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Main => Software Forum => Topic started by: WORMofAK on August 26, 2005, 03:27:24 pm

Title: looking for a good front end to fit my needs
Post by: WORMofAK on August 26, 2005, 03:27:24 pm

This is my first Cab and im looking for a frontend that will be able to use total arcade controls, windows 98, its a cocktail cab so flip screen, be able to load a game on computer start up so it looks authentic, jukebox, and mame . all the games i will be playing are rather simply so flashy screen shots aren't really needed.

The main thing i never seem to find is have a game load on computer start up, maybe this is easy to accomplish i just don't know.

feel free to call me an idiot like i said this is my first cab but any help would be great thanks.

WORM

Title: Re: looking for a good front end to fit my needs
Post by: loadman on August 26, 2005, 06:19:24 pm

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The main thing i never seem to find is have a game load on computer start up, maybe this is easy to accomplish i just don't know.

One option is to have a simple batch file in the start-up folder. The first line launches a game. and the next line launches your FE. So when you quit your game it will load the FE

I used to have this arrangement and it worked well.

IE 

@echo off
cd C:\mametable\mame
mame invaders
cd C:\mametable\mala
mala

Title: Re: looking for a good front end to fit my needs
Post by: youki on August 28, 2005, 04:33:16 am

The Batch method works well.

But i plan to add this kind of feature in my FE.  What would be your requisites?

- Start on for a random game ?
- Start on a given game?
- Start on the last game played?

Except that feature not yet implemented, my FE should fit your needs.

Title: Re: looking for a good front end to fit my needs
Post by: WORMofAK on September 03, 2005, 02:05:40 pm

i would want my cab to be like an authentic pacman cab so i would want to start a given game (pacman).

when do you think you would impliment this in your FE?

worm

Title: Re: looking for a good front end to fit my needs
Post by: youki on September 04, 2005, 04:03:59 am

I have to a fix for  a bug i have in the Trackball/Spinner management , i will try to include that with the fix.

i think , you could have a version, in one or 2 weeks, and if you i find time may be middle on this week but i'm very busy now , so i can not work too much on the FE.

Title: Re: looking for a good front end to fit my needs
Post by: youki on September 05, 2005, 06:32:18 pm

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i would want my cab to be like an authentic pacman cab so i would want to start a given game (pacman).

when do you think you would impliment this in your FE?

worm

Now you can! 

It is implemented on the 0.14 patch available on my web site.

Youki