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Author Topic: Is it possible to let MaLa scroll through games automaticly?  (Read 2917 times)

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Is it possible to let MaLa scroll through games automaticly?
« on: March 01, 2013, 04:24:41 pm »
I want MaLa to scroll through my Mame Games instead of using a Screensaver. Is that possible? I loved that feature in hyperspin. It's just supposed to scroll to a random game every 40 seconds or so.

I'm having a dedicated vertical cab now so HS is not an option. Maybe there's a plugin or something close to what I want?

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Re: Is it possible to let MaLa scroll through games automaticly?
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2013, 06:55:23 pm »
take a screenshot of a few selections and stick them in a folder ... oh wait no screensaver.... umm.... errr... lean a book arrgh DOH!  :banghead:  what am i thinking, showing my age now, lean a kindle against the joystick :)
Hit something hard enough it should work, if it dont the result can always be called art :)

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Re: Is it possible to let MaLa scroll through games automaticly?
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2013, 07:32:23 pm »
^ all good suggestions...or, you could write an AHK script to key to turn on after two minutes of inactivity and key your down signal at a set interval until you interrupt.

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AW: Is it possible to let MaLa scroll through games automaticly?
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2013, 07:23:21 am »
I guess I'll stick with video screensaver because I wouldn't know how to do it.

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Re: AW: Is it possible to let MaLa scroll through games automaticly?
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2013, 12:01:02 pm »
I guess I'll stick with video screensaver because I wouldn't know how to do it.

That is not the spirit at all. AHK is not a difficult thing to understand\learn.

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Re: Is it possible to let MaLa scroll through games automaticly?
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2013, 01:15:34 pm »
I prefer playing the games instead of learning how to write AHK's ;)

I will switch back to HS anyway as soon as 2.0 is out... which could be a long wait ;)

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Re: Is it possible to let MaLa scroll through games automaticly?
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2013, 07:10:55 pm »
I don't know why you'd want that anyways. The rest of your image will be static.
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AW: Is it possible to let MaLa scroll through games automaticly?
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2013, 03:14:20 am »
It's not supposed to be a screensaver. More like an attract mode.