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MaLa: Will it support [a] beta brite sign like mamewah? If not, could it?
Timoe:
I asked this before but felt that a dedicated thread might get more exposure.
I'm running out of junk to add to my jalopy, can I add a BetaBrite?
loadman:
--- Quote from: Timoe on October 19, 2006, 11:00:18 pm ---I asked this before but felt that a dedicated thread might get more exposure.
I'm running out of junk to add to my jalopy, can I add a BetaBrite?
--- End quote ---
It looks highly likely it will now that the MaLa Plugin system has been introduced. It seems fairly straight forward.
I will have a go at making a plug-in one day if nobody else puts their hand up
youki:
According to what i understood of the beta brite (thanks to headkaze).
I think Mala and all other front end can support it.
In the worst case where a Front end can not run "pre-command" , you can always use a .BAT file that
First copy the .lcd file to the com1 and then the game.
And in the very worst case where the FE could not pass only the ROM name to the .BAT file and you can not parse using BAT feature you can always write a .VBS (vbscript) script or a .JS (Java script) script that parse the fullpath , extract the Rom name , copy the ROMNAME.lcd to the com1 and then run the game.
And to run that .VBS , you create a .BAT with something like : cscript Yourscript.vbs %1
The scripting engine is in standard on Me, 2000 and XP. You have to install it on 98 i think.
swindus:
The best way to do it with MaLa would be a plugin because so you don't have to create those lcd files and you can send text to the display on more events other than a game start. But it should also work as Youki described it.
loadman:
--- Quote from: Timoe on October 19, 2006, 11:00:18 pm ---I asked this before but felt that a dedicated thread might get more exposure.
I'm running out of junk to add to my jalopy, can I add a BetaBrite?
--- End quote ---
Who volunteers to beta test such a thing before a commitment to create a plug-in is made?
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