Can anyone who has received this comment on the quality of the side panel art and the kickplate? I'm thinking about turning the kickplate inside out and not installing the side graphics for a clean black look.
Can anyone who has received this comment on the quality of the side panel art and the kickplate? I'm thinking about turning the kickplate inside out and not installing the side graphics for a clean black look.
The graphics were already installed and look almost printed on and I don't think you can remove them without damaging the fiber wood. There are the clips you can use to attach art over them. The kick panel you can flip around if you just want black. Since it's below the control panel you aren't looking at them too often.
They look better than I expected. The marquee is kinda ugly though.
You should still use a pre-built download, but you would just open up the zip file and cpy the individual UCE files you want out of it. You'll get the same button mapping since that is contained within the UCE file, not CoinOpsX.
I think the Daphne games (Space Ace, etc) might need AddonX to work, but I have also heard other games might work slightly better with AddOn. I haven't had any problems with the games I've tried.
If you put the files in folders, you will see those folders as categories in the left navigation area. You don't get the nice scroll wheel and videos, but if you aren't going to play all 1800 games, it loads faster and is quicker to navigate. No need to run the addonx tool either.
Anyway, it's mostly a preference issue. Feel free to give it a try if you want something more like the stock UI. Since you mentioned you didn't love the CoinOpsX UI, you may like this option instead.
wait, now i am really confused
When you say "use a prebuilt download" - are you talking coinopsx or a package of UCE files? I thought the point was using AddonX and just opening a usb drive that has a bunch of UCE files in folders, no? You're saying the UCE file has the mappings though? I thought the UCE file was the r0m?
this last post confused me, can you ELI5 from the beginning?
When you say "use a prebuilt download" - are you talking coinopsx or a package of UCE files? I thought the point was using AddonX and just opening a usb drive that has a bunch of UCE files in folders, no? You're saying the UCE file has the mappings though? I thought the UCE file was the r0m?
this last post confused me, can you ELI5 from the beginning?
UCE files are self contained packages that include both an emulator and rom. The emulator control mappings are included. So, if you want to play roms but with a basic, quick UI:
1) Download a CoinOpsx SAUCE distribution. You can get the UCE files from anywhere, but this is the easiest.
2) Take a new USB drive and create folders for each system/genre of game in the root of the USB
3) Open the CoinOpsX SAUCE zip file and copy the UCE files you want into the folders on the USB drive. You can ignore all the video, images, text files, etc.
4) So if your USB drive letter is d: you'd have something that looks like:
d:\sports\nba jam.uce
d:\sports\2on2 hockey.uce
d:\beatemup\tmnt.uce
....
5) Put the USB in the machine and it will start reading it. When the little USB drive icon in the top right stops flashing, open AddOn (not AddOnX).
6) In the nav box on the left you will see your folders (e.g. sports, beatemup, etc).
7) Select a folder, you'll see the games in that folder organized like the built in games.
UCE files are self contained packages that include both an emulator and rom. The emulator control mappings are included. So, if you want to play roms but with a basic, quick UI:
1) Download a CoinOpsx SAUCE distribution. You can get the UCE files from anywhere, but this is the easiest.
2) Take a new USB drive and create folders for each system/genre of game in the root of the USB
3) Open the CoinOpsX SAUCE zip file and copy the UCE files you want into the folders on the USB drive. You can ignore all the video, images, text files, etc.
4) So if your USB drive letter is d: you'd have something that looks like:
d:\sports\nba jam.uce
d:\sports\2on2 hockey.uce
d:\beatemup\tmnt.uce
....
5) Put the USB in the machine and it will start reading it. When the little USB drive icon in the top right stops flashing, open AddOn (not AddOnX).
6) In the nav box on the left you will see your folders (e.g. sports, beatemup, etc).
7) Select a folder, you'll see the games in that folder organized like the built in games.
ok so this is really no different than my roms that have .NES format for nintendo and .bin for sega genesis and z64 for n64 games
but if the .UCE file is both the emulator and game, isn't it repetitive then (of the other UCE files) or does each arcade game need its own specific emulator?
in the past life we had things like nesticle and stuff that then u just fed it the .NES roms
ok so this is really no different than my roms that have .NES format for nintendo and .bin for sega genesis and z64 for n64 games
but if the .UCE file is both the emulator and game, isn't it repetitive then (of the other UCE files) or does each arcade game need its own specific emulator?
in the past life we had things like nesticle and stuff that then u just fed it the .NES roms
Yeah - it seems repetitive, but I think it's a limitation of how the AtGames systems work. The UCE file is basically an executable for their system and it contains the emulator core and all asset files (e.g. roms, artwork, etc.)
If you want to use standard roms, then look up Legends Unchained - that installs something called RCade on your machine which uses Retroarch for emulation. If you are comfortable with Retroarch configuration that seems to provide the best overall performance.
Yeah - it seems repetitive, but I think it's a limitation of how the AtGames systems work. The UCE file is basically an executable for their system and it contains the emulator core and all asset files (e.g. roms, artwork, etc.)
If you want to use standard roms, then look up Legends Unchained - that installs something called RCade on your machine which uses Retroarch for emulation. If you are comfortable with Retroarch configuration that seems to provide the best overall performance.
thanks, ill see if i get around to playing around or if this suffices.
if i want to just add a new system, says like SNES+roms to my existing working setup using coinopsx, do i just add a folder with that system and then re-run addonx for the whole USB or just that folder?
thanks, ill see if i get around to playing around or if this suffices.
if i want to just add a new system, says like SNES+roms to my existing working setup using coinopsx, do i just add a folder with that system and then re-run addonx for the whole USB or just that folder?
Pretty sure you have to run the tool on the entire USB folder.
so you add a single game, sorry re-do the whole thing?
That is my understanding. If you just ran it on one folder, it would have no way to know if you deleted all the other files or not.
The tool is essentially creating a database of cached assets extracted from the UCE files. If other people's posts are correct, the tool is smart enough to not try to re-extract assets from files it's already seen, so it shouldn't take that long to re-run.
That is my understanding. If you just ran it on one folder, it would have no way to know if you deleted all the other files or not.
The tool is essentially creating a database of cached assets extracted from the UCE files. If other people's posts are correct, the tool is smart enough to not try to re-extract assets from files it's already seen, so it shouldn't take that long to re-run.
got it, good to know, so any adds really need to be worth the 1.5 hours it takes to reload
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They look better than I expected. The marquee is kinda ugly though.
I think the Daphne games (Space Ace, etc) might need AddonX to work, but I have also heard other games might work slightly better with AddOn. I haven't had any problems with the games I've tried.
If you put the files in folders, you will see those folders as categories in the left navigation area. You don't get the nice scroll wheel and videos, but if you aren't going to play all 1800 games, it loads faster and is quicker to navigate. No need to run the addonx tool either.
Anyway, it's mostly a preference issue. Feel free to give it a try if you want something more like the stock UI. Since you mentioned you didn't love the CoinOpsX UI, you may like this option instead.
When you say "use a prebuilt download" - are you talking coinopsx or a package of UCE files? I thought the point was using AddonX and just opening a usb drive that has a bunch of UCE files in folders, no? You're saying the UCE file has the mappings though? I thought the UCE file was the r0m?
this last post confused me, can you ELI5 from the beginning?
When you say "use a prebuilt download" - are you talking coinopsx or a package of UCE files? I thought the point was using AddonX and just opening a usb drive that has a bunch of UCE files in folders, no? You're saying the UCE file has the mappings though? I thought the UCE file was the r0m?
this last post confused me, can you ELI5 from the beginning?
1) Download a CoinOpsx SAUCE distribution. You can get the UCE files from anywhere, but this is the easiest.
2) Take a new USB drive and create folders for each system/genre of game in the root of the USB
3) Open the CoinOpsX SAUCE zip file and copy the UCE files you want into the folders on the USB drive. You can ignore all the video, images, text files, etc.
4) So if your USB drive letter is d: you'd have something that looks like:
d:\sports\nba jam.uce
d:\sports\2on2 hockey.uce
d:\beatemup\tmnt.uce
....
5) Put the USB in the machine and it will start reading it. When the little USB drive icon in the top right stops flashing, open AddOn (not AddOnX).
6) In the nav box on the left you will see your folders (e.g. sports, beatemup, etc).
7) Select a folder, you'll see the games in that folder organized like the built in games.
1) Download a CoinOpsx SAUCE distribution. You can get the UCE files from anywhere, but this is the easiest.
2) Take a new USB drive and create folders for each system/genre of game in the root of the USB
3) Open the CoinOpsX SAUCE zip file and copy the UCE files you want into the folders on the USB drive. You can ignore all the video, images, text files, etc.
4) So if your USB drive letter is d: you'd have something that looks like:
d:\sports\nba jam.uce
d:\sports\2on2 hockey.uce
d:\beatemup\tmnt.uce
....
5) Put the USB in the machine and it will start reading it. When the little USB drive icon in the top right stops flashing, open AddOn (not AddOnX).
6) In the nav box on the left you will see your folders (e.g. sports, beatemup, etc).
7) Select a folder, you'll see the games in that folder organized like the built in games.
but if the .UCE file is both the emulator and game, isn't it repetitive then (of the other UCE files) or does each arcade game need its own specific emulator?
in the past life we had things like nesticle and stuff that then u just fed it the .NES roms
but if the .UCE file is both the emulator and game, isn't it repetitive then (of the other UCE files) or does each arcade game need its own specific emulator?
in the past life we had things like nesticle and stuff that then u just fed it the .NES roms
If you want to use standard roms, then look up Legends Unchained - that installs something called RCade on your machine which uses Retroarch for emulation. If you are comfortable with Retroarch configuration that seems to provide the best overall performance.
If you want to use standard roms, then look up Legends Unchained - that installs something called RCade on your machine which uses Retroarch for emulation. If you are comfortable with Retroarch configuration that seems to provide the best overall performance.
if i want to just add a new system, says like SNES+roms to my existing working setup using coinopsx, do i just add a folder with that system and then re-run addonx for the whole USB or just that folder?
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if i want to just add a new system, says like SNES+roms to my existing working setup using coinopsx, do i just add a folder with that system and then re-run addonx for the whole USB or just that folder?
The tool is essentially creating a database of cached assets extracted from the UCE files. If other people's posts are correct, the tool is smart enough to not try to re-extract assets from files it's already seen, so it shouldn't take that long to re-run.
The tool is essentially creating a database of cached assets extracted from the UCE files. If other people's posts are correct, the tool is smart enough to not try to re-extract assets from files it's already seen, so it shouldn't take that long to re-run.