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| headkaze:
--- Quote from: Turnarcades on March 24, 2009, 10:49:26 pm ---I've always seen those cp layout programs as a bridge too far and one more wait between the FE and a game loading. As most games can be attributed to a 3 or six-button JAMMA layout anyway, I find it easier just to trial and error for a moment or two on my first game. Most games I play do not use non-standard layouts anyway though. --- End quote --- CPWizard can run in the background so you can pause Mame to view the controls, so you don't have to show the CP before launching a game. You can also export them as bezels so it will appear as an overlay inside Mame when you pause. |
| Bender:
--- Quote from: headkaze on March 28, 2009, 12:37:00 pm --- --- Quote from: Turnarcades on March 24, 2009, 10:49:26 pm ---I've always seen those cp layout programs as a bridge too far and one more wait between the FE and a game loading. As most games can be attributed to a 3 or six-button JAMMA layout anyway, I find it easier just to trial and error for a moment or two on my first game. Most games I play do not use non-standard layouts anyway though. --- End quote --- CPWizard can run in the background so you can pause Mame to view the controls, so you don't have to show the CP before launching a game. You can also export them as bezels so it will appear as an overlay inside Mame when you pause. --- End quote --- that is cool could you explain in a little more detail how to get mame to display it when it Pauses |
| TheShanMan:
Bender, I'll give just a quick 2 cents on that, not a full explanation. CPWizard can either actively show its CP image for the game by popping up when it detects that mame is paused (and if you use the cpwizard patch for the mame source, it can unpause mame for you when you hit pause again), or you can have cpwizard export standard mame bezels which get shown or hidden by mame itself when paused/unpaused (again, you'd want the cpwizard patch). There are advantages and disadvantages to both. Believe it or not, I'm using a combination of both, and then on top of that showing the mini cpwizard image in my FE as I showed above! |
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