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Themes / Re: Verticools Deluxe
« on: May 02, 2020, 04:09:49 AM »

Re: all this - Groovy works with rotated desktop (I use it like this! ), but to rotate the layout on a horizontal desktop just go into attract mode config and set a key to toggle rotation.

I will add a setting for this though as it's not sticky.

Updated with a rotation setting and game style text throughout.

Thanks, man. Nice of you to go to all this trouble for a stranger on the internet. From now on, everytime I post in the "free shit"-thread on arcadeotaku you'll have dibs on it.

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Themes / Re: Verticools Deluxe
« on: May 01, 2020, 06:55:21 AM »
Thanks a bunch mate, will try out immediately and report back!

edit: Works now, excellent. I tried to make it into a vertical layout (by which I mean make it into a vertical layout that works with a horizontal windows desktop orientation - see below for why I can't rotate windows itself), which is what I need for my cab, by inserting "Vertical Orientation" in the section

// Layout Constants
...
if...
else
{
       // Vertical Orientation

Nothing changed though, I still get horizontal orientation. (It's obvious I operate by trial and error, sorry if the solution seems obvious) If it's not too much to ask, do you think you could make it into a vertical layout in the above sense? I use a 4:3 LCD monitor at 1024x768. No worries if you won't, of course...

One more thing: apparently, vanilla MAME works well with a rotated desktop, unfortunately I use GroovyMAME. Calamity, who is (one of the) programmers on it, says in an old BYOAC post that GroovyMAME doesn't work with a rotated Windows desktop. I'm using the most recent version (0.220), and it still doesn't seem to work (4:3 games are stretched to full screen in MAME (in 3:4!), and the rotate option in the TAB-settings doesn't help.

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Themes / Re: Verticools Deluxe
« on: April 30, 2020, 08:56:41 AM »
I'm sorry to say it crashed AttractMode for me... when I set it to this layout, attractmode closes and I have to change the layout in the cfg-file before i can open it again.

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Themes / Re: Vertical CRT layout 0.2
« on: April 30, 2020, 08:54:46 AM »
No idea what's going on, but all the layout variations from this thread crash Attractmode on my PC. All other layouts I have tried work, but when I use this vertical layout Attractmode freezes and I have to use the task manager to end it. I would love to use this theme on my vertical cab, but no luck...

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Themes / Re: Vertical CRT layout 0.2
« on: June 27, 2019, 04:34:14 PM »
How time flies... so, has anybody managed to add scrolling to the history texts?

Also, still there's no way to download the Animate2 module from

https://github.com/liquid8d/attract-extra/tree/master/modules

which I seem to need for the layout. Is there any other way I can get my hands on it? Thanks!

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Themes / Re: Vertical CRT layout 0.2
« on: June 25, 2018, 04:22:25 PM »
Many thanks to the op/ OG Markc74's work and FrizzleFried for his excellent reskin, which I ended up using - just the thing I needed for my mini cocktail cab!

Couple of quick questions, though:
1. Has anybody managed to add scrolling to the history texts?
2. Might be I'm just too dumb to get it, but for the life of me I can't find Animate2 at

https://github.com/liquid8d/attract-extra/tree/master/modules

which I seem to need for the layout? Is there any other place I can download it?

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Themes / Re: Request: convert Retrorama theme (Retropie) to Attract Mode
« on: November 26, 2017, 10:06:33 AM »
Great work, mate! Looking forward to tinkering with the converted theme!

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Themes / Re: Request: convert Retrorama theme (Retropie) to Attract Mode
« on: November 16, 2017, 03:46:51 AM »
Good to see it's coming along nicely! You're quick, mate!

You mentioned that it's a rough version so I shouldn't comment, but you think it would be possible to do one version with the original listbox? I'm really enjoying the simple layout with the Comic book fond...


Another question, though: Where do you get the descriptions for the games (which are displayed in the lower box on the right)?

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Themes / Re: Request: convert Retrorama theme (Retropie) to Attract Mode
« on: November 15, 2017, 03:05:44 AM »
Awesome, looking forward to it!

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Themes / Request: convert Retrorama theme (Retropie) to Attract Mode
« on: November 14, 2017, 10:06:22 AM »
Fellow frontend enthusiasts,

I have found the layout of my dreams; it is called Retrorama and it looks like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpTkEPcI0rI

Problem is, it's a layout for Retropie. I've really gotten used to Attract Mode and I think it would be an amazing addition to it. Would anybody with the necessary Squirrel skills like to have a shot at converting it to AM?

Also, please note that...

1. I have sent the author an e-mail asking for permission, and he is absolutely fine with converting it to AM and making it available to the public (I can send you his reply via email if you want proof).

2. all the necessary artwork and files can be found here: https://github.com/lipebello/es-theme-Retrorama

Right, thanks a bunch!!

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Scripting / Re: WIP Layout Builder
« on: November 13, 2017, 12:01:19 AM »
What a great tool - thanks so much for putting so much work into this.

I'm not the creative type myself, but there's this gorgeous emulation station theme/ layout out there made by one Phill Doodle I simply have to use on one of my cabs, but for the life of me I can't get it to run properly (besides, I much prefer Attract Mode since its handling is so much better than ES). Now I can convert it to a layout for AM!

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