Raizing Rank Tools (watch rank in Garegga,Batrider,Bakraid)

[nimitz]

So, after checking out the cheats in garemame I realized that it was all in gibberish (even running in locale japanese), so I decided to translate those cheats in english. Then, trap15 told me he had the memory value of Bakraid's rank so I decided to add some tools to watch and control the rank in bakraid too, finally only batrider was left so i found the rank value and added the tools for that too.



This is the final product, a small cheat.dat file (for mame 126 or earlier) that allows you to monitor and change rank for those 3 raizing games.

The options are:
-Display rank (hex) : displays the current rank in the top left corner (in hexadecimal) turning it on and off multiple times allows to lower the display a bit so it doesn't block score

-Display rank (decimal) : same as above, in decimal.

-Display per-frame increment : I think this is only useful for garegga, it shows the current rank change on a per-frame basis. I'm pretty sure these values are fixed in batrider and bakraid

-reset to the easiest rank: This resets the game to the easiest rank value (the highest number is easiest)

-MAX RANK NOW! : This sets the game to the hardest rank value (mostly for fun)

-Change Rank : This lets you select the desired rank value in HEX

-Per-Frame Rank Freeze : This allows to freeze the per frame rank counter



Here is the file, just put in in your main mame directory (same as mame.exe) then load any of the games and under the options are under "cheat" gui menu. To be used with mame 126 or older (shmupmame suggested )
http://www.mediafire.com/file/camu2qzm865670d/cheat.dat

also, this only works with the commonly used sets they are:
Battle Garegga (Europe / USA / Japan / Asia)
Armed Police Batrider (Japan, version B)
Battle Bakraid - Unlimited version (Japan) (Tue Jun 8 1999)

Here's what garegga can look like with close to max rank in stage 1 (it's harder than it looks)




Finally, if anyone can test and tell me what the oddly named cheats are in garegga that would be appreciated. I think the one named "Relief Option 5 pieces" means that the next option will be the search special option.

[Drum]

This is a cool tool, thx.

[mrsmiley381]

Well, I'm going to have to give this a try soon. I might learn a thing or two. I have to say, nice job.

[Aguraki]

thx!
so it has everything garemame has or is there something else?

[winter_in_america]

I will def be loading up shmupmame to try this out.

Is there a concensus on whether shmupmame has eliminated the lag so its close to arcade level?

[nimitz]

thx!
so it has everything garemame has or is there something else?

You can actually use this in garemame. That being said you wont be able to play Batrider and Bakraid in garemame.

Is there a concensus on whether shmupmame has eliminated the lag so its close to arcade level?

As always, it depends on your setup, chances are even using lagless/shmupmame you will still have noticeably more lag than a pcb on an arcade monitor, but it will be closer that's for sure.

[BPzeBanshee]

Wow this is pretty excellent, glad this got made.

Now get to work on fixing v3.0b and telling us how you made Batrider lagless.

[Professor Jones]

I don't see the rank diminishing when I lose a life. The number should get bigger when this happens, but it keeps getting smaller (which means the rank is augmenting). Am I missing something ?

[Estebang]

Would it be possible to have rank represented by a bar, a la Ibara Kuro?