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    Posted: 02 June 2014 at 10:20am
Hi. Just thought I'd post this here, in case anyone missed it over at MAMEworld...

Iv'e made some 'virtual cab' artwork specifically to utilize the extra screen space of a widescreen display. It mocks up a view of playing the games in an actual arcade cabinet, complete with shading, shadows, and screen reflection that covers a bottom section of the game screen. All to make it as realistic as possible.

All artwork comes in packs of 10, and is at a resolution of 1920x1080, making it good for displaying on a 1080p TV, too.

Usage notes:

* Download and unzip the individual artwork files into your MAME 'artwork' folder.

* All artwork has three versions:
   - Full artwork (default)
   - Artwork without screen reflection
   - Artwork without screen reflection and artwork shading
These can be selected from the in-game MAME menu, under 'Video Options'.

* The monitor bezel is displayed separately as a backdrop layer. You can turn it off/on independently in the 'Video Options' menu.

* The game screen is shaped/shaded to the monitor bezel, using a mask image displayed as an overlay. Works especially well (I think) when using the FANTASTIC shader effects available in MAME, but you may need to tweak your horizontal/vertical position/stretch and pincushion, to get the game image to fit the bezel exactly (just like a real monitor :P).

Most of the original artwork I sourced from Mr. Do's excellent artwork archive, so a big thanks to him, and all other contributors!

Enjoy!

big10p MAME cab artwork pack 1 contains the following artwork:


big10p MAME cab artwork pack 2 contains the following artwork:


big10p MAME cab artwork pack 3 contains the following artwork:


big10p MAME cab artwork pack 4 contains the following artwork:


big10p MAME cab artwork pack 5 contains the following artwork:


big10p MAME cab artwork pack 6 contains the following artwork:


big10p MAME cab artwork pack 7 contains the following artwork:


big10p MAME cab artwork pack 8 contains the following artwork:


big10p MAME cab artwork pack 9 contains the following artwork:


big10p MAME cab artwork pack 10 contains the following artwork:


big10p MAME cab artwork pack 11 contains the following artwork:

big10p MAME cab artwork pack 12 contains the following artwork:


big10p MAME cab artwork pack 13 contains the following artwork:


big10p MAME cab artwork pack 14 contains the following artwork:



Edited by big10p - 05 November 2014 at 5:20pm
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Nice work mate, thanks for sharing Thumbs Up
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Now if that could work with TrackIR you'd have a real virtual arcade!!! nice work
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Hi

I haven't had time to do a new, full artwork pack recently (will do soon, hopefully) but I was asked if i could do a generic, black cab for games that don't have bezel artwork. So, here it is - one for vertical games, one for horizontal games.


I decided I wanted to use them as default artwork that automatically gets displayed with games that don't have their own, specific artwork. To get this to work, MAME has to be compiled using the layout files included in the bundle (see below).

I've included a MAME exe (Windows 64-bit) for those not familiar with compiling MAME. Compiling MAME really isn't that difficult - take a look at this excellent tutorial by Mr. Do!


Contents and usage of bundle:

10 .png image files - unzip all these files (whose names all begin with "default_") into you MAME artwork folder. Note that these files need to stay separate in the artwork folder, and not packaged into a zip like the regular artwork files.

mame64_153_def_art.exe - This a ready compiled version of MAME v.153 for 64-bit Windows, that will display the default artwork. Unzip it into your MAME root folder. You can then rename the file to simply mame64.exe, or whatever, if you wish. It was built using the hi score save patch (hi_153.diff), but that is the only change made to the official source code available at mamedev.org.

vertical.lay horizont.lay - these 2 layout files are only needed if you want to compile MAME yourself. Unzip them to src\emu\layout in your MAME source tree, replacing the existing files there.

Note that some 'special' games that have bezel lamps etc. (e.g. Spy Hunter) will default to using that display. If you want to use my generic cab artwork for these games (without the lamps), you need to select it manually from 'Video Options'. The generic cab artwork is also available in games that have their own artwork. Again, just select from 'Video Options', if you wish.

As usual, there are 3 versions of the artwork, selectable from 'Video Options':
Generic Cab - Full artwork (default)
Generic Cab (no reflection) - Artwork without the screen reflection
Generic Cab (no shading) - Artwork without the screen reflection and other shading.

That's it. Enjoy! Smile
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You've done fantastic work, thanks for this!
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Originally posted by danscu danscu wrote:

You've done fantastic work, thanks for this!

You're welcome. Cheers. Smile
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Only just seen this thread - AWESOME WORK! Clap
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Originally posted by Fuzzy Fuzzy wrote:

Only just seen this thread - AWESOME WORK! Clap
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Originally posted by big10p big10p wrote:

Pack 12 now available. See first post for download.


Could you do this with MAMEUI by any chance?

No nag/highscore/bezel support :)
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Originally posted by big10p big10p wrote:

Pack 12 now available. See first post for download.

Could you compile this with MAME UI by chance?

No Nag/ Highscore/ Bezel Support Big smile
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This artwork doesn't need a specially compiled version of MAME (unless you want to use my plain, default bezel for games that don't have their own artwork). Just unzip the packs into your MAME artwork folder.
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This was referring to the default bezel, but that's okay I ended up installing MAME 153 and using your pre-compiled exe. I didn't realize it already had hi-score no nag implemented. 

Thank you so much by the way... I spent a solid two days trying to figure this out.

You should share your knowledge with Mr. Do http://mrdo.mameworld.info/mame_artwork_generic.php

I know he is looking for a new way to make this work and it looks like you have it figured out :)


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Ah yes, I forgot to mention about the pre-compiled version. That's what I'm still using.

Glad you like using the artwork packs. It's good to get feedback. Smile I haven't done one for a while but will get back to it at some point (busy with other arcade-related things, at the moment).

I also post the packs over at mameworld, so am sure Mr. Do has seen them.
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hi big 10
just saying thanks for the art, love it. can't wait for new stuff. please keep it up. would love to replace most of the artwork with your stuff. simply awesome.
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Thanks, zot11811. I haven't done any packs for a while as I've been busy with other things, but will get back to it when I can. Smile
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Yep, I dont actually have any need for it tbh, but it is very nicely done. Thumbs Up
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Cheers, strykr. I don't need them so much now either, since I got my first cab. Big smile I do still have a dedicated MAME setup with a 28" LCD, though, so still like to use it on that.
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