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Themes / Re: At-The-Arcade Multi-Cab [Release] - Updated 20 February 2021

« on: August 27, 2021, 06:10:14 AM »

Unbelievable theme.. So beautiful and bringing memories back.. Yaron2019 and everyone elss helping to create this theme, thank you very much!! I always had the idea to do this, for every game to change cabinet but it was just impossible to create so many cabinets by myself.. The impossible become possible i suppose..

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General / Attract mode run emulator in background

« on: April 16, 2020, 12:20:05 PM »

I run amiga emulator ,fs-uae. I try to do everything portable. Anyway, in the pc i have installed  attract mode everything working ok.
When i copy past everything to another pc (without installing android auto), it also works, but every time i select a game in the list of attract mode, this runs in the backgound. I still see attract mode screen. But if i exit attract mode, I see the game running in emulator fs-uae.
Can i do any setting to attract mode to solve this?

my amiga.cfg file if it helps:

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executable            $PROGDIR\Amiga\FS-UAE\Launcher.exe
args                 "\AttractMode-Amiga-PaulMe\Amiga\FS-UAE\Configurations\[name].fs-uae"
workdir              \AttractMode-Amiga-PaulMe\Amiga\FS-UAE\Configurations\
rompath              \AttractMode-Amiga-PaulMe\Amiga\FS-UAE\Configurations\
romext               .lha;.adf.zip.fs-uae;<DIR>
system               Amiga
info_source          thegamesdb.net
nb_mode_wait         3
exit_hotkey          Joy0 Button8;Escape
pause_hotkey         Num1
artwork    snap            $PROGDIR\Amiga\VideoSnaps


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Themes / Re: My channel with attract mode useful things..

« on: February 15, 2020, 09:54:13 AM »

You did a good work by uploading this video. It really helped me actually. Thank you.

Thanks! That's the spirit, to help.
I'll try to add more things which i believe are useful in future when i found the time.
I have some ideas:
To make a video by modifing a theme, to make it look a different one from the original
without code knowledge, by changing the nessesary values.
And some other useful things. I don't promise but I'll try to do them in future.
Anyone who wants can subscribe for support.

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Emulators / Re: Amiga emulators setup for attractmode?

« on: February 10, 2020, 05:44:20 AM »

I've tested different variations. Now I'm using portable fs-uae in version 2.8.3.0 (supports more commanline commands).
Pressing ESC exists fs-uae. My config:

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executable           C:\attract\EMU\amiga\fs-uae.exe
args                 --floppy-drive-0="[romfilename]" --fullscreen --floppy-drive-0-sounds=0 --floppy-drive-speed=100 --floppy-drive-volume-empty=100
rompath              C:\attract\EMU\amiga\ROMS
romext               .adf
system               Amiga
info_source          thegamesdb.net
exit_hotkey          Escape
artwork    marquee         C:\attract\scraper\amiga\marquee
artwork    snap            C:\attract\scraper\amiga\video;C:\attract\scraper\amiga\flyer

Why using adf? iha have only benefits. Only reason to use adf is if you already have your collection in adf and you don't want to re download again.
In my video of amiga attract mode above, i have add info how to do everything. I even have links where to easy find iha..

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Themes / My YouTube channel with a big collection of attract mode themes easy to find

« on: February 09, 2020, 05:51:10 AM »

Hi. In my channel ,I have add in a Playlist most of the themes from here , to be in one place organized and be tracked very fast, (those I found video) , but also many more from other sites , forums etc. I will add more from other sources, if I found in future, or if anyone wants to be in my collection. I have links to the original developers threads here (so many viewers who doesn't know the forum, or what attract mode is, will be targeting to this forum), and to the original places to download .Anyone who find useful the idea take a look and support by subscribing if you like.
Attract mode is only a placelist as I have other subjects also in my channel . Its a new channel with a few subscribers for now.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQOncIkgUkD0t4DmwI2RVPw

I actually believe that I support the forum with this, but if any admin thinks  different , feel free to delete my post without farther notice, as in don't actually earn anytime for this, and I don't target to earn in the future. I just had the time and the will to do the idea.
 Thanks ,

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Themes / My channel with attract mode useful things..

« on: February 06, 2020, 04:48:41 AM »

Hi, I have start uploading useful things, display attract theme, info, emulators etc in my channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQOncIkgUkD0t4DmwI2RVPw?view_as=subscriber
In the 3rd Playlist are the emulation info.
It's not anything fancy, not professional channel or anything . My personal channel is old , but
I had only a few videos, I now starting to upload more and organized a little .
 I actually am newbie in attract mode , but I think I have some  things which may be useful to some.
I was uploading my videos for some friends  actually , but I saw that I had some views, so I decided
 to make it more organized so whoever see it to understand better.  I would like to make
 one video with many attract mode themes and links  to here, to every each theme. But need  much
 time to do this. If I found the time I'll do it.
If anyone wants to upload his attract theme in my channel or anything regarding emulation he thinks
useful , give me a pm, I would glad to add his video with link to his page here. If I upload anything
which the owner disagree , also give me a pm, and I'll  remove it. I don't  earn anything anyway, I
have very few subscribers . Anyway anyone who like the idea , take a look, and if you find it useful
maybe subscribe to support .

If I post in wrong thread , or anything feel free move, or remove my thread.

Thanks,

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Scripting / Re: Scripting Help - First time user

« on: January 31, 2020, 05:32:42 AM »

You don't actually needs to know coding to create a theme. You just need to change in layout.nut:
0. Find where you change resolution of the theme and try some values to much the size you want.
Also  change in code the resolution not to what resolution is your monitor but what resolution display the theme as big as you like.
For example a theme had in layout.nut
fe.layout.width = 1920
fe.layout.height = 1080
(1920%1080 = 1,77)
My screen resolution is 2160x1440 (2160%1440=1.5)
If i change the resolution to mine, theme is ok, go fullscreen but with black bars and is to small everything (for my 12 inch screen). So everything looks bigger and use all monitor without black bars by setting resolution
fe.layout.width = 1900
fe.layout.height = 1260
Notice i keep aspect retio the same. (1900%1260=1.5)
This is useful for every theme to change it display as we want for the monitor we use. But of course it is not a universal methodology. It will work only for our monitor.

1. Use a theme which looks like the one you want to create.
2. Take a photo you want to use in your theme. Use any photo editing program and make transparent where the screen is.
3. Learn the 4 basic values in the code which represent width, hight, start x position, start y position of the videosnap.
It will be something like this:
// Snap
   flxc = flx*0.5645;   
   flyc = fly*0.2214;
   flwc = flw*0.2813;
   flhc = flh*0.2807;


5. Change those 4 values until the videosnap go where the transparent screen is.
It will be become  like this:
// Snap
   flxc = flx*0.5645+35;    // By + it moves videosnap to the right
   flyc = fly*0.2214-170; // By + moves the videosnap Down
   flwc = flw*0.2813+190; // By + it increases width of videosnap
   flhc = flh*0.2807+215;    // By + it increases the hight of videosnap
You can use + or - to the default values of the theme to change it . Try many values ,start stop attractmode to see the changes untill videosnap go to the transparent place of the backgound image (usually where the screen is)

Other theme may have those values this way:
local t = fe.add_artwork( "snap", 348, 152, 262, 262 );
for example i modified this values to my theme to this:
local t = fe.add_artwork( "snap", 348+240, 152-60, 262+550, 262+380 );


 Those are enough.

At future you may learn the values of moving game list etc.
I may create a thread with directions of doing this and a sample script. Probably a YouTube video also, if and when i found the time if it helps.
I am actually newbie, I don't have the knowledge of others here. But i have created many themes i wanted this way.

Those 2 themes have been modified by me this way. Ok the amiga theme looks exactly the same but I have actually downloaded the same photo (I could have used other but I liked this) , make transparent the screen so to have the part of the picture i wanted because i use the theme in a tablet 12 inch screen and wanted bigger screen. I actually did a bad job if you notice the transparent screen haven't been cut good.
I also changed resolution to have the result you see in the video in a tablet with 12 inch screen and the resolution i wrote above.


In Amstrad theme, notice in cassette, every time i change game, it display on the cassette the game name. And in keyboard you see eg 51/150. I moved those values to go where i wanted.

https://youtu.be/oIwWmuo_gtM

https://youtu.be/uSb-QaIhoeo


I hope those helps.

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Scripting / Re: Is there an easy way to move videosnap where transparent screen is?

« on: January 30, 2020, 04:36:32 AM »

I know what you want , when I started coding themes I did the same.

In my themes you can move and scale objects in the option menu, I think is useful for people like you.

http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=3142.0

now I'm updating this theme with more artworks and options.

Thanks man! It sure is useful. Ill look after for updates.

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Themes / Re: RetroDiction Theme v1.0 Released

« on: January 30, 2020, 04:34:30 AM »

@Random : Many thanks man!

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Themes / Re: RetroDiction Theme v1.0 Released

« on: January 29, 2020, 06:46:36 AM »

Question:
Are there anywhere the images of all those old home computers of the folder sysflyer without the background ? (So I can copy past all of theme in other background . Actually more important to move all of them in the same position and resize them to have the same transparent screen), or even better with transparent screen. ?
The idea is to create a theme you could press a button in the joystick and have another computer to see the video snap. I always wanted to do this, but haven't so large amount of images.
This collection is very good, but needs to many work to make images the way I wanted.
Just as an idea.
Thanks,

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Themes / Re: RetroDiction Theme v1.0 Released

« on: January 29, 2020, 05:28:31 AM »

Amazing work!!

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Themes / Re: Nostalgic Bedroom By Pademonium

« on: January 29, 2020, 05:18:58 AM »

Very beautiful

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Emulators / Re: Amiga emulators setup for attractmode?

« on: January 27, 2020, 03:15:01 PM »

I uploaded to YouTube the final project.. (just for display, no download).
If you want to see the list of games i choose and the theme, here it is :
https://youtu.be/uSb-QaIhoeo

I also created and uploaded an amstrad cpc theme here:
https://youtu.be/oIwWmuo_gtM

I would like to do the same for commodore 64 but haven't have much time now, to make it from scratch..
If anyone have a commodore theme uploaded somewhere with everything in a pack, i would appreciate if he could pm me a link.
Thanks,

Edit. I finally created a commodore 64 also..
https://youtu.be/WdVeHgzc2a8

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Scripting / Re: Is there an easy way to move videosnap where transparent screen is?

« on: January 26, 2020, 11:06:34 AM »

Thanks both. I try your advices.
It would be fantastic if someone with good knowledge of the language, created a some kind of theme, in which you would load your background and move with joystick or something the videosnap where you want, and change its dimensions etc.. It can be done. I know this because i know programming, i just haven't the time to learn this one, although i understand the most.
 Theming would be very easy this way, and many more themes would be created..
Just a thought. Thanks again.

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Scripting / Is there an easy way to move videosnap where transparent screen is?

« on: January 26, 2020, 03:04:37 AM »

I mostly mod themes of others. I have found all I need without actually learn the language. But for moving the objects in screen I spent many time.
For example, I have a background with a transparent area (screen most of the times). I then have to change at least 4 values, width, height of videosnap and x, y of where to move in screen..
All this is a very time consuming process .. I change the values , run attractmode to see where videosnap went, exit attractmode, change values again, ........... until I have it the way I wanted.
Are you all doing the same, or is there an easier way? I know threre is an online theme maker, but perhaps it will be worst, as I have to make a theme from the start..
Thanks,