Shmupmame 4.2: Lagless Mars Matrix, Strikers 1945, Galaga 88

[BPzeBanshee]

I've noticed the process issue on my legacy machine with Shmupmame 2.2 doesnt seem to happen on my Bootcamp setup in the living room. They're off the same install CD though the Bootcamp setup is considerably more updated. Maybe just put the computer through a Windows Update session, something like that could do it I suppose.

[captpain]

I have reached a point in my life where I am excited about the upcoming release of a custome MAME build, and it's time I accept that

[Zeron]

Gahh I cannot wait for 3.0

I have become so spoiled

Any hints on what the suprise is? the suspense is killing me

[BPzeBanshee]

Gahh I cannot wait for 3.0

I have become so spoiled

Any hints on what the suprise is? the suspense is killing me

I'm willing to bet it's this:

Just to let you people know it will be running at 100% speed with all the sprite issues fixed in the next mame release and if you arnt familiar with this game get involved it really is amazing .

Because I'm 16 and I know Raiden II is never going to be playable in MAME during my lifetime.

[gavin19]

After some fiddling about I got Black to run and promptly scored 29 million. Given that my PS2 high on DOJ was only around 9 million, I was happy with that.

Except when I restarted, no high score saved

I have hiscore enabled, and have a hiscore dat (latest version). Do I need anything else to ensure my scores are saved? I didn't check Ketsui or Galuda but I'm assuming they didn't save the scores either.

[bcass]

Hiscore.dat does not yet support these titles.

[nahucirujano]

Hiscore.dat does not yet support these titles.

Damn... I just wanted to ask about this... :S
So ShmupMame doesn´t support the hiscore.dat? There no way to use it with this ShmupMame version? :S

[Zeron]

Hiscore.dat does not yet support these titles.

Damn... I just wanted to ask about this... :S
So ShmupMame doesn´t support the hiscore.dat? There no way to use it with this ShmupMame version? :S

Its not shmup mame that does not support hiscore.dat its hiscore.dat that has not been updated with these new games.

[PROMETHEUS]

After some fiddling about I got Black to run and promptly scored 29 million. Given that my PS2 high on DOJ was only around 9 million, I was happy with that.

Except when I restarted, no high score saved :(

I have hiscore enabled, and have a hiscore dat (latest version). Do I need anything else to ensure my scores are saved? I didn't check Ketsui or Galuda but I'm assuming they didn't save the scores either.

Input files are a much nicer record of your best scores anyway !

[gavin19]

OK thanks for the info chaps. At least I know it's not a problem on my end. INPs it is then!

[nahucirujano]

Its not shmup mame that does not support hiscore.dat its hiscore.dat that has not been updated with these new games.

oh, I see... But for so many other games yes, does it?
I would like to save my scores of ESP Ra De, Puzzle Bobble Series, Tetris Grand Master 2, DoDonPachi, Magical Drop Series and so many other games... So...
There is some tutorial or something? I don`t know how to use this file. And I don`t know what other tools I need to succesfully use it either... There is some good tutorial?

[Arcatech]

Put the hiscore.dat file inside your mame folder.

[captpain]

Its not shmup mame that does not support hiscore.dat its hiscore.dat that has not been updated with these new games.

oh, I see... But for so many other games yes, does it?
I would like to save my scores of ESP Ra De, Puzzle Bobble Series, Tetris Grand Master 2, DoDonPachi, Magical Drop Series and so many other games... So...
There is some tutorial or something? I don`t know how to use this file. And I don`t know what other tools I need to succesfully use it either... There is some good tutorial?

Press F12 and take a screenshot.

[Frederik]

I always have a savestate dedicated to the highscore screen and save them that way. I just need to remember to load that state before I do a serious run and save again after I put in my initials. I never knew about the Highscore.dat, I just do it like that for all games.

[peat]

Does anyone have the sources or source updates for 0.140u2 or u3? I'm trying to build on Ubuntu, and the shmupmame patch doesn't work with 0.141 (fails at mame/video/cps1.c, which has been changed from C to C++). All I can find on mame.net is 0.140.

[IseeThings]

I always have a savestate dedicated to the highscore screen and save them that way. I just need to remember to load that state before I do a serious run and save again after I put in my initials. I never knew about the Highscore.dat, I just do it like that for all games.

That's how you're meant to do it these days.

[bcass]

Unless you have a hiscore.dat (that works for the game in question).

[IseeThings]

Unless you have a hiscore.dat (that works for the game in question).

It's still the way you're MEANT to do it these days, as recommended by MAMEdev etc.

Hiscore.dat is considered an unsupported hack.

[bcass]

Nobody listens to MAMEdev when it comes to what people consider to be "useful" features in MAME. Does anybody even use the official version anymore? I thought everyone just used it as a base to compile the actual versions people use, like MAME32 Plus, etc. Messing about with save states just to save your hi-scores is dumb. Far more convenient to have hiscore.dat automate it all for you.

[emphatic]

Unless you have a hiscore.dat (that works for the game in question).

It's still the way you're MEANT to do it these days, as recommended by MAMEdev etc.

Hiscore.dat is considered an unsupported hack.

All true. After all, MAME is about keeping stuff as it really works, and not as what is convenient for people who go "who-hoo, free games off the internet".

[bcass]

If everyone stuck to the MAMEdev brief, you wouldn't even have auto-fire in games, never mind automatic hi-score saving...

[Despatche]

We used to not. Why do you think that changed?

[ilitirit]

Does anyone know where I can find Lagless Mame 0.99? Seems like the later ones don't support save states in DDP.

[Drachenherz]

I wonder what causes laggless99 to not work (ie that app wont start 0x0000005 thing). In the past rebooting win7 fixed it but now it point blank refuses to work, shame

Ah, yes, this message... Because of this error, I had to switch to the regular version of 99. I need my savestates in EspRa.De. in order to make better progress.

Found a solution to this problem, and it was actually pretty simple...

Using Shmupmame Lagless 0.99 in Win 7 led to the aforementioned error.

Okay, I tried the compatibility mode, used Win XP Service Pack 2 Settings for the compatibility mode of the mame.exe file and voilà: A working lagless shmupmame 0.99 for me!

[exquisite_torture]

It has been a while since I used MAME, so please forgive the retarded nature of this post.
As far as I can remember the roms remain zipped and placed in a roms folder?
I don't see a roms folder in this release and when I create one and paste the roms to it MAME doesn't see them, only the default Pong.

[Drachenherz]

Yes, you are right, you can keep the roms as zips.

Create a "roms" folder in Mame, and then go fiddle in the optionsmenu (I think it's called "default options" or something like this), tell mame in what folder to look for the roms.

[exquisite_torture]

Thank you for your speedy reply, but there aren't any relevant options.

[emphatic]

Thank you for your speedy reply, but there aren't any relevant options.

After you have created a "roms" folder in your MAME directory, run your MAME exe and press F5 to refresh your game list.

[PROMETHEUS]

Does anyone know where I can find Lagless Mame 0.99? Seems like the later ones don't support save states in DDP.

This topic, second post.

[exquisite_torture]

Thank you for your speedy reply, but there aren't any relevant options.

After you have created a "roms" folder in your MAME directory, run your MAME exe and press F5 to refresh your game list.

Thanks emphatic, I forgot about that. Unfortunately, it hasn't worked. I've got Espgaluda and Ketsui all from the same source which aren't showing, so I've downloaded some older roms and these aren't showing either. I haven't used MAME since Win XP days and now I'm wondering if there's some sort of issue with MAME roms and Win 7?