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Two questions.
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 4:41 am
by Baby Bonnie Hood
A. Must games be recorded at a minimum speed of 90%? Will nothing below that be allowed? Because my PC can't handle Gunbird 2 perfectly; it slows down at majorly hectic moments. I plan to beat this game's first loop, but I'm not sure if it'll be accepted here with all the occasional slowdown...
2. I can't find MAME32 v0.61 (it's not up at this site); I need it to watch INP's of Gunbird 1 & 2. Is it safe to ask where I might get it, or is that taboo?
Re: Two questions.
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 5:10 am
by Buttermaker
Baby Bonnie Hood wrote:I plan to beat this game's first loop, but I'm not sure if it'll be accepted here with all the occasional slowdown...
Slowdowns can give you an unfair advantage. Why would you even want to submit such a recording?
2. I can't find MAME32 v0.61 (it's not up at this site); I need it to watch INP's of Gunbird 1 & 2.
The 1st and 2nd place recordings of gunbird2 play back correctly with the official MAME versions.
Is it safe to ask where I might get it
It is.
http://www.google.com
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 7:35 am
by Barthax
There is nothing illegal in an emulator, as can be attested by Bleem! court activities. Asking about them is not illegal either.
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:29 pm
by mahlemiut
Most old MAME versions can be found at mame.net. As for MAME32, mame.dk used to do that, so Google is probably the best shot at finding it.
Re: Two questions.
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 2:43 am
by Baby Bonnie Hood
Buttermaker wrote:Slowdowns can give you an unfair advantage. Why would you even want to submit such a recording?
Because I wanna make an INP proving that Gunbird 2's first loop is indeed possible to beat. I've noticed that even GB2's 1st-place INP here doesn't beat the first loop; considering the game's difficulty, I can see why. So I wanna make such an INP
And speaking of that 1st-place INP, I've watched it and noticed that the game played at 320x240 resolution; there was no slowdown whatsoever. That could be my solution to my problem...
Is there a way to force MAME to play at 320x240 instead of whatever resolution it feels like selecting (like 1024x768, the one with all the slowdown)?
Re: Two questions.
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 3:38 am
by Buttermaker
Because I wanna make an INP proving that Gunbird 2's first loop is indeed possible to beat. I've noticed that even GB2's 1st-place INP here doesn't beat the first loop; considering the game's difficulty, I can see why. So I wanna make such an INP
If you do it with slowdown you're cheating.
Is there a way to force MAME to play at 320x240 instead of whatever resolution it feels like selecting (like 1024x768, the one with all the slowdown)?
See windows.txt of the official version for all options and the game properties menu for MAME32.