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

DTEAM

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

@DTEAM

I came up with a few drivers,
I filtered the database on :

non-arcade (grep non-)

multigame (grep multigame)

not all_in1 (grep -v all_in1)

Full command to test the drivers one by one :
cat /opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame0271_systems_sorted_info |grep non-|grep multigame|grep -v all_in1|cut -d " " -f2|while read driver;do /opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -ui_active $driver;done

Found that next drivers seem to work ok and could potentially be added to the list all_in1 :
cham24
smssgame
smssgamea
vgtablet

What do you think ?

P.s.
Added marc101 to all_in1.ini and 271/272 database.

All systems are for arcade games excepted vgtablet

New edit: vgtablet has been added to "All in one" gamelist.xml

Folly

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

cham24
smssgame
smssgamea

My database states that these system drivers are non-arcade and the don't use a coin to play.
Besides "Sega Master Systems" on itself, isn't arcade either.

If these are really arcade, as you stated, then my database isn't correct and has to be improved somehow.

Where did you find the info of these being arcade ?
Can you share your source ?

I have added vgtablet to the database 271/272 and ini file.

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.

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.

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.

TPR

@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!