GameEx:Attract / Screensaver (Setup Wizard)

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The Attract / Screensaver screen appears in the GameEx Setup Wizard. This screen allows you to configure the behavior of attract mode in GameEx. Attract mode launches games for games for emulators configured in GameEx and displays those games as a screensaver.

Configuration Options

GameEx Attract Mode Settings

Here you can set various attract/screensaver settings of GameEx. The attract screensaver is a multi process based attract mode that keeps launching different Mame or emulator games as a screensaver.

Screensaver Mode

Screensaver mode. Either run the GameEx screensaver, or turn off the monitor/display.
Options
  • Standard GameEx screensaver (Default)
  • Time, weather and slideshow
  • Time and weather
  • Turn Off Monitor
  • Suspend System

Attract Audio Mode

Attract Mode Audio. Controls what audio is heard when Attract Mode is running.
Options
  • Play Playlist Audio and run MAME with Sound
  • Pause Playlist audio and run MAME with Sound
  • Play GameEx Playlist audio and run MAME with no sound (Default)
  • Pause GameEx Playlist audio and run MAME with no sound

Attract Mode Timer

Attract mode starts and runs a random game every couple of minutes.
Options
  • Turned Off
  • 1 Minute
  • 2 Minutes
  • 3 Minutes
  • 4 Minutes (Default)
  • 5 Minutes
  • 6 Minutes
  • 7 Minutes
  • 8 Minutes
  • 9 Minutes
  • 10 Minutes
  • 11 Minutes
  • 12 Minutes
  • 13 Minutes
  • 14 Minutes
  • 15 Minutes
  • 16 Minutes
  • 17 Minutes
  • 18 Minutes
  • 19 Minutes
  • 20 Minutes
  • 25 Minutes
  • 30 Minutes
  • 40 Minutes
  • 50 Minutes
  • 60 Minutes
  • 90 Minutes

New Game Every

When in attract mode start a new random game or video each time this value is reached.
Options
  • 2 Minutes (Default)
  • 3 Minutes
  • 4 Minutes
  • 5 Minutes
  • 6 Minutes
  • 7 Minutes
  • 8 Minutes
  • 9 Minutes
  • 10 Minutes
  • 11 Minutes
  • 12 Minutes
  • 13 Minutes
  • 14 Minutes
  • 15 Minutes

Play Videos Too

Also randomly play videos when attract mode is running ie. Commercials.
Options
  • Yes (Default)
  • No

Game to Video Ratio

Game to video ratio to play game vs video.
Options
  • Just Play Videos
  • Random
  • 1 to 1 (Default)
  • 2 to 1
  • 3 to 1
  • 4 to 1
  • 5 to 1
  • 6 to 1
  • 7 to 1
  • 8 to 1
  • 9 to 1
  • 10 to 1

Videos Path

The folder your videos are located. AVI, MPEG, and MNG are supported.
Default:
  • C:\Video

Only Favorites

When in attract mode/screensaver only launch games that are stored as favorites.
Options
  • Yes
  • No (Default)

Play Exit Sound

Play the exit sound upon exiting screensaver when it has been running for at least 6 minutes. The file is located in the current theme media folder and called ExitScreensaver.wav.
Options
  • Yes
  • No (Default)

Also Other Emulators

Also launch other emulators when running. This can be potentially unstable, so ensure all your emulators are setup correctly and work perfectly. If the emulator is set not to allow music to play it will override the audio setting above. MAME needs to be setup for this to work. This is a registered version only feature.
Options
  • Yes
  • No (Default)

Mute Emulators

Mute the sound when other emulator games are running.
Options
  • Yes
  • No (Default)

Show MAME Bezel

Show Bezel for Mame games. When on MAME will show a nice Bezel detailing the game and showing marquee and icon images at the bottom of the screen.
Options
  • Yes (Default)
  • No

Text

Scrolling text for the time and weather screensaver. Keep it short for performance.
Default:
  • Touch screen to start...