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Attract-Mode Support => General => Topic started by: buttersoft on June 30, 2016, 09:55:11 PM

Title: Command box starts over AttactMode?
Post by: buttersoft on June 30, 2016, 09:55:11 PM

Hi all,

Just set up attract mode on two of my cabs, and i'm enjoying having a frontend, finally. The features like the screen saver are great, and it does exactly what I need it to do.

I do have a problem on one cab, though. AttractMode launches on boot-up of the PC, an old core-2 duo on Win 7, and the active command shell for AttactMode (or /cmd box or dos prompt, or whatever it's called) pops up in front, over the top of the intro vid, and then it stays in front of the layout. Starting a game forces it to the back, and once at the back it stays there. But it looks pretty average with the frontend hidden on startup!

If i set the focus, will that help? Any other ideas?

Thanks in advance :)

Title: Re: Command box starts over AttactMode?
Post by: buttersoft on July 03, 2016, 05:59:56 PM

Alright, so I'm an idiot. The answer was posted in another thread about losing focus on Win10.

In the attract.cfg in the main directory, there's a line hide_console, and you just change the setting to "yes".

Loving the software so far :)