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    Mr. RetroLust's - Mame 4K - Lights Out - Realistic Bezels

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    4 hours ago, Dreamstate said:

    Nope, this doesn't work. All the artwork is on top of the game screen. The only way you'll be able to see through the backdrop is if you make it transparent like your arcade reflection and you haven't done that. Simplest way to check is simply to open it up in any photo vieweer. The whole game screen is black. That means it's not transparent. But be aware, you reduce brightness of images when you make them transparent. The background will look dim and the game play will also not look as bright with imagery on top of it even if it's transparent.

    What you want to do is have a background image behind the game screen and then something on top of it. You have to have two separate image files. One, the background/back image. Two, the foreground/front image/top. Make the background the "backdrop" label it "backdrop" in the layfile. Then you have your normal bezel on top.

     

    <element name="backdrop">

     

    <backdrop element="backdrop">

     

    The backdrop comes first in order on your layfile and everything down from there goes on top in order of view.

    Example:

    <!-- warrior.lay -->

    <mamelayout version="2">
        <element name="marquee">
            <image file="warrior_marquee.png" />
        </element>
        <element name="cpanel">
            <image file="warrior_panel.png" />
        </element>
        <element name="speakers">
            <image file="speakers.png" />
        </element>
        <element name="backdrop">
            <image file="warrior.png" />
        </element>
        <element name="bezel">
            <image file="warrior_bezel.png" />
        </element>


        <view name="Marquee">
            <backdrop element="backdrop">
                <bounds x="936" y="2290" width="2130" height="1550" />
            </backdrop>
            <bezel element="bezel">
                <bounds x="0" y="0" width="4000" height="4243" />
            </bezel>
            <marquee element="marquee">
                <bounds x="0" y="-1000" width="4000" height="1000" />
            </marquee>
            <screen index="0">
                       <bounds x="1125" y="2440" width="1750" height="1314" />
            </screen>
        </view>
        <view name="Full_Cabinet">
            <bounds x="0" y="-800" width="4000" height="7100" />
            <backdrop element="backdrop">
                <bounds x="936" y="2290" width="2130" height="1550" />
            </backdrop>
            <bezel element="bezel">
                <bounds x="0" y="0" width="4000" height="4243" />
            </bezel>
            <marquee element="marquee">
                <bounds x="0" y="-800" width="4000" height="1000" />
            </marquee>
            <screen index="0">
                       <bounds x="1125" y="2440" width="1750" height="1314" />
            </screen>
            <cpanel element="cpanel">
                <bounds x="0" y="4263" width="4000" height="2200" />
            </cpanel>
        </view>
        <view name="Full_Cabinet_Lit">
            <bounds x="0" y="-800" width="4000" height="7100" />
            <backdrop element="backdrop">
                <bounds x="936" y="2290" width="2130" height="1550" />
            </backdrop>
            <bezel element="bezel">
                <bounds x="0" y="0" width="4000" height="4243" />
                <color red = "0.3" green = "0.3" blue = "1.0" />
            </bezel>
            <marquee element="marquee">
                <bounds x="0" y="-800" width="4000" height="1000" />
            </marquee>
            <screen index="0">
                       <bounds x="1125" y="2440" width="1750" height="1314" />
            </screen>
            <cpanel element="cpanel">
                <bounds x="0" y="4263" width="4000" height="2200" />
                <color red = "0.3" green = "0.3" blue = "1.0" />
            </cpanel>
        </view>
        <view name="Upright_Artwork">
            <bounds x="0" y="320" width="2500" height="2332" />
            <backdrop element="backdrop">
                <bounds x="585" y="1431" width="1331" height="969" />
            </backdrop>
            <bezel element="bezel">
                <bounds x="0" y="0" width="2500" height="2652" />
            </bezel>
            <screen index="0">
                       <bounds x="703" y="1525" width="1094" height="820.5" />
            </screen>
        </view>
        <view name="Cropped_Artwork">
            <bounds x="0" y="730" width="2500" height="1922" />
            <backdrop element="backdrop">
                <bounds x="585" y="1431" width="1331" height="969" />
            </backdrop>
            <bezel element="bezel">
                <bounds x="0" y="0" width="2500" height="2652" />
                <color red = "0.3" green = "0.3" blue = "1.0" />
            </bezel>
            <screen index="0">
                       <bounds x="703" y="1525" width="1094" height="820.5" />
            </screen>
        </view>
    </mamelayout>

    <!--

    Thanks so much Dreamstate! I'll play around with it tommorow, I think i'll keep it simple though and put the game screen on top of the bezel (i'm getting lazy after all these years lol), hope you can check it for me if it works tommorow.

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