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General / Re: Create a master romlist to enable multi-emulator searching, filtering & tagging
« on: September 28, 2024, 01:45:10 AM »i'm using my favourites tag from mame as an Arcade Classics, so i've added to favourites all my fav games from mame, i won't add any console game to the fav list, but i would like to add the atomiswave games to it, but if i add an atomiswave to fav, it creates it's atomiswave tag, and the games wont show in favourites. (sorry for the confusion)
is there any way to create a single favourite tag in 2024?using attract mode plus on mac.
thanks in advance!
You MUST be viewing the "All Systems" list mentioned in Step #1 when selecting games to have anything show in any tag file or any favorite file for the "All Systems" group. If you select tag or favorite from the individual systems or other combined lists, they will appear in different files for those systems and not in the "All Systems" tag/favorite files.
P.S. You can always manually modify or combine the text file (copy and paste) to make the list(s) you want.
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General / Re: Bizarre issue with the wrong game launching
« on: September 28, 2024, 01:32:43 AM »
Run the game in "console mode". This will show the exact command Attract-Mode is sending and very likely expose the issue to you, or to someone on the forum if you post the results.
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General / Re: How to find pre-generated Game Lists
« on: December 17, 2023, 12:59:26 AM »
Use the "tagging" feature or a "filter" option to show exactly what you want.
Tagging builds a list of games you define. You specifically add games to the "tag" list.
Filtering builds a list based on criteria you define. You create a filter rule that give you the results you want.
Tagging builds a list of games you define. You specifically add games to the "tag" list.
Filtering builds a list based on criteria you define. You create a filter rule that give you the results you want.
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General / Re: Issue starting a game, The game starts in the background
« on: October 13, 2023, 09:51:09 PM »
Try Configure-->Emulator--(your_emulator_name)-->Non-Blocking Mode Wait = 10.
If this works you can play with the 10 number and reduce it as low as possible before the problem returns. BTW - 10 equals the number of seconds AttractMode will wait before putting focus on the emulator when launching a game so be patient when testing.
If this works you can play with the 10 number and reduce it as low as possible before the problem returns. BTW - 10 equals the number of seconds AttractMode will wait before putting focus on the emulator when launching a game so be patient when testing.
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General / Re: Help needed with filters
« on: May 16, 2023, 11:39:54 PM »
catver.ini is only needed for genre information. You need to make sure that you call "mame.exe -listxml" when generating your romlists. This is what will get most of the game information.
Example of mame.cfg
or
http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=2091.msg14323#msg14323
Example of mame.cfg
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# Generated by Attract-Mode v2.6.1
#
executable \path\to\mame\mame64.exe
args [name]
rompath \path\to\mame\roms
romext .zip
system Arcade
info_source listxml
import_extras \path\to\mame\catver.ini;\path\to\mame\nplayers.ini
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# Generated by Attract-Mode v2.6.1
#
executable \path\to\mame\mame64.exe
args [name]
rompath \path\to\mame\roms
romext .zip
system Arcade
info_source thegamesdb.net
import_extras \path\to\mame\mame.xml;\path\to\mame\catver.ini;\path\to\mame\nplayers.ini
http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=2091.msg14323#msg14323
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General / Re: Groovemame + Attract Mode
« on: May 01, 2023, 08:57:26 PM »
The log only shows mame.exe being run without a game being launched/selected.
You mention mame works but groovymame doesn't with attractmode. Does groovymame work properly when used without attractmode? Can you launch a groovymame game from the command line?
You mention mame works but groovymame doesn't with attractmode. Does groovymame work properly when used without attractmode? Can you launch a groovymame game from the command line?
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General / Re: Groovemame + Attract Mode
« on: May 01, 2023, 01:23:33 AM »
Have you ever had a working attractmode? If so, what has changed?
Things to consider:
1. your attractmode .cfg file for the emulator is misconfigured
2. your MAME emulator mame.ini file doesn't have the correct "rompath"
3. your video driver isn't up-to-date or isn't correct
Look at the last_run.log for errors/details or run attract-console.exe to view errors in real time.
Things to consider:
1. your attractmode .cfg file for the emulator is misconfigured
2. your MAME emulator mame.ini file doesn't have the correct "rompath"
3. your video driver isn't up-to-date or isn't correct
Look at the last_run.log for errors/details or run attract-console.exe to view errors in real time.
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General / Re: Edit Emulator Menu
« on: February 15, 2023, 12:09:16 AM »
To troubleshoot your issue try these things
1. look at the last_run.log in the \attractmode folder for errors
2. run the attract-console.exe from the root/administrator command line to see what errors appear
3. switch your attractmode layout to "basic"
4. make sure you have the latest, correct driver for your video card (or graphics chip on CPU)
5. try different video resolutions in OS. (common ones that have less resolution)
1. look at the last_run.log in the \attractmode folder for errors
2. run the attract-console.exe from the root/administrator command line to see what errors appear
3. switch your attractmode layout to "basic"
4. make sure you have the latest, correct driver for your video card (or graphics chip on CPU)
5. try different video resolutions in OS. (common ones that have less resolution)
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General / Re: Gamesdb.net and ROM lists
« on: January 16, 2023, 11:39:19 PM »
A current version of AM. AM has been updated to work with thegamedb.net changes.
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General / Re: Possible to load specific rom automatically when attract mode is launched?
« on: January 10, 2023, 12:18:25 AM »
Changing this setting will cause AM to automatically run the last played game when launched.
Settings-->General-->Start Up Mode = Launch Last Game
With this setting you can simply play your desired launch game before exiting AM each time and it will run the next time you launch AM.
The attract.am contains the information of the last played game. So you could run AM and play the game you want to run on launch and then exit AM and change the attract.am file to "read only". This should give you what you want but might have side effects, you'll have to try and see.
Another approach might be to create a batch file that launches your desired game without AM from the command line and then runs AM when you exit the game. There's also the option to run a script on AM launch or exit that will modify the attract.am file to contain the correct game to run when launched.
Settings-->General-->Start Up Mode = Launch Last Game
With this setting you can simply play your desired launch game before exiting AM each time and it will run the next time you launch AM.
The attract.am contains the information of the last played game. So you could run AM and play the game you want to run on launch and then exit AM and change the attract.am file to "read only". This should give you what you want but might have side effects, you'll have to try and see.
Another approach might be to create a batch file that launches your desired game without AM from the command line and then runs AM when you exit the game. There's also the option to run a script on AM launch or exit that will modify the attract.am file to contain the correct game to run when launched.
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General / Re: Best way to generate custom lists for a display?
« on: December 18, 2022, 12:58:00 AM »
It looks like your rule should work. Be certain the rom names are correctly spelled. You could try changing your rule from "Name equals" to "Name contains" and see if it helps.
If this doesn't help I would recommend tags over additional romlists. AM needs to read every romlist when it loads so additional romlists will cause a delay to load duplicate information. This isn't really an issue on a fast PC but can make a big difference on something slow like a Raspberry Pi. Tags can be done using the GUI while additional romlist would need to manually be done outside of the GUI.
You might check out this thread to give you other ideas http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=1165.msg8455#msg8455.
If this doesn't help I would recommend tags over additional romlists. AM needs to read every romlist when it loads so additional romlists will cause a delay to load duplicate information. This isn't really an issue on a fast PC but can make a big difference on something slow like a Raspberry Pi. Tags can be done using the GUI while additional romlist would need to manually be done outside of the GUI.
You might check out this thread to give you other ideas http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=1165.msg8455#msg8455.