output that works is:

overlays = 1

overlay0_overlay = "Resident Evil - Director's Cut (USA).png"

overlay0_full_screen = true

overlay0_descs = 0

The output the convertor (win-x64) creates is:

overlays = 1
overlay0_overlay = Resident Evil - Director's Cut (USA).png
overlay0_full_screen = true
overlay0_descs = 0

custom_viewport_width = 1436
custom_viewport_height = 1076
custom_viewport_x = 242
custom_viewport_y = 1

This output only works after I changed it to:

overlay0_overlay = "Resident Evil - Director's Cut (USA).png", with the quotation marks.

Try to see if I can convert G&W overlays to RA

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bfuYF7Ij_dhNc9b8bVCS6I22XiEmP7rv
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/kkgf101f9ljlb41/AAAh3lW0jMZ0ykHqz4AQtgkYa?dl=0
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vl9O-0jIGCHHY_lrWpOwBtqTXEKsVGOY

gnw_mario.zip
gnw_bsweep.zip

• check a bunch of overlays, and add debug output
• run the check
  -> the output apparently merges all debug overlays into one

• Tabs for each action.
• progress
• ask question for mame conversion
• Describe each time: what you need; what you get.

Hi @cosmo0 , thanks for the tool, I've been trying to use it for a while but I'm getting a few errors.

I've got the following MAME Bezel, which is Vertical:
ddonpach.zip

If I run the following command to convert it to a Retroarch Bezel, I'm getting the following errors:

 ./bezel-tools.exe mtr --source ../BezelRealisticZIP/ --output-roms ../../emulators/mame/cfgRetroarch/ --output-overlays ../BezelRealisticFromMAME/ --template-game templates/game.cfg --template-overlay templates/overlay.cfg

• Issue 1 - when the MAME bezel is not a zip file, but a folder instead (with the pngs and lay files inside):
  ddonpach PROCESSING ERROR: Unable to find the bezel file System.String[]
  Workaround 1 - zip the files into a zip and try again

• Issue 2 when rerunning the command:
  ddonpach PROCESSING ERROR: Unable to find file ..\DefaultBezelH.png in archive
  I checked all files in a working setup of MAME and there's no DefaultBezelH.png file anywhere, it seems as if the file is not used at all, even though it's in the .lay file (but the MAME setup works without it)

• Issue 3, with a first Workaround tried for 2:
  I tried to delete that section from the lay file

Deleted:
 <element name="Glass">
    <image file="..\DefaultBezelH.png"/>
  </element>

so got the error:

ddonpach PROCESSING ERROR: Unable to find element with name Glass in LAY file

• Issue 4, when a second Workaround tried for 2:
  I added a different file that I found in the working setup inside the ddonpach.zip file with:

 <element name="Glass">
    <image file="BezelLightGlass.png"/>
  </element>

This was that new file:
ddonpach.zip

Final error where I got stuck:

ddonpach doesn't have a cfg file
ddonpach PROCESSING ERROR: Bezel of view Bezel does not have coordinates starting at (0,0)

I don't understand these files much yet, so I mentioned Issues 1, 2 and 3 in case they're useful to handle them if those files are not required or the tool could check folders rather than zip files for MAME bezels, but the main issue I'm reporting (which is where I'm currently stuck) is Issue 4, do you know why I could be getting those errors?

The 1st one in that line is mentioning that:

• ddonpach doesn't have a cfg file - but I thought the CFG file for Retroarch is what this tool was going to create, is it not?
• ddonpach PROCESSING ERROR: Bezel of view Bezel does not have coordinates starting at (0,0) - this one is mentioning and error due to coordinates (0, 0), not sure if this is because the bezels are vertical?

Could you see if it's something you can handle with the code in your end pls and let me know if I could try a new release?
or if you've got any suggestion about how I could re-run the command, pls let me know and I'll report how it goes?

Many thanks!