Configuration

All the settings are in config.json, in the ArcadeDMD folder. The installer creates it from config.default.json, and a new version never overwrites it. ArcadeDMD notices by itself when config.json changes and picks up the new settings.

Edit it with Notepad. A path takes double backslashes ("E:\\LaunchBox").

Top level

Setting	Default	Effect
language	"auto"	"auto" follows the Windows language, "en" English, "fr" French
fps	50	frames per second of the engine
coin_symbol	"€"	the symbol struck on the coins ("$", "£", "" for a plain coin)
capture	"all"	records the values read during each game ("all", "fights", "off"), see Recording a Game
show_pause	true	PAUSE blinks on the LED panel while the game is paused
idle	{"show": false}	"show": true brings back the old idle screen (the time and "text") on a ZeDMD panel outside games
intro	see below	the game's logo when a game starts
frontend	{"use": "auto", "retrobat": ""}	where the game logos come from. "auto" takes LaunchBox, else RetroBat. "launchbox", "retrobat" or "none" force one. "retrobat" is RetroBat's folder when it is not found on its own (Frontend tab of the window)
window	{"enabled": true}	false turns off the window and the icon near the clock

intro

Setting	Default	Effect
logo	true	false turns the logo off, on the panel and on the HD screen
seconds	2.6	how long it lasts, 1 to 10 seconds
launchbox	""	the LaunchBox folder, when it is not found by itself

outputs.preview, the LCD marquee

Setting	Default	Effect
enabled	false	draws the scene on a screen (screen_setup.bat sets it)
x, y, width, height	0, 1080, 1920, 470	where the screen sits on the Windows desktop and its size (Settings, Display)
borderless, topmost	true	a window with no border, kept above the others while shown
mode	"games"	"games" shows the window during known games only and leaves the screen to the frontend the rest of the time, "always" keeps it, black outside games
takeover	"known"	"known" for games that have a file in games\, "all" for every MAME game with the generic scene
style	"led"	"led" round LEDs, "pixel" square pixels, "hd" smooth HD
hd	"auto"	LED grid of the virtual LEDs, "auto", 1 (128 x 32), 2 or 4 (finer)
launchbox	""	the LaunchBox folder for the Clear Logos, when it is not found by itself
coins	true	false brings back the plain INSERT COIN on the HD screen
dim	30	how much the animated backdrops are darkened, 0 to 80 percent
dim_fight	55	the same for the fighting games' stages
stage_style	"cartoon"	"flat" gives back the look of the King of Fighters '98 stages of 1.32

See HD Marquee.

outputs.pixelcade

Setting	Default	Effect
enabled	false	drives the Pixelcade LED
device	""	its COM port (ports.bat finds it)
color_order	"auto"	set by test_pixelcade.bat when green and blue are swapped
mode, takeover	"games", "known"	as for the preview
max_fps	30	frames per second sent to the panel
gamma	2.2	makes the panel look like the preview, 1.0 sends the colours as they are
pixelweb_url	"http://127.0.0.1:8080"	pixelweb's address
pixelweb_exe	""	path to pixelweb.exe, usually found by itself
art_dir	""	the Pixelcade folder, to reuse its marquees behind the generic scene

See Pixelcade LED.

outputs.zedmd

Setting	Default	Effect
enabled	false	drives a ZeDMD panel
dll	"libzedmd/zedmd64.dll"	the libzedmd driver
device	""	the panel's COM port, found by itself when empty
ignore_devices	[]	COM ports never probed (light guns, for example)
wifi_ip	""	the address of a ZeDMD reached over Wi-Fi
brightness	null	0 to 15 sets the panel's brightness, null keeps the one of its menu

See ZeDMD and Hardware.

retroarch

Setting	Default	Effect
enabled	true	watches RetroArch
host, port	"127.0.0.1", 55355	RetroArch's network commands
poll_ms	100	how often the values are read
ram_dump	{"enabled": true, "every": 0.25}	records the game's whole memory, see Recording a Game
screenshots	{"enabled": true, "every": 2.0, "dir": ""}	asks RetroArch for screenshots during a game, dir is RetroArch's screenshot folder

See RetroArch.

coin_buttons

Written by coin_buttons.bat. left, right, start1 and start2 are your coin and START buttons. mvs_credits is the credits each coin slot gives, [1, 2] as an MVS does by default.

textfiles and doflinx_bridge

See OBS and DOFLinx.