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I did reply on the site, is this windows 7?
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The link was in my signature, I will get around to uploading all the themes again, I have added a few on there which will get someone started but I also need to add the instructions on how to setup the themes for people that do not know.
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Probably need to use the new version from the new site.
Not in a position to investigate currently but that looks like an older release
Probably an in-between version
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Quickly added a downloadable link on fruitcade.co.uk
Basically that release will allow you get all the updates straight from the site as I do the updates rather than looking for a new version.
I have always released a 32bit version of the fruitbar so not sure if anyone would be interested in a 64bit release ?
I am actually wondering if I should create a system where you can auto update your themes based on the roms you have so it would basically self build your archives from the site.
Just a few ideas knocking about but feel free to add yours.
I amended the loading screen so this is the screen you will be looking for on the new version, I will get around to completely changing this.
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3 hours ago, davep180 said:
Can you make the config screens dragable please mate?
Yes, done..
Because of the transparency on the settings page it didn't allow you to drag the page but I have done a work around.
This is fixed in the new release.
Just a note to say that the form will not be draggable when you put the page into transparency this is done by using the transparency bar on the bottom right when you make the page partially invisible to align your view.
The image shows the current view, I'm going to change it but might just release it and change it later as I have other developments pressing,
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This is one of the most important update features to be aware of and that's the username and password to enable the software updates.
Now this feature is working its a case of casting and eye ever over the software and sorting any loose ends, not actually released a new version of this for a long time even though I have done probably quite a few things over that period of time but with no domain online it just became tiresome to keep a dynamic site online.
Until now.....
So not long now......
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Right, the site is online fruitcade.co.uk
This will allow me to put some theme images back online and support the user base of FruitBar.
Already the auto upgrade feature is back online but i'm going to link this into the site which will hopefully help the community to grow as upgrades will only happen through the application with logon credentials.
Although the message shown is an old one, its just a test image I did earlier so test its back online, it wont work for earlier versions of the program as they will be looking on another url.
Lots of work to do on the site but at least its online for a while,
The updated release will be on the site soon, just want to do a few things it does include the addition of changing the gapping as shown in the image below.
Andrew
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Hey @Fruity Nut this is fruitbar 2 its not been released yet... the videos show the ongoing development, just in the process of sorting out a download for the original fruitbar
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Lol, I like it never tried paging before @johnparker007
@Fruity Nut I do have to put a link and a site back online, ready for what comes next.
Rather than releasing a one off I will release a version with a working upgrade link within the program so then its more automated and will check for new versions on start up.
Sorry if its not what you were looking for but it will be online shortly,
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17 hours ago, TeddyBurr said:
Looks awesome! Is it still in development?
I'm always doing bits and bobs, I know a few people on here run it on their cabinets and it even has touch controls they just scale everything up for there display or how they want it to look, for example the top logo's can be placed at the bottom or where ever you want them and you just adjust the scales to make things bigger or smaller.
There is a new version but I have not released it, it has the 3d cabinet designer as the cabinets are all in 3d and also I allowed for the sharing of skins.
I'm always busy doing some development or another.
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Sorry couldn't edit my post and noticed the image had the bottom cut off,
This what the screen play looks like, everything is editable, scalable, etc if there is a better frontend let me know.
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On 01/10/2023 at 14:37, TeddyBurr said:
Newbie here! Whats the best modern front end for arcade/consoles that also use MFME?
I guess it depends what you are looking for, not aware there are too many....
But I did write this one.
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10 minutes ago, geordie52 said:
download link not working any chance of a working link
Not uploaded it yet @geordie52 but I will post a link soon as its online, just deciding if I should put everything back online so the themes would be back online,
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1 hour ago, davep180 said:
Nice to see you about Andrew. Glad you get a bit of tinkering time now and again.
Always doing something @davep180 just not necessarily FruitBar but rebuilding my library so want to get it looking right and that bit always bugged me, plus a couple of other things that I think needed resolving.
As I currently have two dedicated servers I might even get the images back online and do a little more work, depends if there is any real interest in the project, not forgetting the 3d version with the cabinet designer.
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There was always one thing that bugged me with FruitBar and that was the option to increase the scale of the top graphics there was never an option to decrease or increase the gapping between the graphics....
Obviously in this instance my top graphics are shown on the bottom but you will notice the gapping has been added, not finished just yet but it was just something i needed to add, the option shown on the bottom right corner.
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Been busy sorting a few things as well as a holiday so I have been a bit quiet lately,
So how about an update as I am doing a few things today.
Quickly got the 5 cabinet views setup and resolved a couple of bugs in the cabinet designer so everything works well before moving back onto the syncing which is mostly done.
I really need to concentrate on the carousel and get the cabinets moving not sure if it will be similar to the last release or if I will actually slide the cabinets but this is something I will be working on soon enough. Sliding might not look good due to the animations so we will see maybe stop the animations prior to a slide but who knows till I do it.
Feel free to comment,
Andrew
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3 minutes ago, johnparker007 said:
Yep that works too, though if a new updated DX layout comes out, it wouldn't then work for the user immediately, you would have ongoing maintenance of that FML hash -> rom name lookup table. Both workable approaches anyway, should be a great feature
Im thinking once the title is there the association will be or should be fairly automated, maybe with an approval before one goes live type of thing but apart from that it should be fairly straight forward,
Pain to implement but should work well once its all done.
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@johnparker007 thinking out load here,
If I CRC32 the FML file that will mean its unique and built with a particular layout so if there are multiple layouts for one rom that will produce a different CRC32 for each Dx layout, etc.
So if the fml hashes are stored against a rom name the different skins can then be associated with the FML hash
Just a case of manually adding a rom name so its clear what it is.
Hope that makes some sense,
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I started on some of the web bits of the online skins basically being able to pull the details of the skin off the net so you can see the details of the skin to decide if you want to download the skin package.
The next section will be the importation of the skin along with building the skin packages and uploading them into the system.
I also have to figure out how I will package the skin and the easiest way to actually build the importation of the packages, not exactly difficult but it just needs to be built.
So this is a quick example of what's in place currently.
Andrew
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Yes already using the rom file for some of the info in there and the CRC from the contained filename is a good shout as someone may change the filename but not necessarily the filename contained.
Bit of a way off but I think its the next section I will be working on as I'm sure there will be multiple themes for all or any roms.
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Great minds think alike !!
I have included a crc for the filename not the actual file its self currently just so the data is generated ready to build the web side,
I have a dedicated server that I have space on currently so yes the idea is to allow the uploading and downloading for the skins which will include all the files, sounds, etc should be simple enough to implement but it will require some web work to build a a custom site and implement all the different things that need to be setup to allow this feature.
Not actually thought about tying it into a forum but I would still have to do some custom web work as this will be bespoke. I like to move back onto web development from time to time specially with a project to work on rather than a quick site.
Might be working on this side of the system sooner rather than later as it will all tie in nicely rather than trying to go back into the skin development.
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Time to start with some animations so you know what the details are for the cab you are looking at, its an old machine so the percentage is static but you can still see the actual game playing percentage.
At this point you decide to play or to move to the next cabinet,
Everything is animated along with the video playing of the BAR X on the right side.
Andrew
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FruitBar 2 - How will it work ?
Finally managed to start bringing all the configuration from settings page into the game play section of the program, this is a milestone really because moving the cabinets as you select one is quite easy in comparison to creating all this background work but without all the settings and cabinet designer it would be quite basic and it certainly wouldn't be 3D as working in 3D certainly comes with its challenges.
I don't think I have finished on all the settings there are more to come yet but its certainly off to a great start.
Now I have two cabinets on the main display it's simple enough to duplicate more cabinets and it should look amazing when all these different cabinet types are shown with the stunning graphics, it's not perfect and it never will be as they will never be real machines but this will certainly look good running on my cabinet.
Long way to go but I can already see the results already.
Thinking a head to viewing the game play of cabinets I was thinking of a video in the background or something but not entirely sure currently, maybe a slide in panel or something so you might start to see that come into play next feel free to post any suggestions you may have.
One bit of good news is you can reuse your graphics from FruitBar 1 if it the images have transparent edges, the images shown are actually from my FruitBar arcade with a 500px width and optimised so file size remain small.
Andrew
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FruitBar 2 still quite basic but this video will help to give some idea of the new cabinet builder within the new FruitBar 2
I picked up the wrong image to start with and then changed it a second time to highlight how simple it is to arrange things, obviously there will be a screen designer too where you can orientate things to where you want them and at what scale not looked at this yet but I will.
So this is the cabinet designer where you basically create your cabinet view how you want it, if you want to show more of the pay tray simple just move everything up, want to change the front door style just load up a new door image.
This should allow for any cabinet design to be created sure it might require some tweak's here and there but I wont know until people start to use it to design cabinets but I think when you view the row of machines with them all being different with door logo's in different places, different heights etc it actually look quite good.
Still thinking over how to share cabinet designs but it should be quite simple, I'm thinking that sharing the cabinet builds will be a few buttons and the program will upload the cabinet build to a site where all the cabinet builds will be located.
Simple enough to implement and I have a server ready to do this so you might see this start to take shape soon,
Still not sure if anyone thinks this is slightly over kill, a cabinet designer is it too complex ? too many buttons and things ?
Just noticed the still image with the reels where the game panel is located, I guess it proves it works eh !
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Message popping up as soon as I open latest FruitBar (100a) .exe PLEASE HELP !
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Posted · Edited by appstrader
Never heard of anyone having to turn off DEP, I run Windows 11 and 10 without changing DEP settings, but did it work for you ?