ArcadeSD vertical RPi theme?

[Happswitch]

Does anyone know if a vertical ArcadeSD theme for Attract-Mode was ever released with RPi compatibility?

I can see from the original thread that Jedione was working on it. http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=1722.msg

I'll try the thread there if no one here knows...

Cheers!

[dee2eR]

Can't help for your query but does the horizontal version of the theme work for you? It doesn't display properly for me, it's not just the star issue mentioned in that thread either. It's a good theme, would be nice to have.

EDIT: nevermind I copied the theme wrong. Works ok.
Double EDIT: but it still displays with errors.

[Happswitch]

Good question dee2er, I will try what is currently posted and see how it does horizontally.

There was an expectation set by Jedione and some others on the thread that it wouldn't even run on RPi, so I didn't try. What is the fun in that??!

Cheers!

[dee2eR]

I had a go at it, I've been meaning to try some theming and you caught my interest.

The red selection box doesn't appear but other than that it's pretty complete, although probably far from accurate to the SD. There's a horizontal and a vertical version in there. I replaced the starfield code that didn't run on RPi with a quick and dirty modded version of the "warp" theme (yeah, the whole theme is hacked in), pretty happy with how it works. The aspect ratio for previews is probably a bit odd (also vert and hori game previews are the same shape) and I'm sure it could be improved in other ways too. There's options to disable the scanlines and bezel as well as they seem pointless on a CRT.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6UOe ... nZZNXp1YkU

you need to install the one file in /home/pi/.attract/modules as well as the 2 themes to use them. The original theme release mentioned in the first post of this thread mentioned needing Attract-Mode 2.2.1 which is newer than is on ARpiCADE 3.71 (I'd updated to current this week fixing a bug anyway), I'm not sure if it will work in Attract-Mode 2.1.0 but I don't see why it wouldn't. I've only tested them at 480i, not sure how they'l be in other resolutions as the original theme is hard coded in some areas and I worked with it.

Feedback is appreciated, this is very WIP at the moment.

[Happswitch]

Hi Dee2er,

Amazing job. Thank you for putting so much effort into this! Overall, it looks great.

A couple of pieces of feedback. One important and one cosmetic.

On the vertical mode, the controls need to be swapped. Currently - to swipe left right, you have to push up/down on the joystick. Not sure if I have to change this manually, or if it can be done in the layout.

Secondly, and more cosmetic, the bez.png (bezel) isn't needed. At least in my case, I'm on a CRT with a physical bezel. So this just makes the screen look cramped. Maybe there needs to be a third version for classic vertical? I've attached a picture of what it looks like on my machine. I could see where this would be great on an LCD screen.

Where you past it being a WIP, let me know if you'd like me to write some installation instructions to go with it.

Cheers!

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[dee2eR]

You should be able to switch the bezel off in the theme specific options in the display menus of Attract-Mode, I added a couple of extra options the original theme didn't have.

EDIT: the controls will need to be adjusted in Attract-Mode. The themes don't control it as far as I know and generally the themes use vertical lists... it can be changed in Attract-Modes menus.

[dee2eR]

semi related, this Pandora's Box style RPi image was just brought to my attention:
http://www.arcadepunks.com/pandoras-box ... -gabber23/
It's RetroPie reskinned with Attract-Mode and a pretty convincing Pandoras Box 4s theme and intro video. Now I'm wondering when the 60in1 theme for Attract-Mode will be released.

[Happswitch]

You should be able to switch the bezel off in the theme specific options in the display menus of Attract-Mode, I added a couple of extra options the original theme didn't have.

EDIT: the controls will need to be adjusted in Attract-Mode. The themes don't control it as far as I know and generally the themes use vertical lists... it can be changed in Attract-Modes menus.

I didn't realize those settings were in Attract-Mode... Turning off the bezel (and scanlines), has done it. Much better! Thanks dee2er.

Changed the controls as well - which was a little more painful. In the control settings, it isn't clear what each of the controls affects. Some seem redundant at first glance.

Would be great if controls was attached to the layout - since each layout (vertical or horiz) could have a completely different setup... (but I'm new to AM, so it might just be me).

Cheers!

[dee2eR]

Second beta. Still needs a code cleanup but I've added the selected game colourful box thingy. It's not perfect, the snaps go in front of it rather than behind but it looks ok. I took my best stab at what the Arcade SD looked like in vids but I'm not sure how close it is.

If you haven't got the extra file from the first version I uploaded that's needed too, I forgot to include it this time. I've still only tested it at 480i, figuring out how to do the colour changing box took a while.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6UOe ... 0Z6aUdGdzg

By the way, should I add video preview support? It may be complex due to the layers and the moving preview images but I can try if it's wanted...

Enjoy.

[jedione]

hey guys, so there is one that i made just for the pi,,
the difference is that has a set screen resolution, because i made it
for my barcade. second the star nut was ditched, because it dont work ok
on the pi, it is using a low res mp4 of the stars.
if any of you want a copy here u go
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rrol7prp530ot ... e.rar?dl=0
if any of you need help making it to be set to a spesific screen size
i can do it for ya...cheers