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Attract-Mode Support => Themes => Topic started by: Misterhollyw00d on December 04, 2019, 10:53:31 AM

Title: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: Misterhollyw00d on December 04, 2019, 10:53:31 AM
Hello

I've been using emulationstation for my images but have ran into a roadblock where I need to use attract mode instead.
I'm modding a cab that only has a trackball and I do not want to add in a joystick. Attract Mode does a great job in allowing me to navigate the menus with the trackball as emulationstation does not.

I've been using Hursty A1U theme up to this point
https://i.imgur.com/Q8OkquS.jpg

I've installed attract mode and went with the Grid layout theme. Which is pretty good for the most part. I set it to 1 column with 5 rows and it looks like this.
https://i.imgur.com/O2z5WQU.jpg

Everything functions as should. I'm able to navigate the wheel and input the wheel art work. I like the simple look but its just too plain.
Unfortunately I don't see an option to add it a background. Does anyone know if its possible to add in a background instead of the all black background? I would like to use this background
https://i.imgur.com/fVxpPqY.png

I want something to resemble to stock Arcade1up image as much as possible. Hursty has done a great job for emulationstation theme.

If anyone know if possible to add this to the default grid layout or if anyone out there can create this layout for me? Preferably to use for both vertical and horizontal or create 2 separate for each.

Here is how the original Arcade1up looks like
https://i.imgur.com/z1IsbkV.jpg

Some photo files if you need them
https://i.imgur.com/v4lCQXt.png
https://i.imgur.com/Rrqbd11.png

Thank You
Much appreciate fam
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: jedione on December 04, 2019, 08:45:38 PM
here is a quick mockup of what it could start as..... :P

youtube = https://youtu.be/vL4ySo9_-0E (https://youtu.be/vL4ySo9_-0E)


and yes the glow,  is not tha good....just did it realy quick....



ps, this was just a quick mod from another theme...    took mabey  30min or so..

give me a day or two and we can dial it in for ya....

as for the favorites,  that is what the filter's are for in AM,    under controls, "next filter" ,"previous filter", " add to favorites" ...buttons
once you have them set your all good.. 

i think it will be good,   chat at ya soon............
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: Misterhollyw00d on December 05, 2019, 04:37:01 AM
It looks real good

If the glow gives u problems I’d say just get rid of it and just a simple highlight would work.
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: Misterhollyw00d on December 08, 2019, 09:04:05 AM
Any ETA on this build. Just super excited with that preview.
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: jedione on December 08, 2019, 09:11:22 AM
by tommorow mid day,   sorry,,  just helping somone else too..at same time
 
but ill try for tonight :)
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: jedione on December 08, 2019, 12:24:16 PM
ok here it is ,  do what you want with it....

#1 set to use "marquee" only

#2 onscreen toggle to visually  see which filter your in "all / favs /ext....kind neet.

enjoy... :)

youtube = https://youtu.be/Pp0aL-EsTTk (https://youtu.be/Pp0aL-EsTTk)

DL link = https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aHUTBmyJhTk8Xf9RU9tE3wAKbTzX5FWH/view?usp=sharing (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aHUTBmyJhTk8Xf9RU9tE3wAKbTzX5FWH/view?usp=sharing)

(https://i.imgur.com/jFmEKx9.jpg)
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: Misterhollyw00d on December 10, 2019, 10:05:42 AM
Wow this is fantastic!

Let me send u $20 via PayPal for the work

Just one question how did u add favorites and all games and switch between the two?
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: jedione on December 10, 2019, 01:35:24 PM
thanks for the offer bro...  no need though...thats just what i do

i like helping people...just give back when you can, thats all i ask.. ;)

as for the code its noted: in a comment in the layout,   i stole it from Oomek 's theme silky -minus the animation
to keep it simpler ,,,
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: Misterhollyw00d on January 02, 2020, 12:22:25 AM
Hey we had a guy in the community that was able to take the actual image files off the pcb of the arcade1up machine LOL

Is there a way maybe we can update this?
I like the original brick background

I know the atari logo is there. Not sure if possible to remove if not just leave it there

https://i.imgur.com/XjqPa13.png

https://i.imgur.com/NVRCCq8.png

https://i.imgur.com/Y3gQDn1.png

https://i.imgur.com/xQ14LFJ.png

https://i.imgur.com/UFb4FLl.png
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: jedione on January 02, 2020, 07:54:34 AM
ill update it tonight after work,,,
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: Misterhollyw00d on January 02, 2020, 12:10:24 PM
Best I could do if it helps

https://i.imgur.com/z0aU7eu.png

https://i.imgur.com/CtAYflv.png

https://i.imgur.com/aRicwio.png


Don't worry about the page numbers on bottom. You can just make it say page without the numbers

I'm just worried if it will fit. Like when u put cursor on marquee game if it will overlap too much the A1U logo on left. If you have to make marquee game selection smaller do it. Or maybe fit 4 on one page instead of 3?
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: jedione on January 02, 2020, 06:36:06 PM
1up update

= https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Syp2SGstSC8HdI5wFZ0v9PjR-ntC6nuy (https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Syp2SGstSC8HdI5wFZ0v9PjR-ntC6nuy)

let me know if need to change anything ;D

(https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/2d/d8/mYbHFdDg_t.png) (http://imgbox.com/mYbHFdDg)
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: Misterhollyw00d on January 03, 2020, 12:50:54 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wauHrQ63uUg
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: jedione on January 03, 2020, 07:53:05 AM
ahh,,, to kind...thats cool..

thanks bro..
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: Plex7 on January 18, 2020, 08:47:11 PM
Moving on to windows attract mode from retropie (using emulationstation) but I am so in love with this theme. I modded my A1UP arcade cabinet because of it.
Nice work jedione! But may I ask why are marquees being used instead of wheels to display games? Could you possibly release another version that uses wheels instead? Also an A1UP_menu would be awesome if it isn't too much trouble.
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: jedione on January 19, 2020, 07:24:19 AM

Just go to grid.nut

line #20

local gridArt = "marquee";  and change to..

local gridArt = "wheel";

enjoy.. :D
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: Plex7 on January 19, 2020, 01:14:24 PM
Hehe I figured it out last night before going to bed, exploring around. Would it be possible to make a very similar theme like this one? A snap and game info (date released, genre, # of players, emulator being used, times played) windows would be GREAT (as shown)...or at least two windows: the one on left will be the wheels of games to select from and on the right a snap video.

(https://i.ibb.co/VDCdbYF/2.png)


Rom info like in the bottom of this pic would be helpful (if the game info window explained above can't be done). Using the simpsons as an example, i wouldn't be sure which one is the player 2 or 4 version.

(https://i.ibb.co/dPcghQJ/gesdss.png)

 :D
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: young01cj on January 21, 2020, 08:43:09 PM
Hi guys.  Thanks so much for this theme.  Because of this, I am converting my arcade 1up into a mame cabinet.  I just started playing with this theme and have a few questions:
1.  I don't quite understand how to add a game from All to Favorites.  I have a button setup to switch between the 2 filters but I don't know how to add a game to the Favorites?
2.  Say I have 300 games in my Favorites list.  It takes forever to scroll through them.  How would I map a button to navigate from letter O to letter P?

That is all for now.  Thanks for this great theme.
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: progets on January 21, 2020, 09:22:57 PM
Hi guys.  Thanks so much for this theme.  Because of this, I am converting my arcade 1up into a mame cabinet.  I just started playing with this theme and have a few questions:
1.  I don't quite understand how to add a game from All to Favorites.  I have a button setup to switch between the 2 filters but I don't know how to add a game to the Favorites?
2.  Say I have 300 games in my Favorites list.  It takes forever to scroll through them.  How would I map a button to navigate from letter O to letter P?

That is all for now.  Thanks for this great theme.

1. Configure-->Controls--> Add/Remove Favourites = <whatever_you_choose>
2. Configure-->Controls-->Next Letter = <whatever_you_choose>
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: Plex7 on January 21, 2020, 11:55:39 PM
Hi guys.  Thanks so much for this theme.  Because of this, I am converting my arcade 1up into a mame cabinet.  I just started playing with this theme and have a few questions:
1.  I don't quite understand how to add a game from All to Favorites.  I have a button setup to switch between the 2 filters but I don't know how to add a game to the Favorites?
2.  Say I have 300 games in my Favorites list.  It takes forever to scroll through them.  How would I map a button to navigate from letter O to letter P?

That is all for now.  Thanks for this great theme.

I would just create a romlist. In Attractmode/romlists. Just follow the format from anyone of of them, and add your games one by one. Tedious, but much faster. Pick and choose from other romlists. Copy and paste. That's what I did and it turned out great! Find a nice menu wheel for Favorites, create a display, and use that romlist and done.
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: young01cj on January 22, 2020, 09:45:41 AM
Thanks Plex7. 

I just modified the mame.txt romlist and kept the ones I wanted.  Took a few hours but it works great now.  There are some wheel art that are missing that I will have to create.  But other than that everything works great.  Now I just need to find out how to boot the PC directly into AM bypassing all the windows pages.

Thanks again.
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: Plex7 on January 23, 2020, 12:27:19 PM
Thanks Plex7. 

I just modified the mame.txt romlist and kept the ones I wanted.  Took a few hours but it works great now.  There are some wheel art that are missing that I will have to create.  But other than that everything works great.  Now I just need to find out how to boot the PC directly into AM bypassing all the windows pages.

Thanks again.


Match sure the rom's name matches the name for the wheel and snap (located in the wheel and snap folders) 100%.

Yeah, trying to figure that out too. I read it's something in the registry or simply put attract.exe in the startup folder? Let me know what you figure out.  8)
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: young01cj on January 28, 2020, 08:39:33 AM
Plex7 - here is some info I found on how to replace the windows shell at startup.  I did add the attract.exe to the startup folder and it does launch the application after all the windows screens appear.

Please note:  I have not tested this yet so I can't guarantee if it works.

Read through it and let us know if it works for you.
https://superuser.com/questions/435869/how-to-boot-directly-into-an-application
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: Plex7 on January 28, 2020, 01:29:43 PM
Plex7 - here is some info I found on how to replace the windows shell at startup.  I did add the attract.exe to the startup folder and it does launch the application after all the windows screens appear.

Please note:  I have not tested this yet so I can't guarantee if it works.

Read through it and let us know if it works for you.
https://superuser.com/questions/435869/how-to-boot-directly-into-an-application

Looks great! I plan to use this method for attract.exe, but how about secondary programs? I want to run winamp in the background in which it'll autoplay music for the background music I want to implement.

So what if use this registry key method for attract.exe and the startup folder for winamp?
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: corleone on February 05, 2020, 12:04:33 PM
1up update

= https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Syp2SGstSC8HdI5wFZ0v9PjR-ntC6nuy (https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Syp2SGstSC8HdI5wFZ0v9PjR-ntC6nuy)

let me know if need to change anything ;D

(https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/2d/d8/mYbHFdDg_t.png) (http://imgbox.com/mYbHFdDg)

Hi thanks so much for this, I registered to just for this, it's fantastic!

Would this work for a vertical monitor?  I uploaded it and I'd need to turn it 90 degrees clockwise to work is that possible?  I'd love to get this working on my Space Invaders a1up cab if possible.
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: jedione on February 05, 2020, 05:49:02 PM



put in....

fe.layout.base_rotation = RotateScreen.Right;
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: corleone on February 05, 2020, 05:59:21 PM



put in....

fe.layout.base_rotation = RotateScreen.Right;

Thank you!!
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: Misterhollyw00d on August 19, 2020, 01:01:10 AM



put in....

fe.layout.base_rotation = RotateScreen.Right;

Love the Arcade1up Theme u did. Still using it on all my cabinets.

Would you be interested in creating version 2. They have a new looking theme now on the newer cabs.

It displays one game. Using game screenshot. With the next and previous game on the right and left but are blurred out. Plus the navigation is from left to right instead of up down.

https://youtu.be/M3oc-tnAbi8

Arcade1up logo top left
Top right remove capcom and switch to retropie or attractmode logo
background is like a blueish color

on the bottom game selection with arrows pointing left right
below it press A to select game

https://sambro.co.uk/public/images/brands/arcade-1up/arcade1up-png-9796.png
https://archive.org/download/retropie/retropie.png
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/b4ExRyjSW2DWetjP7ethovptP7KPFlc5n0mLduoATQ3SWHhYbOCcN8tlxPK-FBbWD1rntT5K1q_GeZccZNo
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: jedione on August 19, 2020, 06:47:29 AM
ill take a look ,,,,this is basicley what was done in the pacman 40 theme,  below
have u checked it out,,,,? 
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: Misterhollyw00d on August 19, 2020, 08:06:59 PM
I've seen the pacman one but I think a more generic one would be better so it could be used for any cab.
That one only works for the pacman cab.

Plus I like the screenshot addition better. The pacman has a blank background with just the wheel/marquee. Its not much different than the original one you have created on here which I think is better.

(https://i.imgur.com/IKFD9cfl.jpg)

Would be cool if u could make screenshot/snaps on the big square. Then add marquee/wheel to appear over the image like the pacman has.
Then just remove the marvel capcom logo on the top right.
On the bottom just leave Press A to Select Game

(https://i.imgur.com/4YuqklWl.jpg)

Or I was thinking

How bout we combine both?

Take the brick layout in this image that was created
(https://i.imgur.com/Doe1ItZh.png)

Put the wide arcadequp logo on the top inside the border

then in middle the big square in middle
code it where the rom = screenshot inside the square plus wheel/marquee overlapping it in centered similar to the pacman

then the previous and next on the left and right of it. Cut off just displaying half of it

Then on the very bottom the game selection image like on the pacman
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: jedione on August 20, 2020, 06:02:11 PM
ya i se it is a bit...proprietary....

ill through somting to gethter this weekend and sed it to ya,,cool
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: Misterhollyw00d on August 25, 2020, 10:38:41 PM
I wanted to combine something with the A1U original layout on here since I do like the brick layout
Mix that in with the pacman 40th style
And some of the 60-1 theme

This is what I got

It was all done manually. If I can get coding done to display snaps in the squares and marquee/wheel overlap the image

I couldn't get the white border where the next and previous square to stay inside the lines so I got rid of the border. Maybe can be fixed?

Also the bottom game selection maybe a touch up

https://youtu.be/O1URnNYhgk0



(https://i.imgur.com/pIOj1gXh.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/RYzBnJmh.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/UmUFxQBh.png)
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: tommiegunz on October 08, 2020, 03:08:29 PM
i love the look of this but i have two cabs is their a way to make this horizontal for another cab i have
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: Misterhollyw00d on April 03, 2021, 02:55:17 PM
Arcade1up has released some cool Legacy cabinets which hold 12 games on each.
(https://i.imgur.com/nvm64TL.png)

The rotating wheel theme was pretty cool on here but I think having all 12 games on one screen is better. Sometimes the wheel people don't realize or forget whats on there. Having the 12 in your face without having to move is great. No videos or other graphics just the regular marquee images. If anyone can help with this.

Looking for a horizontal and a vertical image. The horizontal would be 4 games across and 3 down. Vertical displays 3 across and 4 down.
(https://i.imgur.com/RruCh4D.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/NMLvzki.png)

Keep the arcade1up logo on top. Don't really need the legacy edition wording below. on the sides can just use retropie or something so it generic for all types.

On the bottom keep the game selection with the arrows and the press player 1 icon to select game. Get rid of all the other text.

For the background maybe some kind of generic blue or something.

Some images to help
https://i.imgur.com/BMSQGxU.png
https://i.imgur.com/IKGRGbh.png
https://i.imgur.com/7Hx6mHe.png
https://i.imgur.com/gp8bVAJ.png
https://i.imgur.com/rw9kJeH.png
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: jedione on April 03, 2021, 08:23:03 PM

here is a quick 1up mod, that does this....really just needs the grafix....

if you could make them....ill make it happen..

https://youtu.be/vYHYcCWxhVs (https://youtu.be/vYHYcCWxhVs)


Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: Misterhollyw00d on April 04, 2021, 01:52:40 PM
Transition looks to be operating well there

Is it possible to make the selecting square more horizontal shape than vertical. Make it wider like the marquees and not so high.

Also to put the blue square around all of the marquees. Ok for the marquee to go a bit outside the square.

Then the square that is highlighting the currently selected marquee to have a yellow glow.

Also for all the marquees that are not selected to be in black and white. Only the one that is selected to be in full color and have the yellow glow. The ones that are not selected to have the blue square border and be black and white no color.

(https://i.imgur.com/fnM7LZv.png)
Title: Re: Arcade1Up Layout?
Post by: Misterhollyw00d on April 25, 2021, 11:22:07 AM

https://i.imgur.com/nuQejtd.png

Let me know if this works or if it is too dark and I need to make it lighter. I like what we have been using so far.

If we can fit 4 across and 3 down? If its too tight then 4x2 only

Put a white or grey square border around each game title with the marquee sticking a bit outside the box. Definitely shrink it down to what you currently have for it to have a horizontal look then the vertical look you have now. The square border.

If you can add a glow or different color to the square that is currently selected. Plus make the marquee color show. All the other unselected marquee to be black n white no color. Until they are selected.