The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls

Software Support => GroovyMAME => Topic started by: jtslade on February 10, 2014, 08:50:08 am

Title: SOLVED --// Groovy Arcade Marquee Size and Spacing? Any Ideas?
Post by: jtslade on February 10, 2014, 08:50:08 am

So what are my options to get the Marquee's to fill the screen. Do I need to resize them all in Photoshop or can I set some scaling options?

UPdate changing the size in Photoshop / Gimp (keeping the aspect ratio the same) does nothing, they stay the same size.

Just alot of empty black space...

(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3780/12411509575_5ed5f02c54_c.jpg)

Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Marquee Size and Spacing? Any Ideas?
Post by: Calamity on February 11, 2014, 04:19:16 pm

Not sure if I understand. Do you want the marquees to fill the screen in Advmenu+? I think you can change the view by pressing the space bar. Maybe you need to treat them as normal snapshots... not sure.

Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Marquee Size and Spacing? Any Ideas?
Post by: jtslade on February 11, 2014, 05:11:50 pm

Calamity,

thank you for the reply.

I want to change the scale so that there is not so much black space on the screen.

Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Marquee Size and Spacing? Any Ideas?
Post by: jtslade on February 11, 2014, 05:19:04 pm

Like this

(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2834/12467058793_356093cc68_c.jpg)

Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Marquee Size and Spacing? Any Ideas?
Post by: Calamity on February 11, 2014, 05:47:29 pm

I don't think you can do that without modifying the source code.

Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Marquee Size and Spacing? Any Ideas?
Post by: cools on February 12, 2014, 11:07:56 am

Calamity is correct. Use a different frontend.

Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Marquee Size and Spacing? Any Ideas?
Post by: jtslade on February 13, 2014, 04:47:09 pm

I found it. I set my Preview Expand to 1.85

I'll post some pics when I get home tonight.





set

preview_expand


5.1.8 preview_expand

Enlarges the screen area used by the vertical games on horizontal tile (and horizontal games in vertical tile).
preview_expand FACTOR
Options:

FACTOR    Expansion float factor from 1.0 to 3.0 (default 1.15)
Examples:

preview_expand 1.15

Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Marquee Size and Spacing? Any Ideas?
Post by: Calamity on February 14, 2014, 11:35:48 am

Very good info, jtslade!! So good old Advmenu had an option for this after all. Don't forget to post a picture :)

Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Marquee Size and Spacing? Any Ideas?
Post by: jtslade on February 14, 2014, 01:58:01 pm

This is from my Virtual Groovy arcade that I use to test and config. Or what I use to waste time at work so that I can spend my time at home playing games.
When I get time tonight I'll upload a real pic from the Cocktail GA cab.

(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2894/12525294543_3bd51129b4_o.png)

Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Marquee Size and Spacing? Any Ideas?
Post by: jtslade on February 14, 2014, 02:09:03 pm

Here are some of the Marquee's I am making for the menu. These are for ones that don't exist.

Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Marquee Size and Spacing? Any Ideas?
Post by: jtslade on February 14, 2014, 02:19:51 pm

Better Circus

Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Marquee Size and Spacing? Any Ideas?
Post by: jtslade on February 18, 2014, 01:06:34 pm

Here is some pictures of the real world version cocktail cab.

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7303/12549454443_b3cf32b099_b.jpg)

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5542/12549445813_8551209ff2_b.jpg)

(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2850/12549449883_7f17cc29be_h.jpg)

Title: Re: Groovy Arcade Marquee Size and Spacing? Any Ideas?
Post by: Calamity on February 20, 2014, 10:08:05 am

I love how this vertical layout looks now.

Title: Re: SOLVED --// Groovy Arcade Marquee Size and Spacing? Any Ideas?
Post by: jtslade on March 18, 2014, 05:07:46 pm

More created Marquee's

Some are tough to find so I made them.

Title: Re: SOLVED --// Groovy Arcade Marquee Size and Spacing? Any Ideas?
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