appstrader

Well who knows !!

Been a while since I posted anything FruitBar just wondering if there any thoughts on a 2026 edition.....

Now and again, I do wonder.....

Didn't think anyone would still be interested in fruitbar sorry I didn't see the thread, These days people seem to reach out via youtube with requests, Maybe I should update this to 2026 and put a site back online, this view is quite old these days and it could be so much better. I never released the updated version but even that is old'ish but similar views of the selection page,

In honesty I may have an old version of fruitbar on an old drive somewhere, I prefer the later version its a complete re-write and a complete upgrade from the older release, using a completely different language which opens up new technology and ways to improve the application, Fruitbar does require setting up which once you know what your doing in simple enough, if i stumble across the older file I will upload it somewhere,

Yes there are people out there that run fruitbar on their cabinets, they don't use all the features mainly because no one ever asked what else it can do. Who knows I might do something with the new version, I just purchased a dedicated server so I have a lot of spare drive and no problem with bandwidth,

I do have hosting for other sites and I'm just losing two domain names the next couple of weeks, the problem with the software is there isn't enough support for it. I would be better redeveloping the whole thing to take on different systems other than just MFME to get more support, there is actually a later release than I have shared it was linked to a cloud so the images and things could be easily sync'd but I couldn't see the support for it so didn't continue paying the bills.

I presume you mean Fruitbar as the fruitcade domain is down and has been off for sometime, probably the front end that looks similar to this new version ?

It's been a while since I gave out the release you have, i believe you might need a .web file named how you do In the .web file you simply create the html script that points to the video file with auto play enabled, Not simple if your not too brilliant with things like web pages, but once you have a web page it would simply be a case of editing the video file in each web file, I will send a file on message which will help,

This one is running okay, although no settings to position or resize things just yet and no slide out videos yet but works with keyboard, mouse, touch controls although not checked on the gestures just yet. No marquee display either but it will play fine and its much faster as it uses the latest technology so png files as they are obsolete, things got a lot smaller and a lot faster and more optomised for speed. This release did sync to the last site that was online, so it would allow the rom list to download all the images required straight from the site or you could select custom images uploaded by other users so seamlessly all the images required would just be there. I should probably put more time into this but with little to no demand you have to ask if it's worth the time and trouble to develop it further or I should keep it on my own cabinet as a lot of old features were never really known about, not hidden but no one was too interested.

You have the version that allows you to add html into the slider, so it could be a video, image, animation etc basically what ever you wish to add into the box. Never really had the uptake so a lot of features were more there for me as no one seemed too interested to be honest. There is the option to play a sound as you navigate to a rom also, not a lot of people know that. As an example the new version announces the rom with no files or anything, its simply built in and a lot faster then the previous release,

Looks good !! , you just need a graphic program that will allow you to leave transparency the site used to host hundreds of images so you didn't have to build your own. Not sure if i have the old images. You can alter the sizes so you see the edges of the machines either side or go bigger, etc but you seem to of grasped the concept !

Fruitbar is not connected to mfme so shouldn't need to reinstall, name the images the same as the .gam file, from memory this is where it gets the name from, not near a PC to offer much assistance but there will be posts around configuration on here.

Morning, Looking at the .png naming you have numbers that need removing plus you don't have a space inbetween BankRoller so simply rename the images to the name of the gam file from memory i.e Bank Roller.png and Bank Roller_back.png Once you take this step it should start to be shown.

In this release these are the rough instructions on how to set things up, Create a rom folder and put all your roms in there lets say you have a rom folder called "Bank Roller £100 Dx" with the rom its self called "Bank Roller". In the rom folder "Bank Roller £100 Dx" create a folder called "Theme" In the theme folder you place your image files, the first file is called the same as the rom name in this case the rom is called "Bank Roller" so in the theme folder place your top logo named Bank Roller.png The main cabinet view should be called Bank Roller_back.png Any other roms are named the same way the top image is a copy of the rom name and the _back file is for the cabinet, so.... rom1.png rom1_back.png rom2.png rom2_back.png So every rom you setup needs a theme folder and the images named correctly Idea image sizes, are cabinet 550 pixel wide, top image 250 wide but you could make them large if you wanted to but remember bigger images means it will work slower. Two example images to get you started, You can turn off the touch screens so they wont be visible and you can use the settings to place everything where you want it and resize it to build the view you want, Hope this helps, There are options to use audio and video files from memory and even marquee a screen if you have one

Looking at the screenshot, it doesn't appear you have the images in the folders or they are not named correctly as you should see a view similar to what i posted, the header gives it away that the layout looks collapsed although I dont think i have seen a collapsed layout before. When you start mfme it will go to a splash screen as it loads the rom and then when you exit mfme it will return to fruitbar,

@davep180 There is this version but I have not completed it well not enough to release it, its a complete re-write in a completely different language. Although it looks like the older release its a big improvement a lot fast as everything is newer plus it opens other avenues of development as the previous language had some restrictions. @clarkster look in settings you can basically setup everything how you want it with different keys, hide or show touch controls, etc, Funny enough the domain I used to use has just expired, I didn't renew it from memory this new version was linked to a forum on the site allowing syncing and things but its been a while since I did that code. Been busy with lots of other things so this kind of went on the back burner but if I get enough requests I might spend some time on it.

Hi Rob, I didn't think anyone was really interested and recently got rid of the dedicated server it was sat on, I should probably put the domain back online again as I have some other hosting i can use, But not sure it would be really used enough to warrant the hosting fee's.

@Robsonmeg46 nice setup, the older version did portrait and landscape, this is a completely rewritten version i just need to spend some more time on it and release a version while I work on some more details of the software. The old version was completely touchscreen this will also have the same features and maybe some extras. It's already faster and better than the older release, but I do miss my 3D version Great to see some growing support Thank you