Don't know how to play games through AA

[James Pond]

i'm having no issues with spawning the arcade machines.
i just am not sure how to actually play the games, whenever i click it, the trailer plays. help

[wtsfno]

From this guide
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=502212653

"I can't play the games in the cabinets!"

I feel like this is the most grating of the common questions.

The cabinets you see in AA are meant to be viewed the same way you'd see shortcuts on a desktop: they're there to launch the game and nothing else. Normal games can't run inside the cabinets, but you can run some emulated games inside the cabinets with limited success. I'll walk you through doing that.

AA incorporates what is called Libretro[www.libretro.com], which is a library that basically handles things like input, display, and other such things. It's kind of trying to be a middle man between emulators, and you using those emulators.

Anyway, AA comes with a few "Libretro cores" so it can play videos and such. You can see these cores in the "cores" folder. (<Where you have Steam installed>\steamapps\common\Anarchy Arcade\aarcade\cores) These cores are DLL files that contain all the information on the emulator, video player, etc. Libretro reads this info and then interfaces with it, by handling all the input, display, sound, etc.

Libretro provides cores for many popular emulators on their site. All you have to do is download them from this link[buildbot.libretro.com] and put them in the "cores" folder. Now your previews should be nice and Libretroy.

For further customization, there's a folder labeled "libretroCorePriorities.txt". You can edit this file, and reorder or add cores based on your needs. It should be pretty easy to add a new one.

"No, I mean I don't know how to launch the shortcuts!"

Oh. Well, then there's two ways to do that.

1. When you open a cabinet fullscreen (that is, click it and click it again) you should see a green toolbar on the left. Simply click the play button on that toolbar.

2. Go to the options and bind a key to "Quick Launch". Now, whenever you press that key, AA will launch the game you currently have selected.

[James Pond]

thank you.