Sonic Wings (Aero Fighters) 2 & 3
Re: Sonic Wings (Aero Fighters) 2 & 3
You can try this:
- Delete the nvram folder
- Create a .txt file named "nvram" in the Mame folder
- Remove the .txt extension, leaving an extensionless file named "nvram".
Now, when you run a game in MAME, it will try to create a folder named "nvram" to store the nvram in, but it will fail because the name is already taken.
I haven't done this in a while, but I remember it working well.
- Delete the nvram folder
- Create a .txt file named "nvram" in the Mame folder
- Remove the .txt extension, leaving an extensionless file named "nvram".
Now, when you run a game in MAME, it will try to create a folder named "nvram" to store the nvram in, but it will fail because the name is already taken.
I haven't done this in a while, but I remember it working well.
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ProjectAKo
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Re: Sonic Wings (Aero Fighters) 2 & 3
It looks like that worked, thanks. I also found out I can skip the loading of shmame GUI by calling from prompt. Only thing left is the stupid Window Size. Do you (or anyone) know how I can get mame to start up with he same window size each time? It only seems to allow MAXIMIZED or SMALLEST window size possible from what I'm reading. I really need it to be nearly the exact size and position on screen each time or it just feels "off".endoKarb wrote:You can try this:
- Delete the nvram folder
- Create a .txt file named "nvram" in the Mame folder
- Remove the .txt extension, leaving an extensionless file named "nvram".
Now, when you run a game in MAME, it will try to create a folder named "nvram" to store the nvram in, but it will fail because the name is already taken.
I haven't done this in a while, but I remember it working well.
Edit: I made a program that does it, so that's it.
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Re: Sonic Wings (Aero Fighters) 2 & 3
Well I made a mame inp tonight of a score similar to yesterday, score would be 2.87m, a decent no-miss run. Only thing is STUPID GHOST is appearing in stage 10, so I lose 60k points... so the score is only 2.81m. https://www.sendspace.com/file/ckzkfr
if I get a really good inp or mambo, I'll upload it
if I get a really good inp or mambo, I'll upload it
Re: Sonic Wings (Aero Fighters) 2 & 3
You can play with wolfmame 106 if you want autofire. Is the better emulator version for all neo geo players (I use it from years). But I suggest you to use bios japan mvs 3, so you can compare your score with D.I (I never use euro bios because in many neo geo games some things changes).
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Re: Sonic Wings (Aero Fighters) 2 & 3
I'm not sure if I can use wolf106 because it's always giving me some issues, and the replay always sends End of file as soon as it starts. Also the sound sounds a bit weird.
Also I found a RISKY strat to kill the 2-9 boss with only 1 bomb. I can dump all my bombs on the black planes in 2-9, this will give me 30k-40k extra points, so maybe I can reach the score of D.I on a PERFECT run without mambo. https://youtu.be/gHeT_bx-cAo
Also I found a RISKY strat to kill the 2-9 boss with only 1 bomb. I can dump all my bombs on the black planes in 2-9, this will give me 30k-40k extra points, so maybe I can reach the score of D.I on a PERFECT run without mambo. https://youtu.be/gHeT_bx-cAo
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Re: Sonic Wings (Aero Fighters) 2 & 3
Welp it's not mambo, but it happened. I spent the last 3 days furiously studying bombless 19 boss and 20 boss SUICIDE STRAT. Extra bombs allow me to kill all the black planes in stage 19, and then the super dangerous farming of stage 20 boss. Then I did the riskiest run ever and somehow finished with no bombs or lives. 2,950,800! .INP Replay here https://www.sendspace.com/file/7ya1j4
And there is no way in hell I will get higher than that, because I won't do bombless 19 boss again, it's just too risky. I'll just do safe play and grind until mambo appears.
And there is no way in hell I will get higher than that, because I won't do bombless 19 boss again, it's just too risky. I'll just do safe play and grind until mambo appears.
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Re: Sonic Wings (Aero Fighters) 2 & 3
Hmm, the weirdest thing happened to me at the end of a real run https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFG6q6I67y8
I wasn't even playing as the ninja...
I wasn't even playing as the ninja...
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Well I almost just got higher than 3 million, something I didn't know how was possible, but at the last minute of course the ghost appeared, causing me to lose 50k points. Man the RNG in this game is crap.
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Re: Sonic Wings (Aero Fighters) 2 & 3
My 49th full completed score run of this game...
As far as I know the first time someone has gotten more than 3 million without mambo. I figured out a score boost with:
Stage 3 - Much better path giving me 15,000
Stage 10 - Got several monkey spawns, eye boss appeared
Stage 13 - Much better path giving me 8,000
Brazil 2 - Better medal strategy worth 8,000 (messed up and only got 2,000)
France 2 - Got the easiest boss pattern, so saved a bomb (10,000)
Stage 17 - Super lucky bonus collection (20,000?)
Stage 19 - Dumped 3 bombs on black planes and got full points, did bombless boss strat
Stage 20 - Got several monkey spawns, eye boss appeared and destroyed boss parts worth 70,000
With very good luck and better stage 7 I could have got 30k more maybe. Max humanly possible score for the F-15 is probably around 3.04 million. Also here's a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNymmeIsglU
As far as I know the first time someone has gotten more than 3 million without mambo. I figured out a score boost with:
Stage 3 - Much better path giving me 15,000
Stage 10 - Got several monkey spawns, eye boss appeared
Stage 13 - Much better path giving me 8,000
Brazil 2 - Better medal strategy worth 8,000 (messed up and only got 2,000)
France 2 - Got the easiest boss pattern, so saved a bomb (10,000)
Stage 17 - Super lucky bonus collection (20,000?)
Stage 19 - Dumped 3 bombs on black planes and got full points, did bombless boss strat
Stage 20 - Got several monkey spawns, eye boss appeared and destroyed boss parts worth 70,000
With very good luck and better stage 7 I could have got 30k more maybe. Max humanly possible score for the F-15 is probably around 3.04 million. Also here's a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNymmeIsglU
Well damn, done.
You've done good.ProjectAKo wrote:My 49th full completed score run of this game...
As far as I know the first time someone has gotten more than 3 million without mambo. I figured out a score boost with:
Stage 3 - Much better path giving me 15,000
Stage 10 - Got several monkey spawns, eye boss appeared
Stage 13 - Much better path giving me 8,000
Brazil 2 - Better medal strategy worth 8,000 (messed up and only got 2,000)
France 2 - Got the easiest boss pattern, so saved a bomb (10,000)
Stage 17 - Super lucky bonus collection (20,000?)
Stage 19 - Dumped 3 bombs on black planes and got full points, did bombless boss strat
Stage 20 - Got several monkey spawns, eye boss appeared and destroyed boss parts worth 70,000
With very good luck and better stage 7 I could have got 30k more maybe. Max humanly possible score for the F-15 is probably around 3.04 million. Also here's a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNymmeIsglU
'Only a fool trusts his life to a weapon.'
Re: Sonic Wings (Aero Fighters) 2 & 3
Is the first time in the arcade hi-score history when a western player beat a japanese score in a shooting game. No words....
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Re: Sonic Wings (Aero Fighters) 2 & 3
Here's .inp replays of mine, I recorded about 30 in the past 1 month https://www.sendspace.com/file/k4m7s3Gemant wrote:Is the first time in the arcade hi-score history when a western player beat a japanese score in a shooting game. No words....
I'm not sure why japanese scores didn't play the F-15 more. She must be the highest scorer in this game, because she can get full point bonus from stage 8 and 18. I don't understand how to score well with other planes at all. They're too slow to get all the medals, and they can't stop time so sprite limit bug causes huge loss of points.
But now I must still find the stupid fish anyway...
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Re: Sonic Wings (Aero Fighters) 2 & 3
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If this is your definitive score, please upload a 720p HD quality video!
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Yeah I'll do that one more time when I'm sure I'm done with the game forever, but I'm tired of recording videos already. Actually, I made this guide video for brazil 2 while I was learning how to use adobe premiere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd67G27WIfs
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Re: Sonic Wings (Aero Fighters) 2 & 3
A fairly focused run (for me!) after a lot of snoozy deaths.
jessiewonka - 565600 - Spanky - 1-6 - MVS (AF2)
jessiewonka - 565600 - Spanky - 1-6 - MVS (AF2)
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Good job bro. Spanky is the hardest ship to master imo... damn those shields are weirdjessiewonka wrote:A fairly focused run (for me!) after a lot of snoozy deaths.
jessiewonka - 565600 - Spanky - 1-6 - MVS (AF2)
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They're super weird. I prefer Mao Mao's speed but I seem to make it further and score higher with Spankster.ProjectAKo wrote:Good job bro. Spanky is the hardest ship to master imo... damn those shields are weird
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Re: Sonic Wings (Aero Fighters) 2 & 3
Is this thread dead? I'm taking the game back out of my cab!
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Well it was never a very popular series for sure
I still complete the game once per day. Up to completion #77 now. Still no mambo appearance.
I still complete the game once per day. Up to completion #77 now. Still no mambo appearance.
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Btw your score is crazy time, congrats on that thing.
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Thanks. Only took 8 monthsjessiewonka wrote:Btw your score is crazy time, congrats on that thing.
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Well it's fucking over, after 85 full runs and many failed runs, taking 44 minutes each spread over several months, I can finally stop playing this god damn RNG game
Fishman even appeared in the best place during a very strong run, so the final score was much better than I was hoping for. I would've settled for 3.2m. Next I want to learn Sonic Wings Limited / SW4 (not PSX version). I think the west record for it is low right now.
Here is a zip file which contains 3 things - https://www.sendspace.com/file/7l0oed
1) All my .inp files
2) A program I made to resize the MAME window, because it always annoyed me starting minimized.
3) Fixed sound engine working for aero fighters 2 / sonic wings 2. It stops the frequent sound crashing you get on MAME, but doesn't effect the game.
Fishman even appeared in the best place during a very strong run, so the final score was much better than I was hoping for. I would've settled for 3.2m. Next I want to learn Sonic Wings Limited / SW4 (not PSX version). I think the west record for it is low right now.
Here is a zip file which contains 3 things - https://www.sendspace.com/file/7l0oed
1) All my .inp files
2) A program I made to resize the MAME window, because it always annoyed me starting minimized.
3) Fixed sound engine working for aero fighters 2 / sonic wings 2. It stops the frequent sound crashing you get on MAME, but doesn't effect the game.
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That score is awesome, looks like Mambo finally turned up and you beat the ancient world record?
Amazing work either way, we need some more world records up in this.
Amazing work either way, we need some more world records up in this.
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Re: Sonic Wings (Aero Fighters) 2 & 3
Yep. But still HKR's old score is still impressive to me, because he never got to study the game in MAME like I could. I would love to contact those old players or watch them play.ciox wrote:That score is awesome, looks like Mambo finally turned up and you beat the ancient world record?
Amazing work either way, we need some more world records up in this.
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Glad to see it finally happened for you. Great perseverance. What's next?
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Get Sonic Wings Limited western recordKeres wrote:Glad to see it finally happened for you. Great perseverance. What's next?
Try and 1cc some games like sengoku blade and strikers
Learn some yagawa games
But not so serious anymore. According to MAME I played sw2 for 1,500 hours total and I can't waste that much time again.
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Well congrats, you should be proud! What type of work, or school, do you do that you have so much free time!
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There is a link for the correct shmupsmame version?
I not have familiarity with shmupsmame, is totally different from wolfmame, is available a video in youtube?
I not have familiarity with shmupsmame, is totally different from wolfmame, is available a video in youtube?