Simple Wheels Generator

Since version 2.0.0.6

This generator is accessible, after having selected the Roms to be processed, via the Selected Roms tab and the Wheel Generator button.

When you click on this button, the configuration menu of the Wheel generator appears.

The textual information that will appear in the generated wheel can have a solid color or a random color

If no solid color is indicated in the combobox, the generator will use random colors for each wheel created.

• Wheel width: width of the wheel
• Wheel height: length of the wheel

You must select a font. Only the .ttf files found in the directory: %appdata%\Roaming\Nexouille Soft\arrm\ressources are listed in the combobox. You can manually add other fonts in this directory.

Font preview appears when you select a font

You can display on the Wheel one of the following elements from the database:

• the game title, cleaned or not (suffix -wheeltitle)

• Clean up the title: allows you to remove from the title all the references between () and []
• Use fanart as background: allows you to take the existing fanart as the background of the wheel. The fanart will be cropped (cut) to fit within the dimensions specified for the wheel. You must have the fanart in your database.
• Blur background: When using fanart in the background, it is possible to blur this background via a parameter which is by default 5×2 . Here is the list of the different possible blurs:

• the publisher (suffix -wheelpublisher),
• the developer (suffix -wheeldeveloper),
• the genres (suffix -wheelgenre).

For these last 3 elements you can:

• Limit to: number of elements to keep. If the genre includes several genres separated by a comma, the generator only takes the number of genres indicated.
• Delete the duplicate: if an element appears more than once, only one is kept. (example: several times the same genre indicated by mistake for the genre)

Available since ARRM 2.0.3.2 Beta 1

Since ARRM 2.0.3.2 Beta 1, it has been possible to specify the desired suffix for generated wheels.

Change the value of the Generated Wheel Suffix : field to the desired suffix (Example: -marquee) CAUTION: Don't forget the - before the suffix

If you want to use these wheels generated by Wheel Generator as other media, you can place them in the media directory of your choice and ask ARRM to search for them and assign them to the desired media field.

Here's how:

• Place the generated wheel files in the media folder of your choice (Example: marquee)
• Check the following boxes in the Settings tab, then the General Options tab:
  • Check if the media exists
  • Search for missing images

Then reload the system via the ARRM system browser by clicking View. ARRM will search for missing media in the various folders and populate the database fields.

Old Method before ARRM 2.0.3.2 beta 1

You want to use the wheels generated by Wheel Generator as other media.

For example: you want to use the wheeltitle generated by Wheel Generator as Marquee.

Here's how to do it:

• Place the xxxxxxxx-wheeltitle.png files (or other suffixes) in your marquee folder
• Rename these files with the marquee suffix you're using (-marquee or another suffix, for example: alcon-marquee.png):

You can use Windows PowerShell to rename the files with the appropriate suffix (if you want to rename -wheeltitle to -marquee), do this in a PowerShell window:

cd your_directory_with_your_images -wheeltitle
dir *-wheeltitle.png | Rename-item -NewName { $_.Name -replace "-wheeltitle","-marquee" }

Check the following boxes in the Settings tab, then the General Options tab:

• Check if media exists
• Search for missing images

Then reload the system via the ARRM system browser by clicking View. ARRM will search for missing media in the various folders and populate the database fields.