Author Topic: Atn Loadman: MaLa high resolution Layout 1280x1024 is rare! Modified "RetroGUI" (Read 28295 times)

wolfsoft · « **Reply #40 on:** October 23, 2009, 02:45:46 am »

is there a way to use the emumovies e.g. for mame instead of screenshots?

Chris · « **Reply #41 on:** October 23, 2009, 02:48:12 am »

Do people really put Atari 800/ST emulators in their arcade cabinets where they would need these, or are we trying to add them just for the sake of being complete?

wolfsoft · « **Reply #42 on:** October 23, 2009, 02:55:02 am »

Atari 800 was my first computer after the atari 2600.
And yes I play it on my cab :-)
I have a trackball and its possible to use amiga, atari st

driph · « **Reply #43 on:** October 23, 2009, 02:17:35 pm »

Quote from: wolfsoft on October 23, 2009, 02:45:46 am

is there a way to use the emumovies e.g. for mame instead of screenshots?

Yes, that's actually pretty easy to do... you'll just need to edit the layout in the MALA editor (check the wiki and other threads for details).

Flip_Willie · « **Reply #44 on:** October 23, 2009, 05:46:55 pm »

Three more. Vectrix, NeoGeo CD, and Gamegear.

EDIT: Changed "Vectrex" title, and changed grid on screen. I kind of figured the grid was probably game specific, but I was afraid it would look a little bland without it. Anyway, I updated it.

Flip_Willie · « **Reply #45 on:** October 23, 2009, 08:52:50 pm »

Two more. Intellivision and ZX Spectrum.

EDIT: Changed a little bit on the Intellivision.

wolfsoft · « **Reply #46 on:** October 25, 2009, 04:18:29 pm »

great work
many thanks

I have one more in mind

3DO

http://www.videogamegazette.com/3do/3do3c.jpg

Chris · « **Reply #47 on:** October 25, 2009, 11:28:46 pm »

Quote from: Flip_Willie on October 23, 2009, 05:46:55 pm

Three more. Vectrix, NeoGeo CD, and Gamegear.

Minor notes: It is Vectrex, not Vectrix, and the grid on the screen is actually on an overlay that is only used for one particular game, not part of the unit itself. (Each Vectrex game came with its own overlay; here are some examples:)

Flip_Willie · « **Reply #48 on:** October 26, 2009, 12:00:51 am »

Two more: 3DO and Atari ST.

I got a little lazy on the Atari ST. I didn't draw each key like I did for the commodore 64. Oh well.

Quote from: Chris on October 25, 2009, 11:28:46 pm

Minor notes: It is Vectrex, not Vectrix, and the grid on the screen is actually on an overlay that is only used for one particular game, not part of the unit itself. (Each Vectrex game came with its own overlay; here are some examples:)

Thanks for the note. I fixed it above.

wolfsoft · « **Reply #49 on:** October 28, 2009, 05:15:49 am »

sorry I found some more:

Sega Dreamcast
Sega Saturn

Chris · « **Reply #50 on:** October 28, 2009, 08:15:43 pm »

Quote from: wolfsoft on October 28, 2009, 05:15:49 am

sorry I found some more:

Sega Dreamcast
Sega Saturn

You have a lot of emulators in your cabinet.

wolfsoft · « **Reply #51 on:** October 29, 2009, 03:24:17 am »

I wan to make the collection complete ;-)
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Chris · « **Reply #52 on:** October 29, 2009, 03:33:50 am »

But you are not the one doing the work.

wolfsoft · « **Reply #53 on:** October 29, 2009, 03:37:47 am »

thats right, but I offer Flip_Willie some free stuff for the great work

Quote from: Chris on October 29, 2009, 03:33:50 am

But you are not the one doing the work.

Flip_Willie · « **Reply #54 on:** November 04, 2009, 04:03:11 pm »

Hello everyone,

Here is what I have finished with. Unfortunately, I really have no more time to devote to this project, so I hope it is enough.

First off, I haven't done any work incorporating these artwork files into Mala. I have just done the artwork. I know several people are using this layout for Mala. If anyone ends up setting up Mala for the artwork, please let me know. Wolfsoft has expressed to me that he needs someone to look into setting up the artwork in Mala. Personally, I have never used Mala, so I do not know what goes into setting it up.

Download
~~Although it is only temporary, you can download the entire package here.~~

Resolutions
-> 640x480, 1280x1024, 1600x1200 Horizontal and Vertical layouts for every console.
-> 1920x1080 (Widescreen) Horizontal and Vertical layouts for every console.

Consoles
-> 3DO
-> Amiga
-> Amiga CD
-> Atari 800
-> Atari 2600
-> Atari 5200
-> Atari 7800
-> Atari Jaguar
-> Atari Lynx
-> Atari ST
-> Colecovision
-> Commodore 64
-> Dreamcast
-> Gameboy
-> Gameboy Advance
-> Gamegear
-> Intellivision
-> Jukebox
-> LaserDisc
-> Mame
-> Mame 2
-> MUGEN
-> NeoGeo CD
-> NES
-> Nintendo 64
-> PC
-> PC Engine
-> Pinball
-> Sega Genesis
-> Sega Master System
-> Sega Saturn
-> Sharp X86000
-> Super Nintendo
-> Templates (neutral layouts - Horizontal and vertical for standard and widescreen )
-> Vectrex
-> ZX Spectrum

Illustrator files
-> ALL ai files are included.

I have also uploaded some examples of my work. The last two images show my widescreen layout in vertical and standard orientations.

Flip_Willie

driph · « **Reply #55 on:** November 04, 2009, 04:15:51 pm »

Those are great, Flip_Willie, thanks much for putting together so many of the console images.

Have you been drawing the consoles by hand, based on the reference images, or starting with a live trace, or something else?

As soon as my finish my pin restore, the MAME cabs are next, so I'll start incorporating a lot of your artwork into an updated Mala layout.

Flip_Willie · « **Reply #56 on:** November 04, 2009, 04:32:17 pm »

Quote from: driph on November 04, 2009, 04:15:51 pm

Those are great, Flip_Willie, thanks much for putting together so many of the console images.

Have you been drawing the consoles by hand, based on the reference images, or starting with a live trace, or something else?

As soon as my finish my pin restore, the MAME cabs are next, so I'll start incorporating a lot of your artwork into an updated Mala layout.

Thank you very much. I have been drawing them by hand based on the reference images. Pretty much, all I do is trace the images. The only creative input I have is deciding which edges I should draw.

I did most of this artwork for Wolfsoft; however, it turns out he needed it to be set up for Mala. Unfortunately, I have never used Mala before, and I don't know off-hand how to set it up.

After a very brief look, it appears that each console in the layout needs its own .mll file. I would think that you could set up one .mll file for each of my four basic layouts (standard horizontal, standard vertical, widescreen horizontal, and widescreen vertical) and then copy paste for each of the consoles. I tried to keep the main layout exactly the same within the four basic layouts. The only thing I changed was the console image.

Flip_Willie

raungst · « **Reply #57 on:** February 18, 2010, 03:41:19 pm »

These are fantastic! Does anyone have these files who could upload them? This wasn't too long ago, but the file link has expired. Thanks!

raungst · « **Reply #58 on:** February 18, 2010, 03:45:54 pm »

Quote from: raungst on February 18, 2010, 03:41:19 pm

These are fantastic! Does anyone have these files who could upload them? This wasn't too long ago, but the file link has expired. Thanks!

Gah! I found them. For anyone interested, they are here: http://files.arcadecontrols.com/details.php?image_id=3596&sessionid=4275afccad10ca46b9db7e853c07d959

Chris · « **Reply #59 on:** February 18, 2010, 03:47:59 pm »

That's an older version of it, the full package is ten times that size.

I have it, I'll see if I can upload it.

Chris · « **Reply #60 on:** February 18, 2010, 04:29:00 pm »

OK, I am uploading the full 40MB package to the file repository.

Flip_Willie · « **Reply #61 on:** February 18, 2010, 05:00:53 pm »

Haha, yeah. I still have all the files.

I tried to upload the entire package to the file repository a while back, but it must have hung up or something. Hopefully, it will work for Chris.

Just as it is,
FlipWillie

Chris · « **Reply #62 on:** February 18, 2010, 05:08:55 pm »

Quote from: Flip_Willie on February 18, 2010, 05:00:53 pm

Haha, yeah. I still have all the files.

I tried to upload the entire package to the file repository a while back, but it must have hung up or something. Hopefully, it will work for Chris.

Just as it is,
FlipWillie

No, I had the same problem, it bombed out in the middle.

Flip_Willie · « **Reply #63 on:** February 18, 2010, 05:37:32 pm »

Quote from: Chris on February 18, 2010, 05:08:55 pm

Quote from: Flip_Willie on February 18, 2010, 05:00:53 pm
Haha, yeah. I still have all the files.

I tried to upload the entire package to the file repository a while back, but it must have hung up or something. Hopefully, it will work for Chris.

Just as it is,
FlipWillie
No, I had the same problem, it bombed out in the middle.

I see.

Well, I uploaded it here.

EDIT: It appears that GoogleDocs doesn't let you access the file unless you have a Google account (Gmail etc.) which isn't ideal. Unfortunately, I don't have a better way to upload it. Yousendit only keeps files for 7 days. Perhaps someone just needs to ask Saint why it isn't uploading to the file repository.

Just as it is,
Flip_Willie

Chris · « **Reply #64 on:** February 18, 2010, 07:27:26 pm »

I'm trying the upload again. I just think HTTP uploads were never meant to deal with 40MB files....

Chris · « **Reply #65 on:** February 18, 2010, 07:34:42 pm »

It may have gone through... I don't know. After the upload it went to a password recovery page, not an "Upload complete" page. But the policy says "Uploaded files will not be visible or downloadable until verified and approved by an admin" so it may actually be there.

Blanka · « **Reply #66 on:** March 06, 2010, 05:45:54 am »

The Gamegear has 2 speakers holes too many. The upper right and the lower right are not there.

I also see the widescreen versions suffer from the Illustrator round-corner-BUG. Rounded corners on rectangles stretch when you alter the size of the rectangle. In Freehand they don't. There you can stretch as much as you like, but the corners remain the same. Also you can alter the radius at any time. The solution in AI to stretch a rounded rectangle is to convert it to a path first, and then stretch the 4 corner points on one side, but for different radius-es you need to draw a new rectangle. Really annoying bug.

Flip_Willie · « **Reply #67 on:** March 06, 2010, 11:00:22 am »

Quote from: Blanka on March 06, 2010, 05:45:54 am

The Gamegear has 2 speakers holes too many. The upper right and the lower right are not there.

Haha, I give you permission to subtract or add as many holes as you want.

Quote from: Blanka on March 06, 2010, 05:45:54 am

I also see the widescreen versions suffer from the Illustrator round-corner-BUG. Rounded corners on rectangles stretch when you alter the size of the rectangle. In Freehand they don't. There you can stretch as much as you like, but the corners remain the same. Also you can alter the radius at any time. The solution in AI to stretch a rounded rectangle is to convert it to a path first, and then stretch the 4 corner points on one side, but for different radius-es you need to draw a new rectangle. Really annoying bug.

By the time I got to the widescreen versions, I was rushing. Even if I knew what the round-corner-Bug was at the time, I probably wouldn't have spent the time to fix it. Also, at the expense of sounding stupid, I can't tell any difference between the widescreen and standard version.

Flip_Willie

Blanka · « **Reply #68 on:** March 06, 2010, 12:56:12 pm »

The corners in the normal version are well rounded, same width as height, in the WS version, the cornors are stretched and ellipse like instead of quarter circles.

Chris · « **Reply #69 on:** March 06, 2010, 09:43:12 pm »

Wow, you really have to look at that closely to see it.

Fortunately, the vector files are there so you can re-draw them

lettuce · « **Reply #70 on:** September 23, 2011, 05:14:15 am »

Where can i get a download link for all these fantasic layouts??

Flip_Willie · « **Reply #71 on:** September 24, 2011, 08:20:24 pm »

Quote from: lettuce on September 23, 2011, 05:14:15 am

Where can i get a download link for all these fantasic layouts??

Does this link work for you?

I think you may need an account with Google. If that doesn't work, let me know and I can find another way to get it to you.

lettuce · « **Reply #72 on:** October 24, 2011, 03:51:21 pm »

Worked a treat man thanks!

lettuce · « **Reply #73 on:** October 24, 2011, 04:09:51 pm »

quck questtin, how do i get these layouts to show up in MaLa, as i noticed in the widescreen folders for mame there is the 2 picture files (vertical and Horizontal) and 2 .ai files, but Mala requires a .mll file for the layout doesnt it??

lettuce · « **Reply #74 on:** October 27, 2011, 01:58:06 pm »

Quote from: lettuce on October 24, 2011, 04:09:51 pm

quck questtin, how do i get these layouts to show up in MaLa, as i noticed in the widescreen folders for mame there is the 2 picture files (vertical and Horizontal) and 2 .ai files, but Mala requires a .mll file for the layout doesnt it??

Can anyone help with this how do i get this layout to work if there is not .mll file and only a .ai file?

Flip_Willie · « **Reply #75 on:** October 27, 2011, 03:52:36 pm »

Quote from: lettuce on October 27, 2011, 01:58:06 pm

Quote from: lettuce on October 24, 2011, 04:09:51 pm
quck questtin, how do i get these layouts to show up in MaLa, as i noticed in the widescreen folders for mame there is the 2 picture files (vertical and Horizontal) and 2 .ai files, but Mala requires a .mll file for the layout doesnt it??

Can anyone help with this how do i get this layout to work if there is not .mll file and only a .ai file?

I only made the artwork files (.ai files are just adobe illustrator vector format).

I have never used Mala, so I am not familiar with how to create layouts for it. I have, however, created some layouts for Mamewah, and in that case I just used the layout utility that came with it. I would suspect that Mala has something similar to produce layouts.

I believe another member (driph: Reply #55) mentioned that he might incorporate the artwork into Mala. You might try messaging him to see if he ever got around to it.

Sorry to not be able to directly help.

lettuce · « **Reply #76 on:** October 28, 2011, 08:18:43 pm »

Cheers Flip_Willie, got it setup correctly and working in Mala now. Have upload the layout with some added frames for 1920x1080 resolutions, all the files you need are attached below.

raungst · « **Reply #77 on:** February 22, 2013, 05:43:52 pm »

Flip_Willie, thanks for putting in all this work in modernizing a great MaLa theme. The google doc link even still works almost a year and a half later!

Would you (or anyone else) be able to make a Playstation in a similar style? Or even give some tips on how you made them?

Thanks again!

Flip_Willie · « **Reply #78 on:** February 22, 2013, 09:33:45 pm »

Quote from: raungst on February 22, 2013, 05:43:52 pm

Flip_Willie, thanks for putting in all this work in modernizing a great MaLa theme. The google doc link even still works almost a year and a half later!

Would you (or anyone else) be able to make a Playstation in a similar style? Or even give some tips on how you made them?

Thanks again!

No problem. Glad you are enjoying it.

Hmm, Playstation 1 is already included in the RetroGui.zip! See, I new you would want that a year ago and anticipated!

Jokes aside, perhaps you meant Playstation 2? If that is the case and you have Adobe Illustrator, I included all the ai files in that zip. That should provide a good starting point for any future console you might want to add.


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