Subject: cps3 sfiii3 title+linear zoom effect fix
fix the sfiii3's title animation (cps3.c line 1055)
also fix the linear zoom effect that OopsWare didn't improve properly
since 0.122u7(cps3.c line 1168,1189,1190)
i've attached 2 images to show the difference between the priginal and
fixed one~
hope this helps~
Subject: two more patches
Hi,
enclosed please find the following patches
* portM.diff which completes the basic port cleanup in
drivers starting with M. It's mostly conversion of 8bit
-> 16/32bit inputs and usage of AM_READ_PORT in memory maps
(plus a couple of eeprom_bit_r replaced with PORT_CUSTOM
and daitorid_soundstatus_r in metro.c converted to a
CUSTOM_INPUT as well)
* avgdvg.diff converts most of the games checking avgdvg_done()
in inputs to use a CUSTOM_INPUT (which I added to video/avgdvg.c).
avgdvg_done() is still in use in mhavoc.c (which requires some
more changes, so I'll take a look later) and in omegrace.c (which
reads it directly and not through inputs). While at it, I've
also done a small cleanup of inputs in starwars.c and tempest.c.
Regards,
Fabio
Subject: [patch] Collapse timer callbacks
Hi mamedev,
The following patch collapses timer callbacks in some cases to avoid
duplicating code. In the case of crystal.c, it also refactors two DMA
handlers and shuffles the init/reset code around a bit. I noticed
while doing this that h8_itu_read8 is missing cases 0x96,0x97 which is
almost certainly a bug, but I left it alone.
~aa
Subject: [patch] Fix i386 bsr implementation
Hi mamedev,
The i386 cpu emulator will return the wrong result for bsr when the
highest bit is set (0 instead of 15 or 31). The attached patch fixes
this.
~aa
Subject: few more patches
Hi,
enclosed please find a few patches to continue the input port
clean up (and to fix a mistake in the previous submission). In
detail:
* hal21.diff: with my last submission I made a mistake in hal21.c
(I converted it only partially to custom inputs, still returning
1<<5 instead of 1 from the handler). please revert that change
(it was in u4_custom04.diff) and apply this one, to fix the
communication with sound cpu
* clean_new.diff: introduce AM_READ_PORT & c. in drivers starting
with M (only few of them updated, more to come)
* custom_new.diff: improves input handling in mainsnk.c and marvins.c
by using CUSTOM_INPUTs and AM_READ_PORTs
* gaelco3d.diff: converts radilkalb inputs to 32bit inputs (as
they are), removing the need of AM_READ16 for those
* itech32.diff: converts inputs of later games to 32bit inputs and
updates all the occurrences as needed. It also simplifies input
handling by removing special_port_r from most of the maps (replaced
by a CUSTOM_INPUT). Now only drivedge still uses 16bit inputs and
special_port_r, but I'll investigate it later.
* arkanoid.diff: changes mcu reads to CUSTOM_INPUTS (and muxed
inputs as well). Bootleg inputs has been slightly changed as well
to cope with the new implementation of the protection
* irem.diff: this patch changes a lot of input related things in
m10->m107 irem boards. First of all, it moves input definitions from
drivers/m92.h to include/iremipt.h (which was already there, just
a bit unused ;) ) and it removes completely drivers/m92.h (which
only contained those definitions). Moreover, it adds more common
inputs to iremipt.h and starts to use that file in m62->m107 instead
of local #defines. Finally, it adds diplocations to all the games in
m62->m107 which were missing and it implements coinage mode 2 through
dipconditions in the drivers which didn't support it.
I tested as much as I could these changes and I can see no regressions.
Regards,
Fabio
Subject: [patch] Fix 1802 cybrcomm, raveracw, raveracj, raveraja,
ridgerac, ridgerab, ridgeraj, acedrvrw, victlapw: No sound in games
after reloading via the MAME UI
Hi mamedev,
The problem with namcos22 games losing sound when running multisession
is actually an m37710 cpu initialization bug. The attached patch
fixes it, and also collapses all the timer callbacks together as an
unrelated code cleanup.
Note: namcos22 has a lot of uninitialized state, so I wouldn't be
surprised if there are other multisession issues.
Subject: some more input clean-ups
Hi,
attached please find a few patches against u4. These diffs improve
input ports for drivers starting with F->L. In particular: they add
AM_READ_PORT whenever suitable, they make inputs fully 32bit where
needed, they remove indexed input read handlers from INITs, they
replace many read handlers with appropriate CUSTOM_INPUTs.
Additional improvements:
* added dip switches and locations to go2000 (even if they were
partially documented in the source)
* fixed artmagic protection (it used a wrong tag, which probably
I added somewhere in 0.125uX); even if I haven't experienced any
problems due to the bug since the regression now it's fixed
More details on the patches:
* u4_clean01 -> u4_clean07: these are standard changes like the
one I submitted previously (no custom inputs involved)
* u4_custom01 -> u4_custom04: here there are also changes involving
custom inputs (they mainly deal with eeprom reads, but a few were a
bit more interesting); I separated these from the other ones in
case you want to check them more in detail
* itech8.diff: this patch improves ports & their handling in itech8.c.
In particular, it replaces the 'special' handlers with a single
custom input and I would like a confirmation that it was the right
choice in this case.
Patches are independent one from the other and should apply with
no problems. Let me know if this is not the case.
Regards,
Fabio
included by generic components in emu/ and thus should have no
dependencies on the MAME code.
Added new target ldplayer, which is based on MAME but serves as
a standalone laserdisc player for CHDs. Right now only the
Pioneer LD-V1000 is connected, and limited commands are available.
Each player type is a driver, so you specify the player type on
the command-line. The driver then opens the first CHD it finds
in your ROM path and uses that as the laserdisc. The intention is
that you specify the -rompath each time on the command-line, so
a typical approach might be:
ldplayer ldv1000 -rompath j:\mach3
where it will pick up the mach3.chd lurking in your j:\mach3
folder. Several basic commands are supported:
Space = play/pause
Alt = toggle frame display
Left = scan forward (when playing) or step forward (when paused)
Right = scan backward (when playing) or step backward (when paused)
0-9 = enter numbers for search
Enter = execute search to frame
item will be visible but not selectable.
Fixed bug that prevented the cheat engine from working when the
debugger was disabled.
Modified xmlfile.c to accept integer values in decimal or hex. The
default is decimal. Numbers may be prefixed by '#' for decimal
values, or by '$' or '0x' to indicate hexadecimal values. Also
added function xml_get_attribute_int_format() to return the format
of the attribute, so that it can be later replicated.
Updated cheat parser to preserve the format of attribute values
used for cheat parameters and items.
Added support for information-only cheat items, which will be
displayed in the menu but which are not selectable and have no
action associated with them. Empty information-only items are
automatically converted to menu separators.
The structures/names were getting too complex for my macros to handle. They would require hand editing and my computer is too slow to keep re-compiling.
Passes a clean compile.
Removed channels parameter from avcomp decode configuration.
Fixed incorrect test in winwork that led to spinning instead
of using the nicely allocated events we had on hand.
Forced a sound synchronization on each vsync in the laserdisc
playback. This prevents overwriting the tail end of the
buffer which was fouling up the MACH 3 audio decoding.
Removed obsolete size check for uncompressable audio data.
1) convert framebuffer's ram from 8 bit to 16 bit
2) convert dma command from 8 bit to 16 bit
3) convert gfx command from 8 bit to 16 bit
4) implemented all gfx mode: 1,2,4,8,16 bpp
for now the rendering is only 8 bpp
now we can use this gfx chip for adp driver that use 4bpp
streams and a delta-RLE pre-encoding. Added optimized
case for the Y/Cb/Y/Cr video encoding case. Cleaned up
the code.
Updated avcomp.c to use the new huffman.c functions.
Reworked configuration options to allow for both input
and output of naturally aligned data streams. Updated
chdman and laserdsc to use the new interfaces. New
compression gives an additional 3-7% over previous
attempt and compresses the dummy CHDs down significantly.
Marked madalien and madalina as Imperfect Graphics. They are missing an effect. When you shoot an enemy in the dark, the whole screen lights up. Basically the headlights fill the whole screen.
credit Guru, Derrick Renaud
