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    Development of module-script generator for lr-mess, lr-mame and mame standalone

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      Folly @DTEAM
      last edited by Folly

      @dteam

      Too bad, the file isn't updated.

      It could depend on the time difference.
      Perhaps it's a good idea to leave the file on google drive, so I can test tomorrow again.

      Good idea ?

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        DTEAM @Folly
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        @folly
        Google wrote "file with no data"
        I did another dummy.

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          Folly @DTEAM
          last edited by Folly

          @dteam

          Ok I will try again.

          I looked in the log and the file isn't updated.

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            Folly @DTEAM
            last edited by Folly

            @dteam

            Can you keep the dummy file for a while on google-drive ?

            I will test again tomorrow.

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              DTEAM @Folly
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              @folly
              No problem

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                Folly @DTEAM
                last edited by Folly

                @dteam

                Is it working for you now or didn't you test ?

                Have to go now.
                Thanks for the effort ;-)

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                  DTEAM @Folly
                  last edited by DTEAM

                  @folly
                  Instead of replace it by dragging I have deleted it and reloaded it. So now it's not version 1 or 2 (like Google Drive wrote), it's a new file. Is it change something on your side?

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                    Folly @DTEAM
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                    @dteam

                    I tried now (it's now 22 sept 7:49 on my clock).
                    It worked.

                    Perhaps we have to try your trick again and see if this works instandly.
                    We can test around the same time as yesterday.

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                      DTEAM @Folly
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                      @folly
                      I replaced the artwork file (berzerk.zip) by a new dummy with different content inside.

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                        Folly @DTEAM
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                        @dteam

                        A bit later now but I just tried and it downloaded OK ;-)

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                          Folly @DTEAM
                          last edited by Folly

                          @dteam

                          Do you have time to throw in the original berzerk again ?
                          Seems you don't have time right now to test if files get downloaded instantly after adding.
                          No hurry we can test it later.

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                            DTEAM @Folly
                            last edited by DTEAM

                            @folly said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

                            Do you have time to throw in the original berzerk again ?

                            Done

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                              DTEAM @Folly
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                              @folly said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

                              @dteam
                              I would like you to add the artwork for videopin for mame .
                              It's described here :
                              https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/31255/atari-video-pinball-backdrop
                              Artwork :
                              https://www92.zippyshare.com/v/9Gp7lzW5/file.html
                              It comes from "mame202artworkall".
                              Perhaps there is more, in there, that can be added.
                              Though, for lr-mess there isn't a solution yet.

                              videopin.zip is now in the GoogleDrive Artwork folder. Thanks for the download link (JDownloader must be used for that link 😲 OMG)

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                                Folly @DTEAM
                                last edited by Folly

                                @dteam said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

                                @folly said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

                                @dteam
                                

                                I would like you to add the artwork for videopin for mame .
                                It's described here :
                                https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/31255/atari-video-pinball-backdrop
                                Artwork :
                                https://www92.zippyshare.com/v/9Gp7lzW5/file.html
                                It comes from "mame202artworkall".
                                Perhaps there is more, in there, that can be added.
                                Though, for lr-mess there isn't a solution yet.

                                videopin.zip is now in the GoogleDrive Artwork folder. Thanks for the download link (JDownloader must be used for that link 😲 OMG)

                                Thanks for adding them.
                                We didn't try the instant test with google-drive, but I am confident it will work for us adding the -m option.

                                I will add the -m option in the script soon on github.

                                Indeed, i tried that zippyshare now.
                                Damn, it worked so nice the last time I used it.
                                Looks like they have changed things.
                                Gives me a headache now, I should not use it any more.

                                Btw. just search google or duckduckgo for "mame202artworkall"
                                Perhaps you can use these too.

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                                  Folly @DTEAM
                                  last edited by Folly

                                  @dteam

                                  Last few days I am reading the e-book on how to use the git command.
                                  I learned quite a bit already, as it contains very useful information.
                                  If you are interested too, you can find the e-book through this link :
                                  https://git-scm.com/docs/gittutorial

                                  If we know how, then we can use this information for our project.

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                                    DTEAM @Folly
                                    last edited by

                                    @folly said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess and mame standalone:

                                    @dteam
                                    Last few days I am reading the e-book on how to use the git command.
                                    I learned quite a bit already, as it contains very useful information.
                                    If you are interested too, you can find the e-book through this link :
                                    https://git-scm.com/docs/gittutorial
                                    If we know how, then we can use this information for our project.

                                    Thanks for the link. Very interesting

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                                      Folly @DTEAM
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                                      @dteam

                                      I updated the script on github.

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                                        JimmyFromTheBay @Folly
                                        last edited by JimmyFromTheBay

                                        This is so incredibly frustrating. The old artwork files from Mr Do's site work perfectly in mame2003plus, and Video Pinball lines up beautifully, but Video Pinball has no sound in mame2003plus. It has sound in mame2010-2016, but mame2010-2016 don't support the old artwork files.

                                        The NEW type of artwork file, meanwhile, lines up all the LEDs in Video Pinball properly with the backdrop in mame2010-2016, BUT you can't see the ball, targets or flippers :(

                                        ALL THE PIECES ARE HERE, DAMMIT!

                                        Raspberry Pi 3b and 8GB Raspberry Pi 4, both running Retropie 4.7.1 installed from scratch using Raspberry Pi Imager, with wired keyboard, wireless mouse and double arcade joystick attached.

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                                          Folly @JimmyFromTheBay
                                          last edited by Folly

                                          @jimmyfromthebay

                                          I read your thread and tried some things but indeed it's not directly within reach to get a proper solution.

                                          For just lr-mame I tried cropping the background and pulling it into perspective with gimp, but then you crop the text from the picture.
                                          Then basically you have to redo the background image and that's quite difficult.

                                          I tried videopin in lr-mess, but could not get it to run.
                                          For this project I want to know if it can be loaded with lr-mess.
                                          Have you tried running the rom in lr-mess ?

                                          Meanwhile I had the artwork for videopin and that worked with mame standalone.
                                          That's why I wanted to add it.
                                          Now it is there, perhaps we won't forget, and later we can try some things again.

                                          This is a combined screenshot of service and normal mode, and if used as a background overlay, you will see that it will be in line with the game. (just test)
                                          So you can use this in gimp an try to make a good overlay that matches this picture.
                                          (Now it could be as easy as just adding a handmade background picture in our artwork zip file and then our script could automatically create the overlay config files.)
                                          videopin-service-leds-v1.png

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                                            JimmyFromTheBay @Folly
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                                            @folly I've just got it working nicely with the old ugly backdrop. The prettier new backdrop doesn't line up with the old one AT ALL so no luck with that yet. Will post the PNG and settings tomorrow when I'm at the right machine.

                                            Raspberry Pi 3b and 8GB Raspberry Pi 4, both running Retropie 4.7.1 installed from scratch using Raspberry Pi Imager, with wired keyboard, wireless mouse and double arcade joystick attached.

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