[V1.01 UPDATE] Dimahoo Mame Gadget Overlay: Treasure Tracker, Rank Meter and More!

[EmperorIng]

Several talented artists and coders in the larger shmup community decided to address a long-standing problem with Great Mahou Daisakusen/Dimahoo, that being the game is a confusing pos. Well, they might not be able to solve that second problem, but with their new gadget overlay for the game, the confusing part is no more!

https://epozzobon.it/re/gmahou/

V1.01:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/vkbufrz5 ... u.zip/file

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V1.01 - Fixed a bug which caused a crash getting a legendary shield from the chests on Stage 4

Video of the Overlay in Action

FEATURES:

• Treasure tracker,
• Rank display,
• Contextual hints telling you how to drop the secret treasures,
• Input display,
• Boss HP and timer display,
• Chitta Vtuber Operator-chan Window!

Installation:

1. Use Mame 230 or newer
2. In the Configure Plugin options Menu, enable Layout Helper
3. Put the gmahou.zip file above in Mame's artwork folder
4. Reload and enjoy!

NOTE: This only works on the Japanese version, Great Mahou Daisakusen

[Sumez]

This is crazy.
Of all the STGs out there, Dimahoo is probably the one that actually needed these sort of gimmicks the most.
Also crazy props for going with a beautiful pixel art style that actually matches the look of the game really well. M2 could do well to learn from these guys.

[cfx]

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[Sumez]

Compared to M2's work, it's too visually overpowering and distracts your focus from the game screen.

In theory I agree with this point, but have you seen M2's gadgets?? I find them extremely distracting and usually prefer playing without them. The fact that they clash so much with the game's visual style is only more distacting to me.
I agree though, that it would probably be better if this was designed more subtle compared to the action in the gameplay window. And that goes for M2 as well.

[cfx]

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[Sumez]

Hah, I hadn't seen the ones they made for Mahou Daisakusen - it's obvious they were a direct inspiration for this one. It's really cool.

[Feedbacker]

address a long-standing problem with Great Mahou Daisakusen/Dimahoo, that being the game is a confusing pos.

Of all the STGs out there, Dimahoo is probably the one that actually needed these sort of gimmicks the most.

This looks like a great learning tool with an awesome presentation but Dimahoo is perfectly fine and playable for score without such gadgets.

[Rastan78]

This looks like a great learning tool with an awesome presentation but Dimahoo is perfectly fine and playable for score without such gadgets.

Very true, but partly bc the game has its own hidden gadgets already. And they are fairly awkward to manipulate. Pics of certain Raizing cabs I've seen use a start button mapped below the shot button to help with that.

Now that I think about it Raizing was doing gadgets since before it was cool lol.

Either way good stuff. It would be cool if M2 sees this and gets motivated to do GMD shottriggers.

[baf]

Thanks for the thread and these kind words!
I'm glad to see everyone playing (and scoring!) GMD these past few weeks.
Shame that this layout sparked some controversy due to Emulation and such, but nothing to worry about.

[EmperorIng]

There was a game-crashing bug found in the original overlay, but it has been patched and a new link/new file is above. Please redownload!

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V1.01 - Fixed a bug which caused a crash when getting a legendary shield from the chests on Stage 4

Dimahoo is perfectly fine and playable for score without such gadgets

You are technically correct, but I can't tell you how much more I enjoy the game without bringing up the laundry list. I estimate about 300% more enjoyment.

Now, if there was an update that put your charge shot level close to your ship, then the game would be practically perfect (minus the rng). As it stands that is a minus 100% to overall enjoyment.

[EmperorIng]

Thanks for the thread and these kind words!
I'm glad to see everyone playing (and scoring!) GMD these past few weeks.

Yes, thank you for your and olifante's hard work, this has really opened up this game to be way more accessible - and frankly, fun! I look forward to any new improvements in the future!

[OmegaFlareX]

Download & Installation
Sorry! The download link has been removed as requested by the copyright holders! But don't worry, just be patient and you will eventually get an official port with gadgets!

Shot Triggers release confirmed?

[EmperorIng]

Download & Installation
Sorry! The download link has been removed as requested by the copyright holders! But don't worry, just be patient and you will eventually get an official port with gadgets!

Shot Triggers release confirmed?

Or, "copyright holder" says "Take this down or else! Don't worry, we have great plans for this " and we get a shitty Capcom Arcade Stadium 3 wet fart of a port riddled with RE Engine bloat.
The possibilities are endless!

[Manbox]

Installation:

1. Use Mame 230 or newer
2. In the Configure Plugin options Menu, enable Layout Helper
3. Put the gmahou.zip file above in Mame's artwork folder
4. Reload and enjoy!

Where i can get the "Layout Helper" plugin?

[ChurchOfSolipsism]

This game has always been one of my favourite Yagawa games, and while I'm really busy right now, I'm looking forward to trying this mod out in the near future. Many thanks!

[EmperorIng]

Installation:

1. Use Mame 230 or newer
2. In the Configure Plugin options Menu, enable Layout Helper
3. Put the gmahou.zip file above in Mame's artwork folder
4. Reload and enjoy!

Where i can get the "Layout Helper" plugin?

Which version of mame are you using? From my understanding it is already included in versions of mame at least past 248.
If you are using MAMEUI248 it is buried in one of the options menus, but otherwise if using normal mame it should be as I wrote above.

[Manbox]

Installation:

1. Use Mame 230 or newer
2. In the Configure Plugin options Menu, enable Layout Helper
3. Put the gmahou.zip file above in Mame's artwork folder
4. Reload and enjoy!

Where i can get the "Layout Helper" plugin?

Which version of mame are you using? From my understanding it is already included in versions of mame at least past 248.
If you are using MAMEUI248 it is buried in one of the options menus, but otherwise if using normal mame it should be as I wrote above.

I already found the solution. I have a full ROM set of MAME 220 in a torrent, and one day I updated to MAME 231 in the same folder. The plugins folder (boot.lua) was broken, and I couldn't see the plugins menu. So I downloaded and tried MAME 266, and now it works perfectly.

Sorry for the bad English, and thank you for posting the layout and responding!