K11 cancelled round

[sikraiken]

Mr. Driller (Japan, DRI1/VER.A2) [rom:mrdrillr]
1999 - Namco
Puzzle Game

**Please test this game even if you don't plan on playing it the first day. We will change the game if anyone cannot run it at full speed on wolf152 or wolf106. Please let us know whether it works well or if you cannot run it at full speed!**



Controls:
4-way joystick
1 Button Drill

Advancement Requirement:
This is the sixth round game. You must place in the top 2 to move on to the next round (please read the rules for clarification).


Score submissions accepted from:
GMT 00:00 Sunday April 13th - GMT 23:59 Saturday April 19th
See Time Remaining Here

Final Standings of the 5th Round:

Code: Select all

Player            Score
RedStar          817250
TRB_MetroidTeam  614150
Krj              601450
colman paolo     594350
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nii-san          512200
Essekappa        344100
Phil Lamat       241850
Sawys             70400

Players admitted to Round 6:

RedStar
TRB_MetroidTeam
Krj
colman paolo

[sikraiken]

To re-emphasize -

**Please test this game even if you don't plan on playing it the first day. We will change the game if anyone cannot run it at full speed on wolf152 or wolf106. Please let us know whether it works well or if you cannot run it at full speed!**

[TRB_MetroidTeam]

It's not well playable here. Speed oscilates between about 45% and 120% during in-game. Tested both mame versions, and both computers here.

Good gaming to the top 4 players!

And before someone ask: why a 2nd puzzle (out of 7 games)?

[Krj]

Hi.
How can I see if the game works at full speed?

[mahlemiut]

Press F11 to view current speed.

[Krj]

Press F11 to view current speed.

Ok thanks.
I think it is fine for me. Between 83% and 103% also in level 3 that seems "heavy" with .152.

[colman paolo]

seems work well in 152 and 106

[Chad]

If you are having speed problems, I've found that same generation INTEL cpus work faster with mrdriller than AMD cpus.

[Zerstorung]

If there are still issues getting Mr. Driller to run above 90% by the 24 hour mark (a handful of hours from now), we had prepared for it and selected an alternate title that will be announced at that time. We will maintain a 7 day play week and should that be the case, the play week will end at GMT 23:59 Sunday April 20.

If you are able to get the game running well before then, TRB, please let us know.

[TRB_MetroidTeam]

Sorry, but the best results I found here tonight were about 88% in wolf106 and about 91% in wolf152, the average speed, way lower than the 100% full speed. The problem it's not a constant speed, but very oscilating, doing quickly freezes. Well, I think it's different than playing with frameskip, sometimes you lose inputs in the frames, sometimes it seems that "buffers" your input and accumulate to the next(s) frames. Well, it's worst than playing online with a laggy connection. I found these comments, that explain a bit: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=12472 .

I got it:

D:\GAMES_EMU\ARCADE\W152>mame mrdrillr -rec 152test
INPVIEW: invalid type specified, standard layout in use
Average speed: 90.72% (211 seconds)

D:\GAMES_EMU\ARCADE\W106>mamep106-vc mrdrillr -rec 106test
Average FPS: 53.318180 (13058 frames)
Writing .wlf file: 106test.wlf : 106test.inp :OK

Oddly I can't run wlfview correctly in 106, but I think it's about 88% in that example (83,318180 / 60 FPS).

It's an AMD Athlon processor here, probably related to Skito words, also the words in the link above.

I also tried that Non Interlace option on Service Menu "F2 > Display Test" but the result is the same.

Other issue is that Skito's 1st place INP dsync here about 350+ meters, in many attempts.

Well, that's it... trying to go deeper in the game, it seems fun! But it's not possible to play at a competition level with these issues. I also think that Krj's 83~103% can be a disadvantage if played in high skill level, comparing to full speed games.

[TRB_MetroidTeam]

Hey guys, I'd like to note that next weekend is Easter long holidays, being hard to play due to family tasks, etc. I know it's to eveyone, but considering changing the Round 6 to finish Sunday (Easter, 20) midnight, why not changing it to finish Monday (21)? If ok, to be consistent with the 7 days long, I suggest starting tomorrow (Monday) at this time, to finish Monday 21 at GMT 23:59:59. That's with you, coordinators, if time permits.

[sikraiken]

Mr. Driller will not be played this round. The new game will be announced at GMT 00:00 Tuesday April 15th and the round will now end at GMT 23:59 Monday April 21st. Please look for the new forum post that RAX will make.