Attract-Mode Support Forum
Attract-Mode Support => General => Topic started by: gunthermic on February 14, 2019, 01:35:42 AM
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Attract mode Rom List gives us all kinds of info, but looking for a better understanding of each part please.
#Name;Title;Emulator;CloneOf;Year;Manufacturer;Category;Players;Rotation;Control;Status;DisplayCount;DisplayType;AltRomname;AltTitle;Extra
Thats what i am gathering. I understand of course
Name, Title, emulator, Cloneof, Manufacturer, Category(Genre), Players (number of), Rotation (vertical/Horizontal) however the rest I need a better understanding.
Control: Is the 4 way joystick kind of thing? or Number of Buttons?
Status: what is this?
Display count: What is this a count of? Where does it come from?
Display Type: No idea
AltRomName/AltTitle: I understand what it says, but where is this coming from?
Extra: Where is this?
Is there a great place to create a complete xml file to have all this???
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Control: Is the 4 way joystick kind of thing? or Number of Buttons?
Control is, as you guessed, related to the controller itself, so joystick, paddle etc. There's an undocumented "Buttons" which relates to the number of buttons.
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Some code snippets that may be of interest.
https://github.com/mickelson/attract/blob/5c83e3d8b0afbe3a9ebe24229b2c8de16c16f1e7/Layouts.md#magic
https://github.com/mickelson/attract/blob/556201ae9b32ce18c5e962f7d8c552cdab0aa19b/src/fe_config.cpp#L2543
https://github.com/mickelson/attract/blob/556201ae9b32ce18c5e962f7d8c552cdab0aa19b/src/fe_config.cpp#L2552
https://github.com/mickelson/attract/blob/783a48a2f741c2caf5d3f4c48fe3e064e0b42928/src/scraper_xml.cpp#L409
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Control: Is the 4 way joystick kind of thing? or Number of Buttons?
Control is, as you guessed, related to the controller itself, so joystick, paddle etc. There's an undocumented "Buttons" which relates to the number of buttons.
We can call Buttons as a magic tokin? Where is it getting that info from?
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Control: Is the 4 way joystick kind of thing? or Number of Buttons?
Control is, as you guessed, related to the controller itself, so joystick, paddle etc. There's an undocumented "Buttons" which relates to the number of buttons.
We can call Buttons as a magic tokin? Where is it getting that info from?
Pulled from mame xml.
https://github.com/mickelson/attract/blob/77bfe4aac6a109661cfce2c2715d886e596b282e/src/scraper_xml.cpp#L452
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Control: Is the 4 way joystick kind of thing? or Number of Buttons?
Control is, as you guessed, related to the controller itself, so joystick, paddle etc. There's an undocumented "Buttons" which relates to the number of buttons.
We can call Buttons as a magic tokin? Where is it getting that info from?
Pulled from mame xml.
https://github.com/mickelson/attract/blob/77bfe4aac6a109661cfce2c2715d886e596b282e/src/scraper_xml.cpp#L452
Thank you. The ARpiCADE doesn't have that piece. I have it in my XML and my lst files.
I wonder if I put the Buttons info into the extra in my text fiel if it would work?
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Name - name of the rom Ex. pacman.zip
Title - The name you want to show in the list Ex. Pac-Man
Emulator - The emulator that this games it used with
CloneOf - Used to show a clone of a game (mame) [pacman is a clone of puckman. puckman is the parent rom]
Year - The year the game was made
Manufacturer - The manufacturer name
Category - The category of the game (genre) [shooter fighting role playing ect.]
Players - the number of players
Rotation - Is it a vertical or a horizontal screen (mame)
Control - Joystick spinner trackball ect.
Status - The working status of the game [Good, working but not perfect not working] (mame)
DisplayCount - How many screens it uses (mame)
DisplayType - Is it a vector or a Raster monitor (mame)
AltRomname - if there is one (pacman.zip..instead of puckman.zip)
AltTitle - if there is one (Pac-Man..instead of Puckman.zip)
Extra - any extra info
All this info is added normally by the mame.xml, players.ini, controls.ini and catver.ini files that is made for MAME
You can add that info to other systems as well as you like. Just open the game list into a plain text editor I have made lists by hand many times. I have tired to make a players.ini and a catver.ini for other systems as well..with mixed results.
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Name - name of the rom Ex. pacman.zip
Title - The name you want to show in the list Ex. Pac-Man
Emulator - The emulator that this games it used with
CloneOf - Used to show a clone of a game (mame) [pacman is a clone of puckman. puckman is the parent rom]
Year - The year the game was made
Manufacturer - The manufacturer name
Category - The category of the game (genre) [shooter fighting role playing ect.]
Players - the number of players
Rotation - Is it a vertical or a horizontal screen (mame)
Control - Joystick spinner trackball ect.
Status - The working status of the game [Good, working but not perfect not working] (mame)
DisplayCount - How many screens it uses (mame)
DisplayType - Is it a vector or a Raster monitor (mame)
AltRomname - if there is one (pacman.zip..instead of puckman.zip)
AltTitle - if there is one (Pac-Man..instead of Puckman.zip)
Extra - any extra info
All this info is added normally by the mame.xml, players.ini, controls.ini and catver.ini files that is made for MAME
You can add that info to other systems as well as you like. Just open the game list into a plain text editor I have made lists by hand many times. I have tired to make a players.ini and a catver.ini for other systems as well..with mixed results.
Excellent. Like I said no buttons, for the system to pull from. (ARpiCADE). But thank you for saying exactly what is what. I am going to put buttons into Extra. LOL
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Excellent. Like I said no buttons, for the system to pull from. (ARpiCADE). But thank you for saying exactly what is what. I am going to put buttons into Extra. LOL
In later versions of AM, following romlist template is being used/ usable:
Name;Title;Emulator;CloneOf;Year;Manufacturer;Category;Players;Rotation;Control;Status;DisplayCount;DisplayType;AltRomname;AltTitle;Extra;Buttons
[Buttons] is now usable and works like a anyother [Magic Token], I have tested/ used it myself. You can enter a value and directly call [Buttons] in a layout. I am using [Buttons] for control icons in a layout via following code:
local controlicon = fe.add_image ("D:/Attract-Mode v2.5.1 (x64)/resources/controllers/[Buttons].png", 1550, 292, 70, 70);
with [Buttons] being populated with relevant data.
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ARpiCADE is a jamma hardware for the pi. There is a preconfigured image they provide. I have no idea what Linux distribution its running. However, the documents say it includes attract-mode, mame 0.172 & 0.181, AdvanceMAME (not sure what version, as it is currently based off mame 0.106 but previous versions based off older mame), mame4all (based off 0.37), mame2003 (based off mame 0.78). It is possible your emulator is not outputting a correct full xml file (I have seen it with these modified mame builds), or a the format is not recommended by attract yet. I had to modify the attract source to resolve a button issue with newer mame versions that changed xml format. Need to write xml output to file and compare to attract source.
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Hey Guntherm...
The site I use to create my ROM Lists ... ( http://adb.arcadeitalia.net/lista_mame.php ) ... outputs a list that includes:
#Romname;Title;Emulator;Cloneof;Year;Manufacturer;Category;Players;Rotation;Control;Status;DisplayCount;DisplayType;AltRomname;AltTitle;Extra;Buttons;Favourite;Tags;PlayedCount;PlayedTime;FileIsAvailable
As you can see... it includes button information! (right next to the Extra)...
Here is a snip of the output:
005;005;advmame;;1981;Sega;Maze / Shooter Small;2P alt;270;joystick (4-way),joystick (4-way);imperfect;1;raster;;;;1;;;0;;1
alpine;Alpine Ski (set 1);advmame;;1982;Taito Corporation;Sports / Skiing;2P alt;270;joystick (2-way),joystick (2-way);good;1;raster;;;;1;;;0;;1
amidar;Amidar;advmame;;1982;Konami;Maze / Outline;2P alt;90;joystick (4-way),joystick (4-way);good;1;raster;;;;1;;;0;;1
anteater;Anteater;advmame;;1982;Tago Electronics;Maze / Collect;2P alt;90;joystick (4-way);good;1;raster;;;;1;;;0;;1
armorcar;Armored Car (set 1);advmame;;1981;Stern Electronics;Maze / Collect;2P alt;90;joystick (4-way),joystick (4-way);good;1;raster;;;;2;;;0;;1
assault;Assault (Rev B);advmame;;1988;Namco;Shooter / Driving;1P;90;double joystick (4-way),double joystick (4-way);good;1;raster;;;;1;;;0;;1
astrob;Astro Blaster (version 3);advmame;;1981;Sega;Shooter / Gallery;2P alt;270;joystick (2-way),joystick (2-way);imperfect;1;raster;;;;2;;;0;;1
astrof;Astro Fighter (set 1);advmame;;1979;Data East;Shooter / Gallery;2P alt;90;joystick (2-way),joystick (2-way);imperfect;1;raster;;;;1;;;0;;1
attckufo;Attack UFO;advmame;;1980;Ryoto Electric Co.;Shooter / Gallery;2P alt;270;joystick (2-way),joystick (2-way);good;1;raster;;;;1;;;0;;1
bagman;Bagman;advmame;;1982;Valadon Automation;Platform / Run Jump;2P alt;270;joystick (4-way),joystick (4-way);good;1;raster;;;;1;;;0;;1
ballbomb;Balloon Bomber;advmame;;1980;Taito;Shooter / Gallery;2P alt;270;joystick (2-way),joystick (2-way);imperfect;1;raster;;;;1;;;0;;1
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Excellent. Like I said no buttons, for the system to pull from. (ARpiCADE). But thank you for saying exactly what is what. I am going to put buttons into Extra. LOL
In later versions of AM, following romlist template is being used/ usable:
Name;Title;Emulator;CloneOf;Year;Manufacturer;Category;Players;Rotation;Control;Status;DisplayCount;DisplayType;AltRomname;AltTitle;Extra;Buttons
[Buttons] is now usable and works like a anyother [Magic Token], I have tested/ used it myself. You can enter a value and directly call [Buttons] in a layout. I am using [Buttons] for control icons in a layout via following code:
local controlicon = fe.add_image ("D:/Attract-Mode v2.5.1 (x64)/resources/controllers/[Buttons].png", 1550, 292, 70, 70);
with [Buttons] being populated with relevant data.
Ah the piece I was missing... Ours didnt have Buttons defined in list. I have adjusted and its perfect now.