Attract-Mode Support Forum
Attract-Mode Support => Themes => Topic started by: scout43 on March 10, 2017, 12:03:55 PM
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Hi, I would like to know if anyone has a theme similar to the ArcadeSD menu. I am building an arcade table, and I really like the way this theme looks. If not, I am looking for a theme with a very 80's retro feel. Any suggestions are welcome!
I am currently running AM on an RPI 3.
Here's a video of the ArcadeSD menu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=324mEYedKO4
Thanks for your help,
Scout
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If you like I could start working on a theme similar. Let me know?
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Sorry for the late response, but yeah that would be great. Let me know if there is anything that you would need! :)
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So i started making the theme
here it is....
youtube = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MPCoHqahYE&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MPCoHqahYE&feature=youtu.be)
still needs some work on the center color rotation SWF animation
overall it's looking sick...with crt and scanlines...
will be making it also into a true Vertical theme like the original...
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Nice work waiting to test this 8)
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thanks ..... so it looks like you can DL the roms frome their site...
it would be nice to get all the artwork for the games....how they have it.
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here is rev-2
youtube = https://youtu.be/ibeaQuuAhQc (https://youtu.be/ibeaQuuAhQc)
getting their!
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This is awesome....looking forward to the vertical version. Keep up the great work!
Matt
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I'm interested in this as well. Will it be proper vertical as well?
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Wow it's looking fantastic!!! I'm really excited to try it out!
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hoping for sun-monday
thanks for your feedback.......after the release maybe somone with the nowhow could rework the SWF selection square that changes color
it would take a bit of time to get it looking like the original ,,alot of frames
im using adobe fireworks to make it, with little know how,,,
also would like to get the stars shooting from behind instead of from the side..
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Any updates on this? Kinda eager to see what you came up with!
Thanks.
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ya i know it was last weekend,,,but i got back in to finishing my overdue
theme, Maximus arcade witch will be out tomorrow morning...
then im back to this one..so with any luck ,,,monday
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Any news on this theme?
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Are there any updates on how this theme is going? It looks great and I know it will look great on my arcade table!
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Im curious too ;D
Patiently waiting...
I know the real world can creep in and get in the way...damn it.
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yes their is a reason, i cant get the carrier.nut to be able to a just the flx* and fly* unresponsive?
//Carrier( carrierPosX, carrierPosY, carrierWidth, carrierHeight, tilesCount, tilesOffscreen, tilePadding[, selectorImage, backgroundImage] )
fe.do_nut("scripts/carrier.nut");
local carrier = Carrier( 0, 0, 900, 300, 3, 3, 80, 0, 0 )
if any one knows how to fix this this would be great...so i can release it...i sent a shout out
to the creator "Oomek" but haven't heard back yet...
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You can try this in the layout.nut then use you're flx* and fly* coords for carrierposx, and y etc...
local flx = fe.layout.width=800;
local fly = fe.layout.height=600;
local flw = fe.layout.width;
local flh = fe.layout.height;
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thanks omegaman....this works..for it
local flx = fe.layout.width;
local fly = fe.layout.height;
local flw = fe.layout.width=2000;
local flh = fe.layout.height= 400;
fe.layout.preserve_aspect_ratio = true;
well now i have no excuse not to release it... i have fri off and will test it
also will test it on the pi -3 and then give it away!
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beta will be out this Sun night 21st....no if and or buts...
here is a preview of the beta ,,vertical will be a suprize.
changes from the first one , you can see are
1. Switched from Conveyor.nut to Carrier.nut
this fixed the stare stuttering as long as use like FSResizer
on all your snaps,, so you wont get any "faild to load blabla.png" in your script.
2. Had to resize everything in the layout.
working on making the stars move from behind middle out,, instead of from side out..
here is a sample of the beta... notice smothe and no stuttering!
this is what has put this way behind...
Youtube": https://youtu.be/UoM6K2ifnV4
now is the time for any last requests,,,to add...music on off?
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yes you can add music on/off option and hope that it supports wide screens
i am ready to test when released
Thanks
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Music option added...
marquee wheel has been adjusted....
background stars have been fixed now fly from behind....
latest... https://youtu.be/Vdqc7DPrnuY (https://youtu.be/Vdqc7DPrnuY)
plus a 2sec look at the end of somthing im porting over from ES.
get their...
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Looks great, cant wait to see the vertical surprize!
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Is there a a link where I can download this ArcadeSD Theme link?
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Looks awome where can i download it from ?
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This is just what I am after, as I am building a vertical arcade table ..part/ mostly built and was using it with a GameEX setup with mame and other emmulators a few years back until a hard drive crash F*** ..anyway, decided it is time to get the table up and running again but was looking at alternatives to a PC and a hacked about with copy of XP ..I was thinking of making it into a jamma system, then discovered that the 60-1 jamma cards were not so great, a bit more searching & I discovered the ArcadeSD jamma card, but how much $$$$$ ??!! ... then I tripped across the Raspberry PI and retropie ...unbelievable stuff and definitely the way to go ! :)
Please could the original OP tell me ...did you get this finished and if so is it available to download?
or is what you did get done available "As is"
Many thanks ---Rich
PS Fantastic stuff!
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I am not sure if Jedi is still developing ... I will be releasing a super-sized version of this mod VERY shortly (just working out a couple animation issues) which will include 3 "preview" size adjustments.... full video option for only the center frame.... speed options for the scroll... the choice to use "wheel" or "marquee" images for the animated top "title" ... and a half dozen or so different animations to choose from as well. You can make it look nearly identical to the ArcadeSD or you can tweak it to where it's much different ... but still very familiar.
I am having trouble with one animation issue that I'm trying to figure out (or I just may remove that option)... a final clean up... and then I'll release it. Give me a few days at the most (or sooner... depends on what I end up deciding to do with my animation issue).
Oh, and it's all developed on a PC and tested on a Pi3 so it's working on both platforms without issue.
EDIT: Here is a video I did last week on my progress...
https://youtu.be/JxuBMGf8o5c
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FrizzleFried that is awesome ! I've just read through your post & watched the youtube vid... I now have a Huge smile on my face :))))
.. Raspberry pie on order along with USB stick, SD card etc. etc.. I know I'm going to have a challenge getting things up and running, especially with the Ultrastick 360's - but I love to play hang-on, outrun & starwars -all analog controls -so these sticks are perfect, plus proper 4-way and 8-way choices help with pac-man playability (these ones I have are a few years old now & I read a post somewhere that retropie doesnt see the mk I's ..not sure if mine were the first incarnation or not , but will just have to get some more if so.)
..I've just spent the last 2 days solid researching this whole thing, from how to set up retro pie onto a raspberry PI and found out about rgbcommander for the ultrastick360's and using a USB memorystick to run the roms from instead of the SD card, different options for getting VGA out of the PI for the monitor plus different ways to "Talk" to the console from your PC using Putty and a serial lead USB to RS232 OR GUI access, with drag & drop to the PI via WinSCP-5.13.1 / finding where to get the right rom sets/ rotating the screen using Retroarch (i gather it is better to rotate in retro arch rather than in the command line console of the PI due to performance hit by doing it like ...sudo nano /boot/config.txt > display_rotate=1 ) .etc, etc ...along with discovering Attractmode. But finding out about this Theme really is the icing on the cake! I was hoping to find something "like" SD-arcade, but this is just fantastic!
I plan on it being the only theme on the machine and hope to figure out how to get all the games I want (all arcade based) that run on different emulators to be available under this "one selection" so for example Metal Slug on FB Alpha would show in the same menu along with the mame games ...from the bit of research I've done I imagine it can be done, perhaps by moving the FB Alpha rom to the mame folder and then using the retropie set-up menu to specify the correct emulator for running the specific rom.. probably won't work that way, but there is bound to be a way found after some trying (I think I will probably be making a few back-up images of the SD card and the USB stick along the way, so that its not all trashed when I inevitably break everything !)
Very much Looking forward to seeing the finished layout.
may I ask ...you mentioned music options ..would it be possible to include the cool arcade noise heard in ArcadeSD that happens when you scroll between the games ..the noise was sort of like something out of pac-man if I remember right? (I guess it may need muting in a fast scroll though, as it would probably become annoying quite quickly then) -just a thought, if it's possible and not too much work.
Regardless, thanks for making my day with this :) :) :) :)
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I am also excited to test this out on the pi3. Awesome work FrizzleFried and thank you for making this available!