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General / Re: Trying to install Attract Mode on Pop_OS (based on Ubuntu 20.04)

« on: August 17, 2020, 12:00:23 PM »

I recently made the jump from Mac to Linux on my desktop. It was easier than I thought.

Ubuntu is based off debian, and popos is based off Ubuntu. I'm a little confused on the difference between popos and Ubuntu. Is the only significant difference a dock in gnome?

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Scripting / Re: Need help (please) with magic token data comparison

« on: August 16, 2020, 02:54:35 PM »

You are using a magic token outside of the scope of where it should be applied. Read layouts.md carefully. Your if statement is comparing two strings. Use fe.game_info().

https://github.com/mickelson/attract/blob/master/Layouts.md#magic
https://github.com/mickelson/attract/blob/master/Layouts.md#game_info

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General / Re: Trying to install Attract Mode on Pop_OS (based on Ubuntu 20.04)

« on: August 16, 2020, 03:47:05 AM »

It's worth noting that compile time of attract on Linux is actually low in comparison to other things.

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General / Re: AM, controlls Q: 8bitdo

« on: August 15, 2020, 06:33:50 AM »

I had 8bitdo working with attract-mode using linux... but not Lynx. Atari hasn't made that handheld in 25 years.

https://arcademvs.org/raspberry-pi/raspbian-lite-setup/#bluetooth-controllers

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General / Re: Screen resolution

« on: August 07, 2020, 05:23:49 AM »

Try window (no border) mode. On mac os x, windowed mode would not take into account the title bar. Perhaps the same thing is happening for you? Looks like you are running linux. I use linux too, but busy testing something at the moment.

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General / Re: Screen resolution

« on: August 02, 2020, 10:56:39 AM »

Attract should take your desktop resolution. It will scale a layout appropriately, regardless of fe dimensions.

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General / Re: so i see we have been breached by the sex bots

« on: August 01, 2020, 06:43:03 PM »

There are various mechanisms and techniques:
-Captcha
-answer of simple questions (what noise do a dog?, what is 1+7, what's the day after sunday...)
-and more

But it’s not great, to enter it every time/every post

And there are real persons, who are paid to spam boards.
In this case, protection becomes difficult...

to keep board clean but still comfortable :
Manual removal of ulcer by moderator, admin...

Honeypot captchas work great and require no input from an actual user. Bots wont even be able to register.

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General / Re: so i see we have been breached by the sex bots

« on: August 01, 2020, 02:47:59 PM »

raygun appointed a few moderators. We can remove user with all their created threads and posts. Anything else is up to raygun.

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General / Re: I am creating a personal theme, I need a little help

« on: July 28, 2020, 12:37:26 PM »

Objects created in your squirrel script will be layered in order from bottom to top, unless you change the z index.

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General / Re: Image won't boot the first time!

« on: July 21, 2020, 11:25:25 AM »

how do I make sure what video output is configured as I can't even boot ? I always used HDMI with other images/OS's...
Is there some config file to edit before pluggin it in ?

Take the SD card and plug it into another device. You are using a clone of some one else's setup. You realize this?

https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/config-txt/

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Scripting / Re: same game start?

« on: July 11, 2020, 05:10:11 PM »

Use transition callback and change the list index.

Not shure how to do, but I will try. Thanks for yout
Input..

Not a problem. Get something started and then pm me on discord if you need further help.

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Scripting / Re: same game start?

« on: July 11, 2020, 04:10:33 AM »

Use transition callback and change the list index.

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Themes / Re: Hyperspin Theme Mode [Release v3.0]

« on: July 10, 2020, 10:19:33 AM »

her is a link, for the sequencer, plugin,,,,,that will randomly spin the  wheel,   pretty cool...

keil made this when i asked him to.........put it in you plugins,   open am go to plugins enable,  then set the delay time between spin...

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1a6RUy9s5fmyO_zM5eX3CyLl5irv6o-Yw

enjoy 

i also love seeing random games pop up,  get's me exited....right

I revised the plugin two weeks ago. In Maine for vacation. Will make a PR to official repo when get back next week.

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General / Re: Question on Themes

« on: July 08, 2020, 07:16:37 PM »

I joined the forum, but could not figure out how to send a pm. I am on vacation in a remote area with no cellular reception most of the time.

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General / Re: Installing in Linux

« on: July 08, 2020, 07:15:23 PM »

when i try this,

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:daveg/attract

i get this

sudo: add-apt-repository: command not found

any help

PPA repo does exist: https://launchpad.net/~daveg/+archive/ubuntu/attract

Do you have apt installed? Debian or Ubuntu? If the answer is no, compiling from source is always a good option.