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General / Re: Attractmode launches MAME, but not ROM. ROM then launches fine from MAME. Help?

« on: October 20, 2019, 02:22:01 PM »

For some reason, it didn't work on my compiled 0.206.
It was the first time I've ever compiled mame and things were just wonky.  .ini's wouldn't save, there was no uninstaller, etc.
The organic install of 0.214 fixed all my issues.

Thank you!

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General / Re: Attractmode launches MAME, but not ROM. ROM then launches fine from MAME. Help?

« on: October 20, 2019, 01:47:48 PM »

Thank you for your help.
I was at fault for breaking it.

I had deleted "[name]" from my command arguments for the emulator in an attempt to get a compiled 0.206 to save hiscores. 

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General / Attractmode launches MAME, but not ROM. ROM then launches fine from MAME. Help?

« on: October 19, 2019, 10:35:31 PM »

Sorry if this is a simple problem.  I'm very busy with kids and work and have very limited time to devote to solving this if it can be solved by some resident knowledge.

Running Attractmode. When I choose a rom, MAME opens. I can then launch rom from MAME.  I want it to be as seamless as possible.  Any pointers?

If it matters, I'm running Linux.

Thank you in advance.

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General / Re: Help Installing on Ubuntu 19.04

« on: July 12, 2019, 08:34:19 PM »

Does this still work?
http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=2227.msg15101#msg15101

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Themes / Re: Help with bartop cab

« on: June 09, 2018, 07:56:16 AM »

This might help with the construction.
Good luck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP6nctHlcFY

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General / Re: How to install Attract-mode in Ubuntu 18.04 lts?

« on: May 07, 2018, 05:46:29 PM »

I was able to install on a fresh install of Xubuntu 18.04.

Disclaimer:  I am only slightly above noob in Linux.

I added the repo:

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:daveg/attract
sudo apt-get updateI then navigated to /etc/apt/sources.list and double-clicked it.  It opened Software & Updates.
I clicked on the Other Software tab, clicked the
"http://ppa.launchpad.net/daveg/attract/ubuntu bionic main" entry, clicked Edit... and changed it to:
"http://ppa.launchpad.net/daveg/attract/ubuntu yakkety main" and clicked OK.
 
Then:

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install attract
Then I patted myself on the back.

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Scripting / Re: How do I Shutdown PC without using a keyboard?

« on: December 12, 2017, 07:11:28 PM »

Thank you.
I got it working, now to just make it pretty.

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Scripting / How do I Shutdown PC without using a keyboard?

« on: December 07, 2017, 04:52:02 PM »

I've searched but I cannot find the answer I'm looking for.
I am trying to make a keyboardless setup on a PC running Linux.  (if instructions exist for Windows, I should have enough understanding how to modify a .bat file to a .sh file)
I have MAME working fine.
I have Attractmode with Nevato theme working fine.
I have Attractmode set to launch upon boot.
I have Attractmode set to shutdown the PC on exit.

What I am looking for is to have a shutdown command (and perhaps an exit command) directly in a display via a wheel entry (like in the attached image from a youtube screengrab of a Cabrio-FE build) so I can run keyboardless.
Can anyone offer some pointers?  Do I need to write a plugin?

Thank you in advance for your help.

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General / Re: AttractMode not create a MAME.tag file

« on: February 17, 2017, 04:07:48 PM »

I had this same problem.

I had unzipped AttractMode into my C:\Program Files folder.  My install of Windows 7didn't like that.  Once I moved it out of that directory, everything behaved the way it should.

Does this match your setup?