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    Control Panel Image Project to use existing plugin to display on 2nd/3rd monitor

    in Game Media

    Posted

    Neat concept.  I will be releasing more CP images real soon.  Actually, I will probably delete the current packs and release new ones.  I spent a lot of time perspective correcting all of them so I will eventually replace all the images.  I also have them in higher resolution.  Some of them really large.  If you want them, let me know.  If you know of any place to get images to add to the packs i did, let me know.

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    A different take on theme making

    in Big Box Custom Themes

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    So here is a different approach to creating a theme.  This can't compete with 
    some of the fantastic themes currently available but I made it for mself and thought 
    I'd share the progress. The things in the video that were skipped were skipped on purpose
    as those individual platforms are not finished.  Also much of the artwork is not mine, just things 
    I found on the www.

    The theme(s) need to be tweaked and will probably be a WIP forever 😕

    I'm going to be forever angry at y2guru for sending me down this rabbit hole :)

    I'm far from an expert with the CTC and have a few questions.  Anyone's help would be appreciated.

    1-Is there any way to freeform images to fit an irregular shape?  If you look at the GameCube theme 
    I cannot get the video to fit the large screen in the back.  I can't seem to do it with the x & y adjustments.  
    There are other instances with images with the same problem.

    2-I set the CTC to just show one clear logo and for whatever reason when it is published it always shows more than one.

    3-I have wheel set sounds for the Atari 2600.  When I back out, those sounds continue on the main menu.

    4-How do I keep Launchbox/Bigbox from renaming my media that I spend so long getting to match the rom exactly.  
    Just like things tidy.  

    5-Any way to have the logos go down the street in the vector playlist?  Small in the distance large up close.


    Recomendations

    1-I'm either going with an ethereal approach or the quintisential song remix of the particular platform/playlist. 
    It currently has both.  Any suggestions? 

    2-Also should the wheel up/down/enter sounds be sounds from the menu of the console as in the Dreamcast theme or 
    sounds from the actual games of the console?

    3-Any images for platform/playlist anyone can recommend would be helpful

    Thanks in advance for any help
     

     

     

    Antny's Transparent Cabinets

    in Game Media

    Posted

    Antny's Transparent Cabinets

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    For a long time, I thought it would be great to have quality arcade cabinet images for my favorite frontend, Launchbox.  What else, lol?  I think that the artwork and images of these cabinets should be preserved. These have transparent backgrounds to maximize their use in themes, especially now that we have the wonderful Community Theme Creator (Thanks y2guru!).  These cabinets have been resized & cleaned up, where feasible.   I will upload the higher resolution copies of these to an FTP.  They can be added to the Launchbox database if someone feels up to doing it. This is YEARS in the making, so I hope you enjoy.

    I originally strived for accuracy, as far as region goes.  I could not determine if the some of the U.S. cabinets were the same in other regions.  So, I kind of gave up in the middle.  You may have to copy/rename some to your liking.  I was going to spend more time going through them but at this point I thought I would just share them.  I'm a little burned out at this point anyway.

    If you would like to help out to make this project continue/better, I could use the following:


      - finding images on the net or if you live close to an arcade or go to shows you can take high-resolution shots (the higher the better).  If you can take super high-resolution images that would be perfect.   Full cabinet at an angle, not partial or blocked (minimum 1600 pixels high, preferably much higher). Additionally, straight on shots can be added also.  You can see what I'm looking for by checking out the images in the packs.  Maybe you have friends at KLOV or other forums and can get them to take pictures.  
       

      - Cleaning & cutting out images. Quality cutouts and cleaning only.  I'm trying to create the ultimate reference for these cabinets.
     

      - Identifying region.  Anyone with knowledge of the cabinets.  It would come in handy.
     

      - Errors.  See something wrong.  I forgot something.  
     

      - Thoughts.  I would love feedback.  Do you like the sizing?  Should they be bigger?  Smaller?  Ideas to make this project better?
     

      - Thoughts on making a thread on one of the forums so people can upload their images?  Maybe a forum category?


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    Teknoparrot, Dice & Daphne packs on the way......

    I have high resolution control panel packs just about ready for release. They look great.  I'm going to release them at 1200 pixels wide.  Thoughts on size?  If you are taking pictures, take a bunch of the control panels straight on at different heights.  Side art also.  

    Feel free to PM me.

    I hope you like them.

    Tony (AKA Antny)
     

     

    Daphne opens the cmd window when starting a game through Launchbox/Big Box

    in Troubleshooting

    Posted

    Interesting I have the same problem.  If I run the batch directly I do not get a stuck CMD box but if I run it through LB it sticks until I click.

    daphne.exe dle21 vldp -framefile "F:\Emulation\Emulators\Daphne\Framefile\lair_HD.txt" -blank_searches -min_seek_delay 1000 -seek_frames_per_ms 20 -homedir "F:\Emulation\Emulators\Daphne" -bank 0 11111000 -bank 1 00110111 -sound_buffer 2048 -fullscreen -x 1920 -y 1080  

    Not sure why

    Mame and netlist games

    in Troubleshooting

    Posted

    I was wondering how to hit the add button to add a netlist game to launchbox.  Ones that have a rom file showed up during import.  I didn't do a full MAME import I just imported all games from my MAME roms folder.  I tried adding Rebound with add button.  I even created a dummy rom for it but nothing worked.  Any help appreciated.

     

    MAME rom importing problem

    in Noobs

    Posted

    If this is documented somewhere and I missed it I apologize in advance.  I've tried multiple ways of importing MAME games and cannot get the result I want.  I have my roms as non-merged so each zip file has all the files it needs to run that particular game.  All I want is to import the games that are in my roms folder, that's it....clear cut.  I do not want to filter anything out.  I do not want to prioritize any region.  I just want exactly what's in the folder....each as a separate game whether there are clones or not.  I've tried importing games as additional apps (I don't really understand what that means) and importing all clones as separate games.  Either way I get more than what is in my roms folder.  I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.

    Thanks

    9.2-beta-2 Released

    in Beta Testing

    Posted

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    @Jason Carr It seems a lot of people want the start screens to say up for a bit longer. Would it be possible to add an option for a execution delay time? A slider just like the delay time but it delays the execution of the rom/emulator for whatever the given amount of time is.

    +1. With some emulators the start up screen lasts for less than a second.  Sorta takes away the beauty of it all.  Maybe a per platform delay as RA has multiple cores with different load times.  Great start me likes :) 

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