MFME in LaunchBox

[Johnny T]

34 minutes ago, Haggie55 said:

Hello All

Sorry for the long time between updates, but here are the latest files - lots of new slots & improved versions of old slots.

I've tidied up all the slot folders - no more backup files & unnecessary image files.

Sorry, but I can't upload the emulator - but it's available here https://www.desertislandfruits.com/forum/index.php?/files/ (You'll need to join the site)

Slot machines: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sUqGcNI_LuzGp6n_qvZpq6XxBP_F3cam/view?usp=sharing

Slot machine images: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1crNbD1oJ8sdEZsBS-vYp7V37MmUX8xx3/view?usp=sharing

 

Great work as always Haggie. Nice one

 

[Fruity Nut]

On 11/13/2023 at 5:40 PM, Haggie55 said:

Hello All

Sorry for the long time between updates, but here are the latest files - lots of new slots & improved versions of old slots.

I've tidied up all the slot folders - no more backup files & unnecessary image files.

Sorry, but I can't upload the emulator - but it's available here https://www.desertislandfruits.com/forum/index.php?/files/ (You'll need to join the site)

Slot machines: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sUqGcNI_LuzGp6n_qvZpq6XxBP_F3cam/view?usp=sharing

Slot machine images: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1crNbD1oJ8sdEZsBS-vYp7V37MmUX8xx3/view?usp=sharing

Fantastic work Haggie !

Hopefully Google Drive won't screw up the file names again.

Looking forward to trying out. What front end do you recommend ?

Edited November 30, 2023 by Fruity Nut

[Fruity Nut]

On 11/13/2023 at 5:40 PM, Haggie55 said:

Hello All

Sorry for the long time between updates, but here are the latest files - lots of new slots & improved versions of old slots.

I've tidied up all the slot folders - no more backup files & unnecessary image files.

Sorry, but I can't upload the emulator - but it's available here https://www.desertislandfruits.com/forum/index.php?/files/ (You'll need to join the site)

Slot machines: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sUqGcNI_LuzGp6n_qvZpq6XxBP_F3cam/view?usp=sharing

Slot machine images: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1crNbD1oJ8sdEZsBS-vYp7V37MmUX8xx3/view?usp=sharing

Yes unfortunately Google Drive has screwed up most of the naming again !

See below and note how its renamed "L" of a day

[Haggie55]

10 hours ago, Fruity Nut said:

Yes unfortunately Google Drive has screwed up most of the naming again !

See below and note how its renamed "L" of a day

I've no idea why Google Drive does this. If anyone knows a way to prevent this from happening let me know and I will re-upload the files.

[Johnny T]

12 hours ago, Fruity Nut said:

Yes unfortunately Google Drive has screwed up most of the naming again !

See below and note how its renamed "L" of a day

 

Is that definitely Google doing that and not Launchbox? I've just looked in the .7z file that Haggie shared. I'd downloaded it and put it on my NAS and it shows correctly in there...

 

[Fruity Nut]

3 hours ago, Johnny T said:

 

Is that definitely Google doing that and not Launchbox? I've just looked in the .7z file that Haggie shared. I'd downloaded it and put it on my NAS and it shows correctly in there...

 

Yes nothing to do with Launchbox. It's the images it seems to have renamed and if the image is not named the same as the .gam file they will not show.

I have actually installed Google drive on my win 10 pc just to see if there is another way to download without zipping but couldn't find a way

Another thing you may be able to help with Haggie is how to change the dot matrix panels on the machines back to standard colour. Many of the machines are displaying yellow instead of blue or green. Anyone know what setting?

Like this -

Edited December 1, 2023 by Fruity Nut

[Mikeuse]

Hello I downloaded the files but can not open them what Emulator are you using to run them and where can i get it.

[Fruity Nut]

On 12/7/2023 at 1:21 PM, Mikeuse said:

Hello I downloaded the files but can not open them what Emulator are you using to run them and where can i get it.

MFME From Desert Island Fruits

[Baggio]

Has anyone else come across this type of error?

 

This is happening for a few games and the addresses change slighty, this error was for Monopoly Hot Property.   The game runs fine when ran through MFME but I get the errors when it's being launched through Launchbix for some reason.   I've tried adding MFME as an exception in DEP and deleting and re-scanning the DB but neither had any effect.

[Baggio]

A little update is that it appears to be something to do with the backdrops as when I enable "random backdrops" it breaks a lot more games 😂 

Also choosing anything other than fullscreen in load mode and they work as well so i'm guessing if i can figure out how to change the monitor size from the defaults of 1538 x 864 i may be able to get them all working.

Edited December 30, 2023 by Baggio

[Baggio]

I have a solution but can't quite execute it lol

So I have to load the game in borderless and then press F3 for it to go fullscreen.

Now I am using a script in the running section in the emulator but am struggling to get something like,

#IfWinActive, %MFMEWindow%
F3:: ; Press F3 key
Send, {F3}
return

added to it and working for it to go fullscreen after it closes the splash screen and notes.

Heres @fruity script that im trying to add it too.

SetTitleMatchMode, 2 
WindowClass = TLayoutNotes
MFMEWindow = MFME.exe 

TimerCloseWindow:
 IfWinExist, ahk_class %windowclass%
  { WinClose, ahk_class %windowclass%
  }
  SetTimer, TimerCloseWindow, -4000
 return

#IfWinActive
Esc::
WinCLose, ahk_exe %MFMEWindow%
Return

 

[synex]

MFME V20.1 Download link!

 

https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=!APGNJ07RP1BTYJA&id=9C0C68AC0A1B943C!13933&cid=9C0C68AC0A1B943C

[dsync89]

Thanks

On 11/14/2023 at 1:40 AM, Haggie55 said:

Hello All

Sorry for the long time between updates, but here are the latest files - lots of new slots & improved versions of old slots.

I've tidied up all the slot folders - no more backup files & unnecessary image files.

Sorry, but I can't upload the emulator - but it's available here https://www.desertislandfruits.com/forum/index.php?/files/ (You'll need to join the site)

Slot machines: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sUqGcNI_LuzGp6n_qvZpq6XxBP_F3cam/view?usp=sharing

Slot machine images: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1crNbD1oJ8sdEZsBS-vYp7V37MmUX8xx3/view?usp=sharing

 

Thanks for sharing the Google Drive link!

 

In case anyone is interested to easily import these games to LB, I created a AHK scripts (and generator) to easily double-click and run. And you can simply import these AHK files directly to your Launchbox without having to import them one by one! Requires AHKv2.

 

Download the generated AHK files below:

https://github.com/dsync89/mfme-fruit-machine-ahk-gen-toolkit/tree/main/out

 

Edited January 30, 2024 by dsync89

[Mattuk]

Hi dsync89

What is AHKv2 and how do i set this up on LB to run these machines please.

Many Thanks 

Mathew

[Mattuk]

On 1/30/2024 at 4:58 PM, dsync89 said:

Thanks

 

Thanks for sharing the Google Drive link!

 

In case anyone is interested to easily import these games to LB, I created a AHK scripts (and generator) to easily double-click and run. And you can simply import these AHK files directly to your Launchbox without having to import them one by one! Requires AHKv2.

 

Download the generated AHK files below:

https://github.com/dsync89/mfme-fruit-machine-ahk-gen-toolkit/tree/main/out

 

Hi dsync89

What is AHKv2 and how do i set this up on LB to run these machines please.

Many Thanks 

Mathew

[Samorite]

On 1/26/2020 at 10:56 AM, Haggie55 said:

Hey All

Here is my updated slot machine collection. There is over one hundred newly emulated machines and many of the previously emulated machines have improved versions that take advantage of the updated emulator. I haven't kept track of which machines have been updated, so the file contains all the slots - so just delete your slot folder and replace it with this one.

The "Box - Front" file contains snapshots of the machines, and I've uploaded the xml file which contains the "Manufacturer" and "TECH" custom fields.

For all of you having problems getting the emulator, you need to register at http://www.desertislandfruits.com/ and make a couple posts. If you're still having problems, as Johnny T posted earlier in this thread, contact the site admin Reg and I'm sure he'll help you.

Unfortunately, I can't upload the emulator because its creator only wants it to be available from that site, and we should respect his wishes.

 

Slot machines: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EQOyr5Twm4BSr2bXnhtiy12cFAkgujIq/view?usp=sharing

Box - Front: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dT--YQ4_BsNbycG9EpM3U4_0i1g26z9t/view?usp=sharing

XML: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IhdzYR133rgnccsnuQXE0Hpyas6IdqGf/view?usp=sharing

 

Here's a few of the new slots you can lose lots of virtual money on ?

 

Hi there could you possibly re-share this, I would love to add this to my build

[ancoats]

need help in roms

 

[BeemanDev]

Thx, I downloaded this (renamed images to match game title) then zipped each game folder and wrote this ahk script to unzip/launch them.
To use this with LaunchBox just add a new emulator with
appPath = ThirdParty\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe
cmd = mfmezip.ahk
and if using Startup Screen a delay of 8 seconds
- Save the code below saved as mfmezip.ahk in the AutoHotkey folder
- Associate your MFME platform with this emulator and enjoy.
 

; "mfmezip.ahk" zip_path : BeemanDev 2025-06-08
; unzip + run MFME.exe using .gam named same as zip or last .gam

SendMode Input 
zipFilePath = %1%

; Validate if zip file path exists
if !FileExist(zipFilePath) {
    MsgBox, The provided zip file does not exist: %zipFilePath%
    ExitApp
}

; Define the paths
SplitPath, zipFilePath, , gameFolder, , zipName
tpFolder := RegExReplace(A_ScriptDir, "\\[^\\]*$")

7zipPath := tpFolder . "\7-Zip\7z.exe" 
gameFolder := gameFolder . "\" . zipName

;unzip game.zip
if (!FileExist(gameFolder . "\"))
{
    FileCreateDir, %gameFolder%  ; Create the folder
    RunWait, %7zipPath% x "%zipFilePath%" -o"%gameFolder%" -y
}

; Search for .gam named same as zip or use last .gam file in extracted folder
StringLower, zipName, zipName
Loop, Files, %gameFolder%\*.gam
{
    gamePath := A_LoopFileFullPath
    SplitPath, gamePath, , , , gameName
    StringLower, gameName, gameName
    if (gameName == zipName)
      Break
}

if (!gamePath)
{
    MsgBox, No .gam file found in %gameFolder%
    ExitApp
}

; Set working folder to emu + run .gam file
SetWorkingDir ..\..\Emulators\MFME\
Run, MFME.exe -mode 4 "%gamePath%",, , mfmePID
#Persistent
return

Esc::
    Process, Close, %mfmePID%
    Run, taskkill /PID %mfmePID% /F, , Hide
    ExitApp
return

 

Edited Tuesday at 11:44 AM by BeemanDev
added Escape to ahk for more seamless transitions

[Johnny T]

2 hours ago, BeemanDev said:

Thx, I downloaded this (renamed images to match game title) then zipped each game folder and wrote this ahk script to unzip/launch them.
 

Your code looks really good. I'm not great at AHK so always interested in reading new code. But just wondered what the benefit of this was? Is it just so that you can keep each game zipped together so it's neat or is there another benefit I'm not understanding? Thanks for sharing the code

[BeemanDev]

Mainly so each game is a single file analogous to a rom, I use this for dos and other multifile games as well.  There are other reasons too, as I keep all game media in a single game folder with game.zip, then symlink to media from LB, but that's a longish story, which I hope to tell by releasing the tool one day that will simplify everything.

BTW I created another ahk that runs the game, waits a minute then screenshots, then video records 21s while playing it. A batch file loops through all zips playing/capturing every game. It's half way there (up to Gold Mine (Empire)). I'll re-share when done, if you like, but it's ≈ 15gb. One issue though is GameBar screenshotting just stops working after a few hours for unknown reasons, I've tried fixes but only a reboot works, but your screenshots are fine anyway, and I could use ffmpeg to extract a frame from each video if I had to.

I could only find one clear logo pack someone had made, seemed OK but having massaged them in, ran BigBox but they were barely readable due to colour/font choice  Must be some tool to auto-generate them. Would be nice to maybe use the screenshot shrink + outlined white text over it. As a coder if I can't automate it, I avoid doing it!

I also wonder if there exists any 'Arcade - Cabinet' images of the actual real world machines which would be nice in BB.

Anyway, cheers to everyone, for your original grind, much appreciated.

Edited Friday at 01:12 PM by BeemanDev