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General / Image " loading " when launching a game ?

« on: February 17, 2022, 09:55:51 PM »

Good morning all !

I would like to know how to have a " loading " image when I launch a game with an emulator on Attract Mode ?

Greetings !

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Themes / AM-Builder tutorial ?!

« on: February 08, 2022, 06:55:14 PM »

Hello everyone !

I discovered AM-Builder here but I don't understand how it works... where can I find a tutorial to create a custom theme ?

Greetings !

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General / System & subsystem creation - Display list ?!

« on: February 06, 2022, 07:55:07 PM »

Hello everyone !

I am looking for how to create display lists of systems & subsystems in Attract ?

For example, when Attract starts, I would like to appear on the display list: Computers - Consoles - LCD. Then if I choose Computers I arrive in another display list: Atari 800 - Acorn BBC - Commodore 64...

If I choose Consoles I arrive in another display list: ColecoVision - Dreamcast - MEGA CD... same for the LCD list.

I don't understand how to proceed ? What are the creation steps for the display lists: Computers - Consoles - LCD ?!

Greetings

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General / Relative paths problem for portable mode ?!

« on: August 20, 2021, 07:31:05 AM »

Hello everyone !

There is a great mystery that I would like to elucidate in Attract, I will explain this to you

For now I have two emulators one for the SNES & the other for the Radio Shack TRS-80 here are the configuration files for each of them:

For Snes9x:

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executable           emulators\snes9x\snes9x.exe
args                 -fullscreen "[romfilename]"
rompath              ..\..\..\..\attract\games\snes
romext               .smc
exit_hotkey          Escape
artwork    boxart          menu-art\boxart\snes
artwork    cartart         menu-art\cartart\snes
artwork    marquee         menu-art\marquee
artwork    snap            menu-art\snap\snes
artwork    wheel           menu-art\wheel\snes
For TRS80GP:

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executable           emulators\trs80gp\trs80gp.exe
args                 -vf -d0 "[romfilename]"
rompath              ..\..\games\trs-80
romext               .dsk
exit_hotkey          Escape
artwork    boxart          menu-art\boxart\trs-80
artwork    cartart         menu-art\cartart\trs-80
artwork    marquee         menu-art\marquee
artwork    snap            menu-art\snap\trs-80
artwork    wheel           menu-art\wheel\trs-80
1. Why is the "games" directory not recognized like other directories ? Attract does not recognize newly created directories as relative path ?!

2. Why for the Snes9x emulator the relative path is ..\..\..\..\attract\games\snes & for the TRS80GP emulator the relative path is ..\..\games\trs-80 while the games are placed in the same place in the folder tree i.e. in attract\games\

3. How do I tell Attract the location of new directories created with the relative path ?!

Greetings !

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General / Attract Mode portable - Variable d'environnement ?

« on: August 25, 2020, 03:28:43 PM »

Good evening everyone !

I would like to make Attract Mode portable. That is to say that whatever the installation folder of my Attract pack, there is no conflict in the paths of the roms, emulators, media ...

Here is an example configuration for a Dreamcast emulator:

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# Generated by Attract-Mode v2.6.1
#
executable           c:\attract\emulators\demul\demul.exe
args                 -run=dc -image="[romfilename]"
rompath              c:\attract\games\dreamcast
romext               .gdi
artwork    boxart         c:\attract\menu-art\boxart\dreamcast
artwork    cartart         c:\attract\menu-art\cartart\dreamcast
artwork    flyer           c:\attract\menu-art\flyer\dreamcast
artwork    marquee         c:\attract\menu-art\marquee\
artwork    snap            c:\attract\menu-art\snap\dreamcast
artwork    wheel           c:\attract\menu-art\wheel\dreamcast

How do I replace C: with an environment variable that would allow me to install my Attract pack in any folder on my computer ?

Greetings !

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General / No sound in Dreamcast games ?

« on: August 10, 2020, 10:00:43 AM »

Good evening everyone !

I have a big problem with Attract when I launch a Dreamcast game through RetroArch the sound disappears. If I quit the game the sound also disappears in the Attract menus.

If I restart Attract the sound comes back to the menus. If I run RetroArch directly without going through Attract the sound in Dreamcast games works perfectly...

I don't understand... can someone help me ?

Greetings !

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Emulators / Arguments for fbneo libretro with RetroArch (NeoGeo & NeoGeo CD)

« on: April 05, 2020, 07:43:43 AM »

Good morning all !

I have a big problem with the fbneo libretro core for NeoGeo & NeoGeo CD games with RetroArch. Under Attract Mode for NeoGeo games I use this:

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executable           c:\attract\emulators\retroarch\retroarch.exe
args                 -L c:\attract\emulators\retroarch\cores\fbneo_libretro.dll "[romfilename]"
rompath              c:\attract\games\neogeo
romext               .zip
Unfortunately nothing happens... on the other hand, from the command line (Windows console) NeoGeo games launch without problem like this:

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c:
cd c:\attract\emulators\retroarch\
retroarch.exe -L c:\attract\emulators\retroarch\cores\fbneo_libretro.dll "c:\attract\games\neogeo\roboarmy.zip"
Same for NeoGeo CD games under Attract Mode if I use these arguments nothing happens:

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executable           c:\attract\emulators\retroarch\retroarch.exe
args                 -L c:\attract\emulators\retroarch\cores\fbneo_libretro.dll --subsystem neocd "[romfilename]"
rompath              c:\attract\games\neogeo cd
romext               .cue
By cons command line with CMD (Windows console) if I use the same arguments it works why

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c:
cd c:\attract\emulators\retroarch\
retroarch.exe -L c:\attract\emulators\retroarch\cores\fbneo_libretro.dll --subsystem neocd "c:\attract\games\neogeo cd\pulstar.cue"

I have the same problem for mame libretro... how to proceed please ?

Greetings !

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Emulators / Argument for emulator MAME Libretro - Very strange thing ?!

« on: October 27, 2019, 04:40:35 AM »

Good morning all

There is one thing very strange with the emulator MAME Libretro... With the following argument the games do not run:

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executable           e:\emulateurs\retroarch\retroarch.exe
args                 -L e:\emulateurs\retroarch\cores\mame_libretro.dll "[romfilename]"
rompath              e:\jeux\mame
romext               .zip
By cons if I run the games with the same argument but this time on the command line it works ?!?!

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retroarch -L e:\emulateurs\retroarch\cores\mame_libretro.dll e:\jeux\mame\inthunt.zip
I do not understand looking for the mistake ?!

Greetings !

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Emulators / Argument for MESS emulator (Color Computer + GX4000) ?

« on: October 15, 2019, 08:14:27 AM »

Good morning all !

I would like the arguments for the emulator MESS to launch the Color Computer & the GX4000 ?

MESS is already very complicated I hope it is possible to launch games from Attract Mode ?

Is there a database for Attract Mode that groups all the arguments of all emulators ?

Thanks best regards !

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Emulators / Window problem with FS-UAE Launcher

« on: October 10, 2019, 08:12:00 AM »

Good morning all !

I have a problem with FS-UAE Launcher when I run a game...

The window of the Launcher does not appear I must click on the left button of my mouse to enter the Launcher ?!

I activated the ResFix option but nothing changes...

How to proceed thank you greetings !

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General / How to create a display list of machines ?

« on: October 06, 2019, 04:22:18 AM »

Good morning all

I would like to create a display list to include systems but I do not see how...

I would like to include all the machines of the brand COMMODORE for example (A500 A1200 ACD32 ...)

How to proceed ? Thanks best regards !

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Emulators / Argument for games NeoGeo CD with Raine ?

« on: October 03, 2019, 07:11:26 AM »

Good morning all

I would like to launch a NeoGeo CD game with the Raine emulator (Windows) I used the following configuration:

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executable           e:\emulateurs\neogeo cd\raine 0.64.16\raine32.exe
args                 "[romfilename]"
rompath              e:\jeux\neogeo cd
romext               .cue
Unfortunately the emulator starts but not the game, I have to run it manually ... I went to see the documentation for Raine here & I changed the configuration like this:

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executable           e:\emulateurs\neogeo cd\raine 0.64.16\raine32.exe
args                 -g "[romfilename]"
rompath              e:\jeux\neogeo cd
romext               .cue
But NOTHING happens... the -g argument does not work...

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Emulators / Argument for games Amiga CD32 with FS-UAE ?

« on: October 01, 2019, 02:20:12 AM »

Good morning all

I would like to launch Amiga CD32 games with Attract Mode... I use the following argument for this:

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--amiga-model=CD32 --cdrom-drive-0="[romfilename]"
Unfortunately it does not work... it starts the emulator but not the game (see picture)



How to proceed ? Thanks best regards !

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Emulators / Argument for games Radio Shack TRS-80 ?

« on: September 28, 2019, 02:04:01 AM »

Good morning all

I want to install the SDLTRS emulator for Radio Shack TRS-80 in Attract Mode, but I do not know the line of code for the argument to start a game ?

How to thank you greetings !

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Themes / Theme Robospin - How to remove interrogation point ?

« on: September 25, 2019, 02:58:34 PM »

Good evening everyone

I installed the Robospin theme that I like a lot, but there is something that bothers me...

I would like to remove interrogation point that we see at the bottom of the image (red arrow) how to do ?



Thanks best regards !