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Is there a tutorial on the new artwork system?

April 26, 2017artwork system tutorial

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Is there a tutorial on the new artwork system?

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SirPoonga from BYOAC has an artwork calculator here, which does the calculations for you and includes the text of the artwork.c file instructions. He asks that you download the file and run it locally to save his bandwidth. A couple of things worth noting: First, all MAME artwork for the artwork.zip files is shown rotated 90 degrees clockwise. The artwork calculator is set up using the art exactly as shown in the art file. Thus, the width is really the height as displayed on screen, Point 4 is the lower right corner of the artwork, but the actual top right corner of the bezel when it is displayed on the screen. Also, it is a good idea to make the game area used by the calculator slightly smaller than the actual mask area. This provides a border around the game screen and does not slow MAME down as much.