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General / Question About Theming and Artwork for Attract Mode UI

« Last post by SamuelJoseph on December 11, 2025, 01:30:04 AM »

Hello everyone, I am new here and very interested in using AttractMode for my arcade setup. I enjoy how clean and smooth UI looks when attract mode shows game lists and artwork. I am learning to customize themes, transitions, and background images to make my front-end look better. I have a small question about art style planning. In my real work sometimes I do painting estimates for home projects, like how much paint and time I need before I start. So I think same idea could help when planning attract mode artwork maybe estimate how many background images, banners, or custom screens I need before I start designing? Does anyone here plan UI artwork first or do quick estimation before creating all theme images? Any tips on organizing theme files or deciding number of assets before completing theme? I want my setup look tidy and nice without too much back and forth. Thanks very much for help and happy gaming!

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Themes / Re: Xeito · [previously known as Elegante] [image and video showcase inside] - [WIP]

« Last post by cybermat on December 10, 2025, 01:51:03 PM »

Sometimes i come back here, in order to see the beta release of this....
It's like Duke Nukem Forever, so we still have a lot of times to wait.

I never understood why not opening a GitHub project and finding help to finish 6 years of coding..

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General / teknoparrot

« Last post by alamo on December 08, 2025, 07:45:49 AM »

Does anyone know a way to get TeknoParrot running through Attract Mode without rocket launcher?

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Themes / Re: Nostalgic Build, theme per system AM+

« Last post by zestful on November 30, 2025, 02:52:16 PM »

Handhelds reworks (about 7 new themes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5inVEKSMwuA

Sega Dreamcast new theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvHHhFAU8SM&t=1s

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Scripting / Re: Romlist Convertor/Generator Launchbox, RetroFE, Emulation Station / Retrobat

« Last post by 5cristals on November 27, 2025, 08:46:38 PM »

Awesome resource! This Romlist converter is a huge time saver for Attract Mode users. Has anyone tested it with larger ROM collections? I'm curious about performance. Also, I wonder if it can handle specific cases like fan translations or hacks. Perhaps a feature to customize export formats could be beneficial.

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Themes / Pandora Box AM+

« Last post by Xerf84 on November 26, 2025, 07:35:35 PM »

Since I see the original poster hasn't updated theirs, I decided to add some things along with others I found online.

Tested on Attract Mode + 3.2.0 build 803

Apologies if this isn't the right place to share this.





Link:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/q1yicy37ol87jxx/Pandora_Box_AM%252B.rar/file

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Themes / Re: N64 Classic Theme

« Last post by sprayjewelry on November 17, 2025, 05:58:04 PM »

Very Nice.
Can you make a little "How To"? With more Infos.
I have Problems to bring it to work.
The Flyers not showing up. Are they .png or .jpg?  (I have copy it to Roms\N64\flyer)
The snaps not showing up, too.
The Information .txt files goes into the same Roms\N64 folder?  I named it like the Roms but still nothing shows up.

Greedings PittStone.

Really? I wan to comfirm!!

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General / Re: Game Descriptions missing

« Last post by jakabasej8 on November 13, 2025, 09:14:18 PM »

It sounds like you're experiencing a frustrating issue with the game descriptions in Attract-Mode. Have you tried refreshing the Romlist or checking if the paths to the cfg files are correctly set in the settings? informacijski sistemi Sometimes a simple re-scan can resolve these kinds of problems. https://pharma-hemp.com/sl/kategorija-izdelka/izbiraj-med-izdelki/kapljice/ If that doesn’t work, the community might have some additional insights or solutions!

Good standard troubleshooting advice. The original poster had confirmed paths and re-scans were not the solution, leading the discussion toward using external scraping tools like Skyscraper or waiting for the updated history.dat parser plugin.

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Scripting / Re: Scrolling text?

« Last post by Weblebens on November 13, 2025, 06:44:03 PM »

Hey! Sounds like a cool project! You could definitely achieve this with some clever string manipulation and looping. Think about using a substring function alongside a timer to shift the displayed characters dynamically. For stationary titles, a simple conditional check on the length would suffice. Remember how addicting the slopes of Snow Rider are when you're stuck.

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General / Re: Game Descriptions missing

« Last post by MolliePenwood on November 11, 2025, 06:40:55 PM »

I understand your frustration with the missing game descriptions after the update to attract-mode. I had a similar issue when I switched to a new setup. I found that using the Basketball Stars platform not only streamlined my experience but also provided helpful resources on troubleshooting. It might be worth checking out for extra support and guidance on getting those descriptions back. Good luck!