DaNDeE

Well, I got it swapped and it looks really better now. The button graphics are still more ecliptic, than really round, but the rest looks good. Here's my edited skin.ini. Two problems, I couldn' get fixed till now (didn't have much time though): 1. I still have some games, that show upside down (180°) although they are vertical. Is there something I can do about? 2. Assigning an USB mouse (one with a ball, to transform it into a spinner) to function as a means to controll Arcanoid/Tempest. The mouse works and is detected, but to what Input I need to assing it? Tried to used the ingame setup menu and although the axes are tracked and it says "mouse-x -> mouse x<- ...." it is not working. Is there a way to edit those settings via a simple texteditor? Thanks. best, Dan

Righty right. I just found out, that my Valvoscreen has the option to rotate... at least it should have it, by simply replugging some cords. I will try this. Dunno know, but I was not content with mamedox, when I tried it last time (couple of years ago). CoinOps appears to be the better onw. cheers, DaNDeE

Hi. No, I don't want to rotate them back, I just want to rotate them 180 degree as they are all top down on my screen. Is there a way or do I have to take my whole cab appart (now that it is finally running) and rotate the screen hardware wise? I noticed, that there are some games, that seem to have right orientation, but most are top down. How come? I will take a look at the skin, as soon as I get this rotation thing sorted out. BP: Would you do a proper vertical version, with a rotate option, I would donate/pay for it? best, DaNDeE

Gee... I just got my xbox hooked to the hantarex, using the sync splitter. All looks great, except the coinops and games are top down. I just went through all the menus and googled alot, but couldn't find a file nor an instruction on how to rotate all the other way around. Any ideas? I am off to get missing parts for completion. Cabs rock! Thanks, DaNDeE

Hey. Thanks Garcimak. Just earned my wings in soldering by completing this one: http://www.xerxes3rd.net/staticpages/index...ontrollerOnXbox Now Stick and Buttons are wired up and working prefectly. The whole thing is still lying around in parts. Guess I will have to pack it in a tupperware or something. I checked Ultimarc and Andy is a nice guy, but the postage and customs make it twice as expensive till it is over here. I asked Jason from arcadezentrum.de and he is building one for me, complete with a SCARTplug right away. I am still not content with the coinops appearance. The whole thing looks wrong. Scrennshots and everything is crunched horizontaly. The aspect ratio is really bad. I fixed the logo so far, but that was just a test. Any idea how to fix this? I recently found this hack http://fancyxbox.info/?doc=1&secao=coinops but really? Do I have to hack around in the hexcode to get it right? Any ideas? What about xbmc? Along with the direct executable (command line, or however its called) it should be able to get a decent vertical menu done, or do I miss here something? best, DaNDeE

That's good news and will save me a lot of time. Thanks. Two more questions: 1) xbox to Arcademonitor. No I wonder how you hooked your xbox to the arcade monitor. Guess I will go with the ultimarc adapter (http://www.ultimarc.com/xba.html). Anyone can tell me if I need something else than this? Than there are instructions for a simple syncsplitter: http://photos1.blogger.com/photoInclude/bl...ammavideo.0.jpg And some more detailed informations: http://arcadecontrols.com/arcade.htm What's the best method? 2) aspect raio Vertical CoinOp runs like a charme, escept the few menus that haven't been rotated and the faulty aspect ratio. I can fiddle about the graphics and sure will find a way to crop and stretch them to right proposions, but what about the font? It all looks compressed. Is there a way to fix that? And is there a way/hack to rotate the missing menus and loading screens as well? bless DaNDeE

Mhhh the bad thing about it is, that I am not allowed to send PMs Guess there's some sort of post limit before I get this feature. Bad luck... later. DaN

Just found it myslef... sometime goolge is a strange thing. I've been searching for about an hour now and can't remember what I typed in already but I just found that very threat right now. Thanks though and maybe this is an option that can go into the main settings. THANKS ALOT! Big happy smile on my face and no sleep for the rest of the night.... testing! cheers, DaNDee

Dumb question, from newbie at hopefully the right place. I just stumbled cross Coinops reignite and was really (REALLY!) happy to see someone work on a decent mame clone for xbox. The old black box is still the best, when it comes to easily play some nostalgic stuff. Great Job! What I couldn't figure out (neither by asking big g nor by checking the readme included with the realease) is: Is there an option to run the menu (CoinOps itself vertically). As far as I got it to work I only can rotate the games to its usual orientation. I would love to stick one of my xboxes in my good old cab and run some emulation on it, but it is a vertical cab. I could turn the screen, but I really do like the vertical stuff as this is in my opinion even more arcade. Is there a way to rotate the menu? Or is there a hack? What needs to be done to include this? Thanks. best, DaNDeE