Chunksin said:
Ive not heard of it and cant find much o Google about it, do you have a link? I've sent you the layout too. If anyone else wants to give it a go, here it is. Just drop it in the layouts folder and unzip...
https://we.tl/t-H0aaOu2I2v
Read Only Windows 7
- Thread starter chunksin
- Start date
Ive not heard of it and cant find much o Google about it, do you have a link? I've sent you the layout too. If anyone else wants to give it a go, here it is. Just drop it in the layouts folder and unzip...
https://we.tl/t-H0aaOu2I2v
tronbaby said:
Brilliant, cheers!
Here is the Arcadeflow layout: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1EHnrADWBhn2KZKbDgD3jdgEDWsSYSAc7 - you need default directions configured in Attract Mode, I tend to use right and left to jump up and down the list which breaks the navigation. It has a really clever navigation method, you can move in between games, jump backwards and forwards or move letters up and down all just using the joystick and when you select a game you get a history view, the option to tag a game, add to favourites or search for similar games. Very smart!
New image is complete and uploaded, link is in the download links thread here: http://www.ukvac.com/forum/chunksin-images-download-links_topic367196.html
What's new:
Plenty of new layouts and arcadey fonts for Attract Mode
Improved more robust installer process with option to run on an LCD
New Randomiser Mode which runs with no front end, loading a random game from your scanned roms and automatically switching to a new game if there is no input detected, you can choose the time interval
New 320x240 and 640x240 modes for Attract Mode menus
MAME updated to 0.220 and Attract Mode to 2.6.1
What's new:
Plenty of new layouts and arcadey fonts for Attract Mode
Improved more robust installer process with option to run on an LCD
New Randomiser Mode which runs with no front end, loading a random game from your scanned roms and automatically switching to a new game if there is no input detected, you can choose the time interval
New 320x240 and 640x240 modes for Attract Mode menus
MAME updated to 0.220 and Attract Mode to 2.6.1
ShinraArcade
Active member
Chunksin said:
Thanks especially for the LCD option!, will be trying this out tomorrow!
All Hail Chunksin!
ShinraArcade2020-05-24 23:21:39
Great to see an update to this,but i think ive broke mine already.
installed smoothly,when in attract mode i pressed u and from the menu chose rotate 90 degrees.Rebooted and now i cant do anything.The u key does nothing,but escape lets me exit attract which obviously leaves me staring at a black screen.Any idea what ive done?
installed smoothly,when in attract mode i pressed u and from the menu chose rotate 90 degrees.Rebooted and now i cant do anything.The u key does nothing,but escape lets me exit attract which obviously leaves me staring at a black screen.Any idea what ive done?
Check the key config for the utility menu, tab-plugins-utility menu, at the top you can change it to whatever you like, u was just the default, the idea is to use on a cab, the service button is ideal which is F2
Edit: checked the image and I had indeed left my default of F2 on the vert modes, sorry about that
I've corrected and am uploading the image again now - you can just change it manually to U from F2 in 90 and 270 modes, that's the only change made. Should be uploaded by 9:30am for anyone else.
Chunksin2020-05-25 07:56:37
Edit: checked the image and I had indeed left my default of F2 on the vert modes, sorry about that
I've corrected and am uploading the image again now - you can just change it manually to U from F2 in 90 and 270 modes, that's the only change made. Should be uploaded by 9:30am for anyone else.
Chunksin2020-05-25 07:56:37
Retroman839
Senior Member
Thanks man!
All got to do now is
Do the washing up
Make the dinner
Go for walk
Put new bios battery in pc
Hope it boots
Get 64 bit win7 to load ( need a dvd drive that isn’t from the dark ages!
Then I can have 8gig ram yippee Ki yaaaaay
Cave games... 2gig Radeon 48 something.
I5.... jpac
Then will go for the embeded win7
Then groovy
I have 3 tri sync monitors also but it’s a long way away!!’ At mo
I’m going to to get there!!
All got to do now is
Do the washing up
Make the dinner
Go for walk
Put new bios battery in pc
Hope it boots
Get 64 bit win7 to load ( need a dvd drive that isn’t from the dark ages!
Then I can have 8gig ram yippee Ki yaaaaay
Cave games... 2gig Radeon 48 something.
I5.... jpac
Then will go for the embeded win7
Then groovy
I have 3 tri sync monitors also but it’s a long way away!!’ At mo
I’m going to to get there!!
There's an upgrade package available if you don't want to reinstall from scratch, download the file from this link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1PlkO2vgqtiXu9ZswQDOdOlk3KAEZUnKN
Unzip the update file using 7zip to a USB drive
Use the Utility Menu to enable read-write mode
Once rebooted use the Utility Menu to restore the Windows interface
Once rebooted, plug in the USB stick and browse to the GroovyUpdate folder
Run the upgrade.cmd file and wait for it to complete
Once done, restart the PC and re-run the main GroovyTime Installer from the Start Menu to get back into Attract Mode
Use the Utility Menu to enable read-only mode if you use it
Be aware that controls in Attract Mode will be reset - no way around this I'm afraid so you'll need to customise them again afterwards. If you want to retain your settings, copy the input map section from the attract.cfg file in D:Attract and save to a text file, once the upgrade is done, copy that section back into the new attract.cfg file overwriting the default settings. If you've made changes in vert mode there is a separate attract.cfg file in rotate90 and rotate270.
Unzip the update file using 7zip to a USB drive
Use the Utility Menu to enable read-write mode
Once rebooted use the Utility Menu to restore the Windows interface
Once rebooted, plug in the USB stick and browse to the GroovyUpdate folder
Run the upgrade.cmd file and wait for it to complete
Once done, restart the PC and re-run the main GroovyTime Installer from the Start Menu to get back into Attract Mode
Use the Utility Menu to enable read-only mode if you use it
Be aware that controls in Attract Mode will be reset - no way around this I'm afraid so you'll need to customise them again afterwards. If you want to retain your settings, copy the input map section from the attract.cfg file in D:Attract and save to a text file, once the upgrade is done, copy that section back into the new attract.cfg file overwriting the default settings. If you've made changes in vert mode there is a separate attract.cfg file in rotate90 and rotate270.
ShinraArcade
Active member
Thanks Chunksin this is great!
Been meaning to upgrade my old C2D and I3 systems for a while
Installed on a 3020 OptiPlex (I5 4590) with an ATI 5450 in LCD mode this morning and works great with just one minor issue. The Windows login screen still pops up, can I delete the "Groovy" user manually or will this cause problems?
After I successfully installed on the first machine I tried it on another identical 3020 which only had onboard graphics this time the installer didn't give me the LCD only options. Do you still need a compatible GPU? If not what is it that triggers the LCD only options? In the meantime I'll test out with some other cards.
Sorry one last question, I've installed on a 120GB SSD not quite big enough for all Roms can I use an additional internal drive for Roms is it just a matter of changing paths or is there more to it?
Thanks
Been meaning to upgrade my old C2D and I3 systems for a while
Installed on a 3020 OptiPlex (I5 4590) with an ATI 5450 in LCD mode this morning and works great with just one minor issue. The Windows login screen still pops up, can I delete the "Groovy" user manually or will this cause problems?
After I successfully installed on the first machine I tried it on another identical 3020 which only had onboard graphics this time the installer didn't give me the LCD only options. Do you still need a compatible GPU? If not what is it that triggers the LCD only options? In the meantime I'll test out with some other cards.
Sorry one last question, I've installed on a 120GB SSD not quite big enough for all Roms can I use an additional internal drive for Roms is it just a matter of changing paths or is there more to it?
Thanks
ShinraArcade
Active member
I've just unplugged VGA and audio jack and put in a different machine with HDMI now I have no sound in Attract mode/ Groovy MAME but if I restore the Windows Desktop then I do have sound?
Anyone have any ideas?
Anyone have any ideas?
ShinraArcade said:
If you want to use onboard graphics, create a folder C
rogram FilesAMD - that will bypass the Calamity driver check. The installer removes the Groovy user for you, just create it when prompted at first boot, log in as Admin and when you run the installer, it deletes the user and auto expands the D: drive.You can add another internal drive or a USB drive, just drop the roms into a folder in the root called roms
ShinraArcade
Active member
[/QUOTE]
If you want to use onboard graphics, create a folder Crogram FilesAMD - that will bypass the Calamity driver check. The installer removes the Groovy user for you, just create it when prompted at first boot, log in as Admin and when you run the installer, it deletes the user and auto expands the D: drive.
You can add another internal drive or a USB drive, just drop the roms into a folder in the root called roms
[/QUOTE]
[/QUOTE]
Could be just your default Windows sound settings? Windows may be pushing the audio down the HDMI cable (or not, if that's the bit that's not working!)
[/QUOTE]
Thanks very clever re the skipping Calamity drivers, I did wonder if it just saw a driver installed.
Re sound it's a bit odd because HDMI Audio is working via Windows just not in GM/AM do you think it's worth unticking the mute system sounds setting in instant sheller or is that just literally for the Windows system sounds?
Also just noticed that sound is off (a bit wobbly) in some games, Flicky, DK, TMNT but perfect in Ridge Racer (which is a first for me) I'm using the 221 Roms and upgraded to GM 221. Just wondering if maybe they're broken in the latest MAME or if it's a settings / driver thing?
Edit:
Just to note that the Installer doesn't seem to be removing the Groovy user when using the LCD Setup.
ShinraArcade2020-05-25 16:02:05
If you want to use onboard graphics, create a folder C
rogram FilesAMD - that will bypass the Calamity driver check. The installer removes the Groovy user for you, just create it when prompted at first boot, log in as Admin and when you run the installer, it deletes the user and auto expands the D: drive.You can add another internal drive or a USB drive, just drop the roms into a folder in the root called roms
[/QUOTE]
[/QUOTE]
Could be just your default Windows sound settings? Windows may be pushing the audio down the HDMI cable (or not, if that's the bit that's not working!)
[/QUOTE]
Thanks very clever re the skipping Calamity drivers, I did wonder if it just saw a driver installed.
Re sound it's a bit odd because HDMI Audio is working via Windows just not in GM/AM do you think it's worth unticking the mute system sounds setting in instant sheller or is that just literally for the Windows system sounds?
Also just noticed that sound is off (a bit wobbly) in some games, Flicky, DK, TMNT but perfect in Ridge Racer (which is a first for me) I'm using the 221 Roms and upgraded to GM 221. Just wondering if maybe they're broken in the latest MAME or if it's a settings / driver thing?
Edit:
Just to note that the Installer doesn't seem to be removing the Groovy user when using the LCD Setup.
ShinraArcade2020-05-25 16:02:05
Dunno, could be a sound setting within the mame.ini file, try disabling portaudio and setting it back just 'auto'
The Groovy user wasn't deleted? You ran the installer and the user was still there? It's the first thing it does (cmd.exe /C Start /MIN D:attractscriptsfirstboot.cmd) provided you don't already have any graphics drivers on there (which you shouldn't!) however if you manually created the AMD folder before you ran the installer you would have jumped past that step and it's expected behaviour.
The Groovy user wasn't deleted? You ran the installer and the user was still there? It's the first thing it does (cmd.exe /C Start /MIN D:attractscriptsfirstboot.cmd) provided you don't already have any graphics drivers on there (which you shouldn't!) however if you manually created the AMD folder before you ran the installer you would have jumped past that step and it's expected behaviour.
ShinraArcade
Active member
Hmmm I did install the AMD Drivers as soon as I got to Windows (before the GT installer) along with chipset drivers etc.. So this is the cause of it not deleting the user in which case it's safe to just delete the user manually?
Will give the sound setting a try thanks.
ShinraArcade2020-05-25 16:35:07
Will give the sound setting a try thanks.
ShinraArcade2020-05-25 16:35:07
Yes - the drivers are installed as part of the process so you've jumped the gun! Instructions are on page 5 of this thread. I'll have to make an updated install vid that explains the whole process but it hasn't really changed since those were written.