Verticools Deluxe

[cools]

Finally got around to smartening up Verticools. Designed on and for a vertical 15KHz 240p 4:3 CRT display, but will work anywhere - set your aspect ratio and rotation if required in the options. Will use wheel images if you have them enabled in the emulator configuration.

The below filter rules work nicely to clean out the cruft for MAME 222 as far as vertical, joystick playable games go.

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global_filter       
exception            Name equals batsugunsp|cyvernj|driftout|ddpdojblk|dkongjrj|dogosokb|downtownj|ghoxj|gwarb|ikarijpb|omegafs
rule                 Rotation equals 90|270
rule                 DisplayType equals raster
rule                 DisplayCount equals 1
rule                 Control contains joystick|dial
rule                 Control not_contains gambling|positional
rule                 Category not_contains Mature|Casino|MultiGame|Redemption
rule                 Status not_equals preliminary
rule                 Title not_contains bootleg|internal build|\(prototype|prototype\)|China|Raiden II New
rule                 Manufacturer not_contains bootleg|Promat
rule                 CloneOf not_contains .
rule                 AltRomname not_equals decocass|cedmag
rule                 Year not_contains ?
rule                 Name not_equals batsugun|cyvern|ddp3|ddpdojt|dkongjr|ghox|ikari|gwar|mjleague|metlhawk|alleymas|omegaf
filter               "All Games"
filter               "Most Played"
sort_by              PlayedTime
reverse_order        true
list_limit           25
filter               "Breakout Games"
rule                 Category contains Breakout
filter               "Driving Games"
rule                 Category equals Driving.+
filter               "Fighting Games"
rule                 Category equals Fight.+
filter               "Maze Games"
rule                 Category equals Maze.+
filter               "Platform Games"
rule                 Category equals Platform.+
filter               "Puzzle Games"
rule                 Category equals Puzzle.+
filter               "Shooting Games"
rule                 Category equals Shooter.+
filter               "Sports Games"
rule                 Category equals Sport.+
filter               "© Alpha Denshi"
rule                 Manufacturer equals (Alpha.Densh.*)|(.*/.Alpha.Densh.*)
filter               "© Bally/Midway"
rule                 Manufacturer equals (Ball.*)|(Midwa.*)|(.*/.Ball.*)|(.*/.Midwa.*)
filter               "© Capcom"
rule                 Manufacturer equals (Capco.*)|(.*/.Capco.*)
filter               "© Cave"
rule                 Manufacturer equals (Cav.*)|(.*/.Cav.*)
filter               "© Data East"
rule                 Manufacturer equals (Data.Eas.*)|(.*/.Data.Eas.*)
filter               "© Irem"
rule                 Manufacturer equals (Ire.*)|(.*/.Ire.*)
filter               "© Jaleco"
rule                 Manufacturer equals (Jalec.*)|(.*/.Jalec.*)
filter               "© Kaneko"
rule                 Manufacturer equals (Kanek.*)|(.*/.Kanek.*)
filter               "© Konami"
rule                 Manufacturer equals (Konam.*)|(.*/.Konam.*)
filter               "© Namco"
rule                 Manufacturer equals (Namc.*)|(.*/.Namc.*)
filter               "© Nintendo"
rule                 Manufacturer equals (Nintend.*)|(.*/.Nintend.*)
filter               "© Psikyo"
rule                 Manufacturer equals (Psiky.*)|(.*/.Psiky.*)
filter               "© Raizing / Eighting"
rule                 Manufacturer equals (Raizin.*)|(Eightin.*)|(.*/.Raizin.*)|(.*/.Eightin.*)
filter               "© Seibu Kaihatsu"
rule                 Manufacturer equals (Seibu.Kaihats.*)|(.*/.Seibu.Kaihats.*)
filter               "© Sega"
rule                 Manufacturer equals (Seg.*)|(.*/.Seg.*)
filter               "© SNK"
rule                 Manufacturer equals (SN.*)|(.*/.SN.*)
filter               "© Taito"
rule                 Manufacturer equals (Tait.*)|(.*/.Tait.*)
filter               "© Technos"
rule                 Manufacturer equals (Techno.*)|(.*/.Techno.*)
filter               "© Tecmo"
rule                 Manufacturer equals (Tecm.*)|(.*/.Tecm.*)
filter               "© Toaplan"
rule                 Manufacturer equals (Toapla.*)|(.*/.Toapla.*)
filter               "© Universal"
rule                 Manufacturer equals (Universa.*)|(.*/.Universa.*)
filter               "© Video System Co."
rule                 Manufacturer equals (Visc.*)|(Video.System.Co.*)|(.*/.Visc.*)|(.*/.Video.System.C.*)
filter               "© Zaccaria"
rule                 Manufacturer equals (Zaccari.*)|(.*/.Zaccari.*)
filter               "Released 1970 - 1979"
rule                 Year equals 197.
filter               "Released 1980"
rule                 Year equals 1980
filter               "Released 1981"
rule                 Year equals 1981
filter               "Released 1982"
rule                 Year equals 1982
filter               "Released 1983"
rule                 Year equals 1983
filter               "Released 1984 - 1985"
rule                 Year equals 1984|1985
filter               "Released 1986 - 1987"
rule                 Year equals 1986|1987
filter               "Released 1988 - 1989"
rule                 Year equals 1988|1989
filter               "Released 1990 - 1994"
rule                 Year equals 1990|1991|1992|1993|1994
filter               "Released 1995 - 1999"
rule                 Year equals 1995|1996|1997|1998|1999
filter               "Released 2000 - 2020"
rule                 Year equals 20..


[churchofsolipsism]

I'm sorry to say it crashed AttractMode for me... when I set it to this layout, attractmode closes and I have to change the layout in the cfg-file before i can open it again.

[cools]

Are you able to run attract-console from a command prompt and get the error message?

[jedione]

i get the same thing, here is what it says,,,

ps thanx for the update....looking foward to it..

script Error in magic string function: Category - the index '0' does not exist

[cools]

Aha, no Category in your ROM list. I can fix that crash. Import catver.ini as an additional file for MAME to work around it.

[cools]

Crashes with barebone ROM lists should now be solved.

Also added some optional glamour to the wheel logo.

Only thing I'd like to add is a gradient on the text, but I don't understand shaders at all...

[jedione]

love how u did the glamor FX,  realy cool....

[churchofsolipsism]

Thanks a bunch mate, will try out immediately and report back!

edit: Works now, excellent. I tried to make it into a vertical layout (by which I mean make it into a vertical layout that works with a horizontal windows desktop orientation - see below for why I can't rotate windows itself), which is what I need for my cab, by inserting "Vertical Orientation" in the section

// Layout Constants
...
if...
else
{
       // Vertical Orientation

Nothing changed though, I still get horizontal orientation. (It's obvious I operate by trial and error, sorry if the solution seems obvious) If it's not too much to ask, do you think you could make it into a vertical layout in the above sense? I use a 4:3 LCD monitor at 1024x768. No worries if you won't, of course...

One more thing: apparently, vanilla MAME works well with a rotated desktop, unfortunately I use GroovyMAME. Calamity, who is (one of the) programmers on it, says in an old BYOAC post that GroovyMAME doesn't work with a rotated Windows desktop. I'm using the most recent version (0.220), and it still doesn't seem to work (4:3 games are stretched to full screen in MAME (in 3:4!), and the rotate option in the TAB-settings doesn't help.

[cools]

Only thing I'd like to add is a gradient on the text, but I don't understand shaders at all...

Figured it out! Will take a little bit of time to apply to everything, looks awesome!

[cools]

One more thing: apparently, vanilla MAME works well with a rotated desktop, unfortunately I use GroovyMAME. Calamity, who is (one of the) programmers on it, says in an old BYOAC post that GroovyMAME doesn't work with a rotated Windows desktop. I'm using the most recent version (0.220), and it still doesn't seem to work (4:3 games are stretched to full screen in MAME (in 3:4!), and the rotate option in the TAB-settings doesn't help.

Re: all this - Groovy works with rotated desktop (I use it like this! ), but to rotate the layout on a horizontal desktop just go into attract mode config and set a key to toggle rotation.

I will add a setting for this though as it's not sticky.

[cools]

Updated with a rotation setting and game style text throughout.

[churchofsolipsism]

Re: all this - Groovy works with rotated desktop (I use it like this! ), but to rotate the layout on a horizontal desktop just go into attract mode config and set a key to toggle rotation.

I will add a setting for this though as it's not sticky.

Updated with a rotation setting and game style text throughout.

Thanks, man. Nice of you to go to all this trouble for a stranger on the internet. From now on, everytime I post in the "free shit"-thread on arcadeotaku you'll have dibs on it.

[cools]

Welcome! Tbh in my constant testing I've been using a horizontal monitor and pressing toggle rotate every time!

[cools]

Fixed the initial wheel glamour flash by using a different animation routine to achieve the same effect.

Added in an optional shader for the background image along with some starfield shaders I've converted and tweaked from ShaderToy (comments added where changes have been made). They look nice but I still prefer the game video.

Hopefully I'm now done forever.

[Yaron2019]

I like the gradient colors technique of the text, gonna experiment with that. This theme is more sophisticated then it looks.