Fruity Nut Posted September 21, 2023 Report Share Posted September 21, 2023 Anyone know why the mame cabs are not running their Attract mode? Just freshly installed. The games all play fine just no images when walking round the arcade. Fruities are all lit fine. TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnparker007 Posted September 21, 2023 Report Share Posted September 21, 2023 4 hours ago, Fruity Nut said: Anyone know why the mame cabs are not running their Attract mode? Just freshly installed. The games all play fine just no images when walking round the arcade. Fruities are all lit fine. TIA If you've not changed any settings, this is usually that your PC setup is not quite powerful enough to run with the attract videos, as they are a demanding feature. In the ingame settings menu, one thing you could try is: Set the 'Pop-in Protection' and 'Distance/Resolution' sliders down to zero. Then exit to the frontend, and click Play to reload the arcade. Though usually if the PC is struggling, they will not work very well / cause performance issues. Best option in very likely to simply disable the 'Attract Videos' feature. In the future version of this software (Oasis), there will be an option to cycle through a few screenshots per machine instead of full video, but that is a very long way off. 1 [ Arcade Simulator ] Pre-alpha installer: http://arcadesimulator.net | Known Issues: https://tinyurl.com/yz4uom2e | Donation info: https://tinyurl.com/yzvgl4xo [ Community Drive ] The drive: http://tinyurl.com/yckze665 [ Fruit Machine Database ] Initial google sheets (WIP): https://tinyurl.com/2c5znxzz [ Fruit Machine ROM Archive ] The archive: https://tinyurl.com/3jhzbueb [ MFME Launch ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/MFMELaunch [ Oasis ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/Oasis [ Sound ROM Editor ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/SoundRomEditor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruity Nut Posted September 21, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2023 (edited) Thanks John and for all your hard work. Incredible stuff All good now thanks. I didn't realize there were more options when you scroll down so now turn on attract mode! I have no settings on the main menu is that normal? (see pic) Where can I find the keyboard controls and can they be changed or can I use a joypad? Will the simulator update automatically when you add machines? Really loving it and will definitely be donating. Need to buy another PC for my living room now so I can enjoy on my big TV. Keep up the great work Edited September 21, 2023 by Fruity Nut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool2008 Posted September 21, 2023 Report Share Posted September 21, 2023 what's this incredible piece of software love to try it myself 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnparker007 Posted September 21, 2023 Report Share Posted September 21, 2023 2 hours ago, Fruity Nut said: I have no settings on the main menu is that normal? (see pic) This is normal, that menu was placeholder - this Arcade Simulator was a (very large) initial proof-of-concept of a large playable 3d arcade (as was not sure if was even feasible), the new one is going to be built as a component of the new Oasis project (it will have more tightly integrated emulation via live MAME exe which will solve a bunch of problems with the current system). This will be quite a while though (at least a year, probably longer), but I felt that I left Arcade Sim in a good spot to keep people going, there's plenty of machines in there! 2 hours ago, Fruity Nut said: Where can I find the keyboard controls and can they be changed or can I use a joypad? For the video games, the keys are QAOP and Space for up/down/left/right/fire, and then I believe it was MNB for additional buttons. Some standard joypads will automatically work (Xbox pad etc), however for custom ones, you'll need to use some software like Joy2Key (which maps definable USB joystick inputs to keypresses). Not ideal, but this was where I was up to, so hadn't gotten to doing definable input system yet. 2 hours ago, Fruity Nut said: Will the simulator update automatically when you add machines? It did while it was under development, however, the new Arcade Simulator (as part of the Oasis Suite of arcade emulation software), will be a whole new install. There are no more updates planned for this version of Arcade Simulator. 2 hours ago, Fruity Nut said: Really loving it and will definitely be donating. Need to buy another PC for my living room now so I can enjoy on my big TV. Keep up the great work I play it on a TV for the fruit machines from time to time, it's nice relaxing experience! All donations are gratefully received, there's a link in my sig below They will go towards future expenses for the Oasis project, as stuff comes up - ta very much! Also, the Oasis project is open source (as are all my new FME projects going forward) - source code links also in my sig. [ Arcade Simulator ] Pre-alpha installer: http://arcadesimulator.net | Known Issues: https://tinyurl.com/yz4uom2e | Donation info: https://tinyurl.com/yzvgl4xo [ Community Drive ] The drive: http://tinyurl.com/yckze665 [ Fruit Machine Database ] Initial google sheets (WIP): https://tinyurl.com/2c5znxzz [ Fruit Machine ROM Archive ] The archive: https://tinyurl.com/3jhzbueb [ MFME Launch ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/MFMELaunch [ Oasis ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/Oasis [ Sound ROM Editor ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/SoundRomEditor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnparker007 Posted September 21, 2023 Report Share Posted September 21, 2023 2 hours ago, Liverpool2008 said: what's this incredible piece of software love to try it myself It's 'Arcade Simulator', there's a download link in my forum sig below (You'll need a half-decent PC to run it btw, it's more demanding than just MFME, since it's 3d, realtime lighting etc...) 1 [ Arcade Simulator ] Pre-alpha installer: http://arcadesimulator.net | Known Issues: https://tinyurl.com/yz4uom2e | Donation info: https://tinyurl.com/yzvgl4xo [ Community Drive ] The drive: http://tinyurl.com/yckze665 [ Fruit Machine Database ] Initial google sheets (WIP): https://tinyurl.com/2c5znxzz [ Fruit Machine ROM Archive ] The archive: https://tinyurl.com/3jhzbueb [ MFME Launch ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/MFMELaunch [ Oasis ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/Oasis [ Sound ROM Editor ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/SoundRomEditor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool2008 Posted September 21, 2023 Report Share Posted September 21, 2023 3 hours ago, johnparker007 said: It's 'Arcade Simulator', there's a download link in my forum sig below (You'll need a half-decent PC to run it btw, it's more demanding than just MFME, since it's 3d, realtime lighting etc...) I have a Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4570 CPU @ 3.20GHz 3.20 GHz 16 Gig DDR3 Ram AMD Firepro W2100 2GB GDDR3 Dual Display Port Graphics Card - 0Y5FR3 / Y5FR3 also solid state drives plenty of space too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruity Nut Posted September 21, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2023 Thanks for clearing those things up John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnparker007 Posted September 22, 2023 Report Share Posted September 22, 2023 2 hours ago, Liverpool2008 said: I have a Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4570 CPU @ 3.20GHz 3.20 GHz 16 Gig DDR3 Ram AMD Firepro W2100 2GB GDDR3 Dual Display Port Graphics Card - 0Y5FR3 / Y5FR3 also solid state drives plenty of space too I think the CPU should just about be fast enough to even do the videos, RAM is fine, SSDs are fine... however your graphics card looks to be one designed for CAD workstations rather than standard 3d gaming, and I think that may really pull your framerates down. I'd say your best bet is to install it and see! Like I mentioned, download is here: Arcade Simulator: Pre-alpha installer: http://arcadesimulator.net You'll also want the latest MFME installed for the fruit machines, though I'd try installing Arcade Simulator first, then try walking around in the arcade, see if your graphics card can run it ok. The graphics card looks to be one specialised for working with wireframe models and things like that rather than playing games. So I suspect it may not work/work very well due to that, but you might get lucky! [ Arcade Simulator ] Pre-alpha installer: http://arcadesimulator.net | Known Issues: https://tinyurl.com/yz4uom2e | Donation info: https://tinyurl.com/yzvgl4xo [ Community Drive ] The drive: http://tinyurl.com/yckze665 [ Fruit Machine Database ] Initial google sheets (WIP): https://tinyurl.com/2c5znxzz [ Fruit Machine ROM Archive ] The archive: https://tinyurl.com/3jhzbueb [ MFME Launch ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/MFMELaunch [ Oasis ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/Oasis [ Sound ROM Editor ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/SoundRomEditor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool2008 Posted September 22, 2023 Report Share Posted September 22, 2023 Ive downloaded it but it goes way past 100% on updates ie used over 6 gig in total and get errors on updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnparker007 Posted September 22, 2023 Report Share Posted September 22, 2023 2 hours ago, Liverpool2008 said: Ive downloaded it but it goes way past 100% on updates ie used over 6 gig in total and get errors on updates Ah unfortunately it sounds like it is likely not compatible with your machine then unfortunately, sorry about that. I just checked and the arcade sim website is live, and it boots for me past the update process, so all I can suggest is restarting your PC, then launching it again, a restart has been known to fix things! Also, I guess try launching Arcade Sim as Administrator (find in Start menu, and right click, like shown below): I'm a bit under the weather, so maybe someone else may be able to think of something if those steps don't work! If still not joy, perhaps you could post a screenshot of the errors you saw ("get errors on updates") ? Might help to narrow down the issue... [ Arcade Simulator ] Pre-alpha installer: http://arcadesimulator.net | Known Issues: https://tinyurl.com/yz4uom2e | Donation info: https://tinyurl.com/yzvgl4xo [ Community Drive ] The drive: http://tinyurl.com/yckze665 [ Fruit Machine Database ] Initial google sheets (WIP): https://tinyurl.com/2c5znxzz [ Fruit Machine ROM Archive ] The archive: https://tinyurl.com/3jhzbueb [ MFME Launch ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/MFMELaunch [ Oasis ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/Oasis [ Sound ROM Editor ] Source code: https://github.com/johnparker007/SoundRomEditor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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