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    • TMNTturtlguyT
      TMNTturtlguy @UDb23
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      @udb23 @GreenHawk84 cowabunga!

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      • GreenHawk84G
        GreenHawk84
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        Anyone know how to get these to work with the scanlines and everything, they seem to be popular on PC-Mame (I think Pi3 would choke though):
        alt text

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        • MrJordaaanyM
          MrJordaaany @UDb23
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          @udb23 Love your work and this thread. I want to start making some overlays myself. For 1080p overlays is there any base template you use?

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          • UDb23U
            UDb23
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            @mrjordaaany With lr-mame and lr-fba most games have the same specific standard game area resolution @ 1080p. Of course it also depends if you want the game area to stretch to the 1080 height or "integer scale" the original game resolution.
            What program would you use ?
            I use basic templates for horizontal and vertical games in made, in SVG format.

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            • GreenHawk84G
              GreenHawk84 @UDb23
              last edited by

              Anyone want to try out Final Fight (preferably with integer scaling to fit more art)?
              alt text

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              • UDb23U
                UDb23 @GreenHawk84
                last edited by

                @greenhawk84 nice overlay!
                Unfortunately no time this week to test on Pi.

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                • GreenHawk84G
                  GreenHawk84 @UDb23
                  last edited by

                  @udb23 No this is a scan of the original that would fit in an original cabinet. This would not work with a Pi. I would use this for sampling and creating a 16:9 bezel.

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                  • MrJordaaanyM
                    MrJordaaany @UDb23
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                    @udb23 I use whatever I need to use. GIMP, photoshop, paint.net, etc. I would really appreciate if you can share the templates with me :)

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                    • UDb23U
                      UDb23 @MrJordaaany
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                      @mrjordaaany sure I can. Will upload them on github both as svg and PSD next weekend. Will provide link here.

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                      • MrJordaaanyM
                        MrJordaaany @UDb23
                        last edited by

                        @udb23 Thank you :)

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                        • N
                          nasp2000
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                          Arcade Generic overlays for Vertical oriented screen... ;)

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                          • GreenHawk84G
                            GreenHawk84
                            last edited by GreenHawk84

                            Finished Street Fighter 2: The World Warrior (original SF2)
                            alt text

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                            • UDb23U
                              UDb23 @MrJordaaany
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                              @mrjordaaany said in Top requested arcade games for overlays:

                              I would really appreciate if you can share the templates with me :)

                              Templates now available here as vector (svg) and bitmap (png) for libretro @1080p, standard options, scale integer off (lr-mame2003, lr-fba).
                              PNGs include transparent game area. Side bars in solid color so they are easy to select and replace. Small borders included.

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                              • MrJordaaanyM
                                MrJordaaany @UDb23
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                                @udb23 Legend. Thank you.

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                                • UDb23U
                                  UDb23
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                                  And here's another new overlay ready for a great Classic: AMIDAR.

                                  amidar

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                                  • RiverstormR
                                    Riverstorm
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                                    @UDb23 I see this thread hasn't been posted in for a few months. Are you using a different thread when discussing Overlays?

                                    I've been adding overlays and noticed mspacman.cfg had an incorrect name to the png.

                                    Also simbz23 had a few errors I think it was dkong3 and dkongjr. They had -edit in the .cfg file or the png name. They were both part of the Donkey Kong ROMS but I believe it was those two.

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                                    • RiverstormR
                                      Riverstorm
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                                      More details on errors. They prevent the overlays from loading.

                                      mspacman.cfg (This might be an old entry I have)
                                      overlay0_overlay = "mspac_udb-ovl.png"
                                      png:
                                      mspacman_udb-ovl.png

                                      dkong3.cfg:
                                      overlay0_overlay = "dkong3_simbz23_edit-ovl.png"
                                      png:
                                      dkong3_simbz23-ovl.png

                                      dkongjr:
                                      overlay0_overlay = "dkongjr_simbz23_edit-ovl.png"
                                      png:
                                      dkongjr_simbz23-ovl.png

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                                      • UDb23U
                                        UDb23 @Riverstorm
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                                        @riverstorm said in Top requested arcade games for overlays:

                                        I've been adding overlays and noticed mspacman.cfg had an incorrect name to the png.

                                        Thanks for le ttimg me know.
                                        Now fixed.

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                                        • UDb23U
                                          UDb23 @Riverstorm
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                                          @riverstorm said in Top requested arcade games for overlays:

                                          I see this thread hasn't been posted in for a few months. Are you using a different thread when discussing Overlays?

                                          In this thread I include only those overlays that are (or can) be considered real classic arcade games.
                                          There are of course other new overlays I made meanwhile. Usually post them in separate threads for each one.
                                          You can do a search for "New Overlay"; some results here.

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                                          • RiverstormR
                                            Riverstorm @UDb23
                                            last edited by Riverstorm

                                            @udb23 said in Top requested arcade games for overlays:

                                            Usually post them in separate threads for each one.

                                            Ok, so I will try and locate the overlay thread if I run across an issue with a specific overlay?

                                            A quick question for you. I saw in astrob.zip.cfg you had the vertical shader setup but commented out. Is that tough to do? I mean adding it to the configs.

                                            I have all the overlays in use for games I play (which is most of them). Basically what I do is if you create an overlay for a game in my library I add it. Then I go to Dank's vertical shaders and check to see if it's vertical. If it's vertical I add the lines into the game.zip.cfg (I have the regular shader set for global). Lastly I move Dank's vertical shader config to a temp directory so the overlay works properly and just in case I am playing on a TV that's not 1080 I can move it back and disable the overlay. I wish they were dynamic! ;)

                                            Also do Burning Force and Darkstalkers work with the optional overlays that requires video_scale_integer? I like the "boxed" in overlays that surround the screen
                                            they look very sharp.

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