Mr. RetroLust's MAME Lights Out Bezels Revisited 0.07

On 7/21/2024 at 5:07 PM, slammin007 said:

Very Cool, thanks for this.  I'm having trouble using the ArcCabView with these overlays though. For some reason I get wavy lines overlaid on the screen.  If I go into slider controls and change ArcCabView to something else, then switch back it fixes it, but doesn't save it.  Wavy lines return after restart. Works with OrionsAngel overlays, but not Mr. Retrolusts.

 

**Update** - found the issue in mame.ini     now it works great! Thanks again!

    # OSD ACCELERATED VIDEO OPTIONS
#
filter                    1
prescale                  3 <---- problem - originally set to 1, causes issues when set to 3

Strange, I play in 4K with prescale 3 and never had this issue.

Hello. While I'm downloading the archives, I want to know where to get the horizontal and vertical INIs files? Or will they be among the archives?
I also read that there is something called: crt-geom-deluxe. What's better?
And one more thing, is the Mame emulator separately much better than the one available from Retroarch? Is RetroArch just more convenient?

Please tell me, do I need an update if I have Mame 0.268?

And please tell me, in the update archives, in addition to the ARTWORK folder, there is a FOLDER folder and in it the Lights Out Bezels Revisited.ini file. Where should I throw this Lights Out Bezels Revisited?

 

Edited August 3 by GennadijK

I’ve basically sorted out the placement of files, everything seems to be correct. Now we need to make changes to mame .ini . And yet, I had to manually create the folder folder, so it didn’t exist or maybe it will appear after saving the system data. What kind of folder is DAT? Is it absolutely necessary and what does it affect, please tell me?

On 8/3/2024 at 8:26 PM, GennadijK said:

Hello. While I'm downloading the archives, I want to know where to get the horizontal and vertical INIs files? Or will they be among the archives?
I also read that there is something called: crt-geom-deluxe. What's better?
And one more thing, is the Mame emulator separately much better than the one available from Retroarch? Is RetroArch just more convenient?

Please tell me, do I need an update if I have Mame 0.268?

And please tell me, in the update archives, in addition to the ARTWORK folder, there is a FOLDER folder and in it the Lights Out Bezels Revisited.ini file. Where should I throw this Lights Out Bezels Revisited?

 

1) ArcCabView is simply an optimized modification of the crt-geom-deluxe included with the MAME distribution.
You can use whichever one you prefer, or even another - it's a personal choice.

2) the original MAME is infinitely better than the horrible adaptation supplied with RetroArch.
My artworks collection won't work with RetroArch anyway.

3) As it stands, the vast majority of the collection should work with future versions of MAME.
All that's needed is for the name of an artwork to match the name of the ROM for which it's intended. Even if I never update again, 99% of the collection should work with MAME 0.268 and later.

On 8/4/2024 at 12:18 AM, GennadijK said:

I’ve basically sorted out the placement of files, everything seems to be correct. Now we need to make changes to mame .ini . And yet, I had to manually create the folder folder, so it didn’t exist or maybe it will appear after saving the system data. What kind of folder is DAT? Is it absolutely necessary and what does it affect, please tell me?

The DAT is designed for users who use Clrmamepro or a similar tool to manage their ROM and artworks collections.

I had a problem when using the "The MAME Arcade Pre Configuration Project" by Warped Polygon and these artworks.
The problem was with Neogeo Games, not showing artworks.
At the end of the "CFG" files by Warped Polygon there is this label:

        <video>
            <target index="0" view="Screen 0 Pixel Aspect (10:7)" />
        </video>

Don't know what it does, but when you change the valour "target index" to "1", problem is gone, and the artwork is shown,
After testing the game, i opened the CFG again and the "<video> </video> " label was gone.
I don't understand why all of this happens, but that was the solution.
I hope this would help to anyone with the same trouble, because it was a little hard for me to find the cause.

These are 1080p bezels, right? My PC ain't strong enough to handle 4K... Which file is it for Legend of Hero Tonma please? I can't find the file for games that start with an L. 

Edited September 4 by vince16

11 hours ago, vince16 said:

These are 1080p bezels, right? My PC ain't strong enough to handle 4K... Which file is it for Legend of Hero Tonma please? I can't find the file for games that start with an L. 

Those artworks are UHD 4K 3840x2160.

Here's the one you're looking for in HD 1080.
I converted it just for you, quick n easy way.loht.zip

On 9/5/2024 at 10:42 AM, kloug666 said:

Those artworks are UHD 4K 3840x2160.

Here's the one you're looking for in HD 1080.
I converted it just for you, quick n easy way.loht.zip

What's the need for this new thread then? There's already this one for Mr retrolust's lightsout 4K bezels, isn't there?

Thanks btw, that's a great bezel!

Thank you for the post and thanks to Mr RetroLust of course !

For those who want to remove the scratches and the reflections, here is an automated way :

- Install ImageMagick from https://imagemagick.org/script/download.php

- run this command line (update the path where needed) : 

"C:\Program Files\ImageMagick\magick.exe" mogrify -channel A -fx "a<0.263 ? 0 : a"  "C:\Emulators\Mame0269b_64bit\artwork\1941\1.png"

and...that's it !

 

Edited October 15 by lp69mame

On 10/15/2024 at 1:01 AM, lp69mame said:

Thank you for the post and thanks to Mr RetroLust of course !

For those who want to remove the scratches and the reflections, here is an automated way :

- Install ImageMagick from https://imagemagick.org/script/download.php

- run this command line (update the path where needed) : 

"C:\Program Files\ImageMagick\magick.exe" mogrify -channel A -fx "a<0.263 ? 0 : a"  "C:\Emulators\Mame0269b_64bit\artwork\1941\1.png"

and...that's it !

 

This works but it needs smoothing around the cut area, a small shadow would look nice too.

You could do this by lowering the 0.263 value, but this would leave the most prominent scratches. Then you could remove them by hand in an editing software (easily as they would be in the middle of the screen).

So nothing automated unless you want to go one step further : 1 pass as above, 2nd pass reads the screen coordinates from the layout file and erases the inside area

Edited October 16 by lp69mame