PacManPlus Posted March 28, 2012 Author Share Posted March 28, 2012 Thanks Trebor! I have to take a look and figure out what's going on when I have time... The last version of MESS I have is .131, and most of my consoles no longer launch with the newest version (7800 being one of them). I'll take some time to figure it out soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 (edited) Don't want to turn this into a MESS support thread as your RipOff is truly the star here, but off the bat, the best advice I can give is to start in a fresh new directory. Do not retain any previous settings. Go to command line and at 'C:\MESS>' type without the quotes "mess -cc". This will create the default configuration file for MESS. New versions have HLSL support. If your graphics card cannot handle it, MESS may crash or have other issues. Find inside the mess.ini file that was newly created the following line: # # DIRECT3D POST-PROCESSING OPTIONS # hlsl_enable 1 And set it to: hlsl_enable 0 Under the 'software folder' I have a7800.zip containing the BIOS file. I keep my ROMS in a completely separate folder and do not use any MESSUI. Everything I run is via a front end which issues a simple command line to run a ROM. It's either that or I have my own batch shortcuts setup as icons on my desktop inside category folders. Command line examples: d: cd \mess mess.exe a7800 -cart "d:\rni\atari 7800 roms\GLHomeHacks\Pac-Man Collection (Pokey).zip" d: cd \mess mess.exe a7800 -cart "D:\RNI\Atari 7800 ROMS\Hack-Homebrew\Space Duel (Hack).zip" d: cd \mess mess.exe a7800 -cart "d:\rni\atari 7800 roms\Asteroids (1987) (Atari).zip" Etc... I think you get the picture Controller and driver (difficulty switch) changes are done after MESS launches, pressing the 'Tab' key. Of course you can turn on *.ini support inside MESS.INI and do some tweaking via notepad as well. I'm just trying to give the basics to get MESS up and running as quick and 'clean' as possible. Edited March 28, 2012 by Trebor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonie Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Oohhh. I hope Star Castle is next! XM enhanced... Hint Hint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Ghost Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Still enjoying Scramble (sorry....got so busy I don't think I ever posted saying how much it was appreciated!). Please mark me down for one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Any thoughts on the topic of a color option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Any thoughts on the topic of a color option? Color is already present in the game. Your player, your bullets, the enemy, their lasers, and even the containers all have color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted March 28, 2012 Author Share Posted March 28, 2012 Trebor is right - there is color in the game already (albeit very light ones). I chose light colors because some TVs have issues with darker colors in 320 mode (I did the same thing with 2 of the 4 color modes in Space Invaders). I figure wherever I can do that, I will. Thanks guys! Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Okay cool, I've got to get at my CC2 and try this out. Someone make a youtube IIRC the arcade is b&w, wasn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted March 28, 2012 Author Share Posted March 28, 2012 There already is a youtube video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Link for the lazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted March 28, 2012 Author Share Posted March 28, 2012 Thanks for posting it - I was actually going to get it but I got sidetracked (sorry). Keep in mind that it does not flicker *anything* like what shows in the video. The capture program I use drops *plenty* of frames. Also, the bin I used for the video was the one before I removed the exit point closest to the player (you can see an example of that in this video where the last base is exactly where the player starts, so the enemy can never pick it up.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorfcadet Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Me wants a cart too if you're gonna make any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Oberhäuser Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Here's the box:) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Allan Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Fantastic work, Marc. Allan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purenergy Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Please put me down for one cart. Thanks for your great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAC-MAN PRIME Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Wow, I've never heard of this game, but it is really cool! Excellent work, Bob! Please add me to the list for a cart! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Quick side note: For those who use or are interested in EMU7800, following suit with MESS, that emulator also has the button problem fixed now: http://emu7800.sourceforge.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyBritish Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Please add me to list for cart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarinut76 Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 wow looks great Bob!! Please add me too!! thanks Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted April 5, 2012 Author Share Posted April 5, 2012 Thank guys! Carts will be coming soon... almost ready to take payments. Bob 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Thank guys! Carts will be coming soon... almost ready to take payments. Bob WOO-HOO! Looking forward to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckirkman Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Bob, This is great! Please put me on the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 Hey Everybody! Everyone who asked for a cart up to this point has been put on the list: _Fandal_ accousticguitar Allan Almost Rice (+ Scramble) AtariNerd atarinut76 bennybingo Cebus Capucinis ckirkman cmart604 Compumater diggs130 eddhead edweird13 evg2000 fandenivoldsk gambler172 GaryH917 GrizzLee HatNJ jeffgamer Jinks JonnyBritish keitaro KevinMos3 Lord Helmet Marc Oberhauser (free) Mayhem (box) Metal Ghost Mitch NML32 ntavio PAC-MAN-PRIME phattyboombatty purduecrum remowilliams rmaerz scobb streps svenski swlovinist thursday83 toymailman Trebor TrekMD twoquickcapri UberArcade At this point, I am ready to start taking orders. As usual, the price is $25 (+$2 shipping in U.S., $4 shipping outside by my usual methods - any specific shipping requests will most likely cost more), and my PayPal address is: Robert.DeCrescenzo@yahoo.com PLEASE make sure there is an address, and your AA user name in with the payment so I know who to send it to. Again, I would like to thank PAC-MAN-RED for his player and enemy graphics - he does an excellent job. He will be credited in the manual when I finish it. Thanks guys, Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+evg2000 Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 payment sent evg2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarian63 Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Please add me to the cart list if there is one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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