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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
                  last edited by

                  @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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                                • DTEAMD
                                  DTEAM
                                  last edited by DTEAM

                                  @mechafatnick said in Sega model 3 #segamodel3:

                                  @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)

                                  I've set those lines but I'm not able to load savestates:

                                  ;my personnal setup
                                  InputUISaveState = JOY1_BUTTON1+JOY1_BUTTON13
                                  InputUILoadState = JOY1_BUTTON1+JOY1_BUTTON11
                                  InputUIChangeSlot = JOY1_BUTTON1+JOY1_BUTTON12
                                  InputUIDumpInputState = JOY1_BUTTON1+JOY1_BUTTON5
                                  

                                  When you talk about "hard-wired save state selection key" , is it one of those InputUI option

                                  NEW EDIT:

                                  in Supermodel.log we can see InitStateFile= <-----(NOTHING, maybe missing value)

                                  See below

                                  [Info]  Supermodel Version 0.3a-WIP
                                  [Info]  Started as:
                                  [Info]    argv[0] = ./supermodel
                                  [Info]    argv[1] = -config-inputs
                                  [Info]  Runtime configuration:
                                  [Info]    GameXMLFile=Config/Games.xml
                                  [Info]    InitStateFile=
                                  [Info]    MultiThreaded=1
                                  [Info]    GPUMultiThreaded=1
                                  [Info]    PowerPCFrequency=50
                                  [Info]    MultiTexture=0
                                  [Info]    VertexShader=
                                  [Info]    FragmentShader=
                                  [Info]    VertexShaderFog=
                                  

                                  @folly @mechafatnick Could it be the loadstate problem?

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                                  • Red_TrevR
                                    Red_Trev @mechafatnick
                                    last edited by Red_Trev

                                    @mechafatnick said in Sega model 3 #segamodel3:

                                    @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!

                                    that update did the trick, now I can play in full screen

                                    thanks for all your help :)

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                                      mechafatnick @DTEAM
                                      last edited by

                                      @dteam no - init save state loads a save state on load.

                                      Turns out i'd mucked up when i was setting the load state to be remappable. It works now.

                                      I haven't updated the zips yet, but i'vejust pushed out the small source code change. I also made the cross hair toggle remappable to so you can see what you're shooting in The Lost World.

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                                      • DTEAMD
                                        DTEAM @mechafatnick
                                        last edited by DTEAM

                                        @mechafatnick said in Sega model 3 #segamodel3:

                                        no - init save state loads a save state on load.
                                        Turns out i'd mucked up when i was setting the load state to be remappable. It works now.
                                        I haven't updated the zips yet, but i'vejust pushed out the small source code change. I also made the cross hair toggle remappable to so you can see what you're shooting in The Lost World.

                                        Thank you, the puzzle is over !!! Thanks also for optimizing the games, it's really appreciated.
                                        The next step for you, is it a conversion to libretro cores: lr-supermodel 😉

                                        When you make any updates or if you update your zip, could you let us know in this thread. I want to be aware of your changes and I can test it for you if you want. Thanks again.

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                                          Folly
                                          last edited by

                                          @mechafatnick @DTEAM

                                          Does it now mean that save-states and load-states is now possible/working ?

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                                            mechafatnick @Folly
                                            last edited by

                                            @folly yep! Save and load work. As does the shortcut for showing lightgun cross hairs on screen.

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