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Attract-Mode Support => General => Topic started by: Nya_Prao on July 20, 2016, 09:07:19 AM

Title: Launching Windows games in Attract Mode?
Post by: Nya_Prao on July 20, 2016, 09:07:19 AM

Hello Attract Moders,

I am a beginner when it comes to using this great tool and I have a project going on for the kids in an asylum accommodation here in Sweden.

I want to use free to play Windows games and I am currently setting up Spelunky classic (feel free to suggest more to the list).
How do I do this?

URL to the game is: C:\spelunky_classic\Spelunky.exe

Other front-end GUI:s do not work on this Dell Dimension 3000 with Windows XP in 32-bit but it does deliver with Attract Mode.
I suspect this is alot simpler then it sounds but I thought I would ask the pros.

Thanks in advance.

Title: Re: Launching Windows games in Attract Mode?
Post by: hermine.potter on July 20, 2016, 10:42:20 PM

here (http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=503.msg4231#msg4231)
here (http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=145.msg649#msg649)
here (http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=282.msg1975#msg1975)

Title: Re: Launching Windows games in Attract Mode?
Post by: Nya_Prao on July 21, 2016, 01:26:14 AM

Thank you!

Title: Re: Launching Windows games in Attract Mode?
Post by: Nya_Prao on July 24, 2016, 09:17:08 AM

It launches games and this opens new doors for the project!

However, attract mode stays in the front and is in the way, am I missing some setting or such?
Both Cave Story and Spelunky Classic act the same.

(Emulators work like a charm.)

Title: Re: Launching Windows games in Attract Mode?
Post by: paha_13 on July 25, 2016, 01:59:42 AM

Quote from: Nya_Prao on July 20, 2016, 09:07:19 AM

(feel free to suggest more to the list).

view these  :)

A Game with a Kitty
A Game with a Kitty 2: Darkside Adventures
A Game with a Kitty 3,4,5.....
Rocky Memphis and the Temple of Ophuxoff
Stargirl and the Thief from the Exploded Moon
Treasure Hunter Man
A Flipping Good Time
Vest Trials: Approaching Dawn
Snowy Joe
Saintrooper
Icy Tower 
Frogatto
Coro’s Jump !! 
JIGSAW
Gray and Green

Title: Re: Launching Windows games in Attract Mode?
Post by: xbs on July 25, 2016, 01:34:15 PM

Maldita Castilla.

Title: Re: Launching Windows games in Attract Mode?
Post by: hermine.potter on July 26, 2016, 02:47:49 AM

@Nya_Prao
try this:

-Hide Console
Edit attract.cfg > hide_console yes

-set Attract to Fullscreen:
TAB > General > Window Mode : Fullscreen Mode
or
edit attract.cfg > windows_mode fullscreen

-use fullscreen parameters of game (instead of window-mode)
some games uses their own parameters setting fullscreen & so it doesn't loose focus anymore
edit your_game.bat > your_game.exe -fullscreen_parameter_of_your_game

Title: Re: Launching Windows games in Attract Mode?
Post by: Nya_Prao on July 26, 2016, 09:16:49 AM

Thank you for the suggestions, I will look for them and download as many as I can.

I tried the following (adding it to the general-section?) sadly to no effect:
"Edit attract.cfg > hide_console yes"

It was already set to:
"TAB > General > Window Mode : Fullscreen Mode"

This worked great for Frogatto:
-use fullscreen parameters of game (instead of window-mode)
some games uses their own parameters setting fullscreen & so it doesn't loose focus anymore
edit your_game.bat > your_game.exe -fullscreen_parameter_of_your_game

However, the games still reside behind AM (after a short loading screen surfaces and goes away).
Really weird, almost as weird as the fact that Spelunky Classic works fine but displays a crash box after having shut down.  ???