Font Size
Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 11:24 am
You can change font size in emulation station. This is from a piTFT tutorial but the same applies....
Exit to command line
type
sudo nano /etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/carbon.xml
(In earlier versions of EmulationStation, the file was called simple/simple.xml, and might change again in the future…you may need to poke around the “themes” directory to find the default settings file.)
Scroll down to the “gamelist” section and change any occurrence of the value of fontSize to 0.05.
After saving changes, you can either reboot, or (with USB keyboard attached) press F4 to exit followed by “emulationstation” to restart.
I don't know if 0.5 is ideal for the 3.5 but a bit of trial and error might find a better setting
I noticed this on the same page..... Im thinking this may give a bit of extra juice to the zero?
Adjusting GPU Memory
This tweak is mostly for the Model A or A+ and the very earliest Model B boards. With only 256 MB RAM available, one must split this carefully between CPU (which needs RAM for running emulators) and GPU (needing RAM for graphics). It’s a non-issue for later boards with ample RAM.
Edit the file /boot/config.txt
Search for any existing entries for gpu_mem_256, gpu_mem_512, or gpu_mem_1024. You may comment out or delete these lines.
Add a new line, or edit any existing entry for gpu_mem, setting its value to 44 megabytes:
gpu_mem=44
Save the file and reboot.
Though the Pi can boot with as little at 16 megabytes of GPU memory, 44 MB is the bare minimum required for the EmulationStation menu to work.
With this modification, some parts of the EmulationStation UI might be more visually plain than before…solid colors instead of images, etc. This is normal. In exchange, most games will perform noticably better on these systems with limited RAM.
If you have a Model B, B+ or Pi 2 or 3, this adjustment isn’t necessary and won’t provide any benefit.
Exit to command line
type
sudo nano /etc/emulationstation/themes/carbon/carbon.xml
(In earlier versions of EmulationStation, the file was called simple/simple.xml, and might change again in the future…you may need to poke around the “themes” directory to find the default settings file.)
Scroll down to the “gamelist” section and change any occurrence of the value of fontSize to 0.05.
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I don't know if 0.5 is ideal for the 3.5 but a bit of trial and error might find a better setting
I noticed this on the same page..... Im thinking this may give a bit of extra juice to the zero?
Adjusting GPU Memory
This tweak is mostly for the Model A or A+ and the very earliest Model B boards. With only 256 MB RAM available, one must split this carefully between CPU (which needs RAM for running emulators) and GPU (needing RAM for graphics). It’s a non-issue for later boards with ample RAM.
Edit the file /boot/config.txt
Search for any existing entries for gpu_mem_256, gpu_mem_512, or gpu_mem_1024. You may comment out or delete these lines.
Add a new line, or edit any existing entry for gpu_mem, setting its value to 44 megabytes:
gpu_mem=44
Save the file and reboot.
Though the Pi can boot with as little at 16 megabytes of GPU memory, 44 MB is the bare minimum required for the EmulationStation menu to work.
With this modification, some parts of the EmulationStation UI might be more visually plain than before…solid colors instead of images, etc. This is normal. In exchange, most games will perform noticably better on these systems with limited RAM.
If you have a Model B, B+ or Pi 2 or 3, this adjustment isn’t necessary and won’t provide any benefit.
