> This brings up a question: who do I message to request MESS to have the ability to > load graphics from a layout file depending on the game cartridge selected? I > currently have 50 Atari 2600 artwork files that have to be selected with a command > line switch and it would be great to have ONE artwork file for Atari 2600 with 50 > images in the .zip.
What you're requesting is generally how the Vectrex artwork is already set up to do. You have one *.lay file, with all *.png files images, in one *.zip file for the system.
The -view commend controls what artwork you want to appear. All views are specified in the one system lay file (I.E. vectrex.lay), along with all the respective *.png files, and zipped by the system name into the artwork folder (I.E. C:\MESS\artwork\vectrex.zip)
When the lay file is properly setup, you can issue the -view command with the respective ROM file such as:
mess.exe vectrex -cart "C:\ROMS\Vectrex\Pole Position (USA).zip" -view "Pole Position overlay"
All other 'views' for all the other overlays are setup in a similar fashion inside the same one *.lay file.
The view name "Pole Position overlay" is described this way inside the vectrex.lay file:
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