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    Mayflash dolphinbar and AdvanceMAME 1.4

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      Jander3456
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      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?

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      • edmaul69E
        edmaul69
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        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

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          Febbweiss
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          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 ?

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          • HurricaneFanH
            HurricaneFan @Jander3456
            last edited by

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

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            • edmaul69E
              edmaul69 @Febbweiss
              last edited by

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

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              • HurricaneFanH
                HurricaneFan
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                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?

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                  Febbweiss @edmaul69
                  last edited by 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 ?

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                    BGallagherLA @Jander3456
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                    @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?

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

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                        Febbweiss @BGallagherLA
                        last edited by

                        @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...

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                          BGallagherLA @Febbweiss
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                          @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?

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                            Febbweiss @BGallagherLA
                            last edited by

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

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                              BGallagherLA @Febbweiss
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                              @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.

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                                Febbweiss @BGallagherLA
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                                @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 ?

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                                  BGallagherLA
                                  last edited by

                                  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.

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                                    Febbweiss @BGallagherLA
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                                    @BGallagherLA OK, 3 points :

                                    1. Are you sure you have the right romset ? Advmame 1.4 uses the 0.106
                                    2. Do you use the right advmame version according to your version ? Follow the guide : https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Runcommand/
                                    3. 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...

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                                    • HurricaneFanH
                                      HurricaneFan @Febbweiss
                                      last edited by

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

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                                        fdrslegs
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                                        I've seen other threads about it, but no definitive answer really. Can this technique work with NES emulators ?

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                                          BGallagherLA @Febbweiss
                                          last edited by

                                          @Febbweiss I'm pretty sure it's 0.106, and I know it's set to AdvMame 1.4. Will check the others tomorrow night.

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                                            BGallagherLA @fdrslegs
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                                            @fdrslegs As of now, this light gun setup only works in AdvMame. Can't get it to work on NES, SMS or SNES quite yet.

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