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"Murdered Out"/ The BlackOut Bartop - Artwork Update
jholman76:
Artwork has been ordered. There will be a total of 7 marquees.
pics to come later.
joe
jholman76:
...seem to be having some software issues with Maximus Arcade, MicroXP and Daphne. Everything boots just fine and Maximus comes up, but when I try to load a Daphne game, it says the video card failed to initialize. after tooling with it for a little in Daphneloader (not sure if I even changed anything), it starts working...
The weird thing is though that once I turn it off for a period of time and turn it back on, it is broken again.. WTH? I am going to try new drivers and if that doesnt work, switch to TinyXP and if that doesnt work, go back to (GASP!) normal XP.
I know its hard to ask if anyone has had this issue before without a screenshot, but I'll try to get that posted tonight. I just remember it complained about failing to initialize the card. It is a Radeon X1300 with just the base drivers installed (no ATI console). I did have some issues with installing .net 2.0 (required for the console) in a previous install of Micro, so I just skipped that step and went for the driver only.
joe
jholman76:
I'll probably have to go to the Daphne-emu boards, but I thought I would document this here too. Here is the error:
Going to check into the screen resolution.. that seems HUGE for daphne
and the log:
--Command line is: C:\daphne\daphne.exe lair vldp -framefile C:\Daphne\mpeg2\lair.txt -fullscreen -useoverlaysb 2 -x 1280 -y 1024
--CPU : GenuineIntel 3000 MHz || Mem : 1280 megs
--OS : Windows XP/.NET || Video : Radeon X1300/X1550 Series
Setting screen width to 1280
Setting screen height to 1024
Could not initialize video display: DirectInput::CreateDevice: Device not registered
Video initialization failed!
Shortbus:
Crap, another one....this site rules. Nice work. good descriptive job....
bravo! :cheers:
jholman76:
Thanks shortbus. I'm still up in arms with what was more fun, the building or the playing of it.
I brought it to my parents house last weekend and it made its debut to the family. Everyone loved it and wanted one! My middle brother even asked me where I bought it! That's a big compliment from him since he is a wood/metal worker himself.
The kids got to take turns, but they had to fight off my oldest brother. He is addicted to a couple top-down vertical shooters..oh, and Dragons Lair, derp! He said he still has his book and needs to get it out when he goes home!
My dad played some Pac-Man and I think I need to get him a dedicated 4 way stick because he was complaining about the controls! I showed him how to be more deliberate with his controls, but he still had fun.
My brothers and I had a track and field battle. We took turns trying to get as far as we could. I won of course, shattering my oldest brothers long jump record! Thanks highscore diff re-compile! We ended up playing a little rough though as the two run buttons started to unscrew and were loose!! I only hand tightened them, so its understandable.
A couple quick updates to the cab:
-Received the marquee artwork and took some pics which I will post tonight. My bro is coming tonight and he has been reading this thread, so I cant spill the beans before he sees them! 7 different marquees of my favorite games. Pics to come.
-Painted the Bezel to hide the guts. looks very tidy now.
-Applied vinyl decals to the 1P/Coin/Pause/Exit/Power buttons.
-removed the MOBO/PSU and removed all of the CP buttons and joystick. I removed the plexi cover and cleaned it. It had some dust under it that was really bugging me. I guess I was in a big hurry to get it together! It is now dust/lint/fingerprint free!
-tightened up the CP buttons with a button wrench. I had to cut the wrench down as it wouldnt fit in such a small space! the buttons are TIGHT now! labeled the cherry switches also as I removed them. The E clip on the super joy was almost coming off too, so I re-clipped that as far as it could. I remember now that I only fastened it enough to test it and then forgot about it!
-made a very simple XP boot screen. Black, of course, with gray letters on the bottom that say "loading...". Still have to hide the start bar, etc when the software is tweaked to my liking.
To do:
-fasten marquee with retainer bracket (its just floating now for easy removal)
-tighten up software/created MA theme
-clean up game names (lots have the Version/USA/J/EU after their name still)
-fasten marquee LEDs
Oh, I did find out that my Daphne error goes away and works when I change the .exe in Maximus from DaphneLoader.exe to just Daphne.exe. But here is the catch, it defaults back to Daphneloader.exe every time I reboot! Anyone have any ideas? I'm going to look for an .ini or similar file to hard code it tonight.
I found out that in MicroXP, you have to install drivers for USB items each time you plug them into a different USB port. Its frustrating, but not too hard to deal with. You just have to make sure you have the KB or mouse plugged into the right port or you will have no way of installing anything else!
I was able to get P2 to work through a USB controller, but I'll have to write that one up and post again today. Lets just say USB and multiple game pads in XP are not fun to troubleshoot.
joe