Arcade Game Selector 2

[MagerValp]

Originally Posted by dark13

Here's an example of problematic file, One work, one doesn't

DPaint V seems to agree that something is wrong with the image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6zhyytdgz6...2011.15.01.png

I can view it in PPaint and DOpus though, so I'm not sure what the problem is. I'll have to investigate further and get back to you. Were both images saved from the same program with the same settings?

[MagerValp]

Originally Posted by dark13

Does the config files works in this version?

Of course.

Seems i cannot move menu (or does it conflict with screenshot image?) Would like centered image and little menu, something like this. Is this possible or screenshot have fixed size depending on screenmodes of background ?

It's possible, just set screenshot_x/screenshot_y to where you want it. Width and height is taken from the screenshot.

BTW in AGS palette was taken from BK, where does AGS2 takes palette? Can you use some fixed color for BK and cahnge palette in screenshot

Palette is take from the screenshots, but you can lock background colors with lock_colors.

[MagerValp]

Originally Posted by MagerValp

DPaint V seems to agree that something is wrong with the image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6zhyytdgz6...2011.15.01.png

I can view it in PPaint and DOpus though, so I'm not sure what the problem is. I'll have to investigate further and get back to you. Were both images saved from the same program with the same settings?

iffparse.library unfortunately agrees with DPaint that the image is malformed. The issue seems to be that the nonworking image is saved with an odd size FORM chunk, which is illegal. Opening the image in PPaint and re-saving it fixes it. Better of course is to use a tool that doesn't create broken IFF images in the first place.

[dark13]

The same thing happens with both photoshop and paint pro shop. Testing PPaint open/save did not work on AGS1, will try it again, thank you very much.

Can I ask another thing? Am I wrong or menu colors are #0 and #1? #0 is used on border, wouldn't be better to use #0 on border, #1 and #2 for menu colors? I think having separate color for borders and menu will be better Also, an horizontal scrolling menus (put outside of the screen would be better for some style. On 4:3 horizontal scrolling is more intuitive and I guess you can have 640*256 games images with #0 locked for borders and menu/text outisde of the screen (GUI inserted game's images)



Another question: how does lock color work? I'm having odds results. My idea is to use a locked palette for background (first 64 or 120 color), saving a photoshop .act then load the .act to force that colors into games images so it's not an issue BUT trying to force the first shared colors (116 in this image) seems to not work. Where does the color count start to lock colors?



Thank you very much

[MagerValp]

As per https://github.com/MagerValp/ArcadeG...ots-and-colors it locks the last colors in the palette, e.g. lock_colors 16 would lock 240..255 in the background image. For the screenshots just reduce them to e.g. 240 colors and leave the top colors unused.

[dark13]

Got it, thank you

[dark13]

Here's the final version



Text and menu are outside of the screen, the selector is all image-driven. The fade animation is really great with this style

[MagerValp]

Nice!

[dark13]

And here's Myst. Trying to match game's style

[MagerValp]

I posted a snapshot with one new option,

blue_button_action

, which can be either

quit

or

none

. The default is to quit when the blue button (the secondary joystick button) is pressed but you can change it to none if you don't want that feature.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...2-20150602.lha

[SolderPCB]

Any plans for .mod support on AGS2? a playlist in the config with a random option?

[MagerValp]

I've done some experiments with the E module player, but it's not something I'm actively working on.

[SolderPCB]

Originally Posted by MagerValp

I've done some experiments with the E module player, but it's not something I'm actively working on.

Thanks for the feedback, Have you tried AGS2 on a Workbench 1.3 setup? I tried it and I get a software error?

I'm not sure if it is due to lowlevel.library or iffparse.library but I have them in the 1.3 libs folder setup although I'm unsure if they work with 1.3

[MagerValp]

Kickstart 2.0+ is required, I use several system calls that weren't available in 1.3.

Originally Posted by MagerValp

Kickstart 2.0+ is required, I use several system calls that weren't available in 1.3.

Is Kick 1.3 compatible AGS2 possible?

I want to run AGS2 on CDTV (Kick1.3) but i can't..

[cyberhead97]

First I have to say Arcade Game Selector 2 is great and I really enjoy using this to launch games. It’s pretty amazing it runs on a stock this on my A1200 and A600.

I have built Powershell scripts to download games and generate screenshots and build AGS2 menu for AGA and OCS. The output is now some nice 4GB Compact Flash images for A1200, A600 and HDF files for emulators.

Here some screenshots of the result:

Amiga AGS2 AGA:


Amiga AGS2 OCS:


Amiga AGS2 settings:


Amiga AGS2 settings options:


For those interested, I have created a github repository https://github.com/henrikstengaard/a...d-game-scripts with the Powershell scripts and output I have built so far.

[ransom1122]

Looks really good nice job.

[MagerValp]

Very cool cyberhead97, thank you for sharing the scripts.

[cyberhead97]

Thanks, Im planning to write a scriptet upgrade of whdload slaves and a rewrite of imgtoiff in Powershell with the tweaks needed for AGS2 making it run in plain Windows setup

[StatMat]

Interestingly I recently bought an android based GPD XD handheld console for my retro gaming needs and discovered that there wasn't any real choice for an Amiga frontend. After quite a bit of hunting around, I came across MagerValp's excellent AGS2 which was my first introduction to AmigaE. I have been fiddling with the code to tweak a few things to my liking. I've also been working on compilation builder in C# using Frode Solheim's (of FS-UAE fame) excellent Open Amiga Database for scanning against. I plan to release the source at some point for others to play with. Thanks to MagerValp for sharing his code.