.mad. Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 1 hour ago, mizapf said: Where did you get the exe files from? This looks like a non-optimized build (e.g. for debugging). Or maybe this is because this is a 32bit binary, but I'm going to try it on my native Windows installation now... I built it myself from the source, as no Texas only 32bit version was available. it's propper 32bit and runs on XP/ Win7. The 220 version built without any errors and runs ok for me. you know (mentioned in MAME thread) the errors i had building 250 for 32bit. Can you build me a latest 32bit version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddemann Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Is it possible to add a score system to add behind the title. So that over time I have a list of games in descending order of "greatness"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 I need to have a look where to set the flag for a 32 bit build; I'm not even sure that I can easily build for 32 bit on a 64 bit platform. And I disposed of all 32 bit computers in my house over the years, except for the Raspberries. Does it still make sense to build for 32 bit for Windows? The point is that those 32 bit-only platforms (pre-Core2, year 2006) may be so slow that MAME will not run satisfactorily on them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.mad. Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 1 hour ago, oddemann said: Is it possible to add a score system to add behind the title. So that over time I have a list of games in descending order of "greatness"? Yes. 1) use the review rating (1-100) under game info. (CTRL+F1) 2) use the classic rating (1-5) under personal info. (CTRL+F3) 3) add the games you like to favourites which will be shown in BOLD in the list. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.mad. Posted March 17, 2023 Author Share Posted March 17, 2023 1 hour ago, mizapf said: I need to have a look where to set the flag for a 32 bit build; I'm not even sure that I can easily build for 32 bit on a 64 bit platform. And I disposed of all 32 bit computers in my house over the years, except for the Raspberries. Does it still make sense to build for 32 bit for Windows? The point is that those 32 bit-only platforms (pre-Core2, year 2006) may be so slow that MAME will not run satisfactorily on them. it can be done from the mysys64bit version, but not without downloading mingw32 packs afterwards. https://repo.msys2.org/mingw/mingw32/ open mysys type... pacman -S git make wget tar mingw-w64-i686-gcc pacman -S git make wget tar mingw-w64-i686-python ...will download all the 32bit packages here C:\mysys\msys64\mingw32\bin\ cd /c/mamesrc export MINGW32=/mingw32 MINGW64= make clean make -j3 OPTIMIZE=2 NOWERROR=1 REGENIE=1 PTR64=0 SUBTARGET=texas SOURCES=src/mame/ti/ti99_4x.cpp,src/mame/ti/ti99_4p.cpp,src/mame/ti/geneve.cpp ARCHOPTS="-msse2 -mfpmath=sse" and yes, i have a 32bit machine so need a 32bit version. never going to install win10 again. it caused many problems for me, with older software not working. And i can't afford a new Win11 machine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 11 minutes ago, .mad. said: and yes, i have a 32bit machine so need a 32bit version. never going to install win10 again. it caused many problems for me, with older software not working. And i can't afford a new Win11 machine. Which Windows are you using then? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddemann Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 5 hours ago, .mad. said: Yes. 1) use the review rating (1-100) under game info. (CTRL+F1) 2) use the classic rating (1-5) under personal info. (CTRL+F3) 3) add the games you like to favourites which will be shown in BOLD in the list. Good! But... Can I have another column to sort the games... like in "greatness"? That I can sort and see? Or same column, but option to sort from fav, great to not so great? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 So I´ve got this installed but how to start a game ? The "Play Game" button is greyed out everywhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 ah OK, so maybe I have to tell him where my Classic99 installation resides ? But does Gamebase do any changes in my Classic99.ini file ? This would be... aaah not so god 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.mad. Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share Posted March 18, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, Schmitzi said: ah OK, so maybe I have to tell him where my Classic99 installation resides ? But does Gamebase do any changes in my Classic99.ini file ? This would be... aaah not so god 😀 YES, it edits the classic99.INI settings before running any game. that's how it works. the gamebase comes with it's own classic99 emulator, so it will not mess with an install elsewhere. where did you install it? The default configured (working) setup structure is this... C:\GameBase\Gamebase.exe C:\GameBase\TI99-4A\TI99-4A.mdb C:\GameBase\TI99-4A\Emulators\classic99\classic99.exe | classic99.ini ALL setup problems can be easily fixed by editing the GAMEBASE files, in your favorite text prog. C:\GameBase\TI99-4A\emulators.ini [Emulators] 1=MAME 2=Classic99 3= [Classic99] UseShortFilenames=0 UseDefaultTypes=0 SupportedTypes=dsk;bin;txt EmulatorPathFile=C:\GameBase\TI99-4A\Emulators\Classic99\classic99.exe ScriptFile=Classic99.txt WaitFinish=1 1=C:\GameBase\TI99-4A\Emulators\Classic99\classic99.ini 2= [MAME] UseShortFilenames=0 UseDefaultTypes=0 SupportedTypes=dsk;rpk EmulatorPathFile=C:\GameBase\TI99-4A\Emulators\MAME\texas250.exe ScriptFile=MAME.txt WaitFinish=0 1= C:\GameBase\TI99-4A\paths.ini [Games] 1=C:\GameBase\TI99-4A\Games 2= [Pictures] 1=C:\GameBase\TI99-4A\Screenshots 2= [Extras] 1=C:\GameBase\TI99-4A\Extras 2=C:\GameBase\TI99-4A\Games 3= If you install gamebase to another drive (*this MUST be the root of the drive.) you also need to edit the classic99.txt in the scripts folder. line 378 in the FIAD section. Set_INI_Value(1||Disk1||Path||C:\GBGAME\0) Set_INI_Value(1||Disk1||Path||%gbgamepath%\0) Edited March 18, 2023 by .mad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.mad. Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share Posted March 18, 2023 10 hours ago, oddemann said: But... Can I have another column to sort the games... like in "greatness"? That I can sort and see? Or same column, but option to sort from fav, great to not so great? don't worry! Gamebase is great. press CTRL+H and add the review rating to the Extra column. and it will then show in the main game list. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.mad. Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share Posted March 18, 2023 15 hours ago, mizapf said: Which Windows are you using then? dual boot WinXP 32bit - Win7 Ultimate 32bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 OK, Win7 should be supported for a longer time, but for XP no guarantees… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globeron Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 (I have not looked into gamebase) but if you need rpk, these 300+ all work with mame (in the batocera build). And some addendum of latest games in the forum. But eg. Avaris II is not there yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.mad. Posted March 19, 2023 Author Share Posted March 19, 2023 Thanks, There are 1,308 RPK in the Gamebase. the number is so high due to the TMOP conversions. 162 BAS Carts 607 Compiled XB Carts 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.mad. Posted April 7, 2023 Author Share Posted April 7, 2023 OX has found another pile of TI disks to sort through. He says there could be as many as 200 new entries to the GameBase. If you have made a game, and would like it adding to the GB. please post the links here. Thank You. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrhodes Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 1 hour ago, .mad. said: OX has found another pile of TI disks to sort through. He says there could be as many as 200 new entries to the GameBase. If you have made a game, and would like it adding to the GB. please post the links here. Thank You. 200 potential new games? Yes please! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrospect Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Retrospect Games.zip @.mad. There's 21 new games for the Gamebase that I do not believe are in there, and 1 that might be. All these games can be distributed wherever people like. The games from me that are already in the gamebase are considered by me a massive embarrassment as they are some of my first attempts at programming and as such should be ignored as they're old as fuck anyhow. So use these. Please. Thankyou. 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz442 Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 On 4/7/2023 at 12:47 PM, .mad. said: OX has found another pile of TI disks to sort through. He says there could be as many as 200 new entries to the GameBase. If you have made a game, and would like it adding to the GB. please post the links here. Thank You. Please add 'Adventure at Lake Santeetlah' for the Adventure module and 'Automotion' for the Tunnels of Doom module. LAKESAN.zip AUTOMOTION.zip 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unhuman Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 Been trying to get this working for a bit. I downloaded the "official?" version from sourceforge. I dropped the folder into GameBase, and it was recognized. The problem, however, was adding an emulator. Under GEMUS / Manage Emulators, I add a new one, and it provides me with an option to pick Classic 99. I name it, I add a link to the emulator, pick the script, and the OK button never activates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz442 Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, unhuman said: The problem, however, was adding an emulator. If you want to use Classic99, under 'GEMUS/Manage Emulators' just click 'Classic99' and move it to the top of the list then ok. It will be the default emulator. Classic99 and MAME are already included in gamebase. Edited April 29, 2023 by Fritz442 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz442 Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 I forgot to mention, if you install Gamebase to 'C:\Gamebase' you won't have to change any ini files to get it to work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unhuman Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 18 hours ago, Fritz442 said: If you want to use Classic99, under 'GEMUS/Manage Emulators' just click 'Classic99' and move it to the top of the list then ok. It will be the default emulator. Classic99 and MAME are already included in gamebase. Thanks for trying. Does not work. Won't let me add an emulator. I was able to see C64 and Spectrum from the GEMUS.dat I pulled off the website. Maybe I reset everything up from scratch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz442 Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, unhuman said: I was able to see C64 and Spectrum from the GEMUS.dat I pulled off the website. I think you may have the wrong gamebase setup or TI99 GB Setup. Here's gamebase setup v1.3 and use the 'Texas GameBase v3.03' from this topic's first message. gamebase-setup-v1.3-full.zip Edited April 30, 2023 by Fritz442 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.mad. Posted April 30, 2023 Author Share Posted April 30, 2023 On 4/29/2023 at 6:30 PM, unhuman said: The problem, however, was adding an emulator. Under GEMUS / Manage Emulators, I add a new one, and it provides me with an option to pick Classic 99. I name it, I add a link to the emulator, pick the script, and the OK button never activates. There is no need to add classic99 as an emulator, it is already setup and working. all the manual setup does is create an emulators.ini file. open the included emulators.ini with a text editor. and edit the paths. *see 15 posts above. this is what the gemus.dat would look like, if i had included one. ;The Texas GEMUS.DAT file [DAT] Version=1.0 [CREDITS] Author=.mad. LastUpdated=30-04-2023 [Texas] ¬MAME¬http://ftp.whtech.com/emulators/MAME/ti99/windows/¬0.254 64bit¬mame.exe¬ee62661c¬dsk;rpk;bin;hd¬N¬MAME.txt¬¬ ¬Classic99¬http://harmlesslion.com/software/classic99/¬v399.064¬classic99.exe¬5d869ef4¬dsk;bin;txt¬N¬Classic99.txt¬Classic99.ini¬ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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