I released the original Diamondplate layout about a week ago.. consider that mostly a BETA because I've done SO much more to the front end since then...
Lets begin with why I originally made this layout. I own a Dynamo HS5 arcade cabinet I've themed as "Capcom Anthology" and I wanted a front end layout that would compliment the original artwork I made for the cabinet. I also wanted to learn more about the squirrel language and how layouts are built, etc. I am no programmer, but I am capable of hacking my way through things to figure out how they work, etc... and over the last week I've managed to learn quite a bit about how things work in squirrel. This is my FIRST layout... (well, my second if you count the original Diamondplate layout)... and I am 100% positive the programming isn't the most efficient and I am sure much of what I've done could be done "better"... but I am still pretty darned proud of the end result...
Diamondplate v2 is more than just an "upgrade" from the original Diamondplate. Here are some of the features...
• Choice of 5 different main backgrounds.
• Choice of 17 different backgrounds for the game list section.
• Choice of the standard games list style that was used in the original Diamondplate or a Configurable "smooth" games list.
• Choice of 4 colors for both the un-selected games and the selected game text (configurable games list only).
• Choice of scroll speed (configurable games list only).
• Choice of text fade (configurable games list only).
With this layout you can make quite a number of different looking front ends...
Here are some examples:
While most of the artwork components I've included have a Capcom slant, there is more than one background and many game list backgrounds that aren't branded in any way... for example...
All of these changes are done via the display layout configuration area of Attract Mode...
One thing you WILL need to do is install the conveyor_helper module for attract mode... it can be found here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6SHVZjz_r1fOUVTUmktUWF5blU
Simply install the folder and .nut file in the modules folder of attract-mode. You will need access to your local drive... standard windows alone will not see the drive... I use a program called PANDORA to read/write to the drive. The modules folder, unfortunately, isn't on the BOOT drive that Windows can see.
Once conveyor_helper has been installed, simply download and install the front end as normal...
Let me know what you think! Any/all suggestions greatly appreciated! This has been quite entertaining and I've learned a bit as well!
You can download the layout here:
http://www.filedropper.com/diamondplatev2