The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Software Forum => Linux => Topic started by: bloodyviking77 on July 01, 2008, 08:47:32 am
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I am currently running advmenu and, while this works OK, it has its own frustrations so I am considering a switch.
I quite like the screenies of Lemon Launcher : http://lemonlauncher.sourceforge.net/ (http://Lemon Launcher : http://lemonlauncher.sourceforge.net/) and Pyrecade: http://pyrecade.sourceforge.net/ (http://Pyrecade: http://pyrecade.sourceforge.net/).
Anyone care to recommend another fe that doesn't need X?
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Just curiosity, what frustations did you have with advmenu?, I'm using it for my new project and I love it. There was only one thing that didn't work as I wished so I touched the code a little... 8)
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The thing that bothers me most is that pressing a letter (or number) will jump to that item in the list.
This is mainly annoying because my 3 year old whacks the buttons while I'm trying to find Bubble Bobble!
I thought that setting "ui_menukey no" might stop this ... but it doesn't seem to!
What's the issue that you've found?
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As I thought, your problem is not really a problem, hehe...
You have to use this:
event_alpha: Disables the alphanumeric keys for fast moving. If you have a keyboard encoder or a keyboard hack with some buttons remapped to alphanumeric keys, it’s useful to disable them.
event_alpha yes | no
In addition I configured any of my buttons to work as the "enter" key, so with any button I can enter the game:
event_assign enter enter or a or b or c or d
with an or for each of your keys
I found advmenu extremely versatile and elegantly simple.
The problem I had was that it was for a certain project and I didn't want to see the names of the games in the screen saver and didn't want to enter the screensaver game if I pressed "enter" since the screensaver pictures where not game pictures. There wasn't any option to setup that, so I had to touch the code a little... ;D
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Thanks for the tip! This will make advmenu *much* easier to use for my cab.
I've been spending some time on backgrounds, fonts, colours etc and I have to say I'm enjoying it!
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I'm glad to hear that, let me know if you have any more doubts. I've spent a lot of time trying every possible combination of options for advmenu.
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If anyone has or doing a setup like this need input on what has work or not as a setup with linux,Looking for any experences good and bad so I can get what will work for a setup im working on.
Appreciate all the input and advice that can be given.
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What about you tell us what you need?, advmenu is VERY flexible, so I don't think there is a default that will fit everyone.