TI-99/4a GameBase

[.mad.]

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?

[oddemann]

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"?

[+mizapf]

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.

 

 

[.mad.]

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.

 

[.mad.]

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.

[+mizapf]

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?

[oddemann]

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?

[+Schmitzi]

So I´ve got this installed but how to start a game ? The "Play Game" button is greyed out everywhere...

 

[+Schmitzi]

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 😀

 

[.mad.]

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 Saturday at 11:13 AM by .mad.

[.mad.]

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.

 

[.mad.]

15 hours ago, mizapf said:

Which Windows are you using then?

dual boot WinXP 32bit - Win7 Ultimate 32bit

 

[+mizapf]

OK, Win7 should be supported for a longer time, but for XP no guarantees…

[globeron]

(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. 

 

[.mad.]

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