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Fix FTDI DMX interface & Arduino on OSX 10.9+ Mavericks DIY USB DMX Controller for under $10 – Ethernet Cable FT_Prog fix your FTDI RS485 DMX Interface You could build your own collection but that would take ages when someone else already did the work. Instead, I will show the default steps you should do when adding an emulator to your system.This arcade cabinet is still a work in progress, the guides are not done yet, updates coming soon.I highly recommend using “Bolt-on” packs that can be downloaded on the internet, these packs contain everything from artwork, roms, emulator… and should work with minimal setup work. Since there are many different emulators, I cannot write a guide for every emulator. Sounds – Background music, scrolling sounds… Images – Wheel images for each game in the database %SystemName% – The emulator executable, usually MAME %SystemName%.xml – List of all Rom files with some extra information (Release date, Developer…) Merge cells in excel for mac 2011%SystemName%.ahk – This is the script that launches the emulator, usually contains the rom path and a fullscreen parameter Video – Short system video, usually the original release trailer or a compilation of a few games available on the system Themes – The main menu theme for the system, this is a Zip file containing assets and information on where to show rom information or videos Sounds – Sounds when opening or exiting the system menu Images – The wheel image for the system displayed in the main menu with all other systems Video – Short video of the game currently selected, usually mp4, avi or flv files. When the emulator is included, this usually means MAME does not support that particular system. If the pack you downloaded does not contain an emulator, this usually means MAME is used to emulate the system and you can use the latest MAME version available on their website. Eg: Databases/Bally Astrocade/Bally Astrocade.xmlThis folder contains the emulator for the system. The XML containing all the ROM names should also be in its own folder named exactly as your system name in Hyperspin. ROMS: Folder containing all ROM files, Sometimes this folder is located inside the emulator folder.This is the database which holds all the filenames and information for each ROM, It’s important that the names in this file are exactly the same as the ROM’s filenames(without the extension) or the game will not be found. I included most of my scripts in this post to download. The scripts you find online are usually too complicated and require libraries to be installed. The media for the system should be inside a folder with the exact system name for Hyperspin to pick up the assets.The module file is a script that will launch the emulator, this script usually includes a -fullscreen parameter, a ROM path parameter and in the case of MAME it requires a parameter to tell what system we want to run the selected ROM on. This way when you select a game, you get a preview image with some game assets. The startup parameters are quite hard to find but I included mine in this post.The media folder contains all images, sounds, and videos for Hyperspin. I recommend not using this file as in many cases the paths in these files are specific to the system of the creator of the media pack and won’t work for your setup. This usually consists of an emulator path, rompath, romextensions and a few more parameters on how to start the selected games and display its artwork. In some cases, the module file can be found in the RocketLauncher/Modules folder.Settings.ini files contain the settings for each emulator. In some cases, the ROMS are located inside of the Emulators/%SystemName%/ROMS folder of the downloaded pack.This folder can be ignored & deleted, RocketLauncher is an alternative for the Hyperlaunch which provides some more options. I personally have an 8TB HDD for this folder which is about 7TB in size now. I recommend moving this folder onto a large secondary drive (not your Windows SSD) since this folder will grow quickly. Then add the ROM folder and Emulator path.The roms folder contains all ROM files. Artwork1-4: Depending on your theme Hyperspin will look in these folders for cd boxes, artwork, Media: All wheel media files per system After extracting you will see a similar structure as your Hyperspin setup: I try to keep my setup as simple as possible.Hyperspin will need media files to show your ROMs in a ‘fancy’ way, this is optional as HyperSpin will automatically show the ROM name in text but that’s not done.These packs are widely available and usually contain all Media/Emulator/Roms ready for use. I chose not to use it as it will require a lot more work to set everything up and adds another layer to your setup which also means another point of failure.
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