PanMAME Betatesting

[mcobit]

If that doesn't work, I think you can edit this in the advmame.rc file directly. I could make select and start the default though. Nice find.

 

[mcobit]

I always found advance mame ugly ^^.
Anyway, it's working.

What did you find ugly?


Maybe we can change something. If you mean the look of the menu, you can theme it with the advmenu.rc file.

 

[CAZMIESTER]

If that doesn't work, I think you can edit this in the advmame.rc file directly. I could make select and start the default though. Nice find.

Ok fiddled about all night and now if you change it in mame options directly it saves tried compatibility all cps cps2 neogeo roms load and play at fullspeed at 1000mhz all irem games load and play fullspeed sega scalar games like afterburner hang on super hang on load but run at between 45-78% speed at 1000mhz stv titan games like radiant silvergun and terra diver run with distorted sound and veeeeeery low speed 22-39% played through three levels and it played ok very bad garbled graphics at stonhenge boss but if we had a bit more mhz i reckon it would run at decent speed seibu v30 games like raiden and dynamite duke run fullspeed raizing games battle garega and armed police batrider run at 75% speed at 1000mhz tried around 60-70 other well known games like gradius bubble bobble rainbow islands and galaga 88 and they all ran perfectly.


Also note cps2 and certain neogeo roms mainly (magician lord and nam 1975 should be merged or they will not load.)

 

[mcobit]

Thanks for the tests. More or less expected


I got a new build with splashscreen and the xml included, so it takes about 6 seconds to load now, at the price of a bigger pnd.


Release: later.

 

[CAZMIESTER]

Thanks for the tests. More or less expected


I got a new build with splashscreen and the xml included, so it takes about 6 seconds to load now, at the price of a bigger pnd.


Release: later.

Strange how later neogeo roms run as is and earlier roms need to be merged whats all that about? i believe the early builds of fba on the psp were the same.

Thanks for the tests. More or less expected


I got a new build with splashscreen and the xml included, so it takes about 6 seconds to load now, at the price of a bigger pnd.


Release: later.

wheres the download for the preview pack that link earlier took me too a page with about 20 different downloads.

 

[mcobit]

yes, all of these contain some previews. Download them all to get all previews.


Well, every ingame_*.zip

 

[Miner49er]

Brilliant. Though, I am a little bit annoyed as I planned on getting this running myself...oh well, no need now.


I use advanceMame/menu on my arcade cab - it's perfect I find. I also use it to run every other computer/console too. Including Amiga (for which I had to write to crappy but functional scripts that made use WHDLoad to autorun game (fun with startup-sequence!)


I shall have fun trying this tonight - thanks

 

[mcobit]

New Version on repo:


0.106.1.3:


- Included xml file in pnd instead of creating it on every start (should save a lot of startuptime, but makes the pnd bigger)


- Added a splashscreen, that comes up while loading


- Some mameconfigtweaks and new backgroundimage for the menu


Please delete /appdata/panmame/.advance/advmame.rc and /appdata/panmame/.advance/advmenu.rc when updating!


If you want to keep your custom button and graphicsconfigurations, please make a backup of the advmame.rc and copy everything below the line "ui_translucency 8.0" into the new file, that gets created after update.


Edit: I'll work on some documentation for next release now

 

[mcobit]

Bug alert!


If you have Version 0.106.1.3, please update to 0.106.1.4 as soon, as its uploaded, as there is a bug, where you can get stuck at the loadingscreen after quitting the menu before running a game!


It is caused by pressing enter to select the quit option.


I will disable enter for selecting options as a workaround for now, till I can fix it properly.


For selecting games and menuoptions in the launcher, please use the Gamingbutton A in 0.106.1.4.


Sorry for any inconvenience this caused!

 

[Linux-SWAT]

How can i quick check my version number ?


Sometimes, when i push F2 F3 etc in advance mame, i can't get back to roms.


I noticed shadow dancer and rastan are slower than with 0.106.1.2


Dl'ing

 

[sparkymark79]

Hi Mcobit. Isn't it usual to have the roms in 'roms' folder. I think your build needs 'rom'? no biggy, just thought I'd mention it.

 

[mcobit]

How can i quick check my version number ?

Sometimes, when i push F2 F3 etc in advance mame, i can't get back to roms.


I noticed shadow dancer and rastan are slower than with 0.106.1.2


Dl'ing

Games should not be slower, but I set frameskip to auto by default. Maybe this is causing it.


Try pushing F2,F3 till it works again. I am not sure what causes this.

Hi Mcobit. Isn't it usual to have the roms in 'roms' folder. I think your build needs 'rom'? no biggy, just thought I'd mention it.

Well, if it is that important to you, you can change the path to where roms are sear hed for in the configfiles in .advance folder.

 

[Linux-SWAT]

I'll check. I was impressed by shadow dancer, because it's always glitchy, and it was fluid. Today it's not ^^.


I had the same odd menu behaviour on my PC.


Capcom games runs so fine. Strider, GnG, FF.

 

[CAZMIESTER]

I'll check. I was impressed by shadow dancer, because it's always glitchy, and it was fluid. Today it's not ^^.


I had the same odd menu behaviour on my PC.


Capcom games runs so fine. Strider, GnG, FF.

strange shadow dancer is perfect and shinobi is dire

 

[dgame]

Thanks mcobit!


Very good release. Dual nub Robotron is sweet!

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Well just compare versions.


Is it possible to launch a rom from the command line with all the options ?


How to set nub sensibility ?

 

[mcobit]

Linux swat, nubsensibility is set in the nubconfigurator in the settingsmenu of xfce.


I am uploading a version now, that should have the exitbug fixed.


But It hasn't the splashscreen. Need to investigate further, but don't have time right now

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Np ^^.


I changed OS, forgot to set default to 800Mhz, Shadow dancer dances fine ^^.

 

[mcobit]

Updated!

 

[mcobit]

Ok, found it. Didn't grab input on the splash, so pressing the enter button started the pnd again in the background.


Update tomorrow