MAME 0.103 - More ST-V Updates

jpolz · Post by **jpolz** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 8:39 pm

0.103
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MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
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astrob0102u5gre [Nicola Salmoria]

Source Changes
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Completely rewrote machine/stvcd.c and .h. There's a lot less there now,
but what's there is more understandable and works much better. [R. Belmont]

Some RF5C400 improvements. [hoot development team]

Cleaned up/reorganized some of the messy Neo Geo code. Separated out bootleg-
specific hacks into additional files. [David Haywood]

Replaced a few stray exit() calls with osd_die(). [Oliver Stoneberg]

Fixed layer 1 colors in Blandia. [Pierpaolo Prazzoli]

Corrected interrupt timing in wwfstar driver. [David Haywood]

Fixed chdman to support 64-bit file sizes on some *nix platforms.
[Lawrence Gold]

More ST-V updates: [Mariusz Wojcieszek]
* added idle loop skipping for rsgun
* added RBG caching
* added RBG "two screens" mode
* added Critter Crusher (not working due to missing inputs)
* fixed several bugs introduced recently with all the other changes

Changed i286 core to use the same INPUT_LINE_A20 that the i386 core uses.
[Nathan Woods]

Added partial updates and boosted the interleave in the ddragon driver.
[David Haywood]

Added cdrom_get_track_length() to cdrom.c. [R. Belmont]

Added an atexit handler to ensure trace files are closed in the debugger
in the event of an early exit. [Nathan Woods]

Merged the Sprint 4/Ultra Tank drivers and made the following fixes:
[Stefan Jokisch]

* Ultra Tank:
- hardware collision detection (computer is now able to manoeuvre
around barriers)
- sprite fixes (invisble tank option works, tank explosion sequence)
- playfield fixes (text colors are different)
- watchdog and coin lockout added
- sync and color proms added
- motor sound fix (previously this was hooked up to the wrong address)
- misc internal fixes like cpu speed, RAM size etc

* Sprint 4:
- sound support (inherited from Ultra Tank)
- watchdog added

Fixed bug in the Grand Champion fog effect. [Hans Andersson]

Fixed Triple Hunt and several older Atari games to use RAM mirroring for
zero page memory. [Stefan Jokisch]

Fixed several endian issues with the SE3208 core and the Crystal System
driver. [Brad Oliver]

Got the DCS-3 sound system working for Road Burners. [Aaron Giles]

Did some cleanup in the ADSP-21xx core to support program memory more
correctly and support execution from multiple banks. [Aaron Giles]

New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
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Mad Ball [David Haywood, Brian Troha]
Super Model [David Haywood]
Garogun Seroyang (Korea) [David Haywood, Pierpaolo Prazzoli]
MuHanSeungBu (SemiCom Baseball) [David Haywood, Brian Troha]
Games V18.2 [Pierpaolo Prazzoli, Guru]

New clones added
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Puzzle Bang Bang [Brian Troha, Pierpaolo Prazzoli]
Super World Court (World) [Stefan Lindberg]
Out Zone (set 3) [David Haywood]
Mini Vegas 4in1 [Tomasz Slanina]
Crazy Rally (set 2) [David Haywood, Guru]
Gouketsuji Ichizoku (Japan) [Pierpaolo Prazzoli, Guru]
Dynamite Duke (Japan) [Pierpaolo Prazzoli, Guru]
The Double Dynamites (Japan) [Pierpaolo Prazzoli, Bryan McPhail, Guru]
Passing Shot (World, 4 Players, FD1094 317-0074) [Mame Italia]

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
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Martial Masters [David Haywood]
Demon Front [David Haywood]
Canvas Croquis [David Haywood]
Go 2000 [David Haywood, Brian Troha]
Gekisou (Japan) [David Haywood]
Critter Crusher [Mariusz Wojcieszek, Guru]
Card Line [Tomasz Slanina]
Shuttle Invader [Tomasz Slanina, Guru]

I'm getting 50-60fps in Radiant Silvergun with no frame skip on my P4 3.4Ghz machine.

Man, his this thing some a long way in a short amount of time!

jpolz · Post by **jpolz** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 9:00 pm

OK. I need to revise my statements a bit....

Radiant Silvergun runs at about 50-60fps, no frame skip until a boss shows up, then it drops to about 30fps. Still playable and much improved performance. I give it a few more revisions and it should be damn near perfect.

Soukyugurentai runs at a full 60fps throughout the first two levels, but the intro launch scene has a corrupted background that wasn't present before.

Ord · Post by **Ord** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 9:19 pm

hmmm. I didn't get any sound in Radiant Silvergun.

Smraedis · Post by **Smraedis** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 10:08 pm

Souky is still way too slower than normal here, but its saying that I'm getting 95-100% in the game, kinda makes the game a little bit boring..

al138 · Post by **al138** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 1:23 am

Wow, RS is now quite playable for me on my P4 1.6--provided that I run it windowed. Around 40 fps. The sound is pretty bad, but that might be my set up.

Dandy J · Post by **Dandy J** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 2:41 am

You should just disable sound, it can improve performance dramatically.

elvis · Post by **elvis** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 3:01 am

I'm so excited, I think a little bit of pee just came out.

BUHA · Post by **BUHA** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 4:22 am

how do you guys get this to work in mame? i have the STV bios and i have the rom and i can't get it to work! it keeps saying some file isn't found! any help would be greatly appreciated

Tomtom · Post by **Tomtom** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 5:22 am

Cool, Demon Front is added. I hope they can get it to work, I've always been curious about that one. I've had enough RSG for this lifetime

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 5:52 am

elvis wrote:I'm so excited, I think a little bit of pee just came out.

ahahahahahaah

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 9:11 am

elvis wrote:I'm so excited, I think a little bit of pee just came out.

That was dumb.

I'm still not seeing the big deal, even if the Saturn conversions weren't better SSF still runs better anyways. Better yet a real Saturn, both of these have pretty noticeable input lag.

Not that I'm ungrateful to mamedev.

BUHA · Post by **BUHA** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 9:13 am

can anybody help me make radiant silvergun work? i don't know what i'm doing wrong!!!

agony · Post by **agony** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 1:02 pm

K:\ag_mame0103>mameat rsgun
Average FPS: 47.931275 (5869 frames)

it works! :]

kennyrh · Post by **kennyrh** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 4:53 pm

Anybody know why the download for new games since Mame 102 is so big (over 1 gig) when the number of new games listed is relatively small ??

elvis · Post by **elvis** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 12:36 am

BUHA wrote:can anybody help me make radiant silvergun work? i don't know what i'm doing wrong!!!

1) Write down the EXACT error you get. If we don't know the error message, we can't help.

2) Go to MAWS and check out the files you need:
http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/rsgun

These data files will live inside your stvbios.zip and rsgun.zip files (no need to decompress them, just leave them as whole zips and MAME decompresses them on the fly).

You need to make sure all of your data files exist, and have the right SHA1 hash. To check your files in depth, you can use ClrMAMEPro:
http://www.clrmame.com/

And here's a guide on how to use it properly:
http://www.mameworld.net/easyemu/clrmameguide.htm

BUHA · Post by **BUHA** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 9:44 pm

i got it to work! it doesnt work very well, but it's definitely getting there

BUHA · Post by **BUHA** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:00 pm

this was the solution to my problem (it could be helpful to other people who cant get it to work)

i had to extract the stv bios files and put them all into the rsgun zip file. then the game worked fine!

elvis · Post by **elvis** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:31 pm

BUHA wrote:i had to extract the stv bios files and put them all into the rsgun zip file. then the game worked fine!

You shouldn't need to do that. As long as the correct data files live inside the correct zip files, and the zip files live in your /roms/ folder, and that folder is the default data location for mame as specified in the mame.ini file (or mame32.ini if you use that), then all should be well.

If you've moved your MAME folder around, damaged your mame.ini file or are referring to games by their filename instead of romname (ie: you're starting the emulator with "mame rsgun.zip" instead of "mame rsgun" then that will break.

BUHA · Post by **BUHA** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 12:47 am

whatever! i'm just glad i got it to work at all

dbish · Post by **dbish** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 6:47 am

I get an error saying that I am missing epr19730.ic8

Following the aformentioned advice, I am seeing that it is part of the STV bios. Does that come seperatly from MAME? Or do I just have to move something around?

BUHA · Post by **BUHA** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 8:49 pm

you have to download it from somewhere else.

I googled it and found it really quickly

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:56 am

I could really use some help with this rev. of Mame. I'm used to Mame32, with the GUI, so when I try to open this latest version of Mame, I don't even get a chance to type what I need to for a game to run-it just gives me an error message to the effect that something's wrong with the graphics setting on my PC, but doesn't give me any advice on what to change.

Post by **nZero** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:25 am

So use MAME32 then, it's usually updated to the latest version within a few hours of official MAME.

Tomtom · Post by **Tomtom** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:26 pm

Well, I tried out RSG and Souky, and was surprised with the results on my Athlon 2500+. I got about 20fps on RSG, which if you turn the frameskip up is about 80% normal speed, without sound. Souky ran a bit faster, and though I had a pretty crappy run and died on the second boss, it was running at full speed and playable. I got the Shienryu ROM as well, so I'll try that out later (maybe it will be faster seeing as how it's all 2D).

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 7:57 pm

nZero wrote:So use MAME32 then, it's usually updated to the latest version within a few hours of official MAME.

Wow, I didn't know that was out; thanks! But where else can I download it; I don't have a subscription to File Planet, and www.zophar.net doesn't have it, AFIK.

Ord · Post by **Ord** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:01 pm

dave4shmups wrote:
nZero wrote:So use MAME32 then, it's usually updated to the latest version within a few hours of official MAME.
Wow, I didn't know that was out; thanks! But where else can I download it; I don't have a subscription to File Planet, and www.zophar.net doesn't have it, AFIK.

You can register for free on File Planet and download it from there. Took me 5 mins.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:51 am

nevermindzorz.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:53 am

dave4shmups wrote:Could someone please email me this version of Mame32? This is ridiculous; I have an account with Gamespy, and couldn't log in- it's telling me that the information is incorrect, which is not true, so I cannot get on File Planet.

Is there anywhere else you can get this latest version of Mame32??

Check my sig.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:57 am

Neon wrote:
dave4shmups wrote:Could someone please email me this version of Mame32? This is ridiculous; I have an account with Gamespy, and couldn't log in- it's telling me that the information is incorrect, which is not true, so I cannot get on File Planet.

Is there anywhere else you can get this latest version of Mame32??
Check my sig.

Got it and got it working, but thanks anyhow, Neon!

Well, I tried out both Cotton 2 and Cotton Boomerang, and while I don't get the whole juggling mechanic, so to speak, the games are beautiful and fun to play without it. Definately two must own Saturn titles.

But I'm done for now-and as usual, I feel like a thief.