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Title: Frontend with game thumbnails?
Post by: Elaphe on September 06, 2015, 10:49:17 am: Any frontends that feature fullscreen with multitple thumbnails of snapshots, something like a gallery of games?
Title: Re: Frontend with game thumbnails?
Post by: Slippyblade on September 06, 2015, 01:23:26 pm: Most modern frontends can do what you are asking. Look at AttractMode - the layouts for that are scripted and you can do pretty much anything you can imagine.
Title: Re: Frontend with game thumbnails?
Post by: DudeRegular on September 07, 2015, 12:08:02 pm: Second Attractmode. There is a "Grid" layout that will likely do what you are looking for. You can use snap screenshots or videos.
Title: Re: Frontend with game thumbnails?
Post by: Elaphe on September 29, 2015, 05:11:17 pm: I've been testing Attract Mode and the grid layout. It's a quite complicated program, because you have to deal with the code if you want to tweak most things. However, that's at the same time its strength, because that makes it very powerful and full of possibilities.

If you have any experience with it, do you know if it's possible to modify it so as to have the games names under every snapshot and not just a common line where the game appears when you select a thumbnail? If that's not possible, I think I'll have to stick with EmuLoader or look further.
Title: Re: Frontend with game thumbnails?
Post by: keilmillerjr on September 29, 2015, 07:40:57 pm: Quote from: Elaphe on September 29, 2015, 05:11:17 pm
I've been testing Attract Mode and the grid layout. It's a quite complicated program, because you have to deal with the code if you want to tweak most things. However, that's at the same time its strength, because that makes it very powerful and full of possibilities.

If you have any experience with it, do you know if it's possible to modify it so as to have the games names under every snapshot and not just a common line where the game appears when you select a thumbnail? If that's not possible, I think I'll have to stick with EmuLoader or look further.

Possible.
Title: Re: Frontend with game thumbnails?
Post by: Elaphe on September 30, 2015, 03:37:59 am: Have you made it or have you seen any layout like that? Any hint or example on how to do it?
Title: Re: Frontend with game thumbnails?
Post by: Thenasty on September 30, 2015, 10:03:39 am: take a look a Advmenu

http://www.advancemame.it/menu-snapshot (http://www.advancemame.it/menu-snapshot)
Title: Re: Frontend with game thumbnails?
Post by: aldub516 on September 30, 2015, 12:20:08 pm: Gameex is my front end of choice and can easily do this as well right in their drop down settings.
Title: Re: Frontend with game thumbnails?
Post by: Elaphe on October 01, 2015, 02:11:30 am: Advmenu seems to be too limited and simple. Gamex has nag screens and that's unacceptable.