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Themes / Possible OSX theme based bug (need testers)

« on: July 14, 2015, 01:04:02 AM »

If I use the reflect layout for mame, the snaps do not load (have not tried with clips) when attract mode is started. They load when I change layouts or rebuild the rom list, but only after one of those activities has taken place.

I have tested it by removing the .add_clone, FadeArt, and using .add_artwork instead of .add_surface then it displays the snap artwork on launch of attractnode. I will try and isolate which one it is when I get home tonight. This was tested in Yosemite, with existing artwork (not scraped on the mac, but the pc) the artwork works in other layouts from the start.

If there are other mac users who can duplicate this, I will write up a bug report. If you want to help the steps are easy:

• open attractmode
• change layout to Reflect
• exit attractmode
• open attractmode
• post results here with os version

Thanks for your help!

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General / Re: Seeing Desktop on OS X when launching & ending games

« on: July 08, 2015, 09:19:35 AM »

Maybe it is important distinction - I'm using FILL SCREEN mode, not the FULL SCREEN mode.
in FULL SCREEN mode it is even worse - we have menu visible and AM screen disappears showing desktop (or other app windows), and we are loosing focus after game quit.

But according to Raygun - FILL SCREEN should be default option.

Awesome that explains why your screenshot looked better than mine  cheers.

I have been using full screen.

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General / Re: Seeing Desktop on OS X when launching & ending games

« on: July 08, 2015, 04:07:50 AM »

So it looks like we are not losing focus, but fullscreen on mame launch. Quick question Verion, do you also see the window chrome (the stoplight buttons and frame) when in mame mode, I can't check right now (at work, on lunch break) or I would post a screenshot.

 I will [try] and build the actual dev version tonight. To see if this fixes things.

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General / Re: Seeing Desktop on OS X when launching & ending games

« on: July 07, 2015, 11:56:22 AM »

Looks like it (menu bar) has been adressed:
https://github.com/mickelson/attract/blob/master/src/fe_util_osx.hpp

13 days ago, anyone built a mac build?

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General / Re: Seeing Desktop on OS X when launching & ending games

« on: July 07, 2015, 07:34:10 AM »

first off, hello AM forum! Love the Front end, great stuff!

 Could osx be creating creating a new space on mame launch? This fits with the movement seen and also the screensaver triggering (only visible when clock is set to to show in screensaver) would also explain the focus loss.^{see edit below...} Still not sure about the menu visibility.

EDIT:
So I was trying to make it worse  to see what was breaking. When AM goes full / fill screen and launches mame, it hides the mouse in the bottom right hand corner. This triggers the hot corner there. For me it was activating the screen lock, and Verion I would bet money that is where your hot corner is for mission control.

Soo the mouse needs to remain a few pixles further left to avoid the hot corners or they need to be set to be active only on modifier.
Or modify the settings and reset them out on exit. Which might work, list here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28999030/receive-information-about-hot-corner-configuration-on-a-mac