ArcadeBliss - Info Overload Edition

[kent79]

I can't change game while press up or down button from keyboard in this layout. Do you know why?   

[empardopo]

I can't change game while press up or down button from keyboard in this layout. Do you know why?   

I thought the problem was the path to my history.dat but I've changed the path and I get the same.

[bundangdon]

I can't change game while press up or down button from keyboard in this layout. Do you know why?   

Having the same issue here too

[ArcadeBliss]

I can't change game while press up or down button from keyboard in this layout. Do you know why?   

Yes I know,  because in the layout,  I change up and down to scroll the history. Dat text.  Left and right will move the conveyor.  I can add this as a toggle option in the layout to ensure discoverability is better.

[omegaman]

Some tweaks that I made to the art transitions, scrolling is somewhat faster and smoother. Info below if anyone want to try it out. 

Changed line at (150) from 150 to 50
const SPIN_MS = 50; // conveyour spin speed

Add transitions to the following lines:

//constructor()
//Add at line(241)
s.trigger = Transition.EndNavigation;


//background
//add at line 431)
background.trigger = Transition.EndNavigation;

//flyer art
//add at line (488)
fylerart.trigger = Transition.EndNavigation;


//wheel art
//add at line (601)
wheelart.trigger = Transition.EndNavigation;
601

[ArcadeBliss]

I uploaded a new version with the following changes:

• added changes from omegaman (left the spin speed at 100)
• fixed the favorite icon problem
• added a layout option to enable/disable scrolling using LEFT/RIGHT instead of UP/DOWN
• optimized favorite icon handeling removing use of "nofavorite.png"

Thanks everyone for your feedback! Let me know if you would like to see other changes

[omegaman]

I'm really digging it.

[kent79]

I have download history.dat and setup the path. But still not working.  How to setup? 

[ArcadeBliss]

I have download history.dat and setup the path. But still not working.  How to setup? 

did you set up the history.dat plugin and generate the index?

[ArcadeBliss]

Added more ToDos to the first post.

• Add the ESRB Rating Logo
• Fix Emulator logo display code (will wait till I have multiple emulators)
• Add Placeholder Flyer image when a game does not have a flyer
• Change the the text "GAME:" to be the name of the active filter
• Add a customized menu overlay to match my cab
• Add a layout option regarding displaying favorite stars "none", "solid", "outlined"

The custom menu overlay will be my next step.. I hate the way the current menus rip you out of the experience.

Also I was asked how I implemented the moving rows for the game text. Here a an example that will work with any text object. I took the idea from the history.dat plugin.

First you need to setup a text object with text. It does not matter how much text is in the object

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local history =fe.add_text("", 442,188,810,290)
history.charsize = 18;
history.align = Align.Left;
history.word_wrap = true;
history.msg = "XXXXXXXXXXX PUT YOUR TEXT HERE XXXXXXXXXX";

Next I created a tick callback to scroll the text up or down in the text box

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function historynav( tick_time )
{

if (fe.get_input_state("XXXXXXXXXX   PUT YOUR UP KEY HERE XXXXXXXXXXXXXX")==true)
{
                history.first_line_hint--;
}
if (fe.get_input_state("XXXXXXXXXX   PUT YOUR DOWN KEY HERE XXXXXXXXXXXXXX")==true)
{
history.first_line_hint++;
}
}
fe.add_ticks_callback("historynav");




[bundangdon]

Working great for me!

[kent79]

I have download history.dat and setup the path. But still not working.  How to setup? 

did you set up the history.dat plugin and generate the index?

It is ok. Thank you 

[ArcadeBliss]

Todays status update... and updated layout in the first post


• complete: Add a layout option regarding displaying favorite stars "none", "solid", "outlined"
• complete: Add a customized menu overlay to match my cab (not a pic of my cab but a placeholder until it is completed
• complete: Change the the text "GAME:" to be the name of the active filter
• complete: Add Placeholder Flyer image when a game does not have a flyer (and all other artworks)

Also did some code optimization and bug fixing. Now only the ERSB left before it is complete. To do this, I will change the "genre display class" to be more generic promoting reuse. That will take a while though.

Heres a pic of the menu overlay as an attachment. - Enjoy

[chrisvg]

Great work on the menu overlay!

[bundangdon]

This is a beautiful and professional-looking theme However, for me it would be great if there was an option to scroll through the box-art (consoles) or flyers (arcade) instead of videos, and have a video/screenshot on the top left (instead of the flyer or box). I was playing with this layout and after a while my eyes were getting exhausted from all the movement on the screen, caused by multiple videos running at one time. But maybe that's just me?