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  • 2 months later...

I've never used a frontend for MFME, so I'll ask a (probably stupid) question :)

Is this for people running cabinets - if so does it support portrait mode as that is what my current plans involved... or is it aimed at those of us running Windows and looking for a pretty way to load layouts?

Also, I tried going to the website linked in your forum sig but I couldn't get it to work - 

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37 minutes ago, slotsmagic said:

I've never used a frontend for MFME, so I'll ask a (probably stupid) question :)

Is this for people running cabinets - if so does it support portrait mode as that is what my current plans involved... or is it aimed at those of us running Windows and looking for a pretty way to load layouts?

Also, I tried going to the website linked in your forum sig but I couldn't get it to work - 

 

There is never a stupid question, 

The program has a dynamic layout you place things where you want them type of thing, zoom things how and where you want them.

Want to see touch controls or remove them, see statistics or you don't you just turn things on or off.

There are lots more options than people know it's just a case of setting everything up which does take time.

The later release has a web based side panel where you can place an animated gif, video, etc or basically anything you want too.

So to answer your question you can run it in landscape like my image shows or you can run it portrait just a case of building your own view.

The website, I didn't renew the domain name but the site contains a thousand or so images uploaded by people who use fruitbar as well as my own images used within this program. 

The views shown are the actual play screens, sometimes I think people wonder if they are real but that answer is yes they are 100% real no mock ups here.

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Breaking from traditional view to show that you can simply put things where you want them.

Funny enough the center logo as shown does not allow it to be increased in size as it zooms with the view of the cabinets but I think I might have to add this features, normally these logo images sit above my cabinet views but moved it down for this image.

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@bungle I put the site back online and will update the release on the site shortly as I said maybe one or two issues but nothing major but it does include a few extras not in the older version,

I'm sure I will need to write more details on how to do certain things as there are lots of hidden extra's in this one.

If you find an issue let me know, currently running this release in my cabinet so if I find any issues I will probably fix them pretty quick.

fruitmachine.hopto.org

The Dynamic address above should be good for a month or so if anyone wants anything from the site you are free to grab it now, that doesn't mean the graphics are available for other people trying to get images for a different frontend, please respect a lot of work went into these images and this software so no stealing !!

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1 hour ago, appstrader said:

@bungle I put the site back online and will update the release on the site shortly as I said maybe one or two issues but nothing major but it does include a few extras not in the older version,

I'm sure I will need to write more details on how to do certain things as there are lots of hidden extra's in this one.

If you find an issue let me know, currently running this release in my cabinet so if I find any issues I will probably fix them pretty quick.

fruitmachine.hopto.org

The Dynamic address above should be good for a month or so if anyone wants anything from the site you are free to grab it now, that doesn't mean the graphics are available for other people trying to get images for a different frontend, please respect a lot of work went into these images and this software so no stealing !!

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That's awesome Andrew,really appreciate you going to all this trouble,Will be handy too for those newer

members who dont have it.Tnx again. :@)

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Just upgraded FruitBar online, if you want to upgrade an existing version you will need to grab this from the forum the upgrade feature will download in this release.

Also fixed a couple of other things.....

Don't forget once installed you will need your credentials to see the new updates,

you will see this opening screen once you install the new release.

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Don't forget you can put the top graphics where ever you want them, I personally like them at the bottom but the choice is yours 

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If you had the choice would you run FruitBar in 64 bit ? Everyone seems to have a capable x64 bit processor these days so thought I would ask the question.

I have never released a x64 bit version but there is one built, maybe an option for donation to get a x64 bit release.

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Suspended the recent update for a few hours, it will be back online later today @bungle been doing a bit of testing for me, 

What a star !!

I found the startup issue on a brand new install, turns out it doesn't like an unassigned shutdown button but didn't clearly identify that was the issue so took longer to locate it than to fix it.

 

I have a few things to do so it should be back online later.

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On 18/02/2022 at 17:10, appstrader said:

As I posted previously I have a site setup specifically for images that can be dropped into FruitBar, users are free to upload their own images and share with the community of FruitBar users that includes logo images and cabinet views, I would ask that the images are not reused in other systems without acknowledgement of where the images came from as I pay personally for the hosting of the site and the space used by the images.

Hi Andrew. Where can I find this site please for images and themes. There doesn't seem to be any on https://fruitcade.co.uk

Thanks again !

 

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7 minutes ago, Fruity Nut said:

Hi Andrew. Where can I find this site please for images and themes. There doesn't seem to be any on https://fruitcade.co.uk

Thanks again !

 

I have uploaded a few samples, mainly to get people into the habit of sharing their own.  I was going to integrate a gallery into the site but other things came up, if I get a chance will do something with it.

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