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    Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME

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    • TPRT
      TPR @Folly
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      @folly Yep! I just did that! Thank you!

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      • DTEAMD
        DTEAM @TPR
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        @tpr said in Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME:

        mame = "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -autoframeskip %BASENAME%"

        Yes it works !!! but i had to add it for all systems. I will modify the tutorial.---> (new edit: It' done) Thanks @Folly !! To see frameskip It's F10... I think
        ex.: emulators.cfg in /opt/retropie/configs.hdmi/jakks

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          Folly @DTEAM
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          @dteam said in Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME:

          @tpr said in Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME:

          mame = "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -autoframeskip %BASENAME%"

          Yes it works !!! but i had to add it for all systems. I will modify the tutorial. Thanks @Folly !!

          Oh yes, you have seperated them.
          Well it's an improvement. ;-)

          Indeed F10 will also do.
          I think using F10 it will dissapear over some time.
          I think using F11 it will stay in the screen and dissapear if you press it again.
          Am I correct ?

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          • DTEAMD
            DTEAM @Folly
            last edited by DTEAM

            @folly said in Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME:

            Well it's an improvement. ;-)

            🤣 ahah 👍🏻 But honestly, It's great. It's so simple and I wasn't able to set It. Thanks again.

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              Folly @DTEAM
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              @dteam said in Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME:

              @folly said in Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME:

              Well it's an improvement. ;-)

              🤣 ahah 👍🏻 But honestly, It's great. It's so simple and I wasn't able to set It. Thanks again.

              Your welcome !

              Read your configs in the first post, are you going to improve/edit them later on ?

              I think it should be something like this, so you can switch between "with" or "without" (with autoframeskip as default) :

              mame = "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame %BASENAME%"
              mameafs= "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -autoframeskip %BASENAME%"
              default = "mameafs"
              

              edit :
              Perhaps you can also do :
              "mame-autoframeskip" in stead of "mameafs".
              You have to try if this works, but i think it will.

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              • DTEAMD
                DTEAM @Folly
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                @folly
                Yes good point.
                Knowing the problems between Lr-Mess and frameskip = auto via retroarch. Do you think this approach could also work for slow systems like GP32.

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                  Folly @DTEAM
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                  @dteam said in Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME:

                  @folly
                  Yes good point.
                  Knowing the problems between Lr-Mess and frameskip = auto via retroarch. Do you think this approach could also work for slow systems like GP32.

                  If I remember correctly, I already tried something with GP32.
                  If I could improve it, but it keeps working slow.

                  I will search the post, it was this post ( to you also I see ) :
                  https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/25576/new-scriptmodules-lr-vice-xvic-gsplus-proper-lr-mess-integration/230

                  Perhaps we can add the frameskipping. Did you try it manually ?

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                  • DTEAMD
                    DTEAM @Folly
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                    @folly
                    Yes, with no succes, but I'll retry It tomorrow.

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                    • DTEAMD
                      DTEAM @Folly
                      last edited by

                      @folly said in Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME:

                      Perhaps you can also do :
                      "mame-autoframeskip" in stead of "mameafs".
                      You have to try if this works, but i think it will.

                      Done!

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                        Folly @DTEAM
                        last edited by Folly

                        @dteam said in Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME:

                        @folly
                        Yes, with no succes, but I'll retry It tomorrow.

                        Are you going to try GP32 in mame ?

                        Try this options :
                        -[no]cheat / -[no]c

                        Activates the cheat menu with autofire options and other tricks from the cheat database, if present.
                        This also activates additional options on the slider menu for overclocking/underclocking.

                        So you only have to add it like this, I think :

                        mame-GP32= "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -c -autoframeskip %BASENAME%"
                        

                        If you run the game, go to the slider menu for overclocking/underclocking.

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                        • TPRT
                          TPR @DTEAM
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                          @dteam @Folly Seriously great work, guys! I'm in the middle of downloading all the artwork, images, and gamelists from the repositories you've posted. I cannot thank you enough!

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                            Folly @TPR
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                            @tpr said in Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME:

                            @dteam @Folly Seriously great work, guys! I'm in the middle of downloading all the artwork, images, and gamelists from the repositories you've posted. I cannot thank you enough!

                            Enjoy !

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                            • DTEAMD
                              DTEAM @Folly
                              last edited by DTEAM

                              @folly said in Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME:

                              Are you going to try GP32 in mame ?
                              Try to find the overclock option for mame.

                              Honestly, the easiest way would be to use MESS without Lr (retroarch) to see what happens with auto frameskip and systems performance in general. I don'T know how to get It. to install It.

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                                Folly @DTEAM
                                last edited by Folly

                                @dteam said in Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME:

                                @folly said in Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME:

                                Are you going to try GP32 in mame ?
                                Try to find the overclock option for mame.

                                Honestly, the easiest way would be to use MESS without Lr (retroarch) to see what happens with auto frameskip and systems performance in general. I don'T know how to get It.

                                MESS is now a part of MAME.
                                In the lr- versions, arcade and computers are still somewhat splitted.
                                Therefor It's not needed to use MESS anymore because it's 1 package now.

                                Perhaps you can still compile standalone MESS,
                                but then you have to edit the makefile of the MAME source and compile MESS manually.
                                Finding out how to, will be difficult, I think.

                                Edit :
                                Alle these packages are compiled from the MAME source :

                                • lr-mame
                                • lr-mess
                                • MESS (if still possible)
                                • MAME
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                                • DTEAMD
                                  DTEAM @Folly
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                                  @folly
                                  Great. I'll try It with MAME first.

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                                  • TPRT
                                    TPR @DTEAM
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                                    @dteam @Folly Is there a repository to download some of the missing artwork, for example, the overlay for astrocmd.zip - I don't see it on the Google Drive that you linked to, or did I miss it?

                                    Thank you!

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                                    • DTEAMD
                                      DTEAM @Folly
                                      last edited by DTEAM

                                      @folly said in Tutorial: Handheld and Plug & Play systems with MAME:

                                      So you only have to add it like this, I think :
                                      mame-GP32= "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -c -autoframeskip %BASENAME%"

                                      If you run the game, go to the slider menu for overclocking/underclocking.

                                      It works if I switch %BASENAME% by gp32 !!!!!
                                      But something missing, we can see the introduction logos but the game won't load. May Be wrong Bios location. I'm digging to see where the problem come from.
                                      I tested nes, fmtmarty, gp32, jaguar, supracan.
                                      For FM-Marty, I hope It will fix saves bugs.

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                                      • TPRT
                                        TPR @DTEAM
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                                        @dteam @Folly As I'm going through more of the "classich" roms, I take it there are just some games that don't have overlays? I want to make sure I'm not missing something here.

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                                        • DTEAMD
                                          DTEAM @TPR
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                                          @tpr
                                          No,It’s normal. Some games have no overlay

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                                          • TPRT
                                            TPR @DTEAM
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                                            @dteam Thank you!

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