Mayflash dolphinbar and AdvanceMAME 1.4

mediamogul

@Dochartaigh said in Mayflash dolphinbar and AdvanceMAME 1.4:

Do you have one of those gun-shaped enclosures for the WiiMote? How do you like it? Which one?

My personal favorite is the Nyko Perfect Shot. They're a bit pricey now, but I bought five of them several years ago and they look and feel fantastic.

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does the shot actually go where you aim?

Sadly, in every emulator I've seen, any game that originally required aiming becomes dependent on an onscreen reticle. However, this could actually be eliminated in the future by implementing built-in or even outside calibration software. There are arcade titles and even a few console titles that have a calibration modes built-in, but it's not universal.

And last, I don't think the Raspberry Pi 3 is fast enough to play any quasi-recent (like mid to late 90's???) 3d MAME games. Or at least none of the Tekken-era 3d games ever worked for me (always super slow).

I would definitely agree.

Febbweiss

@Dochartaigh I have gun-shaped enclosures : the Link's zapper (special to use) and a noname. The noname is too noisy and the trigger is too soft...

I have ever played light gun games (Time Crisis on PSX and HOTD and Confidential Mission on Dreamcast) and the experience is quiet close...
I have just a lake of accuracy due to the dolphinbar position relative to the screen (~10cm on top of it).

I'm waiting for reicast manage the mouse to retrieve HOTD and Confidential Mission.

I did no calibration... Just plug and play :)
Same thing with Mad Dog McCree and Who Shot Johnny Rock ? on DosBox.

mediamogul

@Febbweiss said in Mayflash dolphinbar and AdvanceMAME 1.4:

Same thing with Mad Dog McCree and Who Shot Johnny Rock ? on DosBox.

Very cool indeed. I have to try that.

Jander3456

I went out and bought a Dolphin bar as a result of this thread and it works great!!! I've gotten just about every 2d shooter working on advancemame .98/ 1.4. Even Area 51 works well, it drops some frames here and there and the music slows when changing scenes. I even got Lethal Enforcers 2 to work by enabling cheats as the reload is broken. Thanks for the info!!! Anybody have any luck getting mouse support to work on any of the retroarch cores like lr_mame_2003?

edmaul69

Man. Now i need one. I agree with @mediamogul, that is my preferred gun for the wiimote. Or the cabelas gun if you need a rifle

Febbweiss

I tried the tab menu to remap wiimote keys without success :

in mode 2, no way to capture buttons 1 and 2
in mode 1, I can capture buttons 1 and 2 but loose exit button...

Is there a way to reconfigure advmame exit button ?

Same thing for Time crisis problem, the space between mouse cursor and real shot. I didn"t find a way to calibrate it...

Any idea ?

HurricaneFan

@Jander3456 What is your full list of working gun games?

edmaul69

@Febbweiss have you tried into dipswitch settings for time crisis? In a real time crisis you can calibrate the gun in the settings

HurricaneFan

When I load most of the gun games in AdvanceMAME 1.4. I get a X or crosshair in the center of the screen that never goes away. Is there a way to turn that off?

Febbweiss

@edmaul69 Yes I tried to calibrate the gun but I failed...

@HurricaneFan The extra crosshair is for player 2. Don't know if it's possible to remove it...

I tried the advmame 3 version (it must improve performances) but it doesn't work.
I have the following issue :

c74.bin (NOT FOUND) NO GOOD DUMP KNOWN

If I add namcoc74 bios, I have the following :

c74.bin NO GOOD DUMP KNOWN

An idea of what to do ?

BGallagherLA

@Jander3456 I have a Wiimote/Dolphinbar one too, but for some reason, I can never get Area 51 to actually work. I mean the rom itself wont work not sure why. What is the filename of yours?

BGallagherLA

@Febbweiss Did not know that about Mad Dog and Johnny Rock on Dosbox. Thanks for the heads up!

Febbweiss

@BGallagherLA I don't know the rom name. If you check the /dev/shm/runcommand.log file, what is the error ? For Area51, you need a CHD file. The only location where it works for me is the ~/.advmame/image folder. It didn't work when I placed it into the ~/Retropie/roms/mame-advmame folder or a sub folder...

BGallagherLA

@Febbweiss Hmm ok. Didn't know that about CHD file. So you place the CHD file in the image folder and the rom ZIP file in the advmame rom folder? Or does CHD file go in area51.zip, and the whole thing goes in image folder?

Febbweiss

@BGallagherLA You need both : the CHD file in the image folder and the rom file in the usual folder as you said ;)

BGallagherLA

@Febbweiss Hmm. I tried placing the CHD file there, and practically everywhere else, and nothing seemed to work. I originally had Area 51 in my Arcade folder and set the default emulator for AdvMame 1.4, but I moved it to the AdvMame folder and tried putting it in the image folder, no dice. Will try to tweak with it later.

Febbweiss

@BGallagherLA Your CHD must have the same name than your rom.
Here my settings :

/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/mame-advmame/area51mx.zip
/home/pi/.advance/image/area51mx/area51mx.chd

As you can see, the rom file is in the mame-advmame folder and the CHD is in a folder which as the CHD filename in the image folder.

I know I tried to put the rom file in the arcade folder but it didn't work. I don't remember if it was before or after putting the CHD at the right place....

Other subject : anybody to help me with my advancemame 3 problem ? Advmame should be compatible with the same romset than the Advmame 1.4 but it doesn't work...
I have the following issue :

c74.bin (NOT FOUND) NO GOOD DUMP KNOWN
If I add namcoc74 bios, I have the following :
c74.bin NO GOOD DUMP KNOWN

An idea of what to do ?

BGallagherLA

Well I don't get it then. I had just the regular area51.zip and that didn't work with those settings, so I downloaded the Area51mx zip and chd, put those in the right places (with the CHD in a folder named after the rom... and still no buena. Oh well.

Febbweiss

@BGallagherLA OK, 3 points :

Are you sure you have the right romset ? Advmame 1.4 uses the 0.106
Do you use the right advmame version according to your version ? Follow the guide : https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Runcommand/
Can you check your advmame configuration (in the /home/pi/.advance folder) ? Particularing the *_dir settings pointing to the right location

Have you check the /dev/shm/runcommand.log file ? you can find in it the error cause...

HurricaneFan

@Febbweiss Great tips. I need to try this myself, cause I've never been able to get mine to work with that game either.