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Wife gave in today. the 16 gig m.2 is just to small for what I want. A new 256 gig m,2 is on order.
there is 3 programs that I have been using that are very help full for a project like this.
1st is Ventoy2Disk . It will let you put multiple ISO on a single thumb drive and run them. not windows ISO's that  I put in but others Heck yea .
2ns. is snappy driver. HUGE download! 40 gig. in a windows computer it will install all your drivers!
3rd . Hasleo WinToUSB, this is a nice program that will turn a windows ISO into a install thumb drive.
windows 11 was real slow on the thin client.
windows 10 was OK for you tube and internet stuff. game's NOPE
Windows 7 after drivers I ran out of disk space. tiny windows installs was a pain in the but!
Windows 7 looked very promising but I ran out of drive installing direct x9
Prime OS and Batocera, I was not happy with.
Linux Mint looks very promising also. I did not want to install Linux  to my only M.2 drive. ( i do not know how to reformat a M.2 drive after a Linux install) Now I have a second drive coming in I might install .
I did build a junk PC from parts I have around and tossed Mint on it to learn about Linux. Mint is not that bad. every thing like icons , pointer and text  is VERY SMALL! maybe because I am on a 50" TV. I am  working on that now

5/5/24 Update: Dynamic Mini Marquee using Marquee Masher in GameEx

To give you an idea of the project scope the following pictures are a snap shot of my previous project cabinet.

Galaga

cabinet

So after much fiddling around, I managed to get a working install of 64bit Raspbian Lite 12 Bookworm, MAME 0265, Hypseus 2.11.2, and the latest Attract-Mode Plus 3.0.8 frontend.

I decided to share this image here to show some love to this project, not to step on the OP's toes in anyway!

I will gladly remove the link if this is problematic!


Download Here
rpi4b.raspios12.mame-0265.AMP.base-image.tar.xz

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LITsKTo77TgjPDEHb99sO0lDW4HlRCsy/view?usp=sharing


I have all the same scripts that the OP included in his setup / guide, all of the original stuff applies.

My changes are;


No AdvancedMenu
Note - I didn't bother with AdvancedMenu, as I see it as pointless when AttractMode exists.

Attract-Mode Plus instead of Attract-Mode - https://github.com/oomek/attractplus/tree/master
Note - I changed the executable name in /usr/local/bin/ from "attractplus" to "attract" rather then change the name in all the original scripts.

Launch Decorator plugin for AttractMode added. - https://github.com/matteocedroni/am-launch-decorator-plugin?tab=readme-ov-file
Note - I use this as a way to trigger a script on rom launch.  In particular I use it to trigger a TOS GRS switchable 4 to 8 way restrictor to switch mode based on the game being launched.  This is configured already for this purpose if you turn it on in AttractMode and set the script directory to /home/pi/.attract/plugins/LaunchDecorator/scripts/.


TOS GRS Switchable 4-to-8 way restrictor plate software installed in /home/pi/roms4way/   -  https://thunderstickstudio.com/products/tos-grs-4-to-8-way-restrictor-all-in-one-kit
Note - This is used in conjunction with the Launch Decorator plugin in AttractMode.

GPIOnext installed for use of GPIO as buttons.  -  https://github.com/mholgatem/GPIOnext
Note - Installed, daemons running, not configured.

AttractModePlus is set up as default frontend.
Note - MAME emulator was auto configured and setup by AttractMode.  It seems to be all good, though I wonder about the dir it chose for "emulator working directory".  Surely wrong, but everything seems to work.


Everything is in horizontal "non-rotated" configuration.
Note - I included the notes from the original guide for switching everything to a vertical rotation.  Located in /home/pi/notes.txt


I think that is about all I changed from the original design.


There are some differences in parts of the system and setup process when using the latest Raspbian 12 Bookworm, but I everything seems to be working right, though I have not tested Hypseus.

While setting all this up, I had some issues with the RO file system setup script in particular, but I seem to have got it all sorted out.

I have shrunk this down as small as I could, this could be flashed to an 8gb sd card in a pinch.
The root partition is pretty small, but should be fine for most uses.  It might be a problem if you try to compile new versions of MAME in your home DIR or elsewhere on the root partition.


SSH is on.
Hostname is arcade.
User pi, password raspberry.


Don't forget to do the included "expand-data-partition.sh" script, setup wifi, locale, hostname etc as needed with raspi-config.

Enjoy!

Ok so here's the results (in case anyone else has this problem and wishes to know)

Even thought there is a calibration requirement upon powering up (and I do the calibration... turn wheel all the way to the left and hit the button, turn wheel all the way to the right and hit the button, stop on gas all the way, step on brake all the way), that didn't do anything.

HOWEVER, when I went into the menu and went to calibration and did *exactly* the same thing, it fixed the problem. The flames came back from a double pump and I am now able to go over 100 mph.

Woo hoo!! Thanks everyone for your great help and advice.

Kim

If she flies as good as she looks, you'll be the envy of the airfield.  Great work!

I've started a full scale Galaga machine build for my daugter to give as a wedding gift to her future husband.  Previously I have built a Galaga machine and a Mrs Pac Man cocktail table all of which used a multicade board.  I've also built a full features Williams wide body virtual pinball machine.  To document the build I have added the build to my YouTube channel "Lane The Project Guy".  Please enjoy following along with my build!

It's also hard to get a good view of when my headset is so far away from the actual playspace, can't get the controllers to hit the buttons a mile in the air.

Do you know about the desktop mode of OVIE?

If you go into:

C:\Program Files\OpenVR-InputEmulator

there is a batch file called startdesktopmode.bat

That will bring OVIE up on the desktop. That is how I've been using it

Edit 2: Tried restarting SteamVR, and it seems like the pose data is back to the initial set so I can keep working on my calibration. It might've changed slightly, I'll see if it stays consistent through resets and over play sessions. As long as it's the same on boot every time it should work fine though.

I saw this edit too, so I hope that it will work. Let me know how you go