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Multi-Williams / Mame Project
quanlee:
--- Quote from: taylormadelv on March 12, 2011, 01:18:55 pm ---I love translucent IL buttons but I must say that translucent leaf switch buttons, while much more difficult to work with, look cooler with that tri-spoke pattern on the top, especially in Williams games. I have cabinets with both. Where did you get the MW bezel artwork file? Can you share with us? ;D
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I was thinking about sharing the vector files I used. I made quite a few changes to the control panel overlay. Even the marquee and bezel were changed slightly. I put them on proper work sheet / space so when printed they would print at the correct size. I re-organized the entire layer methodology of the control panel, grouped similar graphical items in the same layer structure. That was the only way I could move entire objects... for some reason the pieces of each object were scattered all over the place in the original vector files.
I have two concerns...
1. I would want some credit for my work... e.g. the [my name] version of the CPO
2. What about copyright issues? If I publish these files on my site, am I going to get a letter from the Williams legal department???
Anyone know if this is a real threat??? :dunno
quanlee:
--- Quote from: quanlee on February 03, 2011, 10:49:34 am ---oh.... and just in case this subject comes up. I was very worried about destroying a perfectly good arcade machine.
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I ended up using the decoder board from this Joust to fix my Stargate.... YES!!!
But, now that my Stargate is working again, there's that comparison between my new Multi-Williams and my Stargate. I have to say that playing Stargate on my new Multi-Williams is WAY BETTER.
No comparison.
wonderalex:
Hi there - love the build, we'll have to compare, I'm also converting a williams cab to MAME.
I like your changes to the Multi-Williams CPO - I'll be posting mine shortly on my build thread (promise - it's currently horribly out of date) - though I got rid of much of Multi-Williams and Game logos replacing them with my own since I went with a different button layout. I like your bezel art too - I kept the Robotron look & feel and added a starfield to replace the plain black - yours is more colourful.
I wouldn't worry about posting the files - the Multi-Williams CPO and Vector files are available on a few sites - notably this one: http://vectorlib.free.fr/
Be seeing you,
WonderAlex
quanlee:
You can view / download the vector files I used for this project here:
http://www.treadplatedesign.com/arcade
Please do not upload them anywhere else for download, you are welcome to hot link them.
quanlee:
--- Quote from: wonderalex on March 14, 2011, 02:22:20 pm ---Hi there - love the build, we'll have to compare, I'm also converting a williams cab to MAME.
I like your changes to the Multi-Williams CPO - I'll be posting mine shortly on my build thread (promise - it's currently horribly out of date) - though I got rid of much of Multi-Williams and Game logos replacing them with my own since I went with a different button layout. I like your bezel art too - I kept the Robotron look & feel and added a starfield to replace the plain black - yours is more colourful.
I wouldn't worry about posting the files - the Multi-Williams CPO and Vector files are available on a few sites - notably this one: http://vectorlib.free.fr/
Be seeing you,
WonderAlex
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Thanks!!!