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Attract mode? My idea is random game loading...
« on: March 18, 2009, 09:55:58 am »
I've just opened the attract mode for the first time and I don't know what I can do with it? Can you put some examples, just to know if it's of any use to me. Right now I have a screensaver in MALA, which show a message on screen. However, I think that, rather than this, it would be nice if MALA automatically loaded a random game. When you touches the controls, the game quits and the menu reappear again. Is this possible?
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Re: Attract mode? My idea is random game loading...
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2009, 02:37:27 am »
Quote from: Stormrider on March 18, 2009, 09:55:58 am
I've just opened the attract mode for the first time and I don't know what I can do with it? Can you put some examples, just to know if it's of any use to me. Right now I have a screensaver in MALA, which show a message on screen. However, I think that, rather than this, it would be nice if MALA automatically loaded a random game. When you touches the controls, the game quits and the menu reappear again. Is this possible?

yeah but,

What I have is a video of hi rez videos of games playing as the screen saver. It has the same effect
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Re: Attract mode? My idea is random game loading...
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2009, 04:38:33 am »
Yes, I suppose it would be amazing save my favourite attract modes from several games in avi and have them played when in screen saving mode. The only problem is that the screensaver doesn't consider vertical or horizontal orientation. Maybe that's complicating things too much.

BTW, have said that I love this program? What amaze me the most is how easy it is considering how powerful it is. It's fantastic!
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Re: Attract mode? My idea is random game loading...
« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2009, 04:53:46 am »
Quote from: Stormrider on March 21, 2009, 04:38:33 am
Yes, I suppose it would be amazing save my favourite attract modes from several games in avi and have them played when in screen saving mode. The only problem is that the screensaver doesn't consider vertical or horizontal orientation. Maybe that's complicating things too much.

??? It does for me
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Re: Attract mode? My idea is random game loading...
« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2009, 05:17:55 am »
I meant that the screensaver will not let you play a set of videos of horizontal games when in horitontal orientation and viceversa with verticals, or am I wrong?
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Re: Attract mode? My idea is random game loading...
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2009, 04:56:20 pm »
Quote from: Stormrider on March 21, 2009, 05:17:55 am
I meant that the screensaver will not let you play a set of videos of horizontal games when in horitontal orientation and viceversa with verticals, or am I wrong?

Yes I think you may be mistaken.

I have my videos running fullscreen at 90degs.  I have a vertical cocktail setup and mala set to 90 most of the time.
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Re: Attract mode? My idea is random game loading...
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2009, 04:55:25 am »
Maybe I have not explain myself very well. Imagine that I have one video with Blacktiger attract mode and another video with 1942 attract mode. The first video should only be displayed by the screensaver when the selected layout is horizontal, and viceversa. How could the frontend know that?
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Re: Attract mode? My idea is random game loading...
« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2009, 07:02:02 am »
Quote from: Stormrider on March 22, 2009, 04:55:25 am
Maybe I have not explain myself very well. Imagine that I have one video with Blacktiger attract mode and another video with 1942 attract mode. The first video should only be displayed by the screensaver when the selected layout is horizontal, and viceversa. How could the frontend know that?

Ohh I see what you mean.

Could be done.  Remind me in a couple of months
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