DreamShell Game Menu Covers

[GamerGhosts]

Hi There!

Are there basic instructions for using a PNG image as a cover for Game Menu?

For example if I have a folder (containing a GDI OPT game):
GAMES\102 Dalmatians - Puppies to the Rescue

What should I name the cover, what should the dimensions be, where does it need to be? I'm using SATA. I've tried a lot of different things and just can't get it to display in the Game Menu. It seems to be fine in ISO_LOADER.

Also noting in the latest version Extract Missing Game Images and Optimize just seems to freeze with SATA.

Thanks for you help and guidance!

[Elgor4uk]

(03.08.2025 06:02)GamerGhosts писал(а):  Hi There!

Are there basic instructions for using a PNG image as a cover for Game Menu?

For example if I have a folder (containing a GDI OPT game):
GAMES\102 Dalmatians - Puppies to the Rescue

What should I name the cover, what should the dimensions be, where does it need to be? I'm using SATA. I've tried a lot of different things and just can't get it to display in the Game Menu. It seems to be fine in ISO_LOADER.

Also noting in the latest version Extract Missing Game Images and Optimize just seems to freeze with SATA.

Thanks for you help and guidance!

1.Copy the image in the format Game folder name.PNG to the folder DS/apps/games_menu/covers

2.What is Extract Missing Game Images? Is it a game?

[GamerGhosts]

Here is what I have for the game. The game itself came from the US Games Thread here, I just removed the name.txt for testing (http://www.dc-swat.ru/forum/thread-3851.html).

  Game.png (Размер: 15.47 Кб / Загрузок: 9)

This is what I have for the Cover:

  Cover.png (Размер: 9.85 Кб / Загрузок: 5)

Here is the info about the image:

  ImageInfo.png (Размер: 116.38 Кб / Загрузок: 4)

When I go into Games Menu that image never shows. Even as I change views.

The missing covers item is an option when you press Start in the Games Menu. It is the first option above Optimized Covers.

[Elgor4uk]

(05.08.2025 06:21)GamerGhosts писал(а):  Here is what I have for the game. The game itself came from the US Games Thread here, I just removed the name.txt for testing (http://www.dc-swat.ru/forum/thread-3851.html).


This is what I have for the Cover:


Here is the info about the image:


When I go into Games Menu that image never shows. Even as I change views.

The missing covers item is an option when you press Start in the Games Menu. It is the first option above Optimized Covers.

Have you pressed START + Optimized Covers?

[GamerGhosts]

Thank you again for replying and helping.

I have. On the GD-SATA device this just seems to freeze on the first directory. I have optimized the image using pngquant.