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Software Support => GroovyMAME => Topic started by: mattr69 on April 25, 2013, 03:46:02 am

Title: AdvanceMenu
Post by: mattr69 on April 25, 2013, 03:46:02 am: Hi,

Does GroovyMame use AdvanceMenu or AdvMenu+? I'm confused. :-) I'm having trouble configuring types/favorites etc and documentation is... woeful.

Cheers,
Matt
Title: Re: AdvanceMenu
Post by: Gray_Area on April 28, 2013, 06:19:34 pm: AdvMenu+ ?
Title: Re: AdvanceMenu
Post by: Rockman on April 29, 2013, 06:04:34 pm: Hi guys!

GroovyArcade uses a modified version of AdvanceMenu called "AdvmenuPlus".

Here you can see the improvements over the original version in this link. (Sorry, is from ArcadeForever Spanish forum, but is the only documentation available to date).
http://arcadeforever.forumfree.it/?t=42527183&st=525#entry533165578 (http://arcadeforever.forumfree.it/?t=42527183&st=525#entry533165578)
This special version included in GA, adds new options in the *.rc configuration file, to create lists of favorite games, create layouts for each emulator and a lot more.

Regards.
Title: Re: AdvanceMenu
Post by: Calamity on April 30, 2013, 04:10:48 pm: Hi Rockman, thanks a lot for the documentation, I'll be translating it as soon as possible.
Title: Re: AdvanceMenu
Post by: Rockman on April 30, 2013, 06:04:34 pm: Thanks for your SUPERLATIVE GroovyMame. :)
Title: Re: AdvanceMenu
Post by: Calamity on May 01, 2013, 01:57:16 pm: Just added the documentation to the GA wiki:

https://code.google.com/p/groovyarcade/wiki/AdvmenuPLUS_reference
Title: Re: AdvanceMenu
Post by: Gray_Area on May 01, 2013, 06:39:50 pm: When, and why, did this get bundled with GM?
Title: Re: AdvanceMenu
Post by: wesbrown18 on May 01, 2013, 08:12:12 pm: Quote from: Gray_Area on May 01, 2013, 06:39:50 pm
When, and why, did this get bundled with GM?

GroovyArcade, not GroovyMame.

GroovyMame is the emulator. GroovyArcade is the Linux distribution including GroovyMame and AdvanceMenuPlus.
Title: Re: AdvanceMenu
Post by: Rockman on May 02, 2013, 08:42:50 am: Great work Calamity! :)
Title: Re: AdvanceMenu
Post by: Gray_Area on May 04, 2013, 10:55:21 pm: Quote from: wesbrown18 on May 01, 2013, 08:12:12 pm
GroovyArcade is the Linux distribution including GroovyMame and AdvanceMenuPlus.

Ohhhhh. Riight. Well, why was AdvMENU picked for that? Just curious.....
Title: Re: AdvanceMenu
Post by: wesbrown18 on May 04, 2013, 11:18:45 pm: Quote from: Gray_Area on May 04, 2013, 10:55:21 pm
Quote from: wesbrown18 on May 01, 2013, 08:12:12 pm
GroovyArcade is the Linux distribution including GroovyMame and AdvanceMenuPlus.

Ohhhhh. Riight. Well, why was AdvMENU picked for that? Just curious.....

Well, several things --

* The selection of good frontends for Linux is more limited.
* AdvMENUPlus has support for 15khz monitors built into it.
* AdvMENUPlus also has support inbuilt for the various emulators that are included in GroovyArcade.
* AdvMENUPlus generates ROMlists with a minimum of intervention -- i.e. none -- which is important for a distribution that can be booted or played from LiveCD in addition to from a hard disk. For example, Cabrio is a much slicker front end, but generating ROMlists for it is nontrivial.
Title: Re: AdvanceMenu
Post by: Calamity on May 05, 2013, 10:55:51 am: Quote from: Gray_Area on May 04, 2013, 10:55:21 pm
Ohhhhh. Riight. Well, why was AdvMENU picked for that? Just curious.....

Mmmmm.... may I ask... WHY NOT?

AdvMENU is simple and does the job. I *think* I suggested it to Chris at the time he was building the first versions of the live-cd, he was using WahCade and had some issues configuring it.