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    • DTEAMD
      DTEAM @mechafatnick
      last edited by DTEAM

      @mechafatnick said in Sega model 3 #segamodel3:

      sudo apt-get install libsdl2-net-dev

      It works with that. Thanks.
      UI buttons settings work also with gamepads !!! Fantastic

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        mechafatnick @Red_Trev
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        @red_trev what happens when you ditch xinit and lower the emulator Res to 496 *384?

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        • Red_TrevR
          Red_Trev @mechafatnick
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          @mechafatnick said in Sega model 3 #segamodel3:

          @red_trev what happens when you ditch xinit and lower the emulator Res to 496 *384?

          via command line it opens in a small window, should I try that via emulators.cfg ?

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            mechafatnick @Red_Trev
            last edited by

            @red_trev yeah lower the resolution in emulators.cfg, keep it for run command :)

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            • Red_TrevR
              Red_Trev @mechafatnick
              last edited by Red_Trev

              @mechafatnick said in Sega model 3 #segamodel3:

              @red_trev yeah lower the resolution in emulators.cfg, keep it for run command :)

              but the whole point is not playing in a box a quarter of the screen size... is there any method to remove this limitation? I can see the video is increased but it's focused on bottom left corner, why is it doing this? is it XINIT causing it ?

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              • DTEAMD
                DTEAM @mechafatnick
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                @mechafatnick

                Hi ,

                I'm able to save games but doesn't able to load them with this symlink:

                ln -s /opt/retropie/emulators/supermodel/bin/Saves Saves
                

                I don't know why for now.

                For screen view, in Supermodel.log you can see more options

                XResolution=496
                YResolution=384
                FullScreen=0
                WideScreen=0
                Stretch=0
                WideBackground=0
                

                I'll try those later

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                • DTEAMD
                  DTEAM @DTEAM
                  last edited by DTEAM

                  @Red_Trev @mechafatnick

                  For full screen ... I did It !!!!!

                  1- you have to delete -res=496,384 and replace that by nothing. All the video settings must be done in Supermodel.ini

                  Supermodel-normal = "XINIT:/opt/retropie/emulators/supermodel/bin/supermodel -game-xml-file=/opt/retropie/emulators/supermodel/bin/Config/Games.xml -legacy3d -sound-volume=50 -music-volume=60 -no-vsync -no-throttle -no-dsb -res=496,384 %ROM%"
                  

                  2 - Go in Supermodel.ini and add :

                  XResolution=496
                  YResolution=384
                  FullScreen=0
                  WideScreen=0
                  Stretch=0
                  WideBackground=0
                  

                  3- Set you screen resolution like you want but never use FullScreen. You can use WideScreen, Strech or WideBackGround. With Full Screen, hotkeys stop working.

                  Mine (5 inch screen)

                  ;setup for 5 inch lcd touchscreen 
                  ;XResolution=496
                  ;YResolution=384
                  XResolution=800  
                  YResolution=480
                  FullScreen=0
                  WideScreen=1
                  Stretch=0
                  WideBackground=0
                  

                  It slowdown the emulator a little bit, but not that bad.

                  The only missing thing is loadstate. After that It's complete for me!! Nice emulator

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                  • Red_TrevR
                    Red_Trev @Red_Trev
                    last edited by Red_Trev

                    @red_trev said in Sega model 3 #segamodel3:

                    @mechafatnick thanks , ill give that a go later ....

                    i have tried modifying the arcade 'emulators.cfg' to

                    supermodel = "XINIT:/opt/retropie/emulators/supermodel/bin/supermodel -game-xml-file=/opt/retropie/emulators/supermodel/bin/Config/Games.xml -legacy3d -sound-volume=50 -music-volume=80 -no-vsync -no-throttle -no-dsb -res=1024,768 -fullscreen %ROM%"

                    when i launched a game, it had the same small video box in the center of the screen, the actual game picture seemed to be bigger but it was zoomed into the bottom left corner (and my controls stopped working)

                    is there anyway of preventing the output from being displayed like this ?

                    a953fcc6-7646-41bb-8d34-c06791d69c3a-image.png

                    also there is a method of setting resolution on a per game or global level via the Supermodel.ini file (https://www.supermodel3.com/AdvancedUsage.html#ConfigFile)

                    as this file appears in 3 places (config, bin, pi/home/config), i assume the same modified file must be placed in each place ?

                    and even then, how would the values in 'emulators.cfg' affect it ? which set of instructions take precedence ?

                    thanks again !

                    @DTEAM well done !! so I was thinking correctly with this ;) again , Supermodel.ini file appears in 3 places, do I have to update all of them ?

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                    • DTEAMD
                      DTEAM @Red_Trev
                      last edited by

                      @red_trev

                      If you have done your symlink before:

                      
                      ln -s /opt/retropie/emulators/supermodel/bin/Config Config
                      
                      

                      It’s in
                      /opt/retropie/emulators/supermodel/bin/Config/Supermodel.ini

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                      • Red_TrevR
                        Red_Trev @DTEAM
                        last edited by Red_Trev

                        @dteam

                        update Supermodel.ini located in /opt/retropie/emulators/supermodel/bin/Config

                        then copy that updated file to /home/pi/Config

                        i assume all controller changes must be saved to that file also?

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                        • DTEAMD
                          DTEAM @Red_Trev
                          last edited by DTEAM

                          @red_trev
                          You can do it like that too. With this method, you need to update both files. If you want use a symbolic link (press F4 or just close Emulation Station and write the proposed above command) with that, you only need to update opt/retropie/emulators/supermodel/bin/Config/supermodel.ini

                          Both options work

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                          • DTEAMD
                            DTEAM @DTEAM
                            last edited by DTEAM

                            @Folly
                            @mechafatnick

                            The only missing puzzle part is to be able to load save states. We can save, but not load. Any idea of what to do?

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                              mechafatnick @DTEAM
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                              @dteam there's a hard-wired save state selection key that may need to be rebound. Try using it and then see if it will load (would be an easy update if it solves the issue. Not sure there are any games that really need save states though)

                              Also do:

                              ln -s /opt/retropie/emulators/supermodel/bin/NVRAM NVRAM

                              That way you'll keep any settings you change on the board (useful for only having to set Daytona/Scud race to single machines the once)

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                              • DTEAMD
                                DTEAM @mechafatnick
                                last edited by DTEAM

                                @mechafatnick said in Sega model 3 #segamodel3:

                                Not sure there are any games that really need save states though)

                                I'm on a handheld build and sometime I'm playing 5 minutes and I stop. It's interesting for me to be able to save games even if It's a short game to play.

                                Also do:

                                ln -s /opt/retropie/emulators/supermodel/bin/NVRAM NVRAM

                                That way you'll keep any settings you change on the board (useful for only having to set Daytona/Scud race to single machines the once)

                                Already done, I'm following your webpage and I saw that change. I did the same thing for Saves

                                ln -s /opt/retropie/emulators/supermodel/bin/Saves Saves
                                
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                                • Red_TrevR
                                  Red_Trev @DTEAM
                                  last edited by

                                  @dteam said in Sega model 3 #segamodel3:

                                  @red_trev
                                  You can do it like that too. With this method, you need to update both files. If you want use a symbolic link (press F4 or just close Emulation Station and write the proposed above command) with that, you only need to update opt/retropie/emulators/supermodel/bin/Config/supermodel.ini

                                  Both options work

                                  no change i am afraid, still displays in a small box in center of screen that is focused on bottom left ...

                                  i have changed all 3 Supermodel.ini files to the following & given rwx permissions to them:

                                  [ Global ] ; Input settings can only be read from the global section!

                                  XResolution=1024
                                  YResolution=768
                                  FullScreen=0
                                  WideScreen=1
                                  Stretch=1
                                  WideBackground=1

                                  is there any other setting i am missing ?

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                                  • DTEAMD
                                    DTEAM @Red_Trev
                                    last edited by

                                    @red_trev

                                    Did you get the updated version from @mechafatnick

                                    Normally, It should work.

                                    Try this first:
                                    XResolution=1024
                                    YResolution=768
                                    FullScreen=0
                                    WideScreen=1
                                    Stretch=0
                                    WideBackground=0

                                    Have you deleted -res=496,384 in emulators.cfg ?

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                                    • Red_TrevR
                                      Red_Trev @DTEAM
                                      last edited by

                                      @dteam said in Sega model 3 #segamodel3:

                                      @red_trev

                                      Did you get the updated version from @mechafatnick

                                      Normally, It should work.

                                      Try this first:
                                      XResolution=1024
                                      YResolution=768
                                      FullScreen=0
                                      WideScreen=1
                                      Stretch=0
                                      WideBackground=0

                                      Have you deleted -res=496,384 in emulators.cfg ?

                                      yes I have deleted in emulators.cfg

                                      sorry, didnt know there was a new version of supermodel, i will install ....

                                      so i must modify the Supermodel.ini file that is in the new supermodel\bin\Config (pic below) and add those values ?

                                      3cda7d9b-3d0a-4b6a-ab79-0f7f21ab3f61-image.png

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                                      • DTEAMD
                                        DTEAM @Red_Trev
                                        last edited by DTEAM

                                        @red_trev

                                        Yes, under [Global]
                                        You should use Notepad ++ (it's free) instead of notepad.

                                        Better for program files

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                                        • Red_TrevR
                                          Red_Trev @DTEAM
                                          last edited by

                                          @dteam when i try running a game it fails, looking at the error log says :

                                          opt/retropie/emulators/supermodel/bin/supermodel:
                                          error while loading shared libraries libsdl2-2.0.so.0:
                                          cannot open shared object for file:
                                          no such file or directory

                                          when i try to sudo apt install libsdl2-dev it says the latest version is already installed

                                          @mechafatnick can you please confirm the zip available for download off your original webpage is the correct emulator version to install ?

                                          it has only one folder called bin , here is the contents

                                          85884b77-f2ec-44ee-8593-7cdd2d6e3272-image.png

                                          here is whats inside Config

                                          288e331d-1bc9-4f6f-95f5-0ca724cfab46-image.png

                                          the only changes to Supermodel.ini was the first few lines, it has full rwx permissions & i uploaded the same file to the home/pi/Config folder

                                          2ad13cf8-fd00-40ab-8502-cd7acf7a0b4b-image.png

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                                            mechafatnick @Red_Trev
                                            last edited by mechafatnick

                                            @red_trev

                                            Yeah that's all correct. If you set up the symbolic links those are the only files you need. I think you need this one too:

                                            sudo apt-get install libsdl2-net-dev

                                            Also the emulator is setup with mappable save states/quit/screenshot controls so make sure they're mapped how you want them!

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