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General / Ambient Sound in Attractmode

« on: March 29, 2015, 04:12:33 PM »

I have a few MP3 files in the AttractMode\Sounds directory and have one of them set at the ambient sound in the Sounds settings/ However, I can not get it to play. I tried assigning this and couple of other sounds to some of the other setting to see if I could get those to work. No go on anything. Is there something special I need to do to get this working?

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General / Re: Artwork questions

« on: February 24, 2015, 08:08:11 PM »

Any idea where ot get the Hypersping wheel images without spending $45 on the Hyperspin site? I would consider it if a) I used Hyperspin as my primary frontend and b) if I used more than just the graphics.

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General / Using AttractMode as a Windows shell replacement

« on: February 24, 2015, 08:03:02 PM »

I attempted to configure AttractMode as a Windows shell replacement (launching attract.exe instead of explorer.exe on Windows startup). While AttractMode did launch, it was unable to find its configuration file, appearing as thought the program had been run for the first time. AttractMode does work correctly if it is run as one of the Windows startup items (with Explorer as the shell).

Has anyone gotten AttractMode to work as a shell replacement and, if so, can you describe what steps you took to get it to work properly?

My ultimate goal with my cab is to hide as much of Windows as possible and I'm almost there.

Thanks!

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General / Re: Artwork questions

« on: January 27, 2015, 02:04:27 PM »

Which artwork is used for the game logo in the Cools theme? I would like to have my list displayed as is shown in the 'New Zeland Story' image shown on the About page of the site (minus the flyer artwork).

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General / Is there a way to hide duplicates?

« on: January 27, 2015, 02:01:13 PM »

Is there a way to hide the duplicate/bootleg versions of a game from the games list?

Additionally, if I only have one game in a collection (my FixItFelix) is there a way to get the list to show only one instance of the game? Currently, it appears as though there are several instances of the game to select from even if there is only one instance that is selectable.

Thanks!

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General / Re: Rotation plugin and screen resize issues

« on: January 27, 2015, 01:55:28 PM »

Thanks!

I'll try the suggestions tonight. Ideally, I would like a MAME cab for vertical games only and one for horizontal games, which would eliminate the first issue, but costs and resources dictate that I can only have one for now.

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General / Rotation plugin and screen resize issues

« on: January 22, 2015, 07:37:45 PM »

AttractMode is basically doing everything I want it to do with the following exceptions:

• am starting AttractMode in rotated so that the vertical games I am running through MAME can appear full-screen. If I run a vertically-oriented game in MAME and exit, AttractMode returns and is displayed in the correct orientation. If I run a MAME game that is normally landscape orientation, the game itself runs in the proper orientation in MAME (though with bars on top and bottom). However, when I exit the game, AttractMode is then rotated again and the orientation of the interface is incorrect. Is there a way to fix this?
  
• One of the games I am running is a DirectX game (Fix it Felix) that resizes the screen on launch. When the game is closed, the screen remains in the same resolution at which the game was running, not the native resolution of the screen. This make AttractMode unusable. Is there a way to correct this?

Thanks!
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General / Re: Artwork questions

« on: January 20, 2015, 08:07:46 PM »

I found that the marquee and snapshot artwork displays as expected when I am using the Orbit or Basic themes. However, only the snapshot appears when I use the Cools theme, only the snapshot appears.

How do I get the marquee artwork to appear for the Cools theme? Also, does anyone know if there is a source that provides higher resolution snapshots that are compatible with AM?

Thanks!

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General / Is it possible to start AttractMode rotated?

« on: January 20, 2015, 08:02:32 PM »

Initially I had my screen and Windows desktop set to portrait mode and, while AttractMode works fine in that arrangement, I am finding several of the game I am trying to run in MAME have issues in that mode. As a compromise, I've found that if the desktop is in landscape mode and I then run MAME rotated, all games work as expected. I am planning on mounting my monitor vertically in my MAME cab.

The problem with this is that AttractMode appears in landscape mode when started and would obviously look wrong when the monitor is eventually mounted. So my question is this: Is it possible to start AttractMode in a rotated mode upon launch? If so, how do I go about doing so?

Thanks!

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General / Re: Feature Suggestions: Hide Mouse Pointer & Global Hotkey exit

« on: January 11, 2015, 06:34:41 PM »

I second the global hot key. Also, it would be nice if there were a way to return to full resolution when exiting from a program too. I set one of my configurations up to launch Fix It Felix. The program resizes the screen on launch (DirectX) but doesn't return to the native resolution when the program is launched via AttractMode. Instead it returns to AttractMode in the same resolution FiFJr was running under, cropping the AttractMode screen and making it unusable.

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General / Artwork questions

« on: January 11, 2015, 11:14:26 AM »

Hi,

I'm setting up AttractMode for the first time and I have a few questions:

• I have the screen shots extracted to the snap directory of MAME and have the mame configuration setup to look for the art in tat directory. When I launch AttactMode, most of the games I have configured display the snapshots correctly but others (Mr. Do, Berzerk, etc.) do not. I checked both the rom name and the snap image name in both the ROMS and SNAP folders respectively and found that the names of the ROM and SNAP image match so I am uncertain as to why these particular ones aren't working. Any ideas?
• What needs to be done in order to get the Marquee artwork to display? I've created the marquees directory under MAME and referenced it correctly under the mame section in AttractMode. I then copied the .7z file to the folder, which didn't work and then tried extacting the contents of the archive to the marquees folder. This also didn't work. 

Any suggestions on either or both items would be appreciated.

Thanks!