FE Feature Request = Rotate FE based on last game played

[edge]

Feature request:

[youki]

Hi Edge,

It should be not difficult to do.  I will do something like that on a next version.

But would be more convinient to have symply a way to rotate the FE when you want directly on "fly" ?

As the Coktail mode, when you want flip you press a button.

thanks for trying Atomic. 

Youki

[swindus]

I only know of one or two other FEs that do it today (3darcade, howard said dragonking will as well).

MaLa got this feature too.
MaLa can rotate Mame for you based on MaLa orientation or MaLa rotates to the orientation of the last played Mame game. Additionally MaLa can detect the controller on a cocktail table and rotate/flip to the corresponding orientation.

[edge]

Thanks for the quick responses!

Youki - Maybe have 2 options:
- Rotate by button press
- Rotate automatically based on last game played

Swindus - Sorry I missed your FE.  I will try that out this week!

[gonzobrian]

I have a 3 CP cocktail cab and would love this feature.

[whammoed]

I have a 3 CP cocktail cab and would love this feature.

[youki]

Youki I have not tried cocktail mode in Atomic, what does it do?  When you say flip do you mean it changes the orientation of player one or the orientation of the FE?  Or both?

It changes only the orientation of the FE on fly (by pressing a button) to let the Player 2 choose a game.

To activate this modego on the "options" tab, and check "enable Coktail Mode". and by default use "PLAYER2 BUTTON2" to flip the screen when you want.

[edge]

swindus -
I tried Mala and the auto-rotation worked perfectly.  When I came back from a game of Pacman, Mala automatically rotated to the vertical position.  Awesome!

youki -
I tried Atomic last night as well.  Very nice animations.   Do you have to have cocktail mode enabled to set the rotate button?  Will enabling cocktail mode in my stand-up cabinet impact anything?

Thanks for your help, guys.

[youki]

Hi Edge,

The rotate button is always enabled but if the cocktail mode is not enabled it will have no effect. (in fact i will stop the background music if there is one).

There is not risk of enabling Coktail mode in your standup cabinet. the Front End screen will flip if you press the button , and if you press it again it will go back to normal.

you can change keys/Buttons definition using AtomicKeys.exe

[edge]

Hi Edge,
It should be not difficult to do. I will do something like that on a next version.

Youki,
Were you successful in adding this type of auto-rotate function?

[youki]

Sorry i did'nt have time to implement that on this version. But it is on my "huge" to do list.

Just a question , how do you specify orientation of the game at start with mame?

You use .INI or parameter in the command line?  What are the possibiliies?  -rol -ror ?

If you can put me some exemple, i will save time! 

Thanks

[loadman]

While you are waiting you could give the FE Mame Launcher (MaLa) a whirl.

It has great rotation options for cocktails and rotating monitors.

http://mala.arcadezentrum.com/

[gonzobrian]

Sorry i did'nt have time to implement that on this version. But it is on my "huge" to do list.

Just a question , how do you specify orientation of the game at start with mame?

You use .INI or parameter in the command line?