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

[Zeron]

Oh man you are a god Nimitz

[Treasurance]

I tried on a laptop using Vista 32-bit SP1 and it worked perfectly.

not sure what is causing that.

Guess it's this SP2.
Oh well, gotta try on some other computer

[Zeron]

I noticed that it cannot detect alot my roms should I umm replace them to 0.99 version of the roms?


Edit:


I noticed that the CAVE PGM games run like crap now(everything ran 100% on 2.2) I got very low fps and my 360 stick with drivers installed is not detected

[TVG]

When I try to launch any game, it loads, goes to fullscreen (black screen) for a sec then gets back to desktop, with the mame window reduced still in the toolbar. If I try to restore it it does the same thing again. What could that be?

[LaserGun]

Thanks, Nimitz. Working good here on my XP SP3 junk heap.

If people are having framerate issues on older machines, try going to Default Game Properties -> Miscellaneous and change the M68K Core to ASM in the drop down box.

[PROMETHEUS]

When I try to launch any game, it loads, goes to fullscreen (black screen) for a sec then gets back to desktop, with the mame window reduced still in the toolbar. If I try to restore it it does the same thing again. What could that be?

That's exactly the issue I had with 2.2.
(Hope I won't have the same problem with 3.0. Can't play yet though, don't have the new roms.)

[emphatic]

I have a different issue. Ketsui and DOJ Black Label doesn't show up in the "available games" list, but if I go to ALL GAMES and launch it from there Ketsui works without any errors or anything. DOJBL doesn't, but gives me a missing rom error (ending with .nv).

I'm on Windows 7. Also, awesome work, Nimitz!

[Sapz]

Thanks, Nimitz! Batrider and Bakraid especially are much more enjoyable now.

I've noticed some strange things with DOJBL, though. When trying to record a .inp, the game displays 'rom error' where it should usually ask whether to play the old or new version; this doesn't happen if I just run the game without recording an input. Maybe my romset has problems or something, but it's pretty odd. This doesn't happen when trying to record DOJWL.

Aside from that, there are some sprites which appear smaller compared to how they look in shmupmame 2.2 or the 360 port, namely the blue bullets on the 1-4 boss' 4th attack and the fireballs from the third 1-5 midboss (more in line with their actual hitboxes, perhaps). Is this intentional?

[nimitz]

Sapz : thanks for the info, this is very odd, only happens with DOJBL right?

maybe if you try setting the game back to "defaults" in the setup menu?

emphatic: that's probably because you don't have the 141 roms

[emphatic]

emphatic: that's probably because you don't have the 141 roms

Thanks, you are probably correct. I was a bit unsure of what roms goes with this as it's based on 0.99, but it's supposed to be 0.141 roms for ALL games then, right?

Q: Would it be possible to compile a ShmupAdvanceMAME for DOS? Seeing as you've done all the hard work of making the updated drivers work with the 0.99 base they could be somewhat easier to include when building AdvanceMAME?

[PROMETHEUS]

Sapz : thanks for the info, this is very odd, only happens with DOJBL right?

maybe if you try setting the game back to "defaults" in the setup menu?

emphatic: that's probably because you don't have the 141 roms

Same problem as Sapz, only it happens regardless of whether I'm trying to record an input or just launching the game normally. Only happens with DOJ BL.

[nimitz]

I isolated the problem and know how to fix it, expect a version 3.0b soon (maybe a few days)

[Sapz]

Awesome. Thanks again for the good work!

[PROMETHEUS]

Awesome. Thanks again for the good work!

+1 !

[joeblade]

I noticed that it cannot detect alot my roms should I umm replace them to 0.99 version of the roms?


Edit:


I noticed that the CAVE PGM games run like crap now(everything ran 100% on 2.2) I got very low fps and my 360 stick with drivers installed is not detected

Many thanks for this version nimitz...
Cave games running fine for me but seconded on the 360 stick...no support as far as i can see..

[Nick420]

Awesome sauce! Luvin it!

[captpain]

You need to enable joystick in the Controllers tab (find it in Options -> Default Game Options -> Controllers)

Check "Enable joystick input"

[Zeron]

Well I assume that its my PC which is the culprit behind CAVE PGM running like ass, I disabled Direct X and it now runs around 95-100% though in 2.2 it was constant 100%.


I also noticed PRO GEAR Asia region is declared non fuctioning same goes for 1944 JAPAN,19-XX Japan,GIGA WING-ASIA,SKULLFANG JAPAN,


Also the enable joystick didnt help, still does not detect any inputs.

[nimitz]

Disabling directx will make mame run in software render mode which is slower, the fastest mode is direct3d.

[Zeron]

Disabling directx will make mame run in software render mode which is slower, the fastest mode is direct3d.

Thats odd using Direct Draw is the best I can archieve running it in Direct 3D makes the fps collapse massively.

[third_strike]

http://img691.imageshack.us/g/0000ka.png/
ESpGaluda have only 3 buttons too.
Can't record a inp in espgaluda.

[emphatic]

http://img691.imageshack.us/g/0000ka.png/
ESpGaluda have only 3 buttons too.
Can't record a inp in espgaluda.

ESPGALUDA uses 4 buttons. Did you remove this by accident, Nimitz?

[TVG]

So I'm the only one who gets the window refusing to open fullscreen in this version (using XP)? Damn I gotta try to fux it somehow. I changed a bunch of options to no avail.

How is ketsui running otherwise for you guys?

Edit: I did not have this problem with 2.2

[Iori Branford]

I'm guessing the PGM driver didn't have sprite scaling yet in this version.

http://img691.imageshack.us/g/0000ka.png/
ESpGaluda have only 3 buttons too.
Can't record a inp in espgaluda.

I have all four buttons. Maybe the auto-fire button setting defaults to off.

I also noticed PRO GEAR Asia region is declared non fuctioning same goes for 1944 JAPAN,19-XX Japan,GIGA WING-ASIA,SKULLFANG JAPAN,

CPS2 games are out because its decryption algorithm wasn't implemented at the time. I would keep 2.2 around until 3.0 gets the latest CPS2 driver.

[TVG]

Okay I fixed my problem by starting the hame in windowed mode at first, then ticking off "start off maximised" then ticking off "start in a window". Not sure which one fixed it.

[TrevHead (TVR)]

Its seems that my 64bit Win7 PC doesnt like ver 3 just like ver1.5 where im getting that x00000c bug

I dont know if you have any plans to fix this bug Nimitz and I wouldnt be that much of a dick as to presume youll have the time or will to fix it. But anyway heres some info, not been a programmer I dont have a clue what info you might find usefull so ill just witter and rant on and you take what you can out of it

Here a couple of screen captures of the fault plus my HP6320uk PC's Specs and running processes. (if you need any more info just PM me)
http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu12 ... ev3bug.png
http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu12 ... v3bug2.png

All I can add is that its has Intel Rapid Storage Technolgy / RAID and that Steam, Daemon tools lite and U torrent are usually set up to start at startup (ive now turned them off and Im still getting the bug)
Also that when I first started using 1.5 6-8 months back my PC was only about 2 months old and It worked almost fine, and ocationally when I got the x0000c bug it just it need a single reboot to fix it.
All though this time ive made no hardware changes, but have altered my ATI CCC drivers (not just upgrade) change my anti Virus from Paid to AGV free and added a few audio and video codecs and Itunes. EDIT: I have windows Aero perminatly switched off due to the conflicts it can cause with games

Oh and used a registry scanner / cleaner just the once and it was around the time the bug got worse. Its also worth noting that I was getting a shitload of automatic updates to windows aswell. So my hunch is that M$ through updating has done something thats causing conflicts.

By got worse I mean that It 95% of the time 1.5 and now 3.0 (2.0, 2.2 and standard wolfmame99 work fine) gets that bug and wont start and it needs a reboot to have any chance of working.

Luckly I did get to play 3.0 as it worked 1st attempt after an install and was really impressed with the work youve put in. the 2nd time it tried playing it (after a reboot, as it probably would of contined to launch if i hadnt rebooted) It bugged out on me. and continued to do the same for the next 12- 15 reboots (even trying tricks like using freshly unpacked versions aswell)

So its back to 2.2 and wolfmame99 for atleast 2 days or so until my PC decides to run 3.0 properlly, which the the tempremental bugger will work for the next 1 or 2 reboots before it cockblocks me again for another couple of days.

All the same my thx go out to Nimitz and all the hard work you put into making out hobby so enjoyable.

[joeblade]

You need to enable joystick in the Controllers tab (find it in Options -> Default Game Options -> Controllers)

Check "Enable joystick input"

Thanks captpain but that was the first thing i did with no effect!!

ESPGaluda seems to be doing some odd things when you come out of kakusei mode...gauge still shows slightly and is broken in two?? very odd!!

Otherwise...fantastic!!

[TrevHead (TVR)]

Hmmm it after googling the application error text ive come across this http://ambientweather.wikispaces.com/Th ... pplication

Dunno if itll fix shmupmames xc0000005 fault as its all concerning different programmes (and ive also read recommendations to run programmes like regscrub and CC cleaner although I dont see how cleaning the registry can have an effect on an application that isnt installed).
Anyway im tired Ill leave it all for tomorrow night

BTW JoeBlade is your name taken from those classic speccy games by any chance?

[nimitz]

Galuda has 4 buttons, the 4th one is just a little farther down the button list...

Starting the game with 100 gems in galuda is normal behavior...

Cps2 games work in mame99 (minus a few sets) but you will need different roms.

As for the recording problems with Cave pgm games, that should be fixed soon.

[Aisha]

I usually just play in windowed mode and for some reason 3.0 is giving me a really wide window (3.0 left, 2.2 right: http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/1374/ddp3.png). It looks fine in full screen, but I really hate playing like that. I've tried messing around with some options to slim the window down, but none appear to be having any effect.

Also, what ROMset does this build require?