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#1 fruitzone

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Posted 24 September 2003 - 05:47 PM

This is one brilliant frontend,I am playing a round with it to see if i can get it to work with MFME.

Anyone what to try....?

EMULAXIAN/FE-3DARCADE FRONTEND 0.83

by Peter Vogels, aka )p(, mailto:peter@i-modernist.com

license: free for personal non commercial and non public use…

website emulaxian cabinet http://www.i-modernist.com/emulaxian

frontend support website http://3darcade.mameworld.net


Quote from the first intro text of the first version of the frontend:

"...I wanted to create an arcade cabinet for mame that kept the feel of the original Galaxian cabinet. Also I wanted to achieve that the end result would feel as an organic whole, were everything fits together. The best way to realize this was, in my opinion, to create my own frontend that takes up the Galaxian/Emulaxian theme. Therefore I use the side-art of the cabinet as a backdrop in the frontend. And the Galaxians are everywhere...and yes... they come and fly by in formation...and yes... you can shoot them... ;-) Also I made a banner that morphs from Galaxian to Emulaxian when you go from the gamelist selection screen to the game selection screen and from Emulaxian to Galaxian when you go from the game select screen to the gamelist selection screen were the Galaxians fly in and you have to shoot one to select a gamelist. ..."

OK that was the beginning... Emulaxian/fe-3darcade has grown into a very complete and fully skinnable and rotable frontend that can launch just about anything. It features powerful and fully customizable search and filter functions to find games fast. What makes it unique besides the sheer number of media that it supports to make your skins are the menu styles it can use. Besides the normal listbox with screenshots/cab layout you have a game like menu were you shoot at sprites to select menu items. And then there are the two virtual arcade interfaces were you can walk around in rooms filled with 3d models of cabs, select mp3's on a working jukebox and watch some movies on a movie screen. These arcades are also fully customizable...create your own personal arcade!

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Posted 24 September 2003 - 05:56 PM

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Posted 24 September 2003 - 06:11 PM

Hi mate

This is something that I messed around with about a year ago, I was putting my favorite arcade machines, pinballs & bandits into my own designed walk around arcade, but a PC crash lost me shit loads of work and I binned the idea, shame as it was looking nice too, lots of work mind.

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Posted 24 September 2003 - 06:30 PM

There you go you know it me now...Spanner...:D

I love the videos on the models screen.
http://www.i-moderni...om/fe3ddemo.wmv

Did you get any FME emulators working in it...?

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Posted 24 September 2003 - 06:32 PM

Yeah, v8.7x as that's all there was available back then.

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Posted 24 September 2003 - 06:42 PM

I that the same as MFME...Just a older version...?

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Posted 24 September 2003 - 06:45 PM

this looks so cool.

i have had a good look at the site and i have no clue how to download the software so i can play the games.

all i have downloaded is a skin can you tell me or send me the main program for the game sto be played on.

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Posted 24 September 2003 - 06:48 PM

I that the same as MFME...Just a older version...?


Yup, so I assume it would work.

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Posted 24 September 2003 - 06:55 PM

Can you rember how you made the gamelists for the emulator...?

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Posted 24 September 2003 - 07:09 PM

Can you rember how you made the gamelists for the emulator...?


f*** me no it was over a year ago, try downloading an example MAME one to see how it's made.

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Posted 24 September 2003 - 07:34 PM

this looks so cool.

i have had a good look at the site and i have no clue how to download the software so i can play the games.

all i have downloaded is a skin can you tell me or send me the main program for the game sto be played on.


Goto here... http://3darcade.mame...nd/frontend.htm

And download the two zip files where it says...

Full download, 16 mb so only download when you really want it and you have something like 1 ghz pc or better to save us bandwidth and yourself a disappointment ;-)

Two parts of 8mb each fe083part1.zip and fe083part2.zip

then ones downloaded unzip fe083part1 and unzip part2, put the all the folders from part2 into part1 unziped folder and the your done,
Now read the NEW USER PLEASE README!.htm

Hope that helps,any more help you need just ask...:)

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Posted 24 September 2003 - 09:42 PM

GOD THIS IS HARD

i have downloaded all that you said and it all works.

but how the hell do you play games from it.

i have looked at the list of games and i have worked round the arcade but cant get a game to load.

are the games in the game list ready to play or do you have to download them like you have to for the fruit machines.

call me thick if you want to.

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Posted 25 September 2003 - 10:09 AM

Well what you got to rember is this is not a emulator but a frontend that means it runs emulators like Mame and Visual Pinball so you have to download Mame first and configer the frontend(3d Arcade) to run Mame.

To config Mame to work with 3d Arcade....

First we will setup the fe to work with mame by adjusting the pathnames and executable options for the mame emulator. In the main configuration menu select the listmanager. Then click on the mame emulator in the emulator section and choose edit emulator. In section 1 point emupath and workingdir to your mame folder. It is recommended to setup your rompaths in mame's own ini file. If you do that keep gamepath empty. If not point gamepath to the folder you keep your roms in. In section 2 point sshot, titles, marquees, flyers and cabinets to their folders on your system. In section 3 point mame to your mame executable. That is all! (These options can be setup by hand in cfgemulatorsfemame.cfg)

Like this....

--mame emulator configuration file
--
--
--1. Emulator related paths
--
emupath|C:emuemuarcmame|#folder|path that contains the executable, end all paths with |
gamepath||#folder|path to the items that have to be launched (for mame keep this empty and use the paths in mame.ini)|
workingdir|C:emuemuarcmame|#folder|set the working directory to this path. in most cases that will be the same as the emupath|
shortnamepath||#folder|some, mostly dos based, emus can't lauch games with long file names. for those set this path to the location you keep the games. for all others keep this empty. The fe will search this path for the filename and then it will use the shortname to launch it. Keep this also to false when you don't have the complete filename with extension in the gamelist!|
--
--
--2. Artwork and information associated with an emulator related paths
--
sshot|C:emuemuarcmamesnap|#folder||
marquees|C:emuemuarcmamemarquees|#folder||
flyers|C:emuemuarcmameflyers|#folder||
cabinets|C:emuemuarcmamecabinets|#folder||
titles|C:emuemuarcmametitles|#folder||
glvideodir|C:emufe0833darcadedummysvideos|#folder|folder whith your realmedia video's unzipped to be displayed on the 3d models|
qtvr|C:emuemuarcmameqtvr|#folder|use any format supported by quicktime, like mov, mpg, mpeg2, mp4 etc. to be displayed in the information, intro and exit screens. by adapting a skin this can also be used to play movies fullscreen without launchning an external player...|
gameinfo|C:emuemuarcmameinfo|#folder|paths to textfiles to be shown in the information menu|
helppath||#folder|you can put pics like cp layouts in here. the fe will search for them and when nothing is found show the general layout pic setup in the cfg file for the current skin|
--
--
--3. Emulator specific options
--
mame|Mame32.exe|#exe|the executable to launch and an alternative executable that can be used with the altmame option|
emuoption||#editable|some executables need an additional parameter between the exe and the item to be launched. if that is the case you can use this option. for example '-play -' for visual pinball or 'coleco -cart ' for mess's colecovision emulation. notice the additions space after the last letter in these examples|
altmame||#editable|-the alternative emulator executable is chosen if one of these entry's corresponds to the 2,5,6 and 21 position from an entry of a game in a gamelist, that is for mame the rom name, rom of...neogeo etc., or driver...cps2.c etc. For other emulators you can create your own... I suggest using entry position 21 with something like usealtemu...|
--
runmethod|normal|normal,hidden,minimised,maximised|options are normal, hidden, maximised, minimised. use hidden to hide those dos/commandline boxes...for example for mame...|
runstopsound|true|#boole|when set to true the background sound will stop while you run a game. I like to keep the backgroundsound running while I play mame games...use the win32 not the dos version...it gives the feel of being in an arcade while playing :-)|
runstopmusic|true|#boole|when set to false the jukebox mp3's will continue playing after launching a game|
runbefore||#editable|format: commandline/runmethod/wait|
runafter||#editable|format: commandline/runmethod/wait|
--
noquotes|false|#boole|when the emu does not like the game name wrapped in quotes set this option to true|
outputcl|false|#boole|when set this item is set to true the fe will output the commandline to lastcloutput.txt in the fe folder|
--
txtformat|$1 made by $4 in $3 genre $7|#editable|used to format the text message when you select a game, for example $1 made by $3 ,$1 will be replaced with the contents of field 1 and $3 will be replaced with the contents of field 3 of the selected games gamelist entry|
speechformat|$1|#editable|used to format the speech message, overrules txtformat, when you select a game, for example txtformat,$1 made by $3, $1 will be replaced with the contents of field 1 and $3 will be replaced with the contents of field 3 of the selected games gamelist entry|
truncatename||#editable|remove all text to the right of these characters from the descritive name. useful to eliminate all those set names with ( then Galaga (set1) will become Galaga, or for roms renamed with the good utilites, use [, or use more then one sepetated by spaces like this ( [|

If you set it up in the same folders as me (as in the mame emulator configuration file above) it should work, if you like copy and pate the mame emulator configuration file above to your one in your folder....

#14 nineball

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Posted 25 September 2003 - 11:43 AM

sorry mate

i must be as thick as pig shit because thats as clear as mud.

i can see what you mean by you need 2 programs running as one but to get them to talk to each other,well yeah ok what ever.

when you get mame to work with 3Darcade do all the game's come alive and ready to play or do you have to down load them all.

looks like i will have to stick to the fruites.

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Posted 25 September 2003 - 12:25 PM

when you get mame to work with 3Darcade do all the game's come alive and ready to play or do you have to down load them all.


Well you have to download the rom of the game you want, then you can make a games list of them so they come up in the frontend.

this is my games list for arcade6...

|SOCCER|SOCCER||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|SPACEDX|SPACEDX||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|SPACEPLT|SPACEPLT||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|spacfury|spacfury||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|sparkz|sparkz||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|spbactn|spbactn||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|SPDCOIN|SPDCOIN||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|SPEEDBAL|SPEEDBAL||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|SPLATTER|SPLATTER||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|SPNCHOUT|SPNCHOUT||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|spyhunt|spyhunt||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|SPYHUNT2|SPYHUNT2||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|SSI|SSI||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|SSIDEKI|SSIDEKI||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|SSPRINT|SSPRINT||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|SSRIDERS|SSRIDERS||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|STAKWIN|STAKWIN||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|STARFORC|STARFORC||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|STARJACK|STARJACK||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|STARLSTR|STARLSTR||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|STARTREK|STARTREK||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|STARW|STARW||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|STARWARS|STARWARS||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|STDRAGON|STDRAGON||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|STRIDER|STRIDER||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade|strider|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|STUNRUN|STUNRUN||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade|stunruntmnttmnttmnt|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|SUCASINO|SUCASINO||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|SUPERBIK|SUPERBIK||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|SUPERCHS|SUPERCHS||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|SUPERMAN|SUPERMAN||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|SUPERPAC|SUPERPAC||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|SUPERSPY|SUPERSPY||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|SUPRLOCO|SUPRLOCO||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|SUPRMRIO|SUPRMRIO||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|SUTAPPER|SUTAPPER||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|SWCOURT|SWCOURT||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|SXEVIOUS|SXEVIOUS||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|SZAXXON|SZAXXON||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|TAPPER|TAPPER||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|tazmani2|tazmani2||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|tazmania|tazmania||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|tempest|tempest||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|TERM2|TERM2||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|terracra|terracra||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|tetris|tetris||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|tetrisa|tetrisa||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|tetrisbl|tetrisbl||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|tetrisp2|tetrisp2||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|TIMEPLT|TIMEPLT||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade|timeplt|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|timscanr|timscanr||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|tmht2p|tmht2p||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade|tmnt|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|TNZS|TNZS||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|TNZSB|TNZSB||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|todruaga|todruaga||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|toobin|toobin||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|TOPRACER|TOPRACER||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|TOPSPEED|TOPSPEED||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|TRACKFLD|TRACKFLD||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|TRANSFRM|TRANSFRM||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|triviag1|triviag1||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|triviag2|triviag2||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|TRON|TRON||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|TURBO|TURBO||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|TWS96|TWS96||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|UPNDOWN|UPNDOWN||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|vigilant|vigilant||||mame|||Yes|mame|arcade||||||||||||||||||||||||||

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Posted 25 September 2003 - 03:40 PM

WOW...Got MFME working in 3d Arcade....:D

You have to creat the games list like this...

|Buccaneer DX|BuccaneerDX.gam||Barcrest||fruit|||Yes|fruit|fruit|videowall|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Buccaneer WDX|BuccaneerWDX.gam||Barcrest|Buc|fruit|||Yes|fruit|fruit|videowall|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Deluxe Monopoly DX|deluxe monopolydx.gam||Maygay||fruit|||Yes|fruit|fruit|videowall|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Tuppenny Nudger WDX|TuppennyNudgerWDX.gam||MDM|tup|fruit|||Yes|fruit|fruit|videowall|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Happy Streak PDX|happystreakpdx.gam||MDM||fruit|||Yes|fruit|fruit|videowall|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Fright Night DX|FrightNightDX.gam||MDM|fright|fruit|||Yes|fruit|fruit|videowall|||||||||||||||||||||||||

Heres a Screenshot.....

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Posted 26 September 2003 - 10:29 AM

HATS OFF TO THAT MAN

all i have to do now is get the main program to work.

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Posted 26 September 2003 - 12:03 PM

right. i think i have done it but now i have to download some mame games....so where is the best and easyiest place to get them from.

i realy hope this works out ok then i can go on and put all the fruit machines in it.

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Posted 26 September 2003 - 08:30 PM

You can get roms here...

http://www.romshare.net/

Make sure you have downloaded Mame32 too...

http://www.mame.net/

If you have any probs with 3d Arcade you can ask me or you can go to the support forum....

http://www.messagebo...rums/echo/2243/

and here is the support site too...

http://3darcade.mameworld.net/

Hope that helps...:D

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Posted 29 September 2003 - 10:23 AM

I asked Peter the creater of 3d Arcade to make a fruit machine model and he did.
Its cool...:D

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