Atomic Front End 0.19 online (see video)

Hi again, thaks again for your FAST reply. now it is almot to 100%, now the layout is showed properly, the music is played also, but now the probles is about the name of the roms, wich are showed like the *.ZIP i.e.-



Theme MAME emu is almost sonfigured, I hope for the others the method will be the same

Thank you

You didn't really choose the easiest module to customize to start!

Others will be lot lot easier to customise!

So it is seems you fulllist.txt is empty or someting like that.

Look in that folder :

<atomicfe>\plugnplay\arcades\roms\

find a file called fulllist.txt , open it with the notepad. Is it empty?

If yes, try to get the file from <atomicfe>\metadata directory and copy it in <atomicfe>\plugnplay\arcades\roms

or you can generate yourself this file by this command line :

mame -listfull > fulllist.txt and then copy the file in the folder.


That's strange the file is empty... but if you do that it should solve the problem here.

I am going to start again, I will update this post for showing what I do:

- Installed Atomic FE

- Installed arcadesenhanced_angelscry plug-in

- Copied Roms and snaps into \\AtomicFE\plugnplay\arcades\ <roms and snaps folders>

- According the instructions of the plug-in : After having copied your roms , use the Generator.exe (located in plugnplay\arcades+\conf_generator) DONE

- Copied Atomic_default Layout to \\AtomicFE\plugnplay\arcades\layout ---> the layout works
I have not done anymore, neither AtomicManager neither keys.... NOTHING. The problem is that the atomic takes too much time for loading the mame full list roms. And when I returned from any rom game he same, too m uch time, around 40 sec. or more

Ok.

But i will look that tomorrow. I have to leave now. So i will read your post and answer your question by tomorrow.

cheers,

Youki

I am going to start again, I will update this post for showing what I do:

- Installed Atomic FE

- Installed arcadesenhanced_angelscry plug-in

- Copied Roms and snaps into \\AtomicFE\plugnplay\arcades\ <roms and snaps folders>

- According the instructions of the plug-in : After having copied your roms , use the Generator.exe (located in plugnplay\arcades+\conf_generator) DONE

- Copied Atomic_default Layout to \\AtomicFE\plugnplay\plugnplay_layout ---> the layout works
I have not done anymore, neither AtomicManager neither keys.... NOTHING. The problem is that the atomic takes too much time for loading the mame full list roms. And when I returned from any rom game he same, too m uch time, around 40 sec. or more---> No sulution found, FIXED---> open the file :
<atomicfe>\plugnplay\arcades\selection\standard\li ste.cfg
with the notepad.
Find :
UseGameList=YES
replace by
UseGameList=NO

Do you have a full rom set? How many roms you have?


Try that, let me know if it is better.

open the file :

<atomicfe>\plugnplay\arcades\selection\standard\liste.cfg

with the notepad.

Find :

UseGameList=YES

replace by

UseGameList=NO

And Try again.

The first time , you enter in the FullList, it will take a while. (can be long specially if you have a full set) but the next times it should be lot faster. (except if you add a roms in the folder, or you change the sorting option for this config , in that case it will take time again).

Try, let me know if it is better.

Now much better, thank you... Well , I dont know how to contunue configuring the atomic, ; I am going to have a look at it right now

Any recomendation to contune??

cyrus

Ok,

So Plug'n play module are not the heart of Atomic. I just put that concept in place to help very newbie people to have something up and running really quickly.

If you are a more advanced user (not specially advanced in Atomic , but in mame, front ends ,PCs in general) , you should not start on Plug'n play module to make your configurations.

Few time ago , i made a little tutorial.. very simple , where the goal is to make understand some basic concept of Atomic by the pratice. It could be interresting if you do this tutorial.

The material for the tutorial can be found here :

http://www.AtomicFe.com/divers/AtomicTutorial01.zip

the file to read is Tuto01.doc

Warning : Do this tutorial starting from a clean install (with no plugnplay module , or disable all modules with Plugnplaymanager.exe before).
Do it : Step by Step , don't try do go fastest then the document.

After having complete this tuto , you should have already some base concept of Atomic and all the other thing will become clearer.

Cheers,

Youki

Thank you that tutorial is very usefull, I have been trying to make a tree menu for selecting each emulator, but I would like to know how to link the Snap of the emu, the Snes image or the mame arcade image ( not snap games) for each emu name

see you

You mean, on the screen where you select the emulator you want put a snap matching with the emulator?

If yes :

Create folder you can name what you want. but for the example i assume you put it here :

c:\EmulatorSnap

in that folder you put the image you want for each emulator . The image name must match with the .CFG file for the emulator.

ex :
for Atari2600.Cfg , the image in the EmulatorSnap folder must be Atomic2600.png
for Mame.cfg , the image in the EmulatorSnap folder must be Mame.png

Then you open with AtomicManager the .CFG file that correspond to the screen where the emulator are selected. (it depends what you did and how you named things.. but it could be main.cfg) .

You go on the Folder Tab , and you make point the Snap folder to c:\EmulatorSnap

you save an exit. And now it should be good.