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Well done mate. I did notice you forgot to show multiple config's within the emulator.

It's not very imaginative i know. I leave the cool looking stuff to you Neil222, Frank Morris and of course Gilou9999/Gilles9999. I enjoy all of your work as you all have slightly different styles. I like em all.

Here's a few snaps of my basic (100% working) layout of my skin for FBL. Unfortunately my camera work isn't up to much but you get the idea. Full 1280x720 mainmenu featuring a full screen (1280x720) video presentation. Full 1280x720 rombrowser menu featuring a huge (640x640) rom dialogue. A 504x384 video/preview window giving a 480x360 preview. A 344x264 dual preview window giving a 320x240 preview for title/action shots. My intention is to re-encode most of the video's as they are bad aspect ratio's or too large ie 10mb, 15mb etc. They should be between 5 - 6mb. Im also doing away with action shot's and replacing them with Title shots as the video's provide the action. Small HDD users would have to stick with just screenshots in one form or another. I haven't optimised any of the graphics yet, to which i have 2 phases, which would reduce them by over 60% as i haven't found it necessary. YET. This won't turn your world upside down BUT it does show what can be achieved so the good skinners out there may get some ideas.

Don't usually make request's but here goes. The ability to toggle on/off long file names in the rom browser whether by button press or from the options menu please.

Be prepared to be upset. You don't honestly think it will pan out quite as you expect do you ?

+1 this would be great addition for FBL!! Just discovered SPACEGUN is supported I used to love this game but it won't be the same without a gun. Do you mean the FBL.dat says its supports SpaceGun ? When i rebuilt a rom set for FBL i noticed a few LightGun roms in there. I asked the man himself (NES6502) if FBL supported LightGuns before i went any further and started getting excited but alas the answer was no. So im guessing a few LightGun entries slipped through the net when the .dat was being built. Unless you know something you could share with us ?

If its free then try it. I think it work's. Can't remember as i started collecting LightGun related stuff just when xbox stuff was just dissapearing so i never got a copy of Starsky and Hutch for Xbox. It's probably available somewhere now that the Xbox is becoming retro.

Starsky n Hutch required 2 players i think for the gun part which was only a subgame. Unless you can get it really really cheap or free don't bother.

A sample for you to look at. 640x480 HQ and like all my encodings 30% - 50% smaller in file size than whats out there without comprimising visual quality. http://www.mediafire.com/?elao3umxmw3

Then you need to invest in a EMS LCD TopGun. Its for Xbox and PC and is designed to be used on LCD/Plasma screens as it doesnt rely on the white flash effect. Which means you cant play HOTD anymore on Xbox with it though. Silent Scope Complete is a good one though. PS. Just padding out the LighGun Video's as i speak.

well, I added the folder to my skins folder then renamed it to remove the spaces and the "&" in case this was bad for the xbox (maybe this crashed it) anyway the skin showed up ok in the gui but when selected the screen goes black for a few seconds then the xbox just crashed and reset. This was for the fire and steel dual pane. No biggie tho really like the arcade cabinet one so thats cool easy fix. Youve renamed the folder right ! Open the folder and rename the ini exactly the same. Open the ini itself with notepad or similar and go down to line 126 (i think) and rename there too. Save and put back on xbox and voila ! PS. the existing name wasn't bad for the xbox. The xbox needs names no more than 42 chars, this includes .ext, so 38 chars or spaces.

lots of views and no answers, you can go from avi to xmv in one step but it involves downloading and installing some microsoft tools used for xbox development (SDK/XDK) and no-one should do that really. There is a method of converting from avi to wmv to xmv. Now going through these phases does take its toll on quality so make sure they look great in avi format with decent bitrates. @ Xbox-Scene there are lots of users who have information on this set of batch tools and its usage. I believe a part of the batch tools process involves a small tool from the SDK/XDK so again its a bit naughty to distribute that really too. Hope that helps a bit.

ok, no problem. I did the same as you for the time being. I used the old CoinOps Showcase vids that were applicable but as you say it leaves lots of holes. Only just going through them now really. As i make a batch of a dozen or so i'll let you all know.

If your missing any videos i'll make em for ya. It would be a break from NeoGenesis video's.

I do believe its worth the investment. It makes your games so much more interactive. Obviously there's also the whole Gun thing going on too ! Maybe that's just me though. lol.

LightGun Support

I have made up a basic pack of "Working" LightGun stuff. Screenshots, Videos, Cfg's, nvram etc. PM Staus-X members for a link. There are more roms but they dont work on Xbox Mame variants. CoinOps in the recent past had more Gun rom drivers added but alas with no vm or they didnt work anyway.

Stick to cheap usb mouse and keyboard. As these will have no fancy features/extras therefore no additional drivers required.

is it when you display video and screenshots together that your box crashes ?

I was using a basic template skin to get a feel for the FBL skin engine, as posted a few weeks back. This allowed me to gain some experience with it so i could make a proper skin. However Neil222 has also now made a cab skin, a very nice one too, for SD (480) users. With this in mind i wasn't going to bother as it was only for testing purposes for my video. However it is a HD skin so it won't hurt, it could also be used as a template for users to create their own stuff. Now i know it's vulgar to blow one's own trumpet but it's worth it just to get the video config for the mainmenu, to see how what couldn't be done, has been done. Like i say, it won't set your world on fire but it works. PM Staus-X members for a link. PS. Yes my camera work is bad, just like the graphics. lol.

Good use of space @ 640x480. Its hard with a limited area. Well done.

Uploaded SD version of Singularity skin for NeoGenesis Madmab edition. PM Staus-X members for link.

Good one, didn't see that coming.

NeoGenesis HD\Widescreen skin uploaded. Newer graphics. Intro video. Blah blah blah. PM Status-X members for links. SD version (with video intro) in maybe 3 - 4 hrs. If i can be bothered tonight, if not tomorrow.