The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Front End Support => MaLa Frontend => Topic started by: sshaw10 on February 07, 2016, 02:33:06 am
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building a custom layout and the editor and features have been simple to setup. Everything is good but no matter what I set the marquees and snaps won't show. I've trolled every post, everything is turned on in mala, triple checked point to correct folder. debug log shows that it can't find the marquee file but the path it shows it can't find it is exactly where it is, png format and exact rom name. I downloaded several other layouts from mala site and same thing. I know it sounds like a beginner question from someone who hasn't spent the time but the debug log saying it can't find the image at the exact path where it is has me stumped. I tried creating a different folder with same result.
If there's any thoughts I'd be grateful. So damn close.
Thanks.
may be software problems, tried setting up a default graphic, got an access violation, now snap/title shows a small box in the top left with r g b bars and black and white back. Tried starting a whole new layout with only a background jpg and marquee, nothing else, same thing. maybe something is corrupt.
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Does the path to your snaps and marquees have a space in it? Won't work if it does. Possibly other non-standard characters in the path could cause this. Change the path to something simple like C:\mala\images\snaps and it should work.
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thanks Big, no spaces and very simple, log says Error: LoadPicture: Error loading C:\mame\marquees\dkong.png and I have that file in c:\mame\marquees. I've tried taking the standard layout and removed everything except the game list and marquee with no luck, same result. If there's anything else in the log that would help let me know, I'm mystified.
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Have you looked into color depth (i.e. 24-bit color vs. 32-bit color) or RGB vs. indexed?
Check out this (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,83600.0.html) thread and this (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,142541.msg1476950.html#msg1476950) post. :dunno
Scott
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Yeah, it's got to be a problem with the format of your pings. I just remembered I had a problem a while back trying to get a start game window image to display, that was a png. Just saved the image as a jpeg and it worked fine.
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Brilliant gentlemen, saved PS file to indexed and came right up. Still png format, just set mode in PS to indexed. Wow, would never have figured that out, thanks so much.
Snaps are still not showing but I know that's a codec issue I can figure out.
Will post a complete write up of my project Westworld shortly. Rotating CP with custom ground up cabinet and marquee monitor. Looking forward to giving back to this board. Thanks again very much!