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    Development of module-script generator for lr-mess, lr-mame and mame standalone

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    • DTEAMD
      DTEAM @Folly
      last edited by DTEAM

      @Folly said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess, lr-mame and mame standalone:

      cham24
      smssgame
      smssgamea

      For cham24, here's where I got my info. [site 1] (https://bootleggames.fandom.com/wiki/Chameleon_24) , site 2 (at the bottom in the history section) .
      Maybe it's a token-free home arcade. If yes, it could be in the list, but it's not easy to know.
      It's a "pay for time" arcade like PlayChoice10. See here

      For smssgame and smssgamea, see site 1 (at the bottom in the history section and also the picture where we can see the game time credits)
      They put those games in "bootleg" but they are Arcade "multi games" bootlegs. Maybe they put those games in the wrong category. I don't think they are token-free home arcades.

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        Folly @DTEAM
        last edited by Folly

        @DTEAM

        Thanks for the info.
        Indeed if they are arcade then we should not add them.

        Will have a second look at these drivers if I can find the proper info about coin/pay usage in the driver xml info.
        Then I can, possibly, split arcade and non-arcade better in the future.

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          Folly @DTEAM
          last edited by Folly

          @DTEAM

          For cham24 and smssgame I tried to find coin/pay/time info but there is nothing to be found inside the xml driver info.
          There is also no coin input key inside the input settings.

          If these drivers are really arcade then the mame drivers and driver infos are incomplete for these drivers.

          Seems they just work without "paying" but that could mean that this is the incompleteness which is also a reason not to add them to all_in1.

          For now I will keep them in the non-arcade section as I can't properly detect whether they are arcade or not.

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          • TPRT
            TPR @Folly
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            @Folly said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess, lr-mame and mame standalone:

            @TPR

            Tried elite and elitea from bbcb_flop.
            Saw these graphic glitches also.
            Mame warns for "graphic issues".
            I think there is noting you can do about it.

            Gotcha. If I end up coming up with some sort of solution or work around I'll post it!

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            • DTEAMD
              DTEAM @TPR
              last edited by

              @Folly

              MAME 0.274 is release

              Many new games (JAKKS, and more)

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                Folly @DTEAM
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                @DTEAM

                Great !, Indeed I saw some stuff on the bannister forum.
                Will have a look if I can update this month if the time allows.

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                  Folly @DTEAM
                  last edited by Folly

                  @DTEAM

                  The mame 274 binary has been added to the gdrive.

                  I added the new 274 ini files.
                  Can you check these here ?

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                  • DTEAMD
                    DTEAM @Folly
                    last edited by DTEAM

                    @Folly

                    Here's the list (0.274):

                    03c19e50-decd-456b-bb80-6cb88cb31d4b-image.png

                    The others from your list are Arcades, Slot machines or other.

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                      Folly @DTEAM
                      last edited by Folly

                      @DTEAM

                      Thanks for checking and adding some that are not automatically found by my script.

                      I have committed the ones for all_in1 here.
                      For classich I did the same here.
                      For classich I will try to add automatic detection for the new ones later.
                      I believe :

                      • your list misses tama and trclchick
                      • epo_tetris must be epo_tetr
                        Right ?

                      Can you check a second time ?
                      After that I think we are good to go and use the inis for updating the database.

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                      • DTEAMD
                        DTEAM @Folly
                        last edited by

                        @Folly said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess, lr-mame and mame standalone:

                        The mame 274 binary has been added to the gdrive.

                        I added the new 274 ini files.
                        Can you check these here ?

                        It works well

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                        • DTEAMD
                          DTEAM @Folly
                          last edited by DTEAM

                          @Folly said in Development of module-script generator for lr-mess, lr-mame and mame standalone:

                          @DTEAM

                          Thanks for checking and adding some that are not automatically found by my script.

                          I have committed the ones for all_in1 here.
                          For classich I did the same here.
                          For classich I will try to add automatic detection for the new ones later.
                          I believe :

                          your list misses tama and trclchick

                          tama is there (last one) and yes trclchick (classich) is missing , thanks

                          epo_tetris must be epo_tetr
                          Right ?

                          Yes

                          Can you check a second time ?
                          After that I think we are good to go and use the inis for updating the database.

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                            Folly @DTEAM
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                            @DTEAM

                            Thanks.
                            Seems we have all our new data for 274.
                            I will wait for the new data from progettosnaps and then create the new database.

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                              Folly
                              last edited by Folly

                              Read this post.
                              Looks like many systems will work much better now on arm with mame 274.

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                              • duglorD
                                duglor @Folly
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                                @Folly EXCELLENT!

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                                  Folly
                                  last edited by Folly

                                  Here is the commit for the drivers that, most likely, will benefit from the arm dynarec improvement :
                                  https://github.com/FollyMaddy/RetroPie-Share/commit/d3b18e080a9182e6aaf48cf06b53278c4d5a95b7

                                  Btw.
                                  Rumours, on the internet, are that arm64 will do a better job than intel64, we will see !

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                                    Folly
                                    last edited by Folly

                                    Here is the commit for the drivers that will use separate audio samples :
                                    https://github.com/FollyMaddy/RetroPie-Share/commit/0250f4d4f0822f49c1b33506fc8e8054472b10d7

                                    When I update the mamedev.sh script to 274 it will be possible to download these files from within the script.
                                    And it should then also be possible to install the category "samples" and "dynarec" so all these drivers can be placed in 1 romfolder to test.

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                                      Folly
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                                      The script and database have been updated to 274.

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                                        Folly @DTEAM
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                                        @DTEAM

                                        I have not added any help yet,
                                        Can you let me know if you understand how the samples are downloaded and if you can detect the difference in running the games with or without?

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                                        • DTEAMD
                                          DTEAM @Folly
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                                          @Folly

                                          I reinstalled MAME with your new mamedev.sh, but what's the next step? Do I need to install a new system or reinstalled one?

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                                            Folly @DTEAM
                                            last edited by Folly

                                            @DTEAM

                                            I added the tags samples to the database.
                                            These categories can also be installed now.
                                            You have to use :
                                            ►Choose and install HANDHELD/PLUG&PLAY/CATEGORIES
                                            ►Show all arcade categories from database and install one
                                            Category => samples
                                            For linking the roms then use :
                                            ►Link roms from folder ~/RetroPie/BIOS/mame
                                            ►Show all arcade categories from database and link roms
                                            Category => samples

                                            Now you will be able to run the roms from that category but they still don't have the audio samples installed.

                                            If you want to install the audio samples then go to :
                                            ►ARTWORK/CHEATS/GAMELISTS/JOYSTICKS/OVERLAYS/PATCHES/SAMPLES
                                            Download/update mame audio samples

                                            Now you you should be able to notice the difference.
                                            Run 005 and you will see.

                                            Speaking of drivers with audio samples, it seems that these non-arcade handheld use them too :
                                            kst25 ktmnt2 ktopgun2
                                            If you have installed the sample files then you should be able to notice the difference when loading them from your own konamih categorie.
                                            (did not test is myself yet, will have a look later)

                                            I think you know how to install the arcade dynarec catergory now to test only the drivers that use dynarec.

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