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    • caver01C
      caver01 @space invader
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      @space-invader yes that's exactly what the last update allows. You need to enable the core config option. Check here for instructions. I have two spinners and it works great in Super Sprint and others. You can still map player three to joystick. No joy for multi trackball Marble Madness or Rampart. Use the spinnners and trackballs wiki I wrote for AdvanceMAME. It does have some screen effects--the rgb triads aren't as good as libretro shaders but it's better than nothing.

      My 4-player cocktail style cabinet built as a custom "roadcase"

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        space invader
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        Solved! I had enabled the option but didn't know how to map the second player to the y-axis. After some hard thinking, up and down and it works. :)

        dankcushions, any more improvements to come in your schedule??

        Anyway, many thanks for your effort.

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        • dankcushionsD
          dankcushions Global Moderator @space invader
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          @space-invader my to-do list is in the first post.

          I think using more than one trackball/mouse in retroarch MIGHT be fixable. I'll look into that in a week or so :)

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          • GreenHawk84G
            GreenHawk84
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            @dankcushions , you may want to consider "fixing default aspect ratio for CPS2 games" to "all games" in Mame2003. I am finding that everything is outside of what it should be. Mortal Kombat plays stretched, Donkey Kong is not 3:4, etc.

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            • dankcushionsD
              dankcushions Global Moderator @GreenHawk84
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              @GreenHawk84 it's not everything, but there is a general problem. I gave cps2 games as examples.

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              • GreenHawk84G
                GreenHawk84
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                I would enjoy to ship you a six pack of beer for this work.

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                  space invader @dankcushions
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                  @dankcushions said in MAME development: lr-mame2003 Updates:

                  @space-invader my to-do list is in the first post.

                  I think using more than one trackball/mouse in retroarch MIGHT be fixable. I'll look into that in a week or so :)

                  It would be awesome! Waiting for your great job!

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                  • dankcushionsD
                    dankcushions Global Moderator
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                    aspect ratio problems have now been fixed :)

                    previously some games would appear at the wrong ratio (eg blasteroids stretched, street fighter 2/alpha stretched, mortal kombat stretched). now corrected via https://github.com/libretro/mame2003-libretro/pull/53

                    you should now never need to use custom aspect ratios to get it to look correct.

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                    • herb_fargusH
                      herb_fargus administrators @dankcushions
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                      @dankcushions :D brilliant

                      If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                      Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                      • BuZzB
                        BuZz administrators @dankcushions
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                        @dankcushions nice one! could feed that one to mame2010 also :-)

                        To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                        • GreenHawk84G
                          GreenHawk84
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                          @dankcushions said in MAME development: lr-mame2003 Updates:

                          aspect ratio problems have now been fixed :)

                          Dude nice!!

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                          • BrockBoytsB
                            BrockBoyts
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                            Awesome work man!

                            I updated Lr-Mame2003 today via "source." I went to launch Battletoads and it is still stretched. Do I need to update again today to get the new update to fix it? Thanks!

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                            • dankcushionsD
                              dankcushions Global Moderator @BrockBoyts
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                              @BrockBoyts said in MAME development: lr-mame2003 Updates:

                              Awesome work man!

                              I updated Lr-Mame2003 today via "source." I went to launch Battletoads and it is still stretched. Do I need to update again today to get the new update to fix it? Thanks!

                              thanks :) it was updated when i posted last (21 hrs ago) so i think so, as battletoads is approx 4:3 on this version (just tested)

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                              • BrockBoytsB
                                BrockBoyts @dankcushions
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                                @dankcushions So is the correct way to update Lr-Mame2003 in the retropie menu and update via "source"?

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                                • BuZzB
                                  BuZz administrators
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                                  you can update from binary - the binaries have been updated.

                                  To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                  • RiverstormR
                                    Riverstorm @dankcushions
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                                    @dankcushions said in MAME development: lr-mame2003 Updates:

                                    you should now never need to use custom aspect ratios to get it to look correct.

                                    Thanks Dank for all the amazing updates to MAME!

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                                    • dankcushionsD
                                      dankcushions Global Moderator @BuZz
                                      last edited by

                                      @BuZz said in MAME development: lr-mame2003 Updates:

                                      @dankcushions nice one! could feed that one to mame2010 also :-)

                                      thanks! so i checked mame2010 out - it has the same issue and it should have a similar fix, but i couldn't quickly fix it as there's some annoying stuff in the way it was written. here's where i'd want to fix it: https://github.com/libretro/mame2010-libretro/blob/master/src/osd/retro/retromapper.c#L144

                                      but the machine being run isn't initialised till after, here: https://github.com/libretro/mame2010-libretro/blob/master/src/osd/retro/retromain.c#L222

                                      so really either the init needs to happen sooner, or the retro_av_info needs to be reset after the init.

                                      anyway, i logged the issue: https://github.com/libretro/mame2010-libretro/issues/20

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                                      • GreenHawk84G
                                        GreenHawk84
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                                        @dankcushions , still attempting DCS audio fix or is it impossible?

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                                        • dankcushionsD
                                          dankcushions Global Moderator @GreenHawk84
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                                          @GreenHawk84 said in MAME development: lr-mame2003 Updates:

                                          @dankcushions , still attempting DCS audio fix or is it impossible?

                                          I'm not working on it right now but it's not impossible, just not much point me looking at it when there's stuff out there I can get fixed easier.

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                                          • GreenHawk84G
                                            GreenHawk84 @dankcushions
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                                            @dankcushions, righto, well it is your own time, but I do hope it can be done. Very much so..

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