Attract-Mode Support Forum
Attract-Mode Support => General => Topic started by: Firefoxian on October 31, 2021, 06:56:27 PM
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Stay Tuned....
Arc of Wonders is short for Arcade of Video Games. Is intended to highlight some great examples of the games that were created from the wonders of imagination... the games that started it all.
This is mostly a pre-assembled set of applications and layouts that have been combined to create a cross-platform multi interface with tons of functionality. It's mostly portable, meant to be used on a server and runs very well on most systems right out of the box. I did not create everything and I would hope others will add to and create other versions of this.
My set includes Pegasus, but really anything that is cross platform would have worked. These 2 were the top qualifiers. The first screen is Attract and the sub screens are whatever works.
I am working on getting the whole thing posted including all the scripts.
Update Nov 6:This contains scripts and preset apps that all are configured the way it's supposed to be set up
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KKIVMEQf3PNELCeL2N5hv1ovxRgU8E4Y?usp=sharing
Roms and media not included here. Folder is "Roms" and subfolders for each rom set and and "media" folder in each set.
Features:
-Unlimited configurations for attractmode at startup - all from one set of attract files
-Main menu to select which configuration to display at each station
-Portability - runs from a server on both Linux and Windows stations
-Any controller - while attract, pegasus, etc don't allow a long of list preconfigs for a large collection of controllers like mine, all controllers will work with varied button assignment
-Minimal keyboard controls - while keyboard buttons are assigned to many things, ideally this would only use controllers
-One retroarch file - smashed all the files into one folder so many files and settings are shared across platforms
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another example of the main screen
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these are the configs for just the main menu. they have to be copied into the attract root folder which is done with a script on app startup
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this system won't let me put code up on the screen so they have to be attachments
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windows
# Generated by Attract-Mode v2.6.1
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executable cmd
args /c "[romfilename]"
workdir $PROGDIR\..\starters\
rompath .\
romext .cmd
system frontend options
info_source thegamesdb.net
pause_hotkey P
artwork boxart media\boxart;media\box3d
artwork cartart media\cartart
artwork fanart media\fanart;media\screenshot
artwork flyer media\boxart;media\box3d
artwork marquee media\marquee
artwork overview media\overview
artwork snap media\videos;media\snap
artwork wheel media\wheel;media\wheelcarbon
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# Generated by Attract-Mode v2.6.1
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executable /bin/bash
args '[romfilename]'
workdir /mnt/arcwondersdata/starters/
rompath ./
romext .sh
info_source thegamesdb.net
exit_hotkey Q+LControl
artwork boxart media/boxart;media/box3d
artwork cartart media/cartart
artwork fanart media/fanart;media/screenshot
artwork flyer media/boxart;media/box3d
artwork marquee media/marquee
artwork overview media/overview
artwork snap media/videos;media/snap
artwork wheel media/wheel;media/wheelcarbon
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see updates in first post today.... bear with me as I am new to how forum posts and notifications should be made