AlphaMAME 0.69

Post by **mahlemiut** » Wed May 28, 2003 4:50 pm

That "fuzzy pixel thing" looks ten times better than without the "fuzziness".

Chad · Post by **Chad** » Wed May 28, 2003 4:53 pm

akk, you must be joking, i can't stand the fuzzy pixels! it makes me feel like i'm playing an emulator and not the real thing :)

Buttermaker · Post by **Buttermaker** » Wed May 28, 2003 5:02 pm

it does that fuzzy pixel thing that just makes it look awfull kind of like what -direct3d does

-d3d -nofilter

it makes me feel like i'm playing an emulator and not the real thing

TV-out without the fuzzy pixels is the way to go.

Post by **mahlemiut** » Wed May 28, 2003 11:19 pm

Buttermaker wrote:
it does that fuzzy pixel thing that just makes it look awfull kind of like what -direct3d does
-d3d -nofilter

Not available in the Linux version obviously, although an OpenGL build can disable filtering.

Also, I find that pixels appear uneven without filtering, as I'm often just running MAME in a window while watching it and mIRC or something else at the same time.

-nofilter is fine for a multiple of the game's original resolution though.

tar · Post by **tar** » Thu May 29, 2003 4:43 pm

I like the fuzzy look of alpha69.It fills the screen space better than the sharp picture.Also you don't get that pop noise when a game boots up.

Tunnel Hunt (Atari Original) [David Haywood]
this is now the parent, old set is tunhuntc
src\drivers\tunhunt.c
Can someone correct this entry

A change is needed to make the existing scores tunhuntc.

Buttermaker · Post by **Buttermaker** » Thu May 29, 2003 4:50 pm

It fills the screen space better than the sharp picture.

The sharp picture can do that as well: -d3d -nofilter

Post by **mahlemiut** » Fri May 30, 2003 6:38 am

http://marp.retrogames.com/exe/xalphamame-069-1.tar.bz2

*Phew!*

Post by **mahlemiut** » Sat May 31, 2003 1:43 am

http://marp.retrogames.com/exe/alphamame-069a-1.zip

Uses the updated 0.69 source released by Haze earlier.

There appears to be some issues with some games. Taito SJ, Arkanoid, Hard Drivin'/STUN Runner, and all Neo Geo games may not playback correctly (if they work at all). Make absolutely sure that INPs recorded with this version playback correctly before uploading them. But you should be doing that anyway, right?

Buttermaker · Post by **Buttermaker** » Sat May 31, 2003 7:20 am

In .69 you need -d3d -d3dfilter 0 for a sharp and stretched picture.

Post by **mahlemiut** » Mon Jun 02, 2003 11:46 pm

http://marp.retrogames.com/exe/alphamame-069b-1.zip

'Nuff said.

Mr. Kelly R. Flewin · Post by **Mr. Kelly R. Flewin** » Tue Jun 03, 2003 3:29 am

mahlemiut wrote:http://marp.retrogames.com/exe/alphamame-069b-1.zip

'Nuff said.

I KNEW IT! Barry is really STAN LEE! ....

alright... in all seriousness.. I'm kinda curious..

What do you have to do to incorporate these updates into a Mame32 version... or do you have to literally await a release by John IV?

Or is this one of those "limited space" issues?

I'm not complaining... just merely curious... I mean if I had any luck at compiling [which I am 0 for 34 atm] ^^;;

Kelly

Post by **mahlemiut** » Tue Jun 03, 2003 4:00 am

A GUI version could probably be done, I don't think there'd be any issues with it working. But do note that I am not able to add new options and so on to the GUI, as I can't easily edit the resources (VC5 won't open them), leaving only hand editing. The other ports may have problems with core changes.

I'd still rather stick with just the one version for the source updates if they are going to appear this often.

Post by **mahlemiut** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 4:30 am

http://marp.retrogames.com/exe/alphamame-069u3-1.zip

Updated to 0.69u3.

Kale · Post by **Kale** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 2:24 pm

Well...

Code: Select all

segasyse.c
Changing line 596 to
PORT_ANALOG( 0xff, 0x00, IPT_PEDAL | IPF_PLAYER1, 20, 10, 0, 0xff)
makes Hang-On Jr. more playable.

namcos2.c
Changing lines 1150-1233-1263-1334 from:
PORT_ANALOG( 0xff, 0x7f, IPT_DIAL|IPF_PLAYER1, 70, 50, 0x00, 0xff )
to:
PORT_ANALOG( 0xff, 0x7f, AD_STICK_X|IPF_PLAYER1, 70, 50, 0x00, 0xff )
Fix the dead-zone in the driving games of the Namco System 2 driver(Final Lap,
Suzuka 8 Hours,Lucky & Wild)...

Mr. Kelly R. Flewin · Post by **Mr. Kelly R. Flewin** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 6:14 pm

mahlemiut wrote:http://marp.retrogames.com/exe/alphamame-069u3-1.zip

Updated to 0.69u3.

Too cool... um but... I got a question. I actually decided to give compiling a shot one more time, after the tutorial on mametesters.. and after patching [that was a pain to find] to u3, I hit compile and prayed... and it actually.. COMPILED PROPERLY!........... With one catch... my Binary is now 17.2 megs... yours is all of 4.3 or so.... how the f*ck does that work? Could you give some advice on how to decrease the size?

Kelly

[and seriously, if this works, I'd be more then happy to attempt to aid in making win32 Alphamame's on your behalf and just send the finished product to you for review, so you could focus on the Linux and Dos vers... I understand this is a longshot... but I want to be able to help out somehow and am eager to learn]