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javeryh's Woodgrain Cabaret Copy
yamatetsu:
--- Quote from: javeryh on September 01, 2020, 07:34:22 pm ---I tried racing stripes in one of my (not posted) iterations and couldn't get it to work but I wasn't going straight down the middle. You gave me an idea so I messed around a bit but I'm not sure I like it as much without the stripes. It's almost too fancy!
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TBH, I think without the stripes or something, it's lacking something. Your version of the stripes is not so much in-your-face as mine, I like it. Think of that going over the edge a bit, or even down the front altogether... Ties the front with the CP, and gives you something to look at immediately.
As for the joystick being off: Mockup -> measurement transfer -> graphic design around those fix points. If it doesn't end up symmetrical, emphasize that it's asymmetrical (i. e. by moving the stripes to the right/left so that it's clearly off center).
--- Quote from: javeryh on September 01, 2020, 07:34:22 pm ---So many possibilities!
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Gilrock:
I'd drop the instructions...I hear old machines had them....I never noticed...lol. Plus I can't read that font.
Arroyo:
--- Quote from: javeryh on September 01, 2020, 02:50:09 pm ---Thanks buddy - I can see the settings under General and Main tab in Rocketlauncher but I'm not sure what action to change. I guess it would be changing "ESC" on the keyboard to long press on "P" (with "P still being pause)?
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So here's the breakdown of using the same button for multiple things in RocketLauncher.
First you have open RocketLauncher. Make sure you have highlighted Global in the upper left-hand corner otherwise the settings you change will be on a per system basis (in your case no big deal as you are only using MAME I think). Click on the Settings green gear icon at the top, then click on the keyboard "A" image in the picture below:
Next click on the Green + icon to add a button (or red X icon to delete), this will open up the menu to the right of it where you can choose which keyboard key will operate it:
In the example below I will be setting the "P" button for a hold of 3 seconds to exit the emulator:
Click the checkbox for Hold (as that's what we want in this case), then below type the amount of time (measured in milliseconds, so in this case 3000=3sec). Then click on the Camera icon image and then press the keyboard button (in this case "P").
You will then notice that the field next to the camera icon gets filled in. Alternatively once you do this enough times you can fill in the box without having to go through the steps above once you figure out the language (in the below H3000:P, is Hold for 3000 milliseconds on button "P"). Then click the floppy disk icon to save it:
Now this will work with the default pause in MAME as P is pause, so a single press would pause the game, and then a 3 second hold will exit the game. HOWEVER, in my opinion there is a much better Pause built into RocketLauncher. The RocketLauncher Pause gives you all kinds of useful information: original manuals of games, cabinet pictures, control panel pictures, moves list for fighting games, history of the game, how many times and for how long the game has been played on your system. The list goes on.
If you want to check it out first you have to enable it:
Then you have to choose what button launches it (oddly it is under General Settings, and not within the pause Tab, bad design in my opinion):
If you want to get a sense of what features can be added (this just shows the tip of the iceberg but is informative, just make it past the first 45 seconds), check out this video:
javeryh:
--- Quote from: Arroyo on September 02, 2020, 09:36:10 am ---So here's the breakdown of using the same button for multiple things in RocketLauncher.
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:notworthy:
Thanks bud - this is really awesome info. I was in the ballpark (had the right tab in RL) but not sure on exactly what to do to set it up.
yamatetsu:
This is of course all kinds of wrong, but it still might give you an inkling how your cab might look like. Couldn't get the CPO on that board without seriously squishing it, so just pretend that it looks like the one you made.