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General / Re: How to set up attract mode on a PC step by step

« on: April 05, 2020, 01:11:59 PM »

Hey akafox,
I think I solved the issue...
it was the 'Non-blocking Wait Mode' in the AM config of MAME.

Setting it from 0 to 1 worked for me.
Like mentioned here:
http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=2589.0

And for all who are stuck with other Machines launching from AM to RA:
Go to the Settings of RetroArch and do this:
Settings > Video > Full Screen Mode > Start in Fullscreen Mode > ON

This solved an issue I had with SNES.
When I launched a SNES rom without this setting AM freezed and didn't show the RA window which was already loaded in the background.
After setting that, everything is great :-)

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General / Re: HELP: RetroArch works fine, but when triggered from AM it freezes

« on: April 05, 2020, 01:09:57 PM »

OK, I think I could solve the issue...
it was the 'Non-blocking Wait Mode' in the AM config of MAME.

Setting it from 0 to 1 solved it for me.
Like mentioned here:
http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=2589.0

And for all who are stuck with other Machines launching from AM to RA:
Go to the Settings of RetroArch and do this:
Settings > Video > Full Screen Mode > Start in Fullscreen Mode > ON

This solved an issue I had with SNES.
When I launched a SNES rom without this setting AM freezed and didn't show the RA window which was already loaded in the background.
After setting that, everything is great :-)

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General / Re: HELP: RetroArch works fine, but when triggered from AM it freezes

« on: April 05, 2020, 02:47:54 AM »

Hi rand0m,

thanks, that was worth a try!
But the problem still stays the same :-(

is on macOS a way to inspect which command AM is sending to RA?

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General / HELP: RetroArch works fine, but when triggered from AM it freezes

« on: April 04, 2020, 01:28:21 PM »

Hey guys,

I experience a strange phenomenon:
When I launch a game in RetroArch via Terminal, it works great:

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/Applications/RetroArch.app/Contents/MacOS/RetroArch -L /Applications/RetroArch.app/Contents/Resources/cores/mame2015_libretro.dylib "/Volumes/Roms/arcade/xxx.zip" --appendconfig "/Users/xxx/Documents/RetroArch/overlays/configs/MAME2003.cfg|/Users/thermo/Documents/RetroArch/overlays/configs/ARCADE/[name].cfg"
But from AM with the same config nothing happens:

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executable           /Applications/RetroArch.app/Contents/MacOS/RetroArch
args                 -L /Applications/RetroArch.app/Contents/Resources/cores/mame2015_libretro.dylib  "[romfilename]" --appendconfig "$HOME/Documents/RetroArch/overlays/configs/MAME2003.cfg|$HOME/Documents/RetroArch/overlays/configs/ARCADE/[name].cfg"
rompath              /Volumes/Roms/arcade
I tried to dig a little deeper and found somewhere a clue with a force command "-f".
So I added it:

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args                 -f -L /Applications/RetroArch.app/Contents/Resources/cores/mame2015_libretro.dylib  "[romfilename]" --appendconfig "$HOME/Documents/RetroArch/overlays/configs/MAME2003.cfg|$HOME/Documents/RetroArch/overlays/configs/ARCADE/[name].cfg"
What happens is: RetroArch opens and the rom loads, but the screen freezes after some seconds... 
(and in the background still plays the sound from the AM snap)

Is there a problem with AM starting other Apps?
Has someone solved a similar or the same problem?

Thanks in advance!

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General / Re: How to set up attract mode on a PC step by step

« on: April 04, 2020, 12:34:34 PM »

Unfortunately I am not sure how to trigger AM to leave something in the terminal - I try to start the rom from the AM app and don't know what AM sends to the terminal in the background (and where to inspect that) 

But sure, good suggestion to post it in the main thread... maybe there are some mac users reading 

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General / Re: How to set up attract mode on a PC step by step

« on: April 04, 2020, 09:51:03 AM »

Hi Akafox,

thanks for your answer.

Meanwhile I removed MAME and installed RetroArch.
There is the same phenomenon:
When I launch a game via Terminal, it plays great:

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/Applications/RetroArch.app/Contents/MacOS/RetroArch -L /Applications/RetroArch.app/Contents/Resources/cores/mame2015_libretro.dylib "/Volumes/Roms/arcade/spang.zip" --appendconfig "/Users/xxx/Documents/RetroArch/overlays/configs/MAME2003.cfg|/Users/thermo/Documents/RetroArch/overlays/configs/ARCADE/[name].cfg"
But from within the AM config nothing happens:

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executable           /Applications/RetroArch.app/Contents/MacOS/RetroArch
args                 "[romfilename]" -L /Applications/RetroArch.app/Contents/Resources/cores/mame2015_libretro.dylib  --appendconfig "$HOME/Documents/RetroArch/overlays/configs/MAME2003.cfg|$HOME/Documents/RetroArch/overlays/configs/ARCADE/[name].cfg"
rompath              /Volumes/Roms/arcade
I tried to dig a little deeper and found somewhere a clue with a force command "-f".
So I added it:

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args                 "[romfilename]" -f -L /Applications/RetroArch.app/Contents/Resources/cores/mame2015_libretro.dylib  --appendconfig "$HOME/Documents/RetroArch/overlays/configs/MAME2003.cfg|$HOME/Documents/RetroArch/overlays/configs/ARCADE/[name].cfg"
What happens is, that RetroArch is now opened and the roms loads, but again: it freezes after some seconds... 

It seems to me, that there is a problem with AM starting other Apps?
Another user posted a similar problem:
http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=1797.0

Is this a known bug?

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General / Re: How to set up attract mode on a PC step by step

« on: April 02, 2020, 06:55:09 AM »

Hello guys,

First of all, thanks for your great work!
This is exactly the tool I was looking for...

But while setting it up I experienced a very strange phenomenon, maybe someone can help me ...

I use SDLMAME 0.219 under Mac, SDL2-2.0.12 is also installed.
MAME64 is configured correctly and is already running smoothly :-)
(roms boot and are playable)

So I configured AttractMode and after a while everything seemed to be setup fine.
But: everytime I launch a machine it starts and then the screen freezes after approx. 2-3 seconds.
I can only leave the freezed screen by pressing the keys alt-cmd-esc.

Has anyone experienced something similar? Any clues how to get the roms in AM to work like in MAME64?

Thanks and cheers, Chris