Mr. RetroLust's MAME Lights Out Bezels Revisited 0.14

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

Thanks for the heads up.

Edited March 2 by kloug666

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, 2024 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, 2024 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, 2024 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, 2024 by lp69mame

Did you remove the DAT file? Looking to build the latest set in ROM Vault. Thanks!

On 1/26/2025 at 7:53 PM, LCMan27 said:

Did you remove the DAT file? Looking to build the latest set in ROM Vault. Thanks!

Well, DAT is included in the "UPDATE TO LIGHTS OUT 6.0-MAME 0.272" archive.

What's New in Version 0.09 released February 17, 2025

UPDATE TO LIGHTS OUT 6.6 - MAME 0.274 - January 2025

- Huge update
- Sync with MAME 0.274
- Finally succeeded to convert Golly! Ghost! to the new LAY code, Cowabunga!
- I reworked the generic fallback artworks, this enabled me to remove over 150 artworks that were no longer needed
- Redone most of the optional custom enhancements
- Included XML DAT for ROMs manager

365 new/updated artworks.

Edited March 1 by kloug666

8 hours ago, kloug666 said:

- I reworked the generic fallback artworks, this enabled me to remove over 150 artworks that were no longer needed

Can you please clarify more? Should we delete the previous folder and start clean? Or is it enough to just download the new update?

If some zip files need to be deleted I prefer to do that manually instead of a fresh download (I'm on a metered connection), so if you can share a list of said files, that would be helpful.

13 hours ago, Starman99x said:

Can you please clarify more? Should we delete the previous folder and start clean? Or is it enough to just download the new update?

If some zip files need to be deleted I prefer to do that manually instead of a fresh download (I'm on a metered connection), so if you can share a list of said files, that would be helpful.

Hi there!
As usual, you could simply unzip the latest update on one side and then use the resulting files to replace the ones already in your MAME\artwork and MAME\folders directories.
It's quick,easy and rather dirty.
The advanced and cleanest way is to use the DAT contained in the update to rebuild artworks using Clrmamepro, Romcenter or another similar tool.
For my part, I use the first of these, which is the oldest of the ROMs managers.
Anyway, be careful if you're not familiar with the use of such tools. MAKE A BACKUP OF ALL YOUR ARTWORKS BEFORHAND, as mishandling them could have unfortunate consequences.

Edited February 18 by kloug666

On 2/17/2025 at 8:49 PM, kloug666 said:

- Finally succeeded to convert Golly! Ghost! to the new LAY code, Cowabunga!

so I was testing the updated Golly! Ghost! artwork, but it seems the doors don't open nor the points/time counters work. Is that normal?

5 hours ago, Starman99x said:

so I was testing the updated Golly! Ghost! artwork, but it seems the doors don't open nor the points/time counters work. Is that normal?

Damn it, you're right!
I was too quick to declare victory and I'm going to dive right back in.
Thanks for the heads-up.

Golly! Ghost! is now 100% operational.
The problem was that some of the activation switch values were deprecated.
To update the artwork, I also had to modify some of Mr. RetroLust's PNGs.
I'm pretty proud of the result.
Please note that guns must be calibrated before each game.
Instructions on how to do this can be found at the end of the LAY file.

 

Edited March 4 by kloug666

UPDATE TO LIGHTS OUT 8.0-MAME 0.275 is up.

81 new/updated artworks.

UPDATE TO LIGHTS OUT 10.0-MAME 0.276 is on is way.

- 133 new/updated bezels
- Sync with Mr. RetroLust's Lights Out! MAME Bezels v10.0 incl. update 10
- Sync with MAME 0.276
- Added toggleable gear-shift to f1gpstar, finalap2, finalap3, finalapr, finallap, lagunar and toutrun
- Added color overlay to lazercmd
- Added optional custom backdrops to mooncrst, moonqsr, phoenix and spacefb
- Removed optional custom backdrop from spacewar as result was not satisfactory enough
- Removed the last bunch of useless clones bezels
- Included optional ArcCabView MAME BGFX Chain 2.2d with preset examples
- Slightly updated optional raster, vector and vector-mono INIs
- Updated instructions PDF
- Updated XML DAT for ROMs/Sets managers

It seems I received two update notifications, should I re download the 0.276 update or is it a false alarm on my side?

On 4/2/2025 at 7:22 PM, Starman99x said:

It seems I received two update notifications, should I re download the 0.276 update or is it a false alarm on my side?

I had A LOT of server errors during the update.
If you downloaded the .276 one, everything's OK, no need to re-download anything.

Hi kloug666.
First of all, thank you. I warned the artist Mr. RetroLust a while ago that current versions of MAME weren't compatible with his great work. I solved it with "Mame No-Nag" so that MAME wouldn't pop up warnings about outdated bezels.
Anyway. My question is that the "xenocrisis" bezel isn't displayed. Only the generic ones are. I'm not sure what I can do to get the xenocrisis bezel to show up. I don't know if it's related to the "CMP DAT" folder, but I honestly don't know where to put it. Thanks.