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Scripting / Timed Event

« on: April 10, 2018, 01:41:12 PM »

Is it possible to have a video snap window with ZERO alpha for 'x' number of seconds... at which time the alpha would jump to 100% only to drop back to ZERO at change of game.

Essentially,  I have a snap on a "carrier" that I want to overlay a video on after 3 or 4 seconds...

I have the video positioned,  but the conveyor runs behind the video.  I found a neat bit of code that pauses the video for a time at selection,  but the video "box" remains opaque.... not transparent... so you can't see the snap behind it. 

Ideally I'd have a video box sitting there with zero alpha for x seconds at which time alpha would change to 100... again changing back to 0 at selection for a new game.    I've tried a few different timing methods ...all fail... but I'm merely a hack... so I figured I'd ask.

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Themes / Neo-Geo Low Res Theme

« on: April 03, 2018, 10:20:38 PM »

A simple Neo-Geo theme I put together...

...uses the animate module.

https://youtu.be/3uAKb6YuNFA

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Scripting / Shadow

« on: April 03, 2018, 03:03:35 PM »

...how would I go about adding a shadow to wheel art?   Doable with some simplicity or is this something that's complicated?

Another option would be an outline... basically I am trying to give the wheel art a little more "pop" versus the art that is behind it...

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Scripting / Control Text

« on: March 27, 2018, 07:43:41 PM »

If I maneuver through the attract mode menus,  when i play a game,  before the "loading" screen pops in,  I get a blank screen with some text on it... it appears the text is my controller characters (or some of them) as I was maneuvering or what not... how do i either (A) avoid this screen or (B) make the text black so I can't see it?

Thanks!

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Themes / Where's Daphne?

« on: March 25, 2018, 01:47:16 PM »

Where's Daphne is a low-resolution (640x480) focused update to the "Daphne - Dragon's Lair" theme by Mahuti.  I updated it for my ARpiCADE arcade machine (and to learn!).  You will have to have the "conveyer_helper" module installed for this to work.

You can download it HERE: https://1drv.ms/u/s!At62XLBuu0PSg3oucVcoSEMrRLOw

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Scripting / Module Question

« on: March 18, 2018, 07:34:32 AM »

I see where there are a couple modules dedicated to smoothly animating art (wheels, etc)... but is there any way to smoothly animate listbox "game name" text?

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Themes / Capcom Diamondplate Horizontal Layout

« on: March 17, 2018, 11:00:30 PM »

Capcom Diamondplate themed Attract Mode horizontal layout.  You can read more about it HERE.

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Scripting / Sound on Button Push

« on: February 15, 2018, 08:55:21 AM »

How do I code in sound on a certain button push?

I "hacked" this code from another layout to make a sound when moving from ROM to ROM,  but I'd like to assign a sound to CUSTOM 1.

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General / Grid Layout?

« on: February 11, 2018, 02:18:06 PM »

Is the "GRID" and "FILTERED GRID" layouts that I have somehow incorporated as part of attract mode?  I ask because there is no layout for GRID or FILTERED GRID... or for VERTICOOLS for that matter (but it too appears in the menu of layouts to choose from).

Where can I find the code for the GRID layout?

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Scripting / Is This Doable?

« on: December 29, 2017, 07:56:14 AM »

Let me preface by saying I am merely a hack and not even a good one... when it comes to programming.  Knowing that...

I am looking to be able to display a snap for a specific length of time... lets say 3 seconds... then either replace that snap with the movie file for that game OR simply start playing the movie over the top of the snap (hiding the snap) until either a game is selected or a control movement is made at which time the movie would stop playing and either the snap would be replaced OR (in the case of the movie playing over the snap) the movie would simply stop & disappear there by leaving the snap on screen...

The overall effect would be simply the snap showing for 3 seconds ... then the movie start playing.

Yes,  I can get the snap to appear.  Yes,  I can get the movie file to appear.   No,  I can't figure out how to get the snap ONLY to appear for a set time frame then have the movie to appear.

I am trying to mimic behavior that I used in an old MAMEWAH theme I made years ago and apply it to a modified version of the SDARCADE VERTICAL theme.

Any/all help is much appreciated!

EDIT: Oh,  by the way... the more I think about it,  the more I am convinced that the better way to do this (if it's possible) would be to overlay the video after running a timer on it... then removing it when a movement/button is sensed.  The way the layout works is that multiple snaps are on screen... and I can already replace all 3 snaps on screen (albeit immediately) with movies... but that's not what I need... I need just the MIDDLE "selected" snap to switch to the movie 3 seconds in...