What can I do with my 2nd display?

[garyhartaz]

I just added a 17" monitor to the top of my ArcadeX machine. As you may know this game cab has a real arcade monitor so that is where I want to play my games.

What can GameEx do or is there something else I can run?

[Tempest]

I can only think of Four options:

1. Use GameExtender (Built into GameEx)
   
2. Use CPWizard to display controls for each game.
   
3. Use Marquee Magician
   
4. Send your Monitor to me.
   

[jeffremiller]

Not sure how feasible it is but I amconsidering a small touchscreen to controls certain aspects of the machine while it is gaming. I was considering the following:

• 
  

• Control Arcade Ambience (On/Off)
  
• Display Jukebox controls (maybe itunes?)
  
• Display game info such as marquee (Marquee Magician)
  
• Display CPU load, Temp, etc.
  

Another thought was to create touchscreen Admin buttons...

I can only think of three options:

1. Use GameExtender (Built into GameEx)
   
2. Use Marquee Magician
   
3. Send your Monitor to me.
   

[headkaze]

FYI CPWizard will be supporting running on a secondary monitor

[Tempest]

Sorry, I forgot about that HK. Blame it on my deodorant.

I added CPWizard to my list above.

[headkaze]

Sorry, I forgot about that HK. Blame it on my deodorant.

I added CPWizard to my list above.

LOL!

Actually while CPW does support displaying on a secondary monitor it only shows when you pause Mame. I will be adding a new feature some time in the near future that will allow CPW to show on the secondary monitor all the time.

[Mayhem]

cp wizard already works on second monitor at the start of the game and through pause as well as from the Game ex menu .... !!!!

Wish it would work with the led / lcd software as well showing each button lit and track ball lit up lol ...

[headkaze]

cp wizard already works on second monitor at the start of the game and through pause as well as from the Game ex menu .... !!!!

Quite a few people have requested for CPW to display on a secondary monitor all the time, rotating through artwork. I think its a great idea, and I may even add support for the menu to be there all the time and controllable via touchscreen.

Wish it would work with the led / lcd software as well showing each button lit and track ball lit up lol ...

Have you looked at the Default layout in CPW? It will color the buttons using colors.ini just like the PlugInLCD does. You can use that along with Layout Maps to have the track ball lit and dimmed for trackball games. So yeah it kinda has that feature already.

[Mayhem]

ah right cool. was wondering there is a small problem with tack ball lighting and the ipac.

on the menus you only allow for pac drive to do mono yet when used in conjunction with U-track and the RGB lighting for U-track and the pac drive the 1 player track ball only allows for 1 light set to it. we need a option were u say have trackball 1a / 1b / 1c so we can set the RGB lighting up properly to the single trackball under the pac drive.

atm i have to use player 1 2 and 3 each with 1 led assigned to them to give me the RGB effect under the track ball 1 player. Its not perfect but it does work.

sorry if acting like a thorn in you side but im trying to get the most out of game ex and all the plug ins i can and completely utilise what game ex can realy do. I have my arcade system up on a major modding community and every ones loving what it can do yet all the effects are down to your plug ins and Game ex it self oh and tempest as well.....

[headkaze]

That is what the Px_CUSTOMx codes are for. Since the plugin uses input codes to map things it doesn't really matter what they are called. So yeah just use those and put in the appropriate input code and it should light whatever LED is associated with it.

[bkenobi]

Anyone ever thought about having a GameEx plugin that would run on the second monitor to allow for sending media player commands? I don't use the audio or video stuff in GameEx, but it seems like it would be useful for those with 2 displays to be able to hit next/last/pause/volume up/volume down/etc. without exiting the game/movie. This could be part of CPWizard, couldn't it? Maybe a little add on that just sends the hook to GameEx? Just a thought.