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Title: Game Launcher Mala Layout
Post by: Chunce DeLeone on May 04, 2007, 09:36:51 am
Been searching for simple layouts, Game Launcher like, for Mala.  Has anyone created a layout that is simple like that for Mala that they could post to this thread?

PS I have seen all the layouts on Screenshot Archive and CPveiwer.
Title: Re: Game Launcher Mala Layout
Post by: Chunce DeLeone on May 04, 2007, 11:26:18 am
Sorry found the layout right on the Mala website,  However does anyone know what font this is ?

http://www.dribin.org/dave/game_launcher/screen_shots/stella.gif
Title: Re: Game Launcher Mala Layout
Post by: loadman on May 04, 2007, 06:13:14 pm
Quote from: Chunce DeLeone on May 04, 2007, 11:26:18 am
Sorry found the layout right on the Mala website,  However does anyone know what font this is ?

http://www.dribin.org/dave/game_launcher/screen_shots/stella.gif

Hi I use the 'nice and simple' GameLauncher layout with MaLa. 
The font provided with that is slicker.ttf

I'm not sure what font you have in the pic?
Title: Re: Game Launcher Mala Layout
Post by: Chunce DeLeone on May 07, 2007, 02:48:22 pm
Yeah the Gamelauncher like layout ended up being my choice after allot of soulsearching, less is more I feel...
I started using the actual game launcher and if it was as easy to set up as mala I would use it,  I like the feature where you can hit the spacebar and see just the screenshot, instead of with Mala you have to scrool through allot of different things with the info button to get the screenshot.
Title: Re: Game Launcher Mala Layout
Post by: loadman on May 07, 2007, 09:36:42 pm
Quote from: Chunce DeLeone on May 07, 2007, 02:48:22 pm
I like the feature where you can hit the spacebar and see just the screenshot, instead of with Mala you have to scrool through allot of different things with the info button to get the screenshot.

I think you will find you can remove the other info screens if you want and just leave the snap shot

See attached pic
Title: Re: Game Launcher Mala Layout
Post by: Chunce DeLeone on May 08, 2007, 10:26:17 am
THANK YOU! I'll do that
Title: Re: Game Launcher Mala Layout
Post by: Dariusz on May 11, 2007, 03:04:31 pm
with the layout. Can you replace the screenshots with video, and if video not available, use screenshots?

Dariusz
Title: Re: Game Launcher Mala Layout
Post by: loadman on May 11, 2007, 07:06:05 pm
Quote from: Dariusz on May 11, 2007, 03:04:31 pm
with the layout. Can you replace the screenshots with video, and if video not available, use screenshots?

Dariusz

No.. Video is the top layer ;)
Title: Re: Game Launcher Mala Layout
Post by: Dariusz on May 12, 2007, 11:22:26 am
loadman, sorry I dont understand what you mean by 'video is the top layer'. Does that me mala cant display video files on an layout? I was hoping to use emumovie files to display the game(s) in action during the scroling of the games list. 
Title: Re: Game Launcher Mala Layout
Post by: loadman on May 12, 2007, 06:18:20 pm
Quote from: Dariusz on May 12, 2007, 11:22:26 am
loadman, sorry I dont understand what you mean by 'video is the top layer'. Does that me mala cant display video files on an layout? I was hoping to use emumovie files to display the game(s) in action during the scroling of the games list. 

I mean you can have video on a layout but you can't have text on top of it. If that is a big deal try another FE  ;)

If you have a look on the MaLa Website there are many layouts that don't even have tect over still snapshots. You can put one of thoses layouts into the layout editor and subsitute the snapshot pane for a video pane. Then don't forget to set the path to videos in options-mame config-pictures and video and also enable videos in gui-options